Airport Management questions well
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On which of the following dates did Orville Wright first fly the Wright Flyer I in a
controlled flight lasting 12 seconds? - correct answer ✔✔December 17, 1903
Which of the following is the name of the first airline for which tickets were sold to the
general public for point-to-point scheduled air travel? - correct answer ✔✔St. Petersburg-
Tampa Airboat Line
What was the name of the pilot who first flew a scheduled commercial airline flight using
heavier-than-air aircraft? - correct answer ✔✔Tony Jannus
Although the first use of the term "airport" was by a Brazilian airship inventor, Mr.
Alberto Santos-Dumont, in 1902, the first municipal airport to be built in the United
States didn't occur until 1908. In which of the following cities was this first airport built? -
correct answer ✔✔Albany, New York
Which of the following claims the distinction of being the "World's Oldest Continually
Operating Airport"? - correct answer ✔✔College Park Airport
Which of the following was triggered by the assassination on June 28 of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand of Austria? - correct answer ✔✔b. World War I
Pilots from which organization flew the first regularly scheduled airmail service in 1918? -
correct answer ✔✔a. U.S. Army Service
,For which of the following reasons were two early airmail pilots fired? - correct answer ✔✔b.
Refusing to fly due to weather
Which of the following pieces of legislation elevated airmail to another level by allowing
the postmaster general to contract for domestic airmail service with commercial air
carriers and also set airmail rates and the level of cash subsidies to be paid to companies
that carried the mail? - correct answer ✔✔Contract Air Mail Act of 1925
Which of the following pieces of legislation was considered the "cornerstone of the Federal
Government's regulation of civil aviation" in the early years? - correct answer ✔✔Air Commerce
Act of 1926
Which individual in the Aeronautics Branch of the United States Department of
Commerce was responsible for fostering air commerce, issuing and enforcing air
traffic rules, licensing pilots, certificating aircraft, establishing airways, operating and
maintaining aids to air navigation, and investigating aviation accidents and incidents? - correct
answer ✔✔Secretary of Commerce
Which two divisions made up the new Bureau of Air Commerce? - correct answer ✔✔a. Air
navigation and air regulation
Which of the following agencies was created by the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938? - correct
answer ✔✔Civil Aeronautics Authority
Under which of the following programs did the Secretaries of War and Commerce and
the Secretary of the Navy authorize expenditures for airports beginning in 1939, with the
invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany? - correct answer ✔✔Development of Landing Areas for
National Defense
,Which of the following programs was established through the Federal Airport Act of
1946? - correct answer ✔✔Federal Aid to Airports Program
The main goal of which of the following pieces of legislation was to modernize the air
traffic control system and navigation facilities to meet the present and future needs of
both civil and military aviation? - correct answer ✔✔Airways Modernization Act
The most notable feature of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 was the creation of which of
the following? - correct answer ✔✔Federal Aviation Agency
The Department of Transportation was created by which of the following pieces of
legislation? - correct answer ✔✔b. Department of Transportation Act
Under which of the following Acts were the CAB's accident investigation responsibilities
transferred to a new National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)? - correct answer
✔✔Department of Transportation Act
Which of the following was financed by an eight-percent tax on domestic passenger fares,
a three-dollar surcharge on passenger tickets originating in the United States, a tax of
seven cents per gallon on gasoline and jet fuel, a five-percent tax on airfreight waybills,
and an annual registration fee and charge per pound for aircraft? - correct answer ✔✔Airport
and Airway Revenue Act of 1970
Which of the following programs subsidizes air carrier operations in less-profitable,
smaller markets? - correct answer ✔✔a. Essential Air Service
, Which of the following provided the FAA authority to issue regulations on "air noise
compatibility planning" and to make funds available for airport projects as part of an
approved noise compatibility program? - correct answer ✔✔d. Aviation Safety and Noise
Abatement Act of 1979
Which of the following is the current federal airport funding program? - correct answer ✔✔b.
Airport Improvement Program
24. In what year was the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) program established by Congress? -
correct answer ✔✔1990
25. The Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990 required: - correct answer ✔✔The FAA to
place a renewed emphasis on explosives detection research and
development.
The purpose of which of the following commissions was to evaluate the long-term
financing needs of the FAA and make recommendations for funding? - correct answer ✔✔d.
