ACS · PA.VIII.F.K3

Air traffic control facilities and services

Air traffic control facilities and services. Risk Management: The applicant is able to identify, assess, and mitigate risk associated with:

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Code type

ACS

Linked questions

Area: PA.VIII

Task: PA.VIII.F

Element: Air traffic control facilities and services

Linked questions

easy

You are flying VFR toward a Class D airport with an operational control tower. While checking your avionics, you realize your communication radio is inadvertently tuned to 121.5 MHz (emergency frequency) instead of the published tower frequency of 118.3 MHz. What is the most effective way to mitigate the risk associated with this situation?

hard

You are flying VFR at 9,500 feet MSL under flight following from Denver ARTCC. Encountering buildups ahead, you request radar vectors around the weather. The controller responds, 'Denver Center does not provide radar vectors below 10,000 feet; contact Denver Approach Control on 119.95.' What is the greatest risk associated with expecting the ARTCC to fulfill this request?

Linked references

supplement

Airman Knowledge Testing Supplement

faq

FAA-Aligned Knowledge Test FAQ

acs

Private Pilot Airplane ACS

guide

Testing Logistics Checklist

Study

Private Pilot Airplane

Unmanned Aircraft General - Small

Air traffic control facilities and services