RAMP CERTIFICATION ACTUAL PAPER
SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ TUGS AND TRAILERS
Answer: A. No more than four bag/mail/freight carts shall be
allowed to be towed on service roads.
B. All trailers or semi-trailers must be equipped with proper
brakes so that when disengaged from
a towing vehicle, they cannot become free rolling from propeller
slipstream, jet blast or wind.
C. No person will operate towed equipment unless the equipment
has positive locking couplings.
D. All tugs, trailers, baggage carts or cargo carts must be returned
to their assigned storage areas.
E. During pushback, aircraft must only be disconnected at the
designated release location.
Aircraft must be released parallel to the Taxi-lane so as to avoid
jet blast to the adjacent
concourse buildings.
F. No person will abandon a piece of equipment in an
unauthorized area as designated by CDA.
Any abandoned equipment will be ticketed and towed.
G. No person will operate a baggage cart or cargo cart unless the
cart is enclosed on all four sides
,while actually hauling baggage or cargo. H. All carts or pieces of
equipment being towed must have reflectors or fluorescent tape
on both
sides and rear.
I. No person will tow equipment in a manner so as to cause fish
tailing.
J. In the event that an Aircraft must be towed across a runway,
such an operation must be
conducted under the escort of a City vehicle; either by Airport
Operations or the City Motor
Truck Driver Pool. Only Department approved high speed tractors
may tow an Aircraft without
escort.
K. Midway: When driving in the baggage make-up area, all MATCO
requirements for safe vehicle
operation apply.
◉ YIELDING RIGHT-OF-WAY
Answer: A. All Ground Motor Vehicle operators must yield the
right-of-way to all Aircraft in motion,
emergency vehicles and snow equipment.
B. No person operating a Ground Motor Vehicle will cross a
Taxiway without bringing the
vehicle to complete stop and observing ground airplane traffic in
all directions. TAXIING
, AIRCRAFT, HOVER-TAXIING HELICOPTERS AND AIRCRAFT IN
PUSHBACK ALWAYS HAVE THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
C. No person operating a Ground Motor Vehicle will cross or enter
Ground Motor Vehicle
traffic lanes without yielding the right-of-way to vehicles already
in these lanes.
D. Ground Motor Vehicles approaching from opposite directions
will pass to the right of each
other and notstop when passing each other.
E. Double solid lines in the middle of the roadway signify a no
passing zone. Do not cross lines
to pass other vehicle traffic.
◉ PARKING
Answer: Any equipment parked in an unauthorized area will be
ticketed and towed.
A. No person will stand or park a Ground Motor Vehicle or other
equipment, including
Aircraft, on the airfield ramp area or inany building not
designated by the CDA.
B. No person will stand or park a Ground Motor Vehicle or other
equipment within 15 feet of
any fire hydrant, otherfire control apparatus orfuelshut-off
switches.
SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ TUGS AND TRAILERS
Answer: A. No more than four bag/mail/freight carts shall be
allowed to be towed on service roads.
B. All trailers or semi-trailers must be equipped with proper
brakes so that when disengaged from
a towing vehicle, they cannot become free rolling from propeller
slipstream, jet blast or wind.
C. No person will operate towed equipment unless the equipment
has positive locking couplings.
D. All tugs, trailers, baggage carts or cargo carts must be returned
to their assigned storage areas.
E. During pushback, aircraft must only be disconnected at the
designated release location.
Aircraft must be released parallel to the Taxi-lane so as to avoid
jet blast to the adjacent
concourse buildings.
F. No person will abandon a piece of equipment in an
unauthorized area as designated by CDA.
Any abandoned equipment will be ticketed and towed.
G. No person will operate a baggage cart or cargo cart unless the
cart is enclosed on all four sides
,while actually hauling baggage or cargo. H. All carts or pieces of
equipment being towed must have reflectors or fluorescent tape
on both
sides and rear.
I. No person will tow equipment in a manner so as to cause fish
tailing.
J. In the event that an Aircraft must be towed across a runway,
such an operation must be
conducted under the escort of a City vehicle; either by Airport
Operations or the City Motor
Truck Driver Pool. Only Department approved high speed tractors
may tow an Aircraft without
escort.
K. Midway: When driving in the baggage make-up area, all MATCO
requirements for safe vehicle
operation apply.
◉ YIELDING RIGHT-OF-WAY
Answer: A. All Ground Motor Vehicle operators must yield the
right-of-way to all Aircraft in motion,
emergency vehicles and snow equipment.
B. No person operating a Ground Motor Vehicle will cross a
Taxiway without bringing the
vehicle to complete stop and observing ground airplane traffic in
all directions. TAXIING
, AIRCRAFT, HOVER-TAXIING HELICOPTERS AND AIRCRAFT IN
PUSHBACK ALWAYS HAVE THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
C. No person operating a Ground Motor Vehicle will cross or enter
Ground Motor Vehicle
traffic lanes without yielding the right-of-way to vehicles already
in these lanes.
D. Ground Motor Vehicles approaching from opposite directions
will pass to the right of each
other and notstop when passing each other.
E. Double solid lines in the middle of the roadway signify a no
passing zone. Do not cross lines
to pass other vehicle traffic.
◉ PARKING
Answer: Any equipment parked in an unauthorized area will be
ticketed and towed.
A. No person will stand or park a Ground Motor Vehicle or other
equipment, including
Aircraft, on the airfield ramp area or inany building not
designated by the CDA.
B. No person will stand or park a Ground Motor Vehicle or other
equipment within 15 feet of
any fire hydrant, otherfire control apparatus orfuelshut-off
switches.
