Amt 201 exam questions with
complete solutions
Airline Deregulation Act - ANS ✔✔Airlines are free to determine fares and route structures
without government approval
Air traffic controller strike - ANS ✔✔PATCO wants better working conditions, pay, 32 hr
workweek, and exclusion from civil services clauses; Reagan fires 11,000 controllers
NAS - ANS ✔✔National Airspace System
what is a component of the NAS - ANS ✔✔every person and thing required to successfully get a
plane from one airport to another
How is the airspace within the NAS is divided into different classes? - ANS ✔✔Each class has
different dimensions and operating rules
Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E
VOR airways and RNAV "tango" routes - ANS ✔✔used for navigation below 18,000 feet MSL
jet routes and "Q" routes - ANS ✔✔used for navigation between FL180 and FL450
VOR (VHF Omnidirectional Range) - ANS ✔✔provides bearing information but not distance
Low altitude VOR - ANS ✔✔guarantee interference-free reception with 40 NM but not above
18000 feet
, high altitudes VOR - ANS ✔✔used for aircraft operating between 18,000 and 60,000 feet and up
to 200 NM
what are the limitations of VOR's known as? - ANS ✔✔service volumes
VOR-DME - ANS ✔✔interrogator on aircraft and transponder on ground
what is the distance in VOR-DME? - ANS ✔✔slant range
VORTAC provides what 3 things? - ANS ✔✔VOR azimuth, TACAN azimuth, TACAN distance
VORTAC - ANS ✔✔Developed by FAA and military, uses VOR and TACAN, civilian use VOR for
bearing and TACAN for DME
TACAN - ANS ✔✔military, provides bearing and distance, uses single transmitter on ground
What Department of the Federal Government does the FAA fall under? - ANS ✔✔Department
of Transportation, office of the secretary
What is ATO? - ANS ✔✔air traffic organization
Define NextGen - ANS ✔✔Represents an evolution from a ground-based system of ATC to a
satellite-based system of air traffic management
What part of ATO is ATC within? - ANS ✔✔FAA administrator
complete solutions
Airline Deregulation Act - ANS ✔✔Airlines are free to determine fares and route structures
without government approval
Air traffic controller strike - ANS ✔✔PATCO wants better working conditions, pay, 32 hr
workweek, and exclusion from civil services clauses; Reagan fires 11,000 controllers
NAS - ANS ✔✔National Airspace System
what is a component of the NAS - ANS ✔✔every person and thing required to successfully get a
plane from one airport to another
How is the airspace within the NAS is divided into different classes? - ANS ✔✔Each class has
different dimensions and operating rules
Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E
VOR airways and RNAV "tango" routes - ANS ✔✔used for navigation below 18,000 feet MSL
jet routes and "Q" routes - ANS ✔✔used for navigation between FL180 and FL450
VOR (VHF Omnidirectional Range) - ANS ✔✔provides bearing information but not distance
Low altitude VOR - ANS ✔✔guarantee interference-free reception with 40 NM but not above
18000 feet
, high altitudes VOR - ANS ✔✔used for aircraft operating between 18,000 and 60,000 feet and up
to 200 NM
what are the limitations of VOR's known as? - ANS ✔✔service volumes
VOR-DME - ANS ✔✔interrogator on aircraft and transponder on ground
what is the distance in VOR-DME? - ANS ✔✔slant range
VORTAC provides what 3 things? - ANS ✔✔VOR azimuth, TACAN azimuth, TACAN distance
VORTAC - ANS ✔✔Developed by FAA and military, uses VOR and TACAN, civilian use VOR for
bearing and TACAN for DME
TACAN - ANS ✔✔military, provides bearing and distance, uses single transmitter on ground
What Department of the Federal Government does the FAA fall under? - ANS ✔✔Department
of Transportation, office of the secretary
What is ATO? - ANS ✔✔air traffic organization
Define NextGen - ANS ✔✔Represents an evolution from a ground-based system of ATC to a
satellite-based system of air traffic management
What part of ATO is ATC within? - ANS ✔✔FAA administrator
