Enroute Academy Controller Knowledge Test (CKT) 1 Practice Exam

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• Which two facilities' LOA governs the nonradar procedures?
• N1234N has been issued a descent from 12,000 feet to 6,000 feet. N4567B is at 14,000 feet. N4567B can be assigned 12,000 feet when N1234N reports leaving ________ feet.
• What must always be stated in an abbreviated clearance?
• ________________ only after an aircraft is established on a segment of a published route or an instrument approach procedure, or has been assigned an altitude to maintain until established on a segment of a published route or an instrument approach procedure.
• When should arrival information be forwarded to a VFR Tower?
• Which document would a pilot consult to obtain the detailed steps for an instrument approach?
• What is necessary in order to use an abbreviated departure clearance?
• In airports with ATC service, which item is specified as needed in a clearance?
• For charted holding patterns, which phrase indicates to follow the published hold parameters?
• What is the required lead time for passing flight progress data to the receiving facility's area?
• All of the following are required conditions for authorizing a non-approach control tower to provide visual separation between aircraft within a surface area or designated area EXCEPT
• Which statement best reflects the priority order for ATC actions?
• In the N1234A and N4567B scenario, N4567B may be assigned 10,000 feet when N1234A reports leaving ________ feet.
• A flight progress strip should be removed from the sector when?
• Under Greenwood ATCT FDIO operations, arrival information should be forwarded if which condition(s) occur?
• At what distance from a VOR will two converging aircraft lose separation if their angle of divergence is 15 degrees?
• During manual data transfer between Aero ARTCC and Fort Worth ARTCC, coordination must be affected with the receiving ARTCC before departure when the departure point is less than _________ flying time from the ARTCC boundary.
• When two aircraft will depart adjacent airports and their courses diverge by 55 degrees immediately after takeoff, what is the minimum separation that may be used?
• When must arrival information be forwarded to an approach control facility?
• Which item is not included in the forward sequence to a VFR Tower according to the example?
• If the times are the same, sequence the flight progress strips by
• When are aircraft established on radials of the same NAVAID that diverge by at least 15 degrees considered laterally separated?
• What phraseology example correctly identifies the order of information to forward to the VFR Tower?
• What is the phraseology for issuing holding instructions when the holding pattern is charted?
• Which type of separation is addressed by the 44-knot and 22-knot rules?
• Which of the following is not controlled airspace?
• A pilot who has a cruise clearance is authorized to
• When issuing a clearance void time at a non-towered airport, the pilot should advise ATC of intentions no later than how many minutes after the void time if not airborne?
• Within 51 miles from the NAVAID, the lateral separation for an aircraft on an established airway is measured from which feature?
• One thousand feet of vertical separation is required at and below which flight level?
• In space 28 notation, the abbreviation 'H' indicates clearance to which action?
• Which instance requires including direction of turns in a holding clearance?
• Which of the following are among the terms in which fixes or waypoints are defined?
• What is the correct phraseology to assign one one thousand to an en route aircraft currently at nine thousand?
• Under automated data transfer, proposed departures less than 15 minutes flying time to the receiving facility require coordination.
• When relaying clearances through a non-ATC facility, who should be referenced in the clearance to include ATC?
• What does the hold for release phrase 'expect (time in hours and/or minutes) departure delay' indicate?
• What is the standard minimum lead time for flight progress data before entering the receiving facility's area?
• East of MLU VORTAC, the degree of divergence between V18 and V417 is approximately how many miles?
• A Monroe ATCT nonradar departure entering the center's airspace must NOT be cleared above 6,000 ft until it is established on the ARTCC-assigned route.
• What action must be taken before an aircraft under your control enters airspace delegated to another controller?
• If approach control service is NOT provided, altimeter setting is to be issued approximately how many miles from the destination airport?
• When unable to approve a pilot's request for deviation from the filed flight plan, the controller should ________.
• Which statement about the Preferential Departure Route (PDR) is true?
• Which of the following is a specific departure route from an airport or terminal area to an en route point where there is no further need for flow control?
• What is the correct sequence for assigning an altitude when issuing initial departure instructions?
• Under what condition can communications transfer instructions be omitted?
• Which statement describes Aero ARTCC's role in Jackson nonradar procedures after coordination?
