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Air Traffic Controller Knowledge Flashcards

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  1. When a controller says 'resume own navigation,' the crew should:

    Answer: Discontinue ATC radar vectors and navigate via their flight plan or clearance

    This phrase ends the period of ATC radar vectoring and returns navigation responsibility to the flight crew.

  2. What is the 'transition level' in ATC operations?

    Answer: The lowest flight level at which aircraft use standard altimeter setting (29.92 in Hg)

    The transition level is the lowest available flight level above the transition altitude, where aircraft switch from local QNH to standard pressure (29.92 in Hg).

  3. Which light gun signal tells an aircraft in flight to give way and continue circling?

    Answer: Flashing red

    A flashing red light directed at an aircraft in flight means to give way to other aircraft and continue circling.

  4. In ATC, what does 'NORDO' refer to?

    Answer: An aircraft with no radio communication capability

    NORDO describes an aircraft that has no functioning radio, requiring special ATC procedures such as light gun signals.

  5. What is the FAA-defined purpose of a Terminal Radar Service Area (TRSA)?

    Answer: To provide radar sequencing and separation for participating VFR and IFR traffic

    TRSAs offer voluntary radar separation services to VFR aircraft near airports that don't qualify for Class B or C airspace.

  6. What is a 'Point Out' procedure in radar ATC operations?

    Answer: A coordination technique where one controller alerts another to an aircraft entering their sector

    A point out is a coordination call between adjacent controllers to advise of an aircraft that will transit the receiving controller's airspace without a full handoff.

  7. When ATC issues 'traffic alert, turn left heading 270, climb and maintain 5,000,' this instruction is from which system?

    Answer: Conflict Alert (CA) issued by the controller

    Conflict Alert (CA) is an automated radar tool that warns controllers of predicted losses of separation, prompting them to issue immediate avoidance instructions.