AAAE CM MODULE 4 EXAMINATION TEST
2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
PRACTICE SOLUTION GRADED A+
⩥ The FAA recommends these types of meetings for Airport Master Plan
updates. Answer: Open House
⩥ What is the focus of Airport Master Plan (AMP) Prudent Planning
Criteria? Answer: Focus on minimizing minimize unavoidable
environmental impact and to avoid delays in project design and
construction
⩥ What are the five factors that affect Demand Forecasting? Answer: "1)
Economic Characteristics
2) Demographic Characteristics
3) Geographical Attributes
4) Aviation Related Factors, Other Factors "
⩥ What are the four types of Forecast Methods? Answer: "1) Regression
Analysis - Ties aviation demand to enplanements, population and
income levels
2) Trend Analysis and Extrapolation - Historical pattern of aviation
activity to project future trends
,3) Market Shares Analysis -top-down relationship among national,
regional, state, and local forecasts, where local forecasts represent a
market share or percentage of national forecasts.
4) Smoothing - historical data focused more on the recent trends and
conditions of the airport"
⩥ List 8 key activities of the Facilities Implementation Plan. Answer: "1.
Sponsor-specific project approval activities
2. Airline and other tenant approvals including lease modifications
3. Project funding activities (FAA grants, PFC, and long-term debt
financing)
4. Environmental processing activities
5. Land acquisition activities
6. Sponsor-specific project implementation, process activities associated
with the design and build of the projects
7. Agency coordination activities
8. Public coordination activities"
⩥ What portion of the AMP shows how the airport will fund
recommended projects? Answer: Financial Feasibility Analysis
⩥ Additional pavement in the form of fillets are designed to maintain the
___ ___ ___ ___ (___). Answer: Taxiway Edge Safety Margin (TESM).
,⩥ What factors determine the substantial use of the Airport's Design
Aircraft? Answer: "Largest scheduled commercial service aircraft
500 or more annual itinerant operations
If AO and FAA foresee future vision of change of fleet mixture"
⩥ What are the 4 runway configurations? Answer: "(1) single
(2) open-V
(3) parallel
(4) intersecting"
⩥ What are the three reasons a runway may have a displaced threshold?
Answer: "(1)an object obstructs the airspace needed for landing aircraft,
(2) for environmental considerations such as noise abatement, or
(3) if necessary to provide standard runway safety area dimensions or
runway obstacle free zone lengths."
⩥ Nose gear steering angle is no more than ___ degrees, the generally
accepted value to prevent excessive tire scrubbing. Answer: 50 degrees
⩥ When must an airport issue a change order to a contract? Answer:
When the change exceeds an increase or decrease of 25% of the
estimated cost.
, ⩥ Basic operational and services data of the airport are maintained
where? Answer: Airport Master Record 5010
⩥ The principal imaginary surfaces defined in FAR Part 77 are: Answer:
"1) Primary Surfaces
2) Transitional Surfaces
3) Approach Surfaces
4) Horizontal Surfaces
5) Conical Surfaces"
⩥ The Airport Terminal should provide what? Answer: Safe, efficient,
comfortable transfer of passengers and baggage
⩥ Airport terminal facilities are planned on the basis of activity
forecasts. The annual forecast normally used are__________,
_________, and __________ Answer: "Passenger enplanements
passenger originations
and aircraft movements (by aircraft size)"
⩥ How do terminal planners forecast activities? Answer: "1) Current
airport Master Plan,
2) FAA published terminal area forecasts,
3) Forecasts developed by Airlines for America (A4A)
2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
PRACTICE SOLUTION GRADED A+
⩥ The FAA recommends these types of meetings for Airport Master Plan
updates. Answer: Open House
⩥ What is the focus of Airport Master Plan (AMP) Prudent Planning
Criteria? Answer: Focus on minimizing minimize unavoidable
environmental impact and to avoid delays in project design and
construction
⩥ What are the five factors that affect Demand Forecasting? Answer: "1)
Economic Characteristics
2) Demographic Characteristics
3) Geographical Attributes
4) Aviation Related Factors, Other Factors "
⩥ What are the four types of Forecast Methods? Answer: "1) Regression
Analysis - Ties aviation demand to enplanements, population and
income levels
2) Trend Analysis and Extrapolation - Historical pattern of aviation
activity to project future trends
,3) Market Shares Analysis -top-down relationship among national,
regional, state, and local forecasts, where local forecasts represent a
market share or percentage of national forecasts.
4) Smoothing - historical data focused more on the recent trends and
conditions of the airport"
⩥ List 8 key activities of the Facilities Implementation Plan. Answer: "1.
Sponsor-specific project approval activities
2. Airline and other tenant approvals including lease modifications
3. Project funding activities (FAA grants, PFC, and long-term debt
financing)
4. Environmental processing activities
5. Land acquisition activities
6. Sponsor-specific project implementation, process activities associated
with the design and build of the projects
7. Agency coordination activities
8. Public coordination activities"
⩥ What portion of the AMP shows how the airport will fund
recommended projects? Answer: Financial Feasibility Analysis
⩥ Additional pavement in the form of fillets are designed to maintain the
___ ___ ___ ___ (___). Answer: Taxiway Edge Safety Margin (TESM).
,⩥ What factors determine the substantial use of the Airport's Design
Aircraft? Answer: "Largest scheduled commercial service aircraft
500 or more annual itinerant operations
If AO and FAA foresee future vision of change of fleet mixture"
⩥ What are the 4 runway configurations? Answer: "(1) single
(2) open-V
(3) parallel
(4) intersecting"
⩥ What are the three reasons a runway may have a displaced threshold?
Answer: "(1)an object obstructs the airspace needed for landing aircraft,
(2) for environmental considerations such as noise abatement, or
(3) if necessary to provide standard runway safety area dimensions or
runway obstacle free zone lengths."
⩥ Nose gear steering angle is no more than ___ degrees, the generally
accepted value to prevent excessive tire scrubbing. Answer: 50 degrees
⩥ When must an airport issue a change order to a contract? Answer:
When the change exceeds an increase or decrease of 25% of the
estimated cost.
, ⩥ Basic operational and services data of the airport are maintained
where? Answer: Airport Master Record 5010
⩥ The principal imaginary surfaces defined in FAR Part 77 are: Answer:
"1) Primary Surfaces
2) Transitional Surfaces
3) Approach Surfaces
4) Horizontal Surfaces
5) Conical Surfaces"
⩥ The Airport Terminal should provide what? Answer: Safe, efficient,
comfortable transfer of passengers and baggage
⩥ Airport terminal facilities are planned on the basis of activity
forecasts. The annual forecast normally used are__________,
_________, and __________ Answer: "Passenger enplanements
passenger originations
and aircraft movements (by aircraft size)"
⩥ How do terminal planners forecast activities? Answer: "1) Current
airport Master Plan,
2) FAA published terminal area forecasts,
3) Forecasts developed by Airlines for America (A4A)