• What does the clearance 'Maintain block one five thousand through one seven thousand' instruct the aircraft to do?
• N281, a Piper Apache, is requesting clearance from Jackson to Greenville via V74. What are the correct altitudes for this flight?
• In a non-charted holding clearance, which item identifies the starting point of the hold?
• When conditions such as weather, equipment states, potential sector overloads, emergency situations, and special flight operations may affect sector operations, a controller should notify whom?
• The size of the protected airspace of a holding pattern varies according to which factors?
• When must coordination be accomplished if an aircraft is landing at an airport served by a nonapproach control tower?
• Deviation from LOA procedures must be coordinated with which party?
• N74Y has been cleared to descend from 8,000 feet to 4,000 feet at pilot's discretion. A higher aircraft may be assigned 8,000 feet when N74Y reports ________ feet.
• Under what condition is the transition included with a SID?
• What is provided to all aircraft operating under IFR in controlled airspace?
• The hold for release instruction uses the 'expect' phrase to indicate what unit for the departure delay?
• Automation procedures should be used in preference to non automation procedures when
• When anticipating an altitude change, inform the aircraft ________ or ________.
• Which step is first in the correct sequence for altitude when issuing initial departure instructions?
• Which phrase correctly indicates that visual separation is approved between two specified IFR aircraft?
• When departing from an airport located in Class G (uncontrolled) airspace, what should NOT be specified after takeoff as part of the departure clearance?
• What action must be taken if you delay or intend to delay aircraft?
• Which route type is designated as RNAV and published for U.S. use?
• Under Greenwood FDIO operations, the forwarding rule for arrival information is best captured by which statement?
• What is the minimum vertical separation required for aircraft operating above FL290 from the upper or lower limits of active Special Use airspace or ATC Assigned Airspace?
• When a delay is expected, holding instructions should be issued at least ____ minutes before the aircraft reaches the clearance limit fix.
• In the Monroe nonradar departure scenario, what altitude must not be exceeded before establishment of the ARTCC route?
• When aircraft fly the same course initially and you authorize 2 minutes of separation, courses must diverge with ____ after takeoff.
• Using the 22-knot rule, the minimum longitudinal separation is which of the following?
• Action should be taken to obtain a position report that affects separation no later than ________ minutes after the aircraft was estimated to pass the fix
• N12B, at 6,000 feet, has been cleared for approach. The earliest an altitude of 6,000 feet can be assigned to another aircraft is when N12B reports ________.
• If automated data transfer is not used, proposed departures must be coordinated if they are less than how many minutes flying time from the receiving facility's boundary?
• When the assigned altitude in a previously issued clearance is amended, the controller must restate the _________.
• Aircraft may be cleared to hold over different fixes at the same altitude if what condition is met?
• Regarding minimum fuel, what is the controller's primary obligation?
• If no delay is expected, when should clearance beyond the fix be issued?
• An aircraft has reported at other than the assigned altitude. This would be indicated on the flight strip by the reported altitude....
• When an aircraft is landing at an airport near the common boundary in an adjacent center's airspace, the controller must ______.
• Which elements are included in the correct initial radio contact format?
• An "X" is used to delete what type of information on a flight progress strip?
• How are fixes or waypoints defined in relation to NAVAIDs?
• The normal clearance limit specified in a departure clearance is
• For the designated fix pairs, how are altitudes precoordinated for northbound versus southbound?
• At airports where air traffic control service is provided, specify, as needed, what?
• The phraseology to reroute an aircraft via Victor Five New Hope without changing the remainder of the route is _________.
• Which of the following best describes a missed approach?
• When delays are in progress and aircraft elect to hold on the ground, in what order should departure clearances be issued?
• The phraseology to clear a pilot for a particular approach is 'CLEARED ________.'
• If a pilot is unable to accept a clearance ________.
• Which component of the initial radio contact is optional if there is no message to send?
• To determine a distance for lateral separation when the degrees divergence falls between two values listed in the divergence table, you should:
• Forward position reports if the time differs from the estimate by more than which number of minutes?
• Authorization by ATC for a pilot to conduct an instrument approach is an...
