ATC TERMINAL EVALUATION TEST ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔air taxi - ✔✔preferred method of helicopter movements on airports
✔✔yes - ✔✔Does a pilot request to takeoff/land from a given point in a given direction
constitute agreement for helicopter ops?
✔✔no - ✔✔Does a pilot asking permission to take off constitute asking permission to
waiver the wake turbulence time minima?
✔✔exceeds 5 knots - ✔✔unless agreed by pilot, do not issue downwind takeoffs if
tailwind _________
✔✔taxiing aircraft - ✔✔helicopters performing air taxiing ops within boundary of the
airport are considered to be _________
✔✔departing - ✔✔separate ________ helicopter from others by ensuring
1. preceding departing heli has left takeoff area
2. preceding arriving heli has taxied off landing area
✔✔arriving - ✔✔separate ________ helicopter from others by ensuring
1. preceding arriving heli has come to stop
2. preceding arriving heli has taxied off landing area
3. preceding departing heli has left landing area
✔✔Go around - ✔✔instructions for a pilot to abandon approach to landing
✔✔selected, prominent, geographical - ✔✔clear aircraft to hold at _______,
_________, ________ fixes which can be easily recognized from the air, preferably on
sectional charts
✔✔VFR-on-top - ✔✔_________ if following conditions met
1. pilot requests clearnce
, 2. inform pilot of reported height of tops or no tops
3. ensure separationfrom all other air traffic
4. relcear a/c to maintain it when they reach it
✔✔SVFR - ✔✔______ ops in weather conditions less than basic VFR minima are
authorized
1. at any loc not prohibited by 14 CFR 91
2. only in class B, C, D, E
3. only when requested by pilot
4. basis of wx cond reported at a/p
5. when wx cond. are not reported but pilot advises cannot fly VFR
✔✔14 CFR Part 91 - ✔✔________ does not prohibit SVFR helicopter ops
✔✔delayed - ✔✔SVFR may be approved only if arriving and departing IFR a/c are not
________
✔✔non radar, visual - ✔✔apply ___________ or __________ separation between
1. SVFR fixed wing a/c
2. " and SVFR helis
3. " and IFR a/c
✔✔non radar, visual, IFR radar - ✔✔apply _______, ________, or ________ separation
between
1. SVFR helis
2. " and IFR helis
✔✔1/2 mile - ✔✔Separation between SVFR heli and IFR a/c if IFR is less than 1 mile
from landing at the a/p
✔✔1 mile - ✔✔Separation between SVFR heli and IFR a/c if IFR a/c is 1 mile or more
from the a/p
✔✔1 mile, 200 ft, 30 - ✔✔Separation between SVFR helis. It may be reduced to
________ if departing simultaneously and courses diverge by ______ degrees
determined by surface markings or instructed by ATC
✔✔500, MSA - ✔✔Do not assign fixed altitude when applying vertical separation, but
clear SVFR a/c at or below alt at least _______ ft below any conflicting IFR traffic but
not below _______
✔✔ground - ✔✔When _____ vis is less than 1 mile for SVFR fixed wing (does not
prohibit heli)
1. Tell departing a/c vis is less than 1 mile and cant issue clearance
2. Tell arriving a/c outside B, C, D, E, they cant enter unless emergency
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔air taxi - ✔✔preferred method of helicopter movements on airports
✔✔yes - ✔✔Does a pilot request to takeoff/land from a given point in a given direction
constitute agreement for helicopter ops?
✔✔no - ✔✔Does a pilot asking permission to take off constitute asking permission to
waiver the wake turbulence time minima?
✔✔exceeds 5 knots - ✔✔unless agreed by pilot, do not issue downwind takeoffs if
tailwind _________
✔✔taxiing aircraft - ✔✔helicopters performing air taxiing ops within boundary of the
airport are considered to be _________
✔✔departing - ✔✔separate ________ helicopter from others by ensuring
1. preceding departing heli has left takeoff area
2. preceding arriving heli has taxied off landing area
✔✔arriving - ✔✔separate ________ helicopter from others by ensuring
1. preceding arriving heli has come to stop
2. preceding arriving heli has taxied off landing area
3. preceding departing heli has left landing area
✔✔Go around - ✔✔instructions for a pilot to abandon approach to landing
✔✔selected, prominent, geographical - ✔✔clear aircraft to hold at _______,
_________, ________ fixes which can be easily recognized from the air, preferably on
sectional charts
✔✔VFR-on-top - ✔✔_________ if following conditions met
1. pilot requests clearnce
, 2. inform pilot of reported height of tops or no tops
3. ensure separationfrom all other air traffic
4. relcear a/c to maintain it when they reach it
✔✔SVFR - ✔✔______ ops in weather conditions less than basic VFR minima are
authorized
1. at any loc not prohibited by 14 CFR 91
2. only in class B, C, D, E
3. only when requested by pilot
4. basis of wx cond reported at a/p
5. when wx cond. are not reported but pilot advises cannot fly VFR
✔✔14 CFR Part 91 - ✔✔________ does not prohibit SVFR helicopter ops
✔✔delayed - ✔✔SVFR may be approved only if arriving and departing IFR a/c are not
________
✔✔non radar, visual - ✔✔apply ___________ or __________ separation between
1. SVFR fixed wing a/c
2. " and SVFR helis
3. " and IFR a/c
✔✔non radar, visual, IFR radar - ✔✔apply _______, ________, or ________ separation
between
1. SVFR helis
2. " and IFR helis
✔✔1/2 mile - ✔✔Separation between SVFR heli and IFR a/c if IFR is less than 1 mile
from landing at the a/p
✔✔1 mile - ✔✔Separation between SVFR heli and IFR a/c if IFR a/c is 1 mile or more
from the a/p
✔✔1 mile, 200 ft, 30 - ✔✔Separation between SVFR helis. It may be reduced to
________ if departing simultaneously and courses diverge by ______ degrees
determined by surface markings or instructed by ATC
✔✔500, MSA - ✔✔Do not assign fixed altitude when applying vertical separation, but
clear SVFR a/c at or below alt at least _______ ft below any conflicting IFR traffic but
not below _______
✔✔ground - ✔✔When _____ vis is less than 1 mile for SVFR fixed wing (does not
prohibit heli)
1. Tell departing a/c vis is less than 1 mile and cant issue clearance
2. Tell arriving a/c outside B, C, D, E, they cant enter unless emergency
