IFR QuizJuly 2023 QuizBy Fred Simonds - Published: June 12, 2023 Updated: June 21, 20230PrintEmailFacebookTwitter July 2023 QuizWhen participating in formation flight under VFR, only the lead aircraft should squawk a. 1202 b. 1203 c. 1255 d. 1277 e. 12xx where xx is the number of aircraft in the formation.Entering a U.S. Offshore Airspace Area from outside the U.S., advise the first U.S. controller if you are ___equipped. a. Transponder or ADS-B b. Mode A c. Mode C d. Mode S e. survival gearAn active runway is primarily assigned based on ___ considerations. a. capacity b. delay c. noise abatement d. tailwind and crosswind e. direction of arriving and departing trafficWhere will you find Y routes? a. In New York, Oakland, and Alaska Center airspace b. Along the Canadian and Mexican borders c. In offshore and southern Florida airspace d. In Class A airspace e. Those are over-water low-altitude routes designed for sea planes.Which of the following are permitted to operate in the Air Defense Identification Zone? a. Beacon code 1200 b. UAT anonymity mode c. Private ICAO codes d. Any student cross country training flight longer than 150 miles e. None of the aboveWhat is the purpose of an Arrival Alert Notice? a. To inform pilots and airline dispatch of arrival delays only at specific airports b. To reduce or eliminate wrong-surface events c. To provide a textual description differentiating parallel runways d. To identify hot spots on or near parallel runways e. To alert ground crews to an incoming emergencya. To inform pilots and airline dispatch of arrival delays only at specific airports b. To reduce or eliminate wrong-surface events c. To provide a textual description differentiating parallel runways d. To identify hot spots on or near parallel runways e. To alert ground crews to an incoming emergencyYou land after an IFR flight with less than 45 minutes of fuel remaining. Is this legal? a. Yes b. No c. It depends... d. Be sure to submit an ASRS report and thoroughly explain why you ran low on fuel.It’s a dark and stormy night, well after civil twilight. ATC could clear you for an approach not authorized at night. Can you fly it? a. Yes, no problem b. Not under any but emergency circumstances c. Yes, if it’s the only published instrument approach for that airport d. Usually, no, unless you’ve already missed at your original destination e. You must use the circling minimums, even to land straight in.One of your home airport’s approaches is unexpectedly designated “not authorized at night.” The most likely reason is a. inattentive airport management who forgot to pay the electric bill to keep the lights on. b. inattentive airport management who neglected to keep the vegetation trimmed and a tree grew too tall (and it isn’t lit). c. a TERPS error. d. over one-fourth of the runway lights are burned out and don’t work. e. the airport beacon is inop.Some airports on en-route charts are labeled MON. What does this mean? a. It has at least one approach that doesn’t require an operative GPS receiver. b. It’s an oasis airport in a non-GPS desert. c. It has an ILS or VOR approach. d. All answers are correct.Your LED landing light is dimmer in cold weather. What might be the cause? a. LED lights emit less light when they’re cold. It’s simply the way the technology works. b. Accumulated frost might not melt on the lens of an LED light. c. LED lights are underpowered. d. Your mechanic probably didn’t align the lamp properly when it was initially installed.You hear a controller instruct an aircraft to “Stop buzzer.” What does this mean? a. Turn off their on-board weather radar. b. Stop squawking a particular transponder code. c. Cease electronic jamming. d. Their mic is picking up a passenger playing a kazoo.Δ