National Civil Aviation Review Commission
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was created by which of the
following? - correct answer ✔✔a. Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001
28. Which of the following established the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)? - correct
answer ✔✔a. Homeland Security Act of 2002
29. Which Part of 14 CFR is titled "Certification of Airports?" - correct answer ✔✔c. Part 139
Which of the following provides security guidance applicable to general aviation (GA)
answered already passed
On which of the following dates did Orville Wright first fly the Wright Flyer I in a
controlled flight lasting 12 seconds? - correct answer ✔✔December 17, 1903
Which of the following is the name of the first airline for which tickets were sold to the
general public for point-to-point scheduled air travel? - correct answer ✔✔St. Petersburg-
Tampa Airboat Line
What was the name of the pilot who first flew a scheduled commercial airline flight using
heavier-than-air aircraft? - correct answer ✔✔Tony Jannus
Although the first use of the term "airport" was by a Brazilian airship inventor, Mr.
Alberto Santos-Dumont, in 1902, the first municipal airport to be built in the United
States didn't occur until 1908. In which of the following cities was this first airport built? -
correct answer ✔✔Albany, New York
Which of the following claims the distinction of being the "World's Oldest Continually
Operating Airport"? - correct answer ✔✔College Park Airport
Which of the following was triggered by the assassination on June 28 of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand of Austria? - correct answer ✔✔b. World War I
Pilots from which organization flew the first regularly scheduled airmail service in 1918? -
correct answer ✔✔a. U.S. Army Service
,For which of the following reasons were two early airmail pilots fired? - correct answer ✔✔b.
Refusing to fly due to weather
Which of the following pieces of legislation elevated airmail to another level by allowing
the postmaster general to contract for domestic airmail service with commercial air
carriers and also set airmail rates and the level of cash subsidies to be paid to companies
that carried the mail? - correct answer ✔✔Contract Air Mail Act of 1925
Which of the following pieces of legislation was considered the "cornerstone of the Federal
Government's regulation of civil aviation" in the early years? - correct answer ✔✔Air Commerce
Act of 1926
Which individual in the Aeronautics Branch of the United States Department of
Commerce was responsible for fostering air commerce, issuing and enforcing air
traffic rules, licensing pilots, certificating aircraft, establishing airways, operating and
maintaining aids to air navigation, and investigating aviation accidents and incidents? - correct
answer ✔✔Secretary of Commerce
Which two divisions made up the new Bureau of Air Commerce? - correct answer ✔✔a. Air
navigation and air regulation
Which of the following agencies was created by the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938? - correct
answer ✔✔Civil Aeronautics Authority
Under which of the following programs did the Secretaries of War and Commerce and
the Secretary of the Navy authorize expenditures for airports beginning in 1939, with the
invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany? - correct answer ✔✔Development of Landing Areas for
National Defense
,Which of the following programs was established through the Federal Airport Act of
1946? - correct answer ✔✔Federal Aid to Airports Program
The main goal of which of the following pieces of legislation was to modernize the air
traffic control system and navigation facilities to meet the present and future needs of
both civil and military aviation? - correct answer ✔✔Airways Modernization Act
The most notable feature of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 was the creation of which of
the following? - correct answer ✔✔Federal Aviation Agency
The Department of Transportation was created by which of the following pieces of
legislation? - correct answer ✔✔b. Department of Transportation Act
Under which of the following Acts were the CAB's accident investigation responsibilities
transferred to a new National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)? - correct answer
✔✔Department of Transportation Act
Which of the following was financed by an eight-percent tax on domestic passenger fares,
a three-dollar surcharge on passenger tickets originating in the United States, a tax of
seven cents per gallon on gasoline and jet fuel, a five-percent tax on airfreight waybills,
and an annual registration fee and charge per pound for aircraft? - correct answer ✔✔Airport
and Airway Revenue Act of 1970
Which of the following programs subsidizes air carrier operations in less-profitable,
smaller markets? - correct answer ✔✔a. Essential Air Service
, Which of the following provided the FAA authority to issue regulations on "air noise
compatibility planning" and to make funds available for airport projects as part of an
approved noise compatibility program? - correct answer ✔✔d. Aviation Safety and Noise
Abatement Act of 1979
Which of the following is the current federal airport funding program? - correct answer ✔✔b.
Airport Improvement Program
24. In what year was the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) program established by Congress? -
correct answer ✔✔1990
25. The Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990 required: - correct answer ✔✔The FAA to
place a renewed emphasis on explosives detection research and
development.
The purpose of which of the following commissions was to evaluate the long-term
financing needs of the FAA and make recommendations for funding? - correct answer ✔✔d.
National Civil Aviation Review Commission
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was created by which of the
following? - correct answer ✔✔a. Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001
28. Which of the following established the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)? - correct
answer ✔✔a. Homeland Security Act of 2002
29. Which Part of 14 CFR is titled "Certification of Airports?" - correct answer ✔✔c. Part 139
Which of the following provides security guidance applicable to general aviation (GA)
