EXAMINATION FOR COMMERCIAL PILOT LICENCE

By: Pak Tugiarto S.IP

AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES (ATS) - examination II

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. This is multiple choice examination.
2. From the answers provided, select the correct one
3. Enter the correct answers on the answer sheet provided by placing an X in the appropriate box
4. No marks are to be made on the question paper
5. Passing mark is 70%

1. Alerting service shall be provided:

a. to any aircraft known or believed to be the subject of unlawful interference.
b. for all aircraft provided with air traffic control service;
c. in so far as practicable, to all other aircraft having filed a flight plan or
otherwise known to the air traffic services; and
d. All answers are correct

2. The automatic provision of current, routine information to arriving and departing aircraft
throughout 24 hours or a specified portion thereof is a definition for :
a. Flight information service
b. Controller pilot data link communication
c. Automatic terminal information service (ATIS).
d. Weather report

3. A service provided for the purpose of giving advice and information useful for the safe and efficient
conduct of flight is a definition of :
a. Alerting service
b. Air ground radio communication service
c. Flight information service.
d. Air traffic control service

4. Those portions of the airspace where it is determined that air traffic control service will be
provided to IFR flights shall be designated as ;
a. Danger areas
b. Aerodrome Traffic Zone
c. control areas or control zones.
d. Prohibited areas

5. How many Flight Information Region (FIR) now in Indonesian Airspace since july 7 2005 :
 a.4
b.5
c. 2
d.3

6. According to Classification of airspace if IFR and VFR flights are permitted, all flights are provided
with air traffic control service and are separated from each other, this is a designation of
airspace class :
a. C
b. D
c. A
d. B

7. According to Classification of airspace if IFR and VFR flights are permitted, all flights are provided
with air traffic control service and IFR flights are separated from other IFR flights and from VFR
flights. VFR flights are separated from IFR flights and receive traffic information in respect of other
VFR flights This is a designation of airspace class :
a. G
b. C
c. B
d. E

8. Which units shall be established to provide air traffic control service, flight information service and
alerting service within control areas, control zones and at controlled aerodromes :
a. Air Traffic Control Units
b. Search and Rescue units
c. Flight Information Centre
d. Aerodrome flight information service units

9. A unit established to provide air traffic control service to aerodrome traffic is a definition of :
a. Area control Centre
b. Flight information service
c. Aerodrome control tower.
d. Approach control office

10. A land station in the aeronautical mobile service. In certain instances, an aeronautical station may
be located, for example, on board ship or on a platform at sea is a definition of :
a. Aeronautical Fixed Station
b. Air Ground control radio station
c. Aerodrome Flight Information Service
d. Aeronautical station

11. Accepting unit is :

a. A unit established to provide flight information service and alerting service
b. A unit established for the purpose of receiving reports concerning air traffic services and flight
plans submitted before departure.
 c. Air traffic control unit next to take control of an aircraft.
d.. Air traffic control unit in the process of transferring the responsibility for providing air traffic
control service to an aircraft to the next air traffic control unit along the route of flight.

12. Which one from these unit is not an Air traffic control unit.
c. Aerodrome control tower.
b. Apron Movement Control
c. Area control centre
d. Approach control unit

13. A unit established to provide air traffic control service to controlled flights arriving at, or departing
from, one or more aerodromes.
a. Aerodrome control tower
b. Flight Information Centre
c. Approach control unit
d. Area Control Centre

14. A situation that could be designated as Distress phase is :

a. an aircraft fails to arrive within thirty minutes of the estimated time of arrival
last notified to or estimated by air traffic services units, whichever is the later,
except when no doubt exists as to the safety of the aircraft and its occupants.
b. information has been received which indicates that the operating efficiency of
c. the fuel on board is considered to be exhausted, or to be insufficient to enable
the aircraft to reach safety
d. an aircraft is known or believed to be the subject of unlawful interference
the aircraft has been impaired, but not to the extent that a forced landing is
likely, except when evidence exists that would allay apprehension as to the
safety of the aircraft and its occupants

15. If an aircraft fails to arrive within thirty minutes of the estimated time of arrival last notified to or
estimated by air traffic services units, whichever is the later, except when no doubt exists as to
the safety of the aircraft and its occupants. ATS personnel should declare the situation as :
a. Distress phase
b. Unknown phase
c. Uncertainty phase
d. Alert phase

16. Authorization for an aircraft to proceed under conditions specified by an air traffic control unit is a
definition for
a. Air traffic service reporting office
b. Air ground communication
c. Air traffic control clearance.
d. Airways
17. Your position now are in Jakarta Terminal controlled Area (TMA) airspace , you have two way
communication with the airground control radio station responsible for the area. The call sign of
this unit is JAKARTA APPROACH, so you consider that the service given in the airspace is :
a. Aerodrome Control Service
b. Air Traffic Advisory Service
c. Approach Control Service
d. Area Control Service

18. Specified information provided to air traffic services units, relative to an intended flight or portion
of a flight of an aircraft.
a. Traffic info
b. Flight Information Region
c. Flight Information Service
d. Flight plan.

