ATPL operational procedures 071: practice questions and syllabus
Operational procedures is ATPL paper 070, numbered 071 in our bank as in the syllabus of its topics: general requirements of Annex 6, special operational procedures and hazards, specialised operations. The second topic, special procedures and hazards, is the core: icing, wind shear, wake turbulence, decompression, dangerous goods. Our bank has 504 questions on this subject.
- explained questions in the bank
- 504
- in the EASA paper
- 42 q. · 75 min
- pass mark per paper (EASA)
- 75 %
What the syllabus covers
The topics of the EASA syllabus for this subject, with what each one lists.
071 01General requirements
ICAO Annex 6, operational requirements, long-range flights.
071 02Special operational procedures and hazards: general aspects
operations manual, icing conditions, bird strike risk, noise abatement, fire and smoke, cabin decompression, wind shear and microburst, wake turbulence, security, emergency and precautionary landings and ditching, fuel jettisoning, transport of dangerous goods, contaminated runways.
071 04Specialised operations
requirements for specialised air operations.
Source: EASA, Easy Access Rules for Aircrew (AMC to Part-FCL)
The illustrated course
To understand before you answer: 14 chapters and 117 key points, 117 of them with a diagram or an illustration. The first chapter, « Operator, documents and crews », is free to read.
- Operator, documents and crews
- MEL and aircraft equipment
- Flight preparation, fuel and noise abatement
- Operating minima and low visibility
- Icing and ground de-icing
- Wake turbulence
- Wind shear and microbursts
- Wet and contaminated runways
- North Atlantic, RVSM, ETOPS and PBN
- Polar Navigation and Minimum Time Track
- Dangerous Goods
- Fire and smoke
- Depressurisation and oxygen
- Emergencies, security and reports
3 questions to practise
Taken from the site's English bank and checked one by one. Read the question, choose your answer, then open the explanation. Like every explanation on the site, they may contain errors.
Question 1 · 071 01 General requirements
Flight crew members on the flight deck shall keep their safety belt fastened:
- Aonly during take off and landing.
- Bfrom take off to landing.
- Cwhile at their station.
- Donly during take off and landing and whenever necessary by the commander in the interest of safety.
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Answer: C. while at their station.
Under EASA Air OPS (CAT.OP.MPA.225), every flight crew member in the flight crew compartment keeps the safety belt fastened while at his or her station. All belts and harnesses are worn for take-off and landing.
Question 2 · 071 02 special procedures and hazards
While approaching the outer-marker, the tower informs you about the presence of a ""microburst"". You will expect to encounter:
- Awindshears (vertical and horizontal).
- Bwake turbulence .
- Csupercooled water.
- Dconvection motion of air mass.
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Answer: A. windshears (vertical and horizontal).
Near a reported microburst, expect both vertical and horizontal windshears as the aircraft transits the outflow.
Question 3 · 071 02 special procedures and hazards
The dangerous goods transport document, if required, shall be drawn up by :
- Athe shipper.
- Bthe operator.
- Cthe handling agent.
- Dthe captain.
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Answer: A. the shipper.
Under the ICAO Technical Instructions, the shipper completes and signs the dangerous goods transport document (the shipper's declaration).
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How to approach this subject
Learn the wake turbulence separations (2 minutes on departure from the same runway for a light or medium behind a heavy, and for a light behind a medium), the logic of de-icing versus anti-icing, and the limits of RVSM airspace (FL 290 to FL 410 inclusive).
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