ATSC 231 Block 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Wx influences - CORRECT ANSWER - Aircraft efficiency
Pax comfort
Flight Safety
Part 95 - CORRECT ANSWER - GA
Part 135 - CORRECT ANSWER - Charters/ Air taxis
Part 121 - CORRECT ANSWER - Airlines
NOAA - CORRECT ANSWER - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NESDIS - CORRECT ANSWER - National Environmental Satellite, Data, and
Information Service
Is NESDEIS under FAA or NOAA - CORRECT ANSWER - NOAA
NCEP - CORRECT ANSWER - National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NWS - CORRECT ANSWER - National Weather Service
SPC - CORRECT ANSWER - Storm Prediction Center, Predicts storms, convective wx
and sometimes winter wx & fire wx.
, AWC - CORRECT ANSWER - Aviation Weather Center, produce wx products for flight,
Airmets, Sigments, plotting wx for all aviation needs.
NHC - CORRECT ANSWER - National Hurricane Center, proviced the NWS with
hurricane wx and info.
NCEP Central Ops - CORRECT ANSWER - Run the computer models, linking all the
computer centers together. Make all the wx charts.
WPC - CORRECT ANSWER - Weather Prediction Center (Also called HPC) analyze the
computer models, flood forecasts and draw surface charts.
AAWU - CORRECT ANSWER - Alaskan Aviation Weather Unit, handle all the wx in the
alaska area for aviation purposes, specialized for alaska.
CWSU - CORRECT ANSWER - Center Weather Service Unit, located in Air Route
Traffic Control Centers, staffed by NWS Meteorologist. Provide wx to controllers who pass to
pilots, and log PIREPS from pilots.
WFO - CORRECT ANSWER - Weather Forecast Office, facilities doing wx forecasts for
local use, such as blizzard watches. Are at nationwide at 118 locations
FAA - CORRECT ANSWER - Federal Aviation Administration. The U.S. Federal Aviation
Administration is an operating mode of the Department of Transportation responsible for the
safety of civil aviation.
ATCSCC - CORRECT ANSWER - Air Traffic Control System Command Center, the
brains behind the whole airspace setting delays, managing aircraft flow on a national level.
Supported by NWS Meteorologists.
ARTCC - CORRECT ANSWER - Air Route Traffic Control Center, provides traffic
separation, wx information to and from pilots.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Wx influences - CORRECT ANSWER - Aircraft efficiency
Pax comfort
Flight Safety
Part 95 - CORRECT ANSWER - GA
Part 135 - CORRECT ANSWER - Charters/ Air taxis
Part 121 - CORRECT ANSWER - Airlines
NOAA - CORRECT ANSWER - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NESDIS - CORRECT ANSWER - National Environmental Satellite, Data, and
Information Service
Is NESDEIS under FAA or NOAA - CORRECT ANSWER - NOAA
NCEP - CORRECT ANSWER - National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NWS - CORRECT ANSWER - National Weather Service
SPC - CORRECT ANSWER - Storm Prediction Center, Predicts storms, convective wx
and sometimes winter wx & fire wx.
, AWC - CORRECT ANSWER - Aviation Weather Center, produce wx products for flight,
Airmets, Sigments, plotting wx for all aviation needs.
NHC - CORRECT ANSWER - National Hurricane Center, proviced the NWS with
hurricane wx and info.
NCEP Central Ops - CORRECT ANSWER - Run the computer models, linking all the
computer centers together. Make all the wx charts.
WPC - CORRECT ANSWER - Weather Prediction Center (Also called HPC) analyze the
computer models, flood forecasts and draw surface charts.
AAWU - CORRECT ANSWER - Alaskan Aviation Weather Unit, handle all the wx in the
alaska area for aviation purposes, specialized for alaska.
CWSU - CORRECT ANSWER - Center Weather Service Unit, located in Air Route
Traffic Control Centers, staffed by NWS Meteorologist. Provide wx to controllers who pass to
pilots, and log PIREPS from pilots.
WFO - CORRECT ANSWER - Weather Forecast Office, facilities doing wx forecasts for
local use, such as blizzard watches. Are at nationwide at 118 locations
FAA - CORRECT ANSWER - Federal Aviation Administration. The U.S. Federal Aviation
Administration is an operating mode of the Department of Transportation responsible for the
safety of civil aviation.
ATCSCC - CORRECT ANSWER - Air Traffic Control System Command Center, the
brains behind the whole airspace setting delays, managing aircraft flow on a national level.
Supported by NWS Meteorologists.
ARTCC - CORRECT ANSWER - Air Route Traffic Control Center, provides traffic
separation, wx information to and from pilots.