19. An area control centre or flight information centre should be identified by the name of :
a. major airline which has its home base on the aerodrome
b. the state or province
c. a nearby town or city or geographic feature.
d. the aerodrome at which it is located

20. To indicate that the aircraft is in a state of communication failure an aircraft equipped with an
appropriate data link capability and or an SSR transponder might operate the equipment and
choose transponder code :
a. Code 7600
b. Code 1200
c. Code 7700
d. Code 7500

21. An aircraft which has been observed or reported to be operating in a given area but whose
identity has not been established is defined as :
a. Unidentified aircraft
b. Lost aircraft
c. Unknown aircraft
d. Strayed aircraft

22. Separation by an air traffic control unit shall be obtained by at least one of the following:
a. horizontal separation
b. speed separation
c. vertical separation,
d. Answer a and b are correct

23 The responsibility for the control of an arriving aircraft shall be transferred from the unit providing
approach control service to the aerodrome control
tower, when the aircraft:
a. is in the vicinity of the aerodrome, and:
 b. is at a prescribed point or level, as specified in letters of agreement or ATS unit instructions; or
c. has landed.
d. All answers are correct

24. The responsibility for control of a departing aircraft shall be transferred from the aerodrome
control tower to the unit providing approach control service:
when visual meteorological conditions prevail in the vicinity of the aerodrome:
a. immediately after the aircraft is airborne
b. as soon as possible if the pilot is requesting to changing to another frequency
c. prior to the time the aircraft leaves the vicinity of the aerodrome
d. prior the aircraft lining up and report ready for departure

25. Air traffic control service is a service provided for the purpose of :
a. preventing collisions between aircraft, and on the maneuvering area between aircraft and
obstructions
b. expediting and maintaining an orderly flow of air traffic.
c) provide advice and information useful for the safe and efficient conduct of flights
d) Answer a and b are correct.
26. A situation wherein apprehension exists as to the safety of an aircraft and its occupants is a
definition of :
a. Distress phase
b. Unknown phase
c. Alert phase
d. Uncertainty phase

27. A unit established for the purpose of receiving reports concerning air traffic services and flight
plans submitted before departure is a definition for
a. Flight Information Centre
b. Flight Operation or Flight Dispatch
c. Air traffic services reporting office.
d. Area Control Centre

28. A service provided to notify appropriate organizations regarding aircraft in need of search and
rescue aid, and assist such organizations as required is a definition of :
a. Flight Information Service
b. Advisory Air traffic Service
c. ATC service
d. Alerting Service

29. A situation wherein there is reasonable certainty that an aircraft and its occupants are threatened
by grave and imminent danger or require immediate assistance is a definition of :
a. Uncertainty phase
b. Unknown phase
c. Alert phase
d. Distress phase
30. A situation wherein uncertainty exists as to the safety of an aircraft and its occupants is a
definition of :
a. Alert phase
b. Standby phase
c. Uncertainty phase.
d. Distress phase

31. The point to which an aircraft is granted an air traffic control clearance.
a. Holding point
b. Check point
c. Clearance limit.
d. Reporting point

32. The objectives of the air traffic services shall be to:

a. prevent collisions between aircraft and prevent collisions between aircraft on the maneuvering
area and obstructions on that area;
b. expedite and maintain an orderly flow of air traffic;
c. provide advice and information useful for the safe and efficient conduct of flights;
d. All answers are correct

33. Which one is not included in the division of the air traffic control service :
a.Area Control Service
b. Approach control service
c. Aerodrome flight information service
d. Aerodrome control service

34. The need for the provision of air traffic services shall be determined by considera - tion of the
following:
a. the types of air traffic involved;
b. the density of air traffic;
c. the qualification of Air traffic service personnel
d. Answer a and b are correct

35. Those portions of the airspace where it is determined that flight information service and alerting
service will be provided shall be designated as :
a. Aerodrome traffic Zone
b. Flight information region
c. Control area
d. Terminal control area

36. To indicate that the aircraft is in a state of emergency an aircraft equipped with an appropriate
data link capability and or an SSR transponder might operate the equipment and choose
transponder code :
a. Code 7600
b Code 1200
c. Code 7700
 d. Code 7500

37.An air traffic control clearance shall indicate:

a. aircraft cruising speed
b. clearance limit
c. route of flight
d. answers b and c are correct

38. The flight crew shall read back to the air traffic controller safety-related parts of ATC clearances
and instructions which are transmitted by voice. The following items shall always be read back:
a information regarding any changes in airports operating manual
b. runway-in-use, altimeter settings, SSR codes, level instructions, heading and
speed instructions and, whether issued by the controller or contained in ATIS
c. clearances and instructions to enter, land on, take off on, hold short of, cross and
backtrack on any runway
broadcasts, transition levels.
d. answer a and c are correct

39. If no communication has been received from an aircraft within a period of thirty minutes after the
time a communication should have been received, or from the time an unsuccessful attempt to
establish communication with such aircraft was first made, whichever is the earlier. ATS personnel
shall declare this situation as :
a. Distress phase
b. Unknown phase
c. Uncertainty phase
d. Alert phase

40. An aircraft has been cleared to land and fails to land within five minutes of the estimated time of
landing and communication has not been re-established with
the aircraft. This situation is designated as :
a. Distress phase
b. Unknown phase
c. Uncertainty phase
d. Alert phase