AAAE CM TRAINING EXAM 2024 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SOLVED
AND VERIFIED
What agency has the power to make safety related regulations after an aircraft accident? ✔Ans✔
The FAA
Who produces standards and recommended practices for aviation worldwide? ✔Ans✔ The
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
What professional industry trade organization represents GA pilots of small aircraft? ✔Ans✔
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association
What does Grant Assurance #21 (Compatible Land Use) ensure? ✔Ans✔ The sponsor must make a
reasonable attempt at compatible land use outside airport property boundaries. Incompatible land
is generally residential, schools, hospitals or public health entities, and concert halls.
What document must always be up to date to receive FAA funds? ✔Ans✔ ALP
The ALP must delineate the airport boundaries, all facilities, and identify future development plans.
FAA approval represents concurrence in the conformity of design standards and criteria.
According to the FAA, where do most conflicts occur in permitted activities (aero or non-aero)?
✔Ans✔ Non-aeronautical
,What are airport tenants and users required to adhere to? ✔Ans✔ Rules and Regulations
What is the benefit of grant assurances to the airport user? ✔Ans✔ Ensures adequate level of safe
and effective service
What are examples of non-aeronautical revenue sources? ✔Ans✔ Concessions, parking lot
charges, rental cars, advertising space, industrial park
Is a payment to a municipality in excess of the cost acceptable? (eg for police or fire
service) ✔Ans✔ No. This is an example of a revenue diversion.
What is the most common aeronautical charge at a commercial service airport? ✔Ans✔ Landing fees.
Based on per operation and per weight basis; relatively small portion of an airline operating costs,
yet highly contentious during negotiations.
What is the FAA's position on the airport fee and rental structure for aeronautical services?
✔Ans✔ Rates and fees must be as self-sustaining as possible.
What is the FAA's position on the airport fee and rental structure of non-aeronautical services?
✔Ans✔ Rates and fees should be Fair Market Value.
What type of agreement between the airlines and the airport puts the airlines at the most risk?
✔Ans✔ Residual
What was the Air Mail Act of 1925, also known as the Kelly Act, and what did it do? ✔Ans✔ Authorized the
Postmaster General to contract for domestic airmail service with commercial air carriers
Only those who use aviation would pay for it
Who began the first U.S. air freight service (between Detroit and Chicago)? ✔Ans✔ Henry Ford
Who carried out most of the commercial related aviation activities before the Air Mail Act? ✔Ans✔
The US Army carried mail for the post office
,What is a Fixed Based Operator? ✔Ans✔ FBOs were originally fuel and rest stops for pilots. The
buildings were then turned into terminals as aviation grew.
What is the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)? ✔Ans✔ Established in 1928.
First airport management trade organization.
Consisted of 10 airport directors attending the National Air Races at mines Field (now LAX).
Adopted first professional accreditation standards in 1954.
Provides lobbying, regulatory services, training, accreditation, and other professional
development programs.
What was the Aeronautics Branch was reorganized and restructured into? ✔Ans✔ Civil
Aeronautics Administration (CAA) under the Dept of Commerce
What did the Civil Aeronautics Admin (CAA) split into, and what were the duties of each branch?
✔Ans✔ CAA maintained Air Traffic Control, Pilot and aircraft certification, Safety enforcement, and
Airway development
Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) ensured safety rules, conducting aircraft accident investigations,
economic regulation of the airlines, approving air routes, and regulating airfares
What was the Development of Landing Areas for National Defence (DLAND) appropriation? ✔Ans✔
Secretary of War and Commerce & Secretary of the Navy could acquire land for airport
development needed for the war effort.
986 airports built in the US.
Post war, 500 airports were declared surplus and handed over to public cities and counties for civil use.
Airport sponsor had to promise to
, make the airport available for public use without discrimination, and to allow the the government to use
in the event of a national emergency.
What did the Federal Air to Airports Program (FAAP) in 1946 do? ✔Ans✔ Provided grant funds
for certain projects, mostly RW and TW development.
Airport had be in the National airport Plan (NAP)
Airports held to previous promises to allow the public to use the airport without discrimination.
Federal Aviation Act of 1958 ✔Ans✔ Air Commerce Act was repealed, and the Federal Aviation
Agency (FAA) was created.
The FAA was directed take over rule-making from the CAB, and was responsible for developing a
common civil-military system of air navigation and air traffic control
When was the FAA moved and renamed to the Federal Aviation Administration? ✔Ans✔ Federal
Aviation Agency renamed to Federal Aviation Administration in 1966, and put under the newly
created Dept of Transportation.
Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 ✔Ans✔ Created the Airport Development Aid Program
(ADAP) and the Planning Grant Program (PGP), expanded the list of eligible projects, created the Part
139 Certification of Airports, created the Aviation Trust Fund.
What was the Aviation Trust Fund? ✔Ans✔ Created under the Airport and Airway Development Act
of 1970 so that only those who use aviation would pay for aviation, it collected a passenger seat tax,
a cargo waybill tax, a fuel tax, and an aircraft registration fee.
Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 ✔Ans✔ Created the Airport Improvement Program where
75-90% of a project is covered by federal money.
Reorganized the National Airport Plan as the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
(NPIAS), establishing airport categories of commercial and GA.
Why was the Transportation Security Administration started? ✔Ans✔ In response to the 9/11
terrorist attacks.
