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100 IMPORTANT MCQS RELATED TO AD-ATC TEST

1. FAA stands for Federal Aviation Administration.

2. FAA is an American agency for Aviation administration.

3. Four forces of flight are weight, drag, lift and thrust.

4. Altitude in aviation is measured in feet from mean sea level.

5. ICAO stands for International civil aviation organization.

6. ICAO is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

7. ICAO is the specialized agency of the UNO.

8. ICAO defines protocols for the investigation of air accidents.

9. Designator of Runway 25 represents landing in the west direction. It shows that

the direction of landing is 250 degrees from Magnetic North in the clockwise
direction.

11. Customs and Immigration facility is essential for an International Airport.

12. IAS stands for Indicated Air Speed.

13. The heading of Runway 14L/R is 140 degrees. L /R stands for Left/Right.

14. A track is the actual path of an aircraft.

15. A heading is a direction in which the nose of an aircraft is pointed.

16. The altimeter displays an aircraft’s altitude from mean sea level.

17. ATC stands for Air Traffic Controller.

18. Elevators control Pitch of an aircraft causing it to move up or down.

19. Rudders control the yawing movement of an aircraft causing it to turn right or
left.

20. Ailerons control the rolling movement of an aircraft.

21. Flaps increase the lift/drag of an aircraft.

22. If the angle of attack exceeds the critical angle of attack, the aircraft may stall.

23. The three dynamics of flight are Yaw, Pitch, and Roll.

24. ILS stands for Instrument Landing System.

25. Localizer, Glideslope, Terminal Distance Measuring Equipment (TDME), are

the three main components of ILS.

26. Localizer is installed at the end of the approach Runway and provides lateral
guidance to an aircraft.
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27. Glideslope is located at the beginning of an approach Runway and it provides
vertical guidance to an aircraft.

28. VOR (Very High-Frequency Omni-directional Radio Range) and NDB(Non-

Directional Beacon) provide navigational guidance to an aircraft from the ground.

29. Air Traffic Control service is of three types: En-route (Area), Approach,
Terminal (Aerodrome).

30. Aircraft always lands/takes-off into (opposite to) the wind.

31. A-380 is the largest commercial aircraft having the capacity of more than 500
passengers.

32. In Pakistan, Airbus 380 aircraft can land only on New Islamabad International
Airport.

33. Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority was founded on 7th December 1982.

34. 7th December is the International Civil Aviation Day.

35. 20th October is the International Air Traffic Controllers Day.

36. PAPI stands for Precision Approach Path Indicator. It provides visual guidance
to an aircraft.

37. FIR stands for Flight Information Region.

38. Pakistan is divided into two FIRs: Lahore and Karachi.

39. Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) and Visual Flight Rules (VFR) are two types of
rules operational in the world.

40. An aircraft will require greater length of runway in case of higher temperature
and lower pressure.

41. When set to QFE pressure, an altimeter will indicate the height of aircraft
above the airfield.

42. When set to QNH pressure, an altimeter will indicate the altitude above mean
sea level.

43. Transition level is a Flight level where pilot changes setting of altimeter to
QNH settings.

44. The right side of an aircraft is called starboard, while the left side is called
Port.

45. The unit of distance in aviation industry is Nautical Mile. It is equal to

1.852km.

46. ACAS stands for Airborne Collision Avoidance System.

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47. TCAS stands for Traffic Collision Avoidance System.

48. ATIS stands for Automatic Terminal Information Service.

49. VHF stands for Very High Frequency.

50. The minimum vertical separation between two aircraft is 1000 feet.

51. Mach NO: True Aircraft speed/Speed of Sound.

52. RADAR stands for Radio Detection and Ranging.

53. FL stands for Flight Level.

54. NAVAID stands for Navigational Aid.

55. CVR stands for Cockpit Voice Recorder.

56. ASCB stands for Avionics Standard Communication Bus.

57. ATU stands for Antenna Tuning Unit.

58. Garuda is an Indonesian Airline.

59. Cumulonimbus (CB) is the towering cloud dangerous for aircraft safety.

60. Wake Turbulence is a disturbance in the air due to the movement of an

aircraft.

61. ASL stands for Above Sea Level.

62. Angle of attack is the angle between the wing chord line and the direction of
the relative wind.

63. ACC stands for Area Control Centre.

64. CAVOK stands for Ceiling and Visibility OK.

65. MTOW stands for Maximum Take-off Weight.

66. MSAW stands for Minimum Safe Altitude Warning.

67. PNR stands for Point of No Return.

67. RCC stands for Rescue Coordination Centre.

69. POB stands for Persons on Board.

70. An aircraft can land on a runway in zero visibility by using Instrument Landing
System, Category 3C (ILS CAT III C).

71. RT stands for Radiotelephony.

72. International Air Transport Association (IATA) is a trade association of World’s

Airlines.
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73. IATA was founded on 19th April, 1945 in Havana, Cuba.

74. SMS stands for Safety Management System.

75. Presently, twelve International Airports are operational in Pakistan.

76. Runway Centre line is a dashed line.