• Two converging aircraft with a 15-degree divergence from a VOR lose separation at approximately how many miles from the VOR?
• Controllers should transmit only those messages that are necessary for air traffic control and __.
• Vertical separation is applied between aircraft experiencing severe turbulence by ________.
• A pilot in flight reports the loss of all low frequency navigational receiving capability. In this situation the controller should ________.
• The aeronautical data which is required to execute an instrument approach to an airport is a(n) ________.
• Actual departure time need not be forwarded if it is within how many minutes of the assumed departure time?
• When a pilot reports a NAVAID is NOT operating properly, the controller should ________.
• IFR departure clearance compatibility may be verified by asking the pilot if items obtained/solicited will allow the pilot to comply with obstruction avoidance, local traffic pattern, or ________.
• Which interphone message has the highest priority?
• The minimum vertical separation required above FL410 through FL600 is ______ ft
• Why is it important that interphone messages are limited to those necessary for air traffic control?
• What is the phraseology to determine the altitude of an aircraft if it is known to be operating below the lowest usable flight level?
• Which action is correct when a flight progress strip is no longer needed for control use?
• Which clearance must be issued only after an aircraft is established on a segment of a published route or an instrument approach procedure, or has been assigned an altitude to maintain until established on a segment of a published route or an instrument approach procedure?
• A maneuver conducted by a pilot when an instrument approach cannot be completed to a landing is a(n) ________.
• When a pilot declares 'minimum fuel', the controller should...
• Which is not a situation that would be given first priority?
• What is the phraseology to assign a higher altitude?
• How many times must an altimeter setting be issued to an en route aircraft operating below FL180 while it is in your area of jurisdiction?
• If holding instructions have been issued to an arriving aircraft, the controller must
• What is the correct phraseology for issuing the Jackson altimeter setting 30.12?
• The red direction arrows serve to indicate traffic movement between which two directions?
• How many times must an altimeter setting be issued to an en route aircraft operating below FL180 within your area of jurisdiction?
• The symbol "D" in space 27 of a flight progress strip indicates an aircraft has been cleared to...
• The protected airspace of a holding pattern must NOT do what in relation to an airway?
• Which statement best describes the meaning of 'Maintain block one five thousand through one seven thousand'?
• When a route or altitude in a previously issued clearance is amended, which action should you take?
• Which of the following is the correct radio message format to initiate an initial radio contact with an aircraft?
• Which of the following is an appropriate instruction when an altitude change is anticipated and coordination with another facility is required?
• In the example where N1234N is descending from 12,000 feet to 6,000 feet, to what altitude is N1234N descending?
• Prior to issuing a clearance for a departure from Class E airspace with no ATC service, what must be obtained?
• After a clearance containing IMMEDIATELY or EXPEDITE, the controller should ________ if time permits.
• Nonradar separation should be used in preference to radar separation when an operational advantage is realized.
• Which of the following is an Area Navigation (RNAV) route published for use in the US?
• A series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft under instrument flight conditions from the beginning of the initial approach to a landing or to a point from which a landing may be made visually is a(n) ________.
• Three circumstances that allow controllers to assign an inappropriate altitude for direction of flight are
• East of MLU VORTAC, the divergence between V18 and V417 is approximately how many miles?
• When an airborne aircraft changes its destination, forward the information to the which facility?
• When a SID is assigned, the transition is included if ________.
• When describing the direction of a holding pattern, which terms describe acceptable directions?
• What does PDR stand for?
• A release time may be issued to specify what?
• The term "ATC" should be included in clearances relayed through a(n) _________.
• What is the correct sequence for issuing holding instructions for a non charted holding pattern to an aircraft?
• Between the 44-knot and 22-knot rules, which rule requires greater longitudinal separation?
• What two words may be used to interrupt a lower priority interphone message?
• When must arrival information be forwarded to an approach control facility?
• For an abbreviated departure clearance to be valid, which condition regarding ATC facilities must be true?
• The red direction arrows in space 23 can be used to determine which type of traffic?
• How should formation flights be controlled?
• In nonradar procedures at Jackson ATCT, arriving aircraft must not be cleared beyond the clearance limit until they are at or below which altitude?
