Module 1-4: Quiz 1

Safety and Security

• The pilot-in-command has the final responsibility for the safety and security of a flight.
• It is the pilot's inherent responsibility to be alert at all times for circumstances and conditions affecting the safe operation of aircraft according to the Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM).

Pre-Flight

• Each pilot-in-command shall become familiar with all available information concerning the flight before beginning a flight according to Part 91.103.

Airport Improvement Program

• The Airport Improvement Program Handbook provides guidance on the eligibility of various items, plans, and projects.
• The Airport Improvement Program Handbook does not provide guidance on project costs.
• If the eligibility of a project is not specifically stated, it is up to the FAA regional office to determine if it meets the general guidance given in the AIP Handbook.
• A grant application for a project cannot be approved unless it is consistent with the proposals of planning agencies where the airport is located.

Insurance and Risk Management

• Airport executives will routinely work with insurance agents and risk managers to add policy endorsements to cover needs extraneous to the basic policy.
• The basic policy that most commercial aeronautical service providers should hold is a public liability insurance policy.

Automated Terminal Information Services (ATIS)

• Automated Terminal Information Services (ATIS) is updated hourly.
• Automated Terminal Information Services (ATIS) is updated by the FAA or authorized personnel.

Hazardous Waste

• Ignitability is defined as a hazardous characteristic if the waste burns the skin or dissolves metals.
• High concentrations of pesticides or heavy metals are defined as hazardous.
• Corrosivity is defined as a hazardous characteristic if the waste burns the skin or dissolves metals.
• Reactivity is a hazardous characteristic if chemicals are unstable and go through rapid or violent chemical reactions with water.
• The classification of an airport in hazardous waste generation is determined by the amount of hazardous waste generated per month.

Airport Design

• The Runway Design Code is selected based on the aircraft's approach category.
• The Aircraft Approach Category is based on the aircraft's speed and weight.
• The Airplane Design Group (ADG) is based on the aircraft's weight and wheel configuration.

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)

• Unmanned Aerial Systems are licensed under FAR Part 101.
• Model Aircraft and Part 107 operators have a maximum ceiling height of 400 feet.
• Model aircraft operators must not fly no closer than 5 miles to an airport.
• FAR Part 101 refers to model aircraft hobbyists.
• Part 107 is for small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) used for commercial purposes.
• If you want to operate a drone that does not fit into Part 101 or Part 107, you must apply for a waiver.
• To operate a UAV under Part 107, an operator must have a Remote Pilot Airmen Certificate.
• To operate a UAV with a Remote Pilot Airmen Certificate under Part 107, a visibility distance of at least 3 miles is required.
• A UAV can operate without contacting ATC for approval with a Remote Pilot Airmen Certificate under Part 107 in Class G airspace.

Noise Abatement

• Part 150 contains the basic requirements and procedures for approval of noise surrounding an airport as described in the Integrated Noise Model.
• The approval of a Noise Exposure Map (NEM) limits the ability of residents near an airport to recover damages from noise exposure under the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (ASNA).
• If a resident moves in to their home after a Noise Exposure Map (NEM) has been created, it constitutes constructive knowledge of the existence of that NEM.
• A person who acquires interest in a property within the 65 DNL contour after the approval of a Noise Exposure Map (NEM) cannot recover damages unless he can show a significant change has occurred since the map was prepared.

Air Service

• The Essential Air Service (EAS) program subsidizes air service to 141 communities in the US.
• The Small Community Air Service Development Program provides grants to help small communities achieve sustainable air service.
• Enhanced Essential Air Service (EAS) is a funding program that provides additional support to small communities.
• Up to 2 intermediate stops are allowed to get from an Essential Air Service (EAS) airport to a medium or large hub airport.

Noise Abatement Planning

• The Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (ASNA) provides the basis for a great majority of noise abatement planning at airports.
• FAR Part 150 Airport Land Use Compatibility Planning was created due to the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (ASNA).
• The passage of the Airport Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (ASNA) directed the FAA to develop and implement noise abatement procedures.