Question Bank

1. An aircraft at FL370 is required to commence descent when 100 NM from a DME facility and to cross the station at FL120. If the mean GS during the descent is 396 kt, the minimum rate of descent required is approximately?

2. The glide-path signals must be received to a range of 10 nm over a sector

3. A typical ILS glide path frequency, in MHz , is

4. What approximately rate of descent is required in order to maintain a 3° glide path at a groundspeed of 90kt?

5. When can an ILS back beam be received

6. At 0430 an aircraft is in level cruise flight at groundspeed of 350 knots, at FL370, 165 nm from a VOR. It is required to descend at a mean rate of 1800 feet/ min, to be at FL 80 overhead the VOR. What is the latest time to commence descent, if the mean ground speed in the descent is to be 200 knots?

7. Every 10ktt decrease in groundspeed, on a 3°ILS glide path, will require an approximate

8. On an ILS ROD is function of

9. The principle of operation of an ILS Localiser transmitter is based on two overlapping lobes that are transmitted on (i) _____ frequencies and carry different (ii) _______

10. In full ILS system which marker is optional?

11. If there is a 12 knot increase in headwind by what amount must the rate of descent be changed in order to maintain a 3° glide slope?

12. Assuming zero wind, what distance is covered by an aircraft descending 15000 FT with a TAS of 320 kt and maintaining a rate of descent of 3000 FT/MIN?

13. The amplitude modulation and the colour of an outer marker (OM) is

14. Convert 70 meters/ second into knots?

15. On an ILS approach you receive more of the 90 Hz modulation than the 150 Hz modulation. The action you should take is

16. Category II ILS provides accurate guidance to

17. What will be the rate of descent when flying down a 7% glide slope, at a groundspeed of 250 knots?

18. Where, in relation to the runway, is the ILS locallser transmitting aerial normally situated?

19. An aircraft is on an ILS 3 degree glide slope, which passes over the runway threshold at a height of 50 feet. The DME range is 18 nm from the threshold. What is the height above the runway threshold elevation? (Use the 1 in 60 rule and the approximation 6080 feet = 1 nautical mile)

20. The ILS glide path operates between

21. In which frequency band does an ILS glide slope transmit?

22. The outer marker of an ILS with a 3° glide slope is located 4.6NM from the threshold. Assuming a glide slope height of 50ft above the threshold, the approximate height of an aircraft passing the outer marker is

23. Given: TAS = 197 Kt, True course = 240°, W/V = 180/30 kt. Descent is initiated at FL 220 and completed at FL 40. Distance to be covered during descent is 39 NM. What is the approximate rate of descent?

24. The rate of descent required to maintain a 3.25° glide slope at a groundspeed of 140kt is approximately

25. Instrument Landing System (ILS) Glide Paths provide azimuth coverage (i) _____° each side of the localiser center line to a distance of (ii) ______ NM from the threshold

26. In an ILS system, the identification

27. ILS is subject to false glide paths resulting from

28. For a 2.7 degree glide path on a Category 1 ILS the vertical coverage is

29. 850 FT/MIN equals?

30. The upper limit of the vertical coverage of the localizer must be

31. An aircraft carrying out a 3° glide path ILS approach experiences a reduction in Ground speed from 150kt at the outer marker to 120kt over the threshold. The effect of this change in groundspeed on the aircraft's rate of descent will be a decrease of approximately

32. The minimum angle at which a false glide path is likely to be encountered on a 3° glide path is

33. What is the colour sequence when passing over an Outer, Middle and Inner Marker beacon?

34. A Category 1 Instrument Landing System (ILS) ground installation provides accurate guidance from coverage limit down to

35. At 0422 an aircraft at FL370, GS 320kt, is on the direct track to VOR 'X' 185 NM distant. The aircraft is required to cross VOR 'X' at FL80. For a mean rate of descent of 1800 FT/MIN at a mean GS of 232 kt, the latest time at which to commence descent is?

36. Assuming a five dot display, what does each of the dots on either side of the ILS localizer cockpit display represent

37. The MIDDLE MARKER of an Instrument Landing System (ILS) facility is identified audibly and visually by a series of

38. The horizontal deviation on the expanded ILS display represented by one dot is approximately

39. Inner marker transmits on 75MHz and has an aural frequency of

40. Which of the following is an ILS localiser frequency?

41. An aircraft flying down a 3° ILS glide slope is at 25 nm DME rom the threshold. Using the 1 in 60 rule and approximating 1 nm to 6000 ft, calculate the aircraft height above the runway threshold, assuming that the ILS glide path crosses the threshold at height of 50 ft?

42. The rate of descent in feet per minute, appropriate to a 3.2° ILS glide path at an approach groundspeed of 110 kts is

43. A Cat III ILS glide path transmitter provides reliable guidance information down to

44. The visual Indication of passing the outer marker is a ____ light with a series of ____ at 400 Hz

45. If there is a 15 knot increase in headwind by what amount must the rate of descent be changed in order to maintain a 3° glide slope?

46. Aircraft height 2500 FT, ILS GP angle 3°. At what approximate distance from THR can you expect to capture the GP?

47. An aircraft tracking to intercept the Instrument Landing System (ILS) localiser inbound on the approach side, outside the published ILS coverage angle

48. At what approximate distance from the threshold would an aircraft intercept the glide path if the aircraft height is 2500 feet, and the ILS glide path angle is 3° ?

49. The OUTER MARKER of an Instrument Landing System (ILS) facility transmits on a frequency of

50. The inner marker of an ILS installation identifies itself with