• N1234A has been issued a descent clearance from 12,000 feet to cross MHZ VORTAC at 6,000 feet. N4567B is at 14,000 feet. N4567B may be assigned 10,000 feet when N1234A reports leaving ________ feet.
• Using the 44-knot rule, the minimum longitudinal separation is which of the following?
• When issuing a clearance void time at a non-towered airport, what should you request the pilot to do?
• In a non-charted holding clearance, which item defines the leg length?
• Which statement describes the permitted altitude operation under a block clearance?
• The designated space on the flight progress strip for the Mode 3/A beacon code is...
• What is the correct phraseology for the hold for release instructions?
• Which statement correctly describes the circled altitude on the flight strip?
• Which document contains the Instrument Approach Procedure (IAP) data used for instrument approaches?
• The correct phraseology for issuing a clearance to an aircraft utilizing an airway above/below its route structure is
• Which of the following is an example of phraseology to obtain altitude reports?
• Which of the following best describes coordinating before entering airspace with another controller?
• Give first priority to...
• When a clearance is amended, which statement best describes the controller's action regarding restrictions?
• What is the phraseology to authorize a non-approach control tower to provide visual separation between arriving and departing IFR aircraft?
• In a non-charted holding clearance, which item identifies the airway or route on which to hold?
• Clearance to hold over different fixes at the same altitude is permissible when what condition is met?
• Which option correctly identifies what space 27 is used for in relation to the Mode 3/A beacon code?
• In the same example, what is the altitude of N4567B?
• A red W on a flight progress strip indicates all of the following EXCEPT _____.
• An aircraft operating at FL310 is cleared to 12,000 feet. The altimeter setting should be issued for the weather reporting station nearest to which location?
• When is a controller authorized to issue the approach clearance according to standard procedures?
• Aircraft assigned V9, V555, V557, and J35 or the following fix pairs, SQS/MCB, MHZ/MCB, HAZAL/MCB, or RICKS/MCB must be assigned altitudes that have been precoordinated as __________ northbound and __________ southbound.
• What does a horizontal arrow in Space 20 indicate?
• DME/ATD procedures and minima are to be used only when which condition is met?
• The instructions to an aircraft that the pilot make communications transfer at a specified time, fix, or altitude may be omitted when ________.
• If you cannot approve a pilot's deviation request and time permits, what should you do?
• Aircraft operating at or below FL290 must be vertically separated from the upper/lower limits of active Special Use or ATC Assigned Airspace by at least....
• In the N74Y scenario, a higher aircraft may be assigned 8,000 feet when N74Y reports ________ feet.
• The rule for applying vertical separation between military aircraft conducting aerial refueling and other traffic is: ________.
• Identify the correct phraseology for assigning more than one altitude
• Which statement best describes the action when another aircraft vacates the altitude and a new altitude is to be assigned under vertical separation rules?
• Prior to including direction of takeoff in a clearance issued to an aircraft departing an airport within Class E airspace where ATC service is NOT provided, the air traffic controller must ________.
• Which group of items would be forwarded to a non approach control tower?
• The lateral separation provided for an aircraft on an established airway or route and within 51 miles from the NAVAID is how many miles on each side of the centerline?
• During En Route FDP operations, forward flight plan information should be forwarded to the appropriate ATC facility, FSS, or ______.
• Flight progress data must be passed at least how many minutes before the aircraft enters the receiving facility's area?
• What is the phraseology to confirm altitude information for an aircraft in level flight?
• Deviation from the procedures established in the Aero ARTCC and Jackson ATCT LOA may be made only after coordination.
• Control formation flights as...
• A12468 is requesting clearance from Jackson to Baton Rouge via V245. What are the correct altitudes for this flight?
• When making route assignments, use airways and routes consistent with the _________.
• Which statement best describes the relationship between holding pattern protected airspace and an airway?
• Terminate all interphone messages with...
• Nonradar procedures for Jackson ATCT state that Aero ARTCC, after coordination, will assume responsibility for control of air traffic at and above 6,000 ft.
• To provide minimum vertical separation (when pilots are NOT executing pilot's discretion descent), assign an altitude ________.
• Either ARTCC (Aero or Houston) may clear an aircraft to operate at an IAFDOF after __________.
• What is the phraseology to release N123 two minutes after N65K?