FLIGHT ATTENDANT CORE EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Charter - ✔✔The flight where the aircraft and crew are leased by a group or a
company
✔✔Circling - ✔✔Flying in a set pattern until cleared to land.-also called holding
✔✔Co-mail - ✔✔Business correspondence from one employee to another
✔✔Connection - ✔✔Traveling from origination to destination with a change of aircraft
✔✔CDO - ✔✔Continuous Duty Overnight, A single duty period that crosses over two
days with a reduced rest requiring a day room "stand-up"
✔✔CSI - ✔✔Cabin Safety Inspector
✔✔Deadhead (DH) - ✔✔Transportation at company direction to or from a duty
assignment
✔✔Delayed flight - ✔✔A flight operating behind schedule due to weather, mechanicals,
etc
✔✔DHD - ✔✔Deadheading Crew
✔✔DRP - ✔✔Awarded trip drop request
✔✔Direct flight - ✔✔Flight between two cities with more than one leg on the same
aircraft
✔✔Deplane - ✔✔Passengers leaving the aircraft
✔✔Dive - ✔✔A steep descent
✔✔Domicile - ✔✔A base where flight crews reside
✔✔DOT - ✔✔Department of Transportation
✔✔Downline - ✔✔Being away from the home base or domicile
✔✔Duty Day - ✔✔A calendar in which a duty period begins or ends and all calendar
days away from base while flying a pairing
, ✔✔Duty Period - ✔✔Elapsed time from the time a FA reports for duty or the actual
reporting whichever is later, until the time the FA is released from duty following the
debrief period
✔✔ECAM - ✔✔Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitoring
✔✔EAAP - ✔✔Enhanced Aft Attendant Panel
✔✔EFAM - ✔✔Electronic Flight Attendant Manual
✔✔EFAP - ✔✔Enhanced Forward Attendant Panel
✔✔EMK - ✔✔Emergency Medical Kit
✔✔EMR - ✔✔Emergency Drop, Trip drop approved by an Inflight Manager in an
emergency situation that does not qualify under existing benefits in the employee
manual
✔✔ETA - ✔✔Estimated Time of Arrival
✔✔ETD - ✔✔Estimated Time of Departure
✔✔Enplane (Board) - ✔✔Passangers boarding the aircraft
✔✔FA - ✔✔Flight Attendant
✔✔FAA - ✔✔Flight Aviation Administration
✔✔FAP - ✔✔Forward Attendant Panel
✔✔Ferry/Ferry Flight - ✔✔A flight operating without revenue passengers (customers)
✔✔Flight Deck - ✔✔The cockpit- the area where the pilots sit
✔✔FO - ✔✔First Officer-wears three stripes on uniform
✔✔FWD - ✔✔Front of the aircraft (towards the nose)
✔✔FNR - ✔✔Funeral Leave
✔✔Fuselage - ✔✔The body of the aircraft not including the wings
✔✔Galley - ✔✔Small, designated area containing food and beverage service items
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Charter - ✔✔The flight where the aircraft and crew are leased by a group or a
company
✔✔Circling - ✔✔Flying in a set pattern until cleared to land.-also called holding
✔✔Co-mail - ✔✔Business correspondence from one employee to another
✔✔Connection - ✔✔Traveling from origination to destination with a change of aircraft
✔✔CDO - ✔✔Continuous Duty Overnight, A single duty period that crosses over two
days with a reduced rest requiring a day room "stand-up"
✔✔CSI - ✔✔Cabin Safety Inspector
✔✔Deadhead (DH) - ✔✔Transportation at company direction to or from a duty
assignment
✔✔Delayed flight - ✔✔A flight operating behind schedule due to weather, mechanicals,
etc
✔✔DHD - ✔✔Deadheading Crew
✔✔DRP - ✔✔Awarded trip drop request
✔✔Direct flight - ✔✔Flight between two cities with more than one leg on the same
aircraft
✔✔Deplane - ✔✔Passengers leaving the aircraft
✔✔Dive - ✔✔A steep descent
✔✔Domicile - ✔✔A base where flight crews reside
✔✔DOT - ✔✔Department of Transportation
✔✔Downline - ✔✔Being away from the home base or domicile
✔✔Duty Day - ✔✔A calendar in which a duty period begins or ends and all calendar
days away from base while flying a pairing
, ✔✔Duty Period - ✔✔Elapsed time from the time a FA reports for duty or the actual
reporting whichever is later, until the time the FA is released from duty following the
debrief period
✔✔ECAM - ✔✔Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitoring
✔✔EAAP - ✔✔Enhanced Aft Attendant Panel
✔✔EFAM - ✔✔Electronic Flight Attendant Manual
✔✔EFAP - ✔✔Enhanced Forward Attendant Panel
✔✔EMK - ✔✔Emergency Medical Kit
✔✔EMR - ✔✔Emergency Drop, Trip drop approved by an Inflight Manager in an
emergency situation that does not qualify under existing benefits in the employee
manual
✔✔ETA - ✔✔Estimated Time of Arrival
✔✔ETD - ✔✔Estimated Time of Departure
✔✔Enplane (Board) - ✔✔Passangers boarding the aircraft
✔✔FA - ✔✔Flight Attendant
✔✔FAA - ✔✔Flight Aviation Administration
✔✔FAP - ✔✔Forward Attendant Panel
✔✔Ferry/Ferry Flight - ✔✔A flight operating without revenue passengers (customers)
✔✔Flight Deck - ✔✔The cockpit- the area where the pilots sit
✔✔FO - ✔✔First Officer-wears three stripes on uniform
✔✔FWD - ✔✔Front of the aircraft (towards the nose)
✔✔FNR - ✔✔Funeral Leave
✔✔Fuselage - ✔✔The body of the aircraft not including the wings
✔✔Galley - ✔✔Small, designated area containing food and beverage service items
