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Airport operations
and financial management
1. To what airports does FAR Part 139 apply?
2. What are the differences between rigid pavements and flexible pavements?
3. What is meant by vibratory or dynamic testing?
4. What are some of the symptoms of potential pavement failures?
5. What are the typical useful life spans of airfield pavements?
6. What is the difference between pavement maintenance and pavement
rehabilitation?
7. How is an airport’s ARFF index determined?
8. What are the ARFF requirements of an airport based on its index?
9. Why is a snow and ice control plan so important at some airports?
10. What are the most common methods for snow and ice removal from
airfields?
11. What are some of the goals of an airport’s safety inspection program?
12. What are some of the more common procedures associated with an airport’s
safety inspection program?
13. What are some of the hazards associated with birds and wildlife in the
vicinity of an airfield?
14. What are some of the control techniques associated with bird and
wildlife hazard management?
Airport security
1. How have threats to aviation security evolved since the beginning of
civil aviation?
2. How has airport security traditionally adapted to civil aviation threats?
3. What are some of the most significant changes in airport security as a
result of the events of September 11, 2001?
4. What is the organizational structure of the Transportation Security Administration?
5. What are the various security-sensitive areas found at airports, as defined
by Transportation Security Regulations?
6. What is required for an applicant to receive an SIDA badge?
7. What can cause an applicant to be refused an SIDA badge?
8. What are the procedures that exist as part of passenger screening?
9. What technologies are used to perform the screening of carry-on baggage
at airports?
10. What technologies are used to perform the screening of checked luggage
at airports?
11. What is piggybacking?
12. What are some of the technologies that are used to control access to
sensitive security areas at airports?
13. What is biometrics? What are some of the technologies that are considered
to apply biometrics to the airport security environment?
14. How does airport security differ between commercial service airports
and general aviation airports?
15. What is CAPPS II?
16. What is the Trusted Traveler Program?
17. How might airports better prepare themselves for future threats to civil
aviation security?
Airport Planning
1. What are some of the various types of airport planning studies. What is
the focus of each type of study?
2. What is meant by an airport planning horizon? What is the typical planning
horizon for an airport master plan?
3. Although the NPIAS is considered the national airport system plan, it
often isn’t a complete plan. Why is this?
4. What is the purpose of regional-level system planning? What are the
most critical issues addressed by regional-level system planning of airports?
5. How does state-level system planning differ from regional-level system
planning?
6. What are the primary objectives of the airport master plan?
7. What is described in the inventory section of the airport master plan?
8. What is an airport layout plan? What is included on an airport layout
plan drawing?
9. What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative forecasting?
10. What are some of the more common qualitative forecasting methods?
11. What is the difference between causal models and time-series quantitative
forecasting models?
12. How is regression analysis used in forecasting?
13. What elements of aviation demand are typically forecasted in airport
planning studies?
14. What is the difference between local operations and itinerant operations?
15. What areas of the airport are commonly considered within an airport
capacity analysis? What is the importance of airport capacity analysis?
16. How is an Airport Reference Code determined?
17. What is a wind rose?
18. How is the necessity of a crosswind runway determined?
19. What is meant by a runway clear zone?
20. What is the primary objective of airport terminal area planning?
21. What factors are commonly taken into consideration in planning the
airport terminal area?
22. What steps are involved in estimating the space requirements in planning
airport terminals?
23. What is an aircraft fleet mix?
24. What are some of the potential revenue-generating areas to be considered
in airport planning?
25. What is the process involved with environmental planning for airport
development?