Radio Operator Certificate BZF I/II

Emergency Procedures, Signals and Rules of the Air

61 questions

Distress and urgency

  1. The distress signal MAYDAY means that … Easy
  2. How shall a distress call be initiated? Easy
  3. Which of the following signals is a distress signal? Easy
  4. How shall an urgency call be initiated? Easy
  5. Which code shall be selected on an aircraft’s transponder in a distress situation? Easy
  6. An aircraft squawking 7700 indicates to the aeronautical station that … Easy

Radio failure

  1. Which code shall be selected on an aircraft’s transponder in the case of radio communication failure? Easy
  2. What does an aircraft indicate to the aeronautical station when it transmits the transponder code A 7600? Easy

Air traffic services

  1. Flight preparations are the responsibility of: Easy
  2. The time data used for aviation purposes are always based on ... Easy
  3. What is the measurement unit for horizontal speed in aviation? Easy
  4. What is the measurement unit for vertical speed in aviation? Easy
  5. What is the measurement unit for altitudes in aviation? Easy
  6. What is the measurement unit for atmospheric pressure in aviation? Easy

Rules of the air

  1. A power-driven aircraft and a glider are approaching head-on. Who shall give way? Easy
  2. When shall all aircraft display navigation lights? Easy
  3. Changes of direction in the traffic circuit shall normally be made … Easy
  4. Changes of direction in the approach to landing and after take-off shall normally be made … Easy

Signals and signs

  1. What does a steady green light directed toward an aircraft in flight indicate? Easy
  2. What does a steady red light directed toward an aircraft on the ground indicate? Easy

Distress and urgency

  1. The radiotelephony signal PAN PAN means that an aircraft … Medium

Radio failure

  1. What is a specific feature of a blind transmission? Medium
  2. What is a specific feature of a blind transmission? Medium
  3. During a VFR flight, the pilot has been given clearance to enter the control zone and has received and acknowledged the landing instructions. A short time afterwards, the radiotelephone fails. What action shall the pilot take? Medium

Signals and signs

  1. A pilot shall follow, on a priority basis: Medium
  2. A horizontal red square panel with two yellow diagonals displayed in the signal area indicates: Medium
  3. A horizontal white dumb-bell displayed in the signal area indicates: Medium
  4. A white or orange "T" (landing T) which is either illuminated or outlined in white lights at night indicates: Medium
  5. What does a steady red light directed toward an aircraft in flight indicate? Medium
  6. What does a series of green flashes directed toward an aircraft in flight indicate? Medium
  7. What does a series of red flashes directed toward an aircraft in flight indicate? Medium
  8. What does a red pyrotechnic light directed toward an aircraft in flight indicate? Medium
  9. What does a steady green light directed toward an aircraft on the ground indicate? Medium
  10. What does a series of green flashes directed toward an aircraft on the ground indicate? Medium

Air traffic services

  1. What Air Traffic Services are there? Medium
  2. When is the FIS available to a pilot? Medium
  3. What is the measurement unit for distances used in aviation for navigation purposes? Medium

Rules of the air

  1. When an aircraft is in the final stages of an approach to land … Medium
  2. All aircraft in flight and fitted with anti-collision lights shall display such lights … Medium
  3. Flight visibility is defined as … Medium

Distress and urgency

  1. What information shall a distress message contain? Hard
  2. A distress call shall be transmitted ... Hard

Radio failure

  1. In case of radio communication failure prior to receipt or acknowledgement of a clearance to enter a control zone, the pilot shall … Hard
  2. A pilot is performing a VFR flight to a controlled aerodrome. Radiotelephony communication with the control tower is not possible. What action shall the pilot take? Hard

Signals and signs

  1. Upon observing a light signal directed towards the aircraft, the pilot shall take the prescribed measures. What shall the pilot take into account? Hard
  2. Radio instructions have priority over light and ground signals and visual signs. This does not apply to … Hard
  3. A set of two digits displayed vertically at or near the aerodrome control tower indicates: Hard
  4. When displayed in a signal area, or horizontally at the end of the runway or strip in use, a right- hand arrow of conspicuous colour indicates: Hard
  5. What does a series of white flashes directed toward an aircraft in flight indicate? Hard
  6. What does a series of red flashes directed toward an aircraft on the ground indicate? Hard
  7. What does a series of white flashes directed toward an aircraft on the ground indicate? Hard

Air traffic services

  1. The Flight Information Service performs the following tasks: Hard
  2. Who is responsible for air traffic control in the Federal Republic of Germany? Hard
  3. Meteorological briefing shall generally be requested … Hard

Rules of the air

  1. Which minimum height shall be observed over the congested areas of cities for VFR flights? Hard
  2. What is the required minimum distance to the highest obstacle for VFR flights over ground or water at an altitude of 150 m (500 ft)? Hard
  3. Aircraft towing objects shall have the right of way over … Hard
  4. A pilot observes a powered glider (engine running) converging at approximately the same level from the left that will cross the pilot’s flight path. Who shall give way? Hard
  5. Aerodrome traffic is … Hard
  6. When does an aircraft fly “downwind 16”? When it flies a heading of … Hard
  7. Whose signals and signs shall the pilot on the apron and parking areas of a controlled aerodrome follow? Hard

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