AAAE ACE OPERATIONS MODULE 4 EXAM 2026
LATEST UPDATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
How often must ARFF personnel receive recurrent training? - ANS-every 12 consecutive months
to include one live-fire drill
How often is the Airport Emergency Plan updated? - ANS-every 12 months
How often must Class I certificated airports perform a full-scale emergency plan exercise? -
ANS-once every three years; intervening years there must be a tabletop exercise
What are the five phases of an emergency? - ANS-discovery; verification; response; resolution;
restoration to normal operations
What alert level involves a precautionary approach that would not normally cause serious
difficulty or make the landing unsafe? - ANS-Alert I
What alert level involves an aircraft emergency that may result in injuries and aircraft damage? -
ANS-Alert II
What alert level involves an actual aircraft accident? - ANS-Alert III
What are the five types of exercises? - ANS-orientation seminar; drill; tabletop exercise;
functional exercise; full-scale exercise
, At other than Class I airports, what are the exercise requirements? - ANS-Annual tabletop
exercises
When may NTSB delegate an accident investigation to FAA? - ANS-For aircraft weighing less
than 12,500lbs
What plan should airports have if experiencing 6 inches or more of snow annually? - ANS-snow
and ice control plan (SICP)
When experiencing snow and ice conditions, what runway condition is the standard that FAA
requires? - ANS-no worse than wet condition
When should snow and ice clearing operations commence? - ANS-before accumulation is 1/2
inch for wet snow and 1 inch for dry snow
What are snow clearance times based on? - ANS-removing one inch of snow weighing up to
25lbs per cubic foot from the primary runway
What is the term for a chemical or liquid used on water or snow to lower the point at which the
mixture will freeze? - ANS-freezing point depressant
What is the limit of freezing point depression? - ANS-the lowest temperature (eutectic
temperature) an amount of chemical (eutectic composition) will melt ice; i.e. the eutectic
point
What is the green liquid used on aircraft during ice and snow operations? - ANS-Type IV anti-
icing solution; typically ethylene glycol thickened with a polymer; used after de-icing the
aircraft surfaces
LATEST UPDATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
How often must ARFF personnel receive recurrent training? - ANS-every 12 consecutive months
to include one live-fire drill
How often is the Airport Emergency Plan updated? - ANS-every 12 months
How often must Class I certificated airports perform a full-scale emergency plan exercise? -
ANS-once every three years; intervening years there must be a tabletop exercise
What are the five phases of an emergency? - ANS-discovery; verification; response; resolution;
restoration to normal operations
What alert level involves a precautionary approach that would not normally cause serious
difficulty or make the landing unsafe? - ANS-Alert I
What alert level involves an aircraft emergency that may result in injuries and aircraft damage? -
ANS-Alert II
What alert level involves an actual aircraft accident? - ANS-Alert III
What are the five types of exercises? - ANS-orientation seminar; drill; tabletop exercise;
functional exercise; full-scale exercise
, At other than Class I airports, what are the exercise requirements? - ANS-Annual tabletop
exercises
When may NTSB delegate an accident investigation to FAA? - ANS-For aircraft weighing less
than 12,500lbs
What plan should airports have if experiencing 6 inches or more of snow annually? - ANS-snow
and ice control plan (SICP)
When experiencing snow and ice conditions, what runway condition is the standard that FAA
requires? - ANS-no worse than wet condition
When should snow and ice clearing operations commence? - ANS-before accumulation is 1/2
inch for wet snow and 1 inch for dry snow
What are snow clearance times based on? - ANS-removing one inch of snow weighing up to
25lbs per cubic foot from the primary runway
What is the term for a chemical or liquid used on water or snow to lower the point at which the
mixture will freeze? - ANS-freezing point depressant
What is the limit of freezing point depression? - ANS-the lowest temperature (eutectic
temperature) an amount of chemical (eutectic composition) will melt ice; i.e. the eutectic
point
What is the green liquid used on aircraft during ice and snow operations? - ANS-Type IV anti-
icing solution; typically ethylene glycol thickened with a polymer; used after de-icing the
aircraft surfaces
