AAAE CM Module 1Exam with Guaranteed Correct Answers

Air Commerce Act of 1926 - correct answer Created a new Aeronautics Branch known as the CAA (the precursor of the FAA) Function of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) - correct answer Make safety rules and economic regulation of the airlines Deregulation of the airlines created this airline design - correct answer Hub and spoke system What act created the FAA? - correct answer Federal Aviation Act (FAA) What act created the TSA? - correct answer Transportation Safety Act (TSA) Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 - correct answer Created gov't subsidies programs to expand the list of eligible projects for Federal Funding Growth of the FAAP to the AIP - correct answer Will be discussed later Future challenges facing the industry - correct answer 1. UAVs 2. Commercial Space 3. Cybersecurity Big dog of a Commercial Service Airport? - correct answer Airlines Big dog of a GA Airport? - correct answer FBO What is an FBO? - correct answer Fixed Base Operator that provides fuel What is a SASO? - correct answer Aeronautical Service that doesn't provide fuel How many airports in the US? - correct answer 19,000 ish How many airports are Commercial Service Airports? - correct answer Just over 5,000 How many GA airports are there? - correct answer Roughly 2,500 What are the significance of these numbers: 2500, 10000 and 3345? - correct answer 2,500 - Commercial Service Airport 10,000 - Primary Commercial Service Airport 3,345 - Number of public use airports in NPIAS Purpose of a GA Reliever Airport? - correct answer To relieve the GA traffic from a Commercial Service Airport Joint-Use Airport vs. Shared-Use Airport - correct 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 What is the importance of Part 91, Part 121 and Part 135? - correct answer Part 91 - General Aviation Safety Standards Part 121 - Scheduled Airlines Safety Standards (highest) Part 135 - Charter Airlines Safety Standards