AMSA 490 Exam 1 Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025-2026
Carriage - Answers The act of carrying or transporting persons
Private Carriage - Answers is that carriage arranged by two parties, gratuitous or for hire
(corporate aircraft)
Common (Public) Carriage (Airlines) - Answers • a holding out (advertise) of a willingness to
• transport persons or property
• from place to place
• for compensation
Air Carrier - Answers a person who undertakes directly by lease, or other arrangement, to
engage in air transportation
Direct Air Carrier - Answers A person who provides or offers to provide air transportation and
who has control over the operational functions performed in providing that transportation.
Air Transportation - Answers interstate, overseas, or foreign air transportation or the
transportation of mail by aircraft
Commercial Operator - Answers a person who, for compensation or hire, engages in the
carriage by aircraft in air commerce of persons or property
Domestic Operation - Answers Any schedules operation that is operated entirely within the 48
contiguous United States
Flag Operation - Answers Operates between any point within the 48 contiguous United States
and any point outside the 48 contiguous United States
Supplemental Operation - Answers Conducts charter type (non-scheduled) operations, uses
aircraft with more than 30 seats, or an aircraft with more than 7,500 lbs. payload capacity
Commuter Operation - Answers Conducts scheduled operations (5 or more) round-trips per
week in a non-turbojet aircraft, which have nine or fewer passenger seats, or a payload of 7,500
lbs. or less
On-Demand Operation - Answers Conducts non-scheduled operations in aircraft of 30 seats or
less if common carriage or 20 seats or less if non-common carriage
Part 119 - Answers direct air carrier as a person who provides or offers to provide air
transportation and who has control over the operational functions performed in providing that
transportation. The FAA issues certificates to these direct air carriers.
Concept of common carriage is derived from - Answers British common law
, Private carriage is distinguished from common carriage primarily by - Answers transportation
(carriage) of only one or a very small number
Which of the following is not an element of common carriage - Answers Having a license or cert
Holding out to the public would include - Answers All the above (advertising, flyers in a campus
student union, statements on a web page)
In analyzing a situation in which a private pilot is accused of acting illegally as a common carrier
the FAA will, among other tests, look to see if the pilot - Answers had an independent interest in
taking the trip
6) As a commercial pilot, acting individually and without further certificates, you may - Answers
charge a gas company to perform pipeline aerial spotter patrols
7) A company must operate under 14 CFR Part 121 if it is: - Answers Domestic operation
8) A company operating turbo-prop AC w/ 8 pax seats and a payload of 7k 3x a week between
LA and Mexico city on a scheduled basis would need to hold - Answers part 135 operating
certificate (that allows on demand operations)
9) Assume you were found to be operating as an on-demand air carrier but didn't have an
operating cert. the potential penalty for this would be an $11,000 fine for - Answers each
provision of 135 applicable to each flight conducted
10) Operational control is the concept that - Answers The carrier, not the crew, is the final
determinant of how the aircraft is operated.
11) A supplemental operation is one that - Answers Conducts charter type (nonscheduled)
operations using AC with 30 or more seats, less than 7,000 lbs payload
12) A commuter operation is one that - Answers B- Conducts scheduled ops in non-turbojet AC
that have 9 or less seats and payload of 7500 or less
13) A flag carrier must use weather sources approved by - Answers D- the administrator of the
FAA
14) Part 121 air carriers must have the ability to communicate w/ flight crew - Answers C- at any
point in the route structure in a rapid and reliable fashion
15) A flight follower differs from an aircraft dispatcher in that: - Answers C- a flight follower in
not required to be a certificated airman
1) Purpose of OpsSpec is for the company to - Answers A- Identify to the FAA and itself how it
will specifically comply with various provisions of the FAR
2) FAA instituted which part in 1996 to further bring air carriers of part 121 and 135 under the
Carriage - Answers The act of carrying or transporting persons
Private Carriage - Answers is that carriage arranged by two parties, gratuitous or for hire
(corporate aircraft)
Common (Public) Carriage (Airlines) - Answers • a holding out (advertise) of a willingness to
• transport persons or property
• from place to place
• for compensation
Air Carrier - Answers a person who undertakes directly by lease, or other arrangement, to
engage in air transportation
Direct Air Carrier - Answers A person who provides or offers to provide air transportation and
who has control over the operational functions performed in providing that transportation.
Air Transportation - Answers interstate, overseas, or foreign air transportation or the
transportation of mail by aircraft
Commercial Operator - Answers a person who, for compensation or hire, engages in the
carriage by aircraft in air commerce of persons or property
Domestic Operation - Answers Any schedules operation that is operated entirely within the 48
contiguous United States
Flag Operation - Answers Operates between any point within the 48 contiguous United States
and any point outside the 48 contiguous United States
Supplemental Operation - Answers Conducts charter type (non-scheduled) operations, uses
aircraft with more than 30 seats, or an aircraft with more than 7,500 lbs. payload capacity
Commuter Operation - Answers Conducts scheduled operations (5 or more) round-trips per
week in a non-turbojet aircraft, which have nine or fewer passenger seats, or a payload of 7,500
lbs. or less
On-Demand Operation - Answers Conducts non-scheduled operations in aircraft of 30 seats or
less if common carriage or 20 seats or less if non-common carriage
Part 119 - Answers direct air carrier as a person who provides or offers to provide air
transportation and who has control over the operational functions performed in providing that
transportation. The FAA issues certificates to these direct air carriers.
Concept of common carriage is derived from - Answers British common law
, Private carriage is distinguished from common carriage primarily by - Answers transportation
(carriage) of only one or a very small number
Which of the following is not an element of common carriage - Answers Having a license or cert
Holding out to the public would include - Answers All the above (advertising, flyers in a campus
student union, statements on a web page)
In analyzing a situation in which a private pilot is accused of acting illegally as a common carrier
the FAA will, among other tests, look to see if the pilot - Answers had an independent interest in
taking the trip
6) As a commercial pilot, acting individually and without further certificates, you may - Answers
charge a gas company to perform pipeline aerial spotter patrols
7) A company must operate under 14 CFR Part 121 if it is: - Answers Domestic operation
8) A company operating turbo-prop AC w/ 8 pax seats and a payload of 7k 3x a week between
LA and Mexico city on a scheduled basis would need to hold - Answers part 135 operating
certificate (that allows on demand operations)
9) Assume you were found to be operating as an on-demand air carrier but didn't have an
operating cert. the potential penalty for this would be an $11,000 fine for - Answers each
provision of 135 applicable to each flight conducted
10) Operational control is the concept that - Answers The carrier, not the crew, is the final
determinant of how the aircraft is operated.
11) A supplemental operation is one that - Answers Conducts charter type (nonscheduled)
operations using AC with 30 or more seats, less than 7,000 lbs payload
12) A commuter operation is one that - Answers B- Conducts scheduled ops in non-turbojet AC
that have 9 or less seats and payload of 7500 or less
13) A flag carrier must use weather sources approved by - Answers D- the administrator of the
FAA
14) Part 121 air carriers must have the ability to communicate w/ flight crew - Answers C- at any
point in the route structure in a rapid and reliable fashion
15) A flight follower differs from an aircraft dispatcher in that: - Answers C- a flight follower in
not required to be a certificated airman
1) Purpose of OpsSpec is for the company to - Answers A- Identify to the FAA and itself how it
will specifically comply with various provisions of the FAR
2) FAA instituted which part in 1996 to further bring air carriers of part 121 and 135 under the
