AAAE CM MODULE 4 EXAMS SET Questions with Correct
Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Function of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB).
Answer: Make safety rules and economic regulation of the airlines
Question 2: Deregulation of the airlines created this airline design.
Answer: Hub and spoke system
Question 3: What act created the FAA?
Answer: Federal Aviation Act (FAA)
Question 4: What act created the TSA?
Answer: Transportation Safety Act (TSA)
Question 5: Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970.
Answer: Created gov't subsidies programs to expand the list of eligible projects for Federal Funding
Question 6: Growth of the FAAP to the AIP.
Answer: Will be discussed later
Question 7: Future challenges facing the industry.
Answer:
1. UAVs
2. Commercial Space
3. Cybersecurity
Question 8: Big dog of a Commercial Service Airport?
Answer: Airlines
Question 9: Big dog of a GA Airport?
Answer: FBO
Question 10: What is an FBO?
Answer: Fixed Base Operator that provides fuel
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, Question 11: What is a SASO?
Answer: Aeronautical Service that doesn't provide fuel
Question 12: How many airports in the US?
Answer: 19,000 ish
Question 13: How many airports are Commercial Service Airports?
Answer: Just over 5,000
Question 14: How many GA airports are there?
Answer: Roughly 2,500
Question 15: What are the significance of these numbers: 2500, 10000 and 3345?
Answer: 2,500 - Commercial Service Airport 10,000 - Primary Commercial Service Airport 3,345 - Number
of public use airports in NPIAS
Question 16: Purpose of a GA Reliever Airport?
Answer: To relieve the GA traffic from a Commercial Service Airport
Question 17: Joint-Use Airport vs. Shared-Use Airport.
Answer: Joint-Use - military owns the joint and leases space for commercial travel Shared-Use - owned by
govt and military and civil Airport share runways and taxiways
Question 18: What is the importance of Part 91, Part 121 and Part 135?
Answer: Part 91 - General Aviation Safety Standards Part 121 - Scheduled Airlines Safety Standards
(highest) Part 135 - Charter Airlines Safety Standards
Question 19: What is a public charter?
Answer: Similar to renting a limo but with a plane
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Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Function of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB).
Answer: Make safety rules and economic regulation of the airlines
Question 2: Deregulation of the airlines created this airline design.
Answer: Hub and spoke system
Question 3: What act created the FAA?
Answer: Federal Aviation Act (FAA)
Question 4: What act created the TSA?
Answer: Transportation Safety Act (TSA)
Question 5: Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970.
Answer: Created gov't subsidies programs to expand the list of eligible projects for Federal Funding
Question 6: Growth of the FAAP to the AIP.
Answer: Will be discussed later
Question 7: Future challenges facing the industry.
Answer:
1. UAVs
2. Commercial Space
3. Cybersecurity
Question 8: Big dog of a Commercial Service Airport?
Answer: Airlines
Question 9: Big dog of a GA Airport?
Answer: FBO
Question 10: What is an FBO?
Answer: Fixed Base Operator that provides fuel
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, Question 11: What is a SASO?
Answer: Aeronautical Service that doesn't provide fuel
Question 12: How many airports in the US?
Answer: 19,000 ish
Question 13: How many airports are Commercial Service Airports?
Answer: Just over 5,000
Question 14: How many GA airports are there?
Answer: Roughly 2,500
Question 15: What are the significance of these numbers: 2500, 10000 and 3345?
Answer: 2,500 - Commercial Service Airport 10,000 - Primary Commercial Service Airport 3,345 - Number
of public use airports in NPIAS
Question 16: Purpose of a GA Reliever Airport?
Answer: To relieve the GA traffic from a Commercial Service Airport
Question 17: Joint-Use Airport vs. Shared-Use Airport.
Answer: Joint-Use - military owns the joint and leases space for commercial travel Shared-Use - owned by
govt and military and civil Airport share runways and taxiways
Question 18: What is the importance of Part 91, Part 121 and Part 135?
Answer: Part 91 - General Aviation Safety Standards Part 121 - Scheduled Airlines Safety Standards
(highest) Part 135 - Charter Airlines Safety Standards
Question 19: What is a public charter?
Answer: Similar to renting a limo but with a plane
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