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Brainteasers Interactive Quiz #50:
Pilot/Controller Glossary

For clear and unambiguous communications between pilots and controllers, it's vital that there be agreement about the meaning of words. In the Aeronautical Information Manual, the FAA has published a Pilot/Controller Glossary that defines and explains the terminology used by pilots and controllers when communicating on ATC frequencies. See if your knowledge of this lingo is up to snuff by taking Irv Siegel's latest interactive quiz.

by Irv Siegel

NOTE: The questions in this quiz are based on the Pilot/Controller Glossary in the FAA's Aeronautical Information Manual. Exactly the same glossary appears in the Air Traffic Control Handbook (FAA Order 7110.65) and the Flight Services Handbook (FAA Order 7110.10).

1. What terms are used to designate the runway currently being used for
a. "active runway" and "duty runway" only
b. "active runway" and "runway in use" only
c. "duty runway" and "runway in use" only
d. "active runway," "duty runway," and "runway in
takeoff or landing?


use"

2. What is the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) meaning of
a. Transmit your identification.
b. Confirm that you are accepting the clearance issued to you.
c. Let me know that you have received my message.
d. Let me know that you have received and understand this message.
the word "acknowledge"?

3. Which of the following is/are defined as "additional services"?
a. traffic advisories only
b. advisories that traffic is no longer a factor only
c. traffic advisories and advisories that traffic is no longer a factor
d. none of the above
4. What is the meaning of "advise intentions"?
a. State whether you are requesting a touch and go or full stop.
b. State your destination airport.
c. Tell me what you intend to do.
d. If you are dating the controller's daughter, say "honorable."
5. If ATC asks you a question to which the answer is "affirmative,"
a. yes.
b. roger.
but you can't remember that word, an acceptable alternative word is


c. wilco.
d. yes, roger, or wilco.
6. For the purpose of wake turbulence separation minima, ATC classifies an
a. wingspan.
aircraft as "large" according to its


b. weight.
c. seating capacity.
d. fuel capacity.
7. What is the airport reference point?
a. the approximate geometric center of all usable runway surfaces
b. the location of the airport's control tower
c. the location of the airport's rotating beacon
d. the location of the windsock closest to the threshold of the runway that
is designated as the default or calm-wind runway.

8. What type of airspeed should a pilot report when ATC requests the pilot to
a. calibrated
b. equivalent
c. indicated
d. true
9. What is an alert notice?
a. a transmission by a flight service station or an air traffic control
aircraft.


b. a transmission by a flight service station or an air traffic control
c. a transmission by a flight service station or an air traffic control
center for an extensive communication search for overdue, unreported, or missing
d. A request originated by a flight service station or an air traffic control
10. When an aircraft's Mode C altitude is displayed on an ATC radar screen,
a. 25
b. 50
c. 100
d. 200
e. 300
it is displayed in _________ foot increments