Area ControlRadio Telephony — DGCA CPL practice questions
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Approach control handles aircraft:
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Q1. Approach control handles aircraft:
- A.Only on the runway
- B.In the terminal area between Tower and Area control✓
- C.Only over the ocean
- D.On the apron
Why: Approach sequences arrivals down to final and departures up to the airways.
Q2. "Expect ILS approach runway 27" is:
- A.The approach clearance
- B.Advance information, not a clearance✓
- C.A landing clearance
- D.A vector
Why: dvance information, not a clearance. "Expect" prepares you; the clearance "cleared ILS approach" comes later.
Q3. To vector an aircraft, the controller assigns:
- A.A squawk
- B.Headings (and often levels)✓
- C.A frequency
- D.A call sign
Why: Vectoring is the assignment of headings using radar.
Q4. A Surveillance Radar Approach provides:
- A.Azimuth and glidepath guidance
- B.Heading guidance plus range/height advisories, no glidepath✓
- C.No guidance at all
- D.Only a squawk
Why: SRA gives heading and a series of ranges with advised heights; there is no glidepath.
Q5. An SRA normally terminates at:
- A.The threshold
- B.A fixed range, commonly 2 NM (or ½ NM)✓
- C.10 NM
- D.It never terminates
Why: fixed range, commonly 2 NM (or ½ NM). SRAs terminate at a set range, from where the pilot continues visually.
Q6. On an SRA, the pilot maintains the correct descent by:
- A.Following an electronic glidepath
- B.Comparing the radar range with the advised height✓
- C.Using GPS only
- D.Listening to the marker beacons
Why: omparing the radar range with the advised height. The advised height for each range is the descent guide; there is no glidepath signal.
Q7. A Precision Approach Radar provides:
- A.Heading only
- B.Continuous azimuth and elevation (centreline + glidepath) guidance✓
- C.Range only
- D.No talkdown
Why: ontinuous azimuth and elevation (centreline + glidepath) guidance. PAR gives both dimensions continuously — a true precision talkdown.
Q8. On a PAR, the controller instructs the pilot to:
- A.Acknowledge every transmission
- B.Not acknowledge further transmissions✓
- C.Squawk ident
- D.Change frequency each mile
Why: "Do not acknowledge further transmissions" keeps the channel clear for continuous guidance.
Q9. "Closing the localizer from the left, cleared ILS approach runway 27" tells the pilot to:
- A.Continue past the localizer
- B.Intercept the localizer and fly the ILS approach✓
- C.Go around
- D.Hold
Why: It is the approach clearance once positioned to intercept the localizer.
Q10. A VFR arrival is given:
- A.A radar talkdown
- B.Join instructions (as for the circuit)✓
- C.An oceanic clearance
- D.A SELCAL check
Why: VFR arrivals receive join instructions, then are sequenced visually.
Q11. The platform/intercept altitude on vectors is given as a:
- A.Flight level only
- B.Descent to an altitude with QNH, read back✓
- C.Squawk
- D.Heading
Why: escent to an altitude with QNH, read back. Below the transition level the controller assigns an altitude on QNH, which is read back.
Q12. After establishing on the ILS, the aircraft is usually:
- A.Told to hold
- B.Transferred to Tower✓
- C.Told to squawk standby
- D.Given an oceanic clearance
Why: Approach hands the established aircraft to Tower for landing.
Q13. The key difference between SRA and PAR is that PAR also provides:
- A.A squawk
- B.Glidepath (elevation) guidance✓
- C.A frequency change
- D.Wind information
Why: PAR adds continuous elevation/glidepath guidance that the SRA lacks.
Q14. On a PAR talkdown, "on the glidepath, on centreline" means the aircraft is:
- A.Too high and left
- B.Correctly positioned in both the vertical and the lateral plane✓
- C.Below the glidepath
- D.Off the radar
Why: orrectly positioned in both the vertical and the lateral plane. It confirms correct position on both the glidepath and the runway centreline.
Q15. An IFR departure handed to Approach typically receives:
- A.A landing clearance
- B.A climb clearance and identification✓
- C.A SELCAL check
- D.Holding instructions only
Why: climb clearance and identification. Approach identifies the departure and issues climb instructions toward the airways.
Q16. The reason a controller can vector and provide radar approaches is:
- A.It has no radar
- B.Approach is usually radar-equipped (a surveillance display)✓
- C.It uses HF only
- D.It is on the apron
Why: pproach is usually radar-equipped (a surveillance display). Radar at approach control enables vectoring and SRA/PAR.