AND VERIFIED
What agency has the power to make safety related regulations after an aircraft accident? ✔Ans✔
The FAA
Who produces standards and recommended practices for aviation worldwide? ✔Ans✔ The
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
What professional industry trade organization represents GA pilots of small aircraft? ✔Ans✔
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association
What does Grant Assurance #21 (Compatible Land Use) ensure? ✔Ans✔ The sponsor must make a
reasonable attempt at compatible land use outside airport property boundaries. Incompatible land
is generally residential, schools, hospitals or public health entities, and concert halls.
What document must always be up to date to receive FAA funds? ✔Ans✔ ALP
The ALP must delineate the airport boundaries, all facilities, and identify future development plans.
FAA approval represents concurrence in the conformity of design standards and criteria.
According to the FAA, where do most conflicts occur in permitted activities (aero or non-aero)?
✔Ans✔ Non-aeronautical
,What are airport tenants and users required to adhere to? ✔Ans✔ Rules and Regulations
What is the benefit of grant assurances to the airport user? ✔Ans✔ Ensures adequate level of safe
and effective service
What are examples of non-aeronautical revenue sources? ✔Ans✔ Concessions, parking lot
charges, rental cars, advertising space, industrial park
Is a payment to a municipality in excess of the cost acceptable? (eg for police or fire
service) ✔Ans✔ No. This is an example of a revenue diversion.
What is the most common aeronautical charge at a commercial service airport? ✔Ans✔ Landing fees.
Based on per operation and per weight basis; relatively small portion of an airline operating costs,
yet highly contentious during negotiations.
What is the FAA's position on the airport fee and rental structure for aeronautical services?
✔Ans✔ Rates and fees must be as self-sustaining as possible.
What is the FAA's position on the airport fee and rental structure of non-aeronautical services?
✔Ans✔ Rates and fees should be Fair Market Value.
What type of agreement between the airlines and the airport puts the airlines at the most risk?
✔Ans✔ Residual
What was the Air Mail Act of 1925, also known as the Kelly Act, and what did it do? ✔Ans✔ Authorized the
Postmaster General to contract for domestic airmail service with commercial air carriers
Only those who use aviation would pay for it
Who began the first U.S. air freight service (between Detroit and Chicago)? ✔Ans✔ Henry Ford
Who carried out most of the commercial related aviation activities before the Air Mail Act? ✔Ans✔
The US Army carried mail for the post office
,What is a Fixed Based Operator? ✔Ans✔ FBOs were originally fuel and rest stops for pilots. The
buildings were then turned into terminals as aviation grew.
What is the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE)? ✔Ans✔ Established in 1928.
First airport management trade organization.
Consisted of 10 airport directors attending the National Air Races at mines Field (now LAX).
Adopted first professional accreditation standards in 1954.
Provides lobbying, regulatory services, training, accreditation, and other professional
development programs.
What was the Aeronautics Branch was reorganized and restructured into? ✔Ans✔ Civil
Aeronautics Administration (CAA) under the Dept of Commerce
What did the Civil Aeronautics Admin (CAA) split into, and what were the duties of each branch?
✔Ans✔ CAA maintained Air Traffic Control, Pilot and aircraft certification, Safety enforcement, and
Airway development
Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) ensured safety rules, conducting aircraft accident investigations,
economic regulation of the airlines, approving air routes, and regulating airfares
What was the Development of Landing Areas for National Defence (DLAND) appropriation? ✔Ans✔
Secretary of War and Commerce & Secretary of the Navy could acquire land for airport
development needed for the war effort.
986 airports built in the US.
Post war, 500 airports were declared surplus and handed over to public cities and counties for civil use.
Airport sponsor had to promise to
, make the airport available for public use without discrimination, and to allow the the government to use
in the event of a national emergency.
What did the Federal Air to Airports Program (FAAP) in 1946 do? ✔Ans✔ Provided grant funds
for certain projects, mostly RW and TW development.
Airport had be in the National airport Plan (NAP)
Airports held to previous promises to allow the public to use the airport without discrimination.
Federal Aviation Act of 1958 ✔Ans✔ Air Commerce Act was repealed, and the Federal Aviation
Agency (FAA) was created.
The FAA was directed take over rule-making from the CAB, and was responsible for developing a
common civil-military system of air navigation and air traffic control
When was the FAA moved and renamed to the Federal Aviation Administration? ✔Ans✔ Federal
Aviation Agency renamed to Federal Aviation Administration in 1966, and put under the newly
created Dept of Transportation.
Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 ✔Ans✔ Created the Airport Development Aid Program
(ADAP) and the Planning Grant Program (PGP), expanded the list of eligible projects, created the Part
139 Certification of Airports, created the Aviation Trust Fund.
What was the Aviation Trust Fund? ✔Ans✔ Created under the Airport and Airway Development Act
of 1970 so that only those who use aviation would pay for aviation, it collected a passenger seat tax,
a cargo waybill tax, a fuel tax, and an aircraft registration fee.
Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 ✔Ans✔ Created the Airport Improvement Program where
75-90% of a project is covered by federal money.
Reorganized the National Airport Plan as the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
(NPIAS), establishing airport categories of commercial and GA.
Why was the Transportation Security Administration started? ✔Ans✔ In response to the 9/11
terrorist attacks.
