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