Just wrote the IATRA today with good results. I've taken Elessar_44's questions and added to them with what I remember. Definitely wayyy overstudied for this one, but I did the leg-work first and then read all the questions on here last night as a review. Easy test!
- the operator, in respect to an aircraft, is:
- CRM is valuable because?
- Qualities of a good Captian (NOT authoritative, overbearing)
- Avoidance of wake turbulence is...sole responsibility of PIC? Shared between ATC/PIC?
- No person shall consume medication unless..ASK THE DOC!
- %MAC question but distances in feet! (Doesnt matter)
- Given a weather chart and asked to find max speed of jet stream and altitude/severity of CAT in the vicinity
- Given upper weather chart and asked what wind speed over an airport is ( just read the barbs!)
- Which condition would Clear Ice form best in (High Rate of Catch , Large drops etc. )
- When is Indicated Altitude LOWER than true? Options were air warmer than standard/cooler than standard/flying high to low press/press. Higher than ICAO standard
- Compressor Bleed Valve’s purpose is to (Prevents Compressor stall)
- Difference between Vra and Vb (obvious answer because it’s the only one that mentions gust)
- PAPI – which indication shows an on-slope profile
- White Out occurs when..yadda yadda ‘uniform overcast layer’
- GNSS RAIM question: obvious answer mentions RAIM prediction
- When reading checklist and you’re interrupted, the best way to avoid missing items is to (I put read the rest silently to yourself while the other CM handles the distraction but that’s wrong I guess)
- no aircraft should be operated below 10000 feet at what speed
- what is dynamic hydroplaning ( I mixed it up with reverted-rubber hydroplaning – it’s the one where tire loses complete contact with runway)
- a pilot on a VFR flight plan must revise eta if entering the ADIZ when/where?
- what do vortex generators do?
- given a NOTAM with an APPROX.. asks when it will expire.. you are given different dates.
- what type of tx do you need in class C airspace?
- what does a machmeter do?
- in beta range, what controls the prop pitch?
- what stops the prop from going into reverse while flying? (Kind of a squirrely set of answers...closest one to what I remembered involved hydro-mechanical linkage)
- given a map of a trip to Halifax from another small place. You encounter freezing rain while flying at 4000 feet… what do you do?
- given a TAF with several changes in vis/ceiling, which of the following is true? Vis changed, Ceiling etc..
- Given a TAF and a current METAR, the frontal passage is going faster than forecast? Slower? As Forecast?
- Define EPR.
- you are on a flight that is 2 hours including a climb of 20 minutes. You are given fuel burns for a climb, cruise, and a hold. Night VFR in a turbo-prop. Asks you to calculate the the total fuel required (Assume ATO/Commuter since in any case it’s 45)
- FL310 or FL350, you are given TAS and winds as well as a fuel burn per hour. Asked to calculate the SGR or SAR and then decide which one gives the maximum range.
- DME: The greatest difference between ground and slant distance occurs when?
- you are above Vref in a turbojet when you are landing.. the best way to stop the aircraft as soon as possible is to?
- you are crossing the jetstream and the temperature is dropping.. the best way to avoice turbulence is to?
- Crititcal point question. Given some info then asked to calculate the time to CP.
- Calculate true wind velocity. They give you heading in magnetic and track as magnetic. You are given 10 east variation (I didn’t clue into the “true” part of that and left it magnetic..DUH)
- Question about Thunderstorm detection while in cloud w/ precip. Harder to see TS due to attenuation
- Weight Shift: Given: Fore/aft position arms/GTOW/Fore limit and current CofG position; Required: weight to move
EXACT accelerate-go chart from aerocourse; Find max. Allowable weight for 6000 foot runway
- type II and IV fluids are bad for which types of aircraft?
- you are flying along in -20 temp.. you land at an airport with a tight Dewpoint/Temp spread, you can expect (yup it's a nail-biter folks)
- When experiencing the presence of cold soak phenomenon, you can expect: something like 'rainfall to cause rime ice/rainfall to cause clear ice/rainfall melts frost on wings/snow to adhere to wings'
Anyways, that's the lot of it! Hope this helps. As previously posted - go through Aerocourse, do the studying because this knowledge will most definitely come in handy in practical application, and use these questions as a guide of what to expect. Cheers!
** And as a side-note, if you at all have the option/qualifications to write your ATPL's instead, do it. TC restated that they get grandfathered in once you have all the necessary qualifications and it'll save some repeat-studying down the road. However for us recently unemployed/broke lot, a $35 test and eating for the rest of the month sounds more logical
