ERAM Lab Procedures and SOP Practice Test

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• A point-out can be made only after which condition is satisfied?
• If a departure from a secondary airport is issued a final altitude or routing different from what was requested, what must be done prior to track acquisition?
• Which statement describes a possible cause of loss of separation as defined?
• A point out is a transfer of radar identification; therefore, point outs must be accomplished only on aircraft that have been radar identified. Also, only aircraft that have been told 'radar contact' can be considered radar identified. Which statement is true?
• For targets in close proximity to the radar associate position, what method is allowed and sometimes preferred over describing location?
• If an incorrect call sign is given, when does an error occur?
• Which statement best describes the role of the Coordination Menu when automated coordination is unavailable?
• Under a abbreviated VFR flight plan message (VP) for VFR flight following, handwritten strips:
• Which airports are included in the sector 66 arrivals mentioned (including the ones listed)?
• APREQ for a block altitude with the next sector can be issued only after what condition is met?
• Which of the following is a factor to consider when deciding whether to get control on an aircraft?
• When blocking airspace, what is the designation for the track you start in the shelf?
• According to the priority of duties, what is the highest priority item?
• Under EDST rules, what is the maximum number of climbs/descents/reroutes on a single aircraft, excluding pilot requests?
• If automated coordination with a facility is not available, which tool should be used to annotate manual coordination?
• When must a Remove Strip (RS) message be entered for arrivals at KVKS, KGWO, and 0M8?
• If a KGWO departure cannot be immediately released, which time should be used?
• KVKS arrivals must be 'cleared approach.' Weather permitting, emergency MEDEVAC aircraft, or other aircraft when requested by the pilot, may be cleared for a visual approach. KVKS arrivals must not be forwarded to ZAE FDU. Which statement is true?
• During EDST configuration, which Center Boundaries should be selected?
• Under SSHO, which statements are true about verbal coordination during a deviation?
• When replying with 'traffic observed', you should include what information if the traffic call sign is known?
• For a KGWO departure vs. an SQS overflight, the student must do which action?
• For intrafacility procedures at KJAN terminal departures requiring climb into a high altitude sector that will transition through an adjacent low altitude sector's airspace, you are not required to say 'climbing to high' in required point outs if FL230 is in the data block before the PVD is sent.
• Is trial planning to an Intersection/waypoint/DME fix considered an error if navigable?
• Under LOAs, who is responsible to comply when an aircraft is above LOA altitude and will enter an ATA?
• For weather-related holds at SQS, which hold is used?
• APREQ is defined as...
• A point out must include altitude information when the data block forced on the receiving controller's scope does not accurately reflect what the aircraft is doing.
• 0M8 inbounds must not be forwarded to ZAE FDU. Which inbound must not be forwarded to ZAE FDU?
• Which routing must be issued?
• Between ERAM facilities, when issuing a point out, you must force the data block of the traffic to which display?
• The EDST Drop Track Delete option must be selected for use during EDST operations.
• When a VFR aircraft calls and appears to request an IFR clearance, what action must the Radar Controller take?
• Holding instructions are displayed to the sector team on which list?
• A student can get control of a 0M8 arrival as soon as there is a limited data block on the radar display.
• What is the key consideration when investigating a red alert?
• What error is committed if you add extra verbiage such as 'as filed' to a KGWO release?
• After KVKS or 0M8 departures, when must the student issue the correct expected altitude?
• In a handoff situation where a handoff and flight plan are given together and the position, implied current time, beacon code, and altitude were given during the handoff, is restating those items in the flight plan required?
• Which practice is inappropriate when there is ample time to resolve conflicts within sector 66?
• If an enroute aircraft requests an altitude change that cannot be granted, what must the controller do?
• What does the phrase 'In suspense' imply in KGWO departures with nonstandard routing?
• If the student uses the KSD to extend vector lengths, what action must be taken afterward?
• KVKS departures must be issued a complete clearance including what times?
• When ERAM is operational, flight progress strips must be posted for which flights?
• When approving an altitude change that allows an aircraft to climb or descend into the sector, what must you do with the data block?
• When must a handoff be initiated prior to any verbal coordination of aircraft, with exceptions for emergencies?
• After discussing possible actions following a conflict, what should occur?
• What must students inform the Radar Controller regarding aircraft that will not enter an ATA due to route or LOA altitude?
• For active traffic, what is the required bay operation?
• Which remarks are considered pertinent to the control of the aircraft?
• In radar holding at SQS, the hold must be on which posts?
• When issuing traffic for a point out between ERAM facilities, to which display should you force the traffic data block?
• What is required of students regarding monitoring frequencies when not performing other duties?
• Prior to entering sector 66, what must you do if a formation flight will enter with separation needs exceeding 5 miles?
• In circumstances where a high altitude controller requests a lower altitude for an aircraft that will enter Sector 66 but that is currently over an adjacent sector, coordination with the adjacent sector can be considered to have been accomplished by the high altitude controller who is requesting lower.
• When a sector 66 arrival conflicts with an overflight and vertical separation is used, what must happen?
• Which airports require a Remove Strip message after arrival coordination?
• What is an example of a proper descent authorization phrasing?
• Which statement correctly describes the priority ordering near the boundary?
• Stripmarking must be in accordance with FAA Orders and Academy lesson plans and which guide?
• For point outs near approach control boundaries, what distance is considered reasonable?
• When manual handoffs are required, who is responsible for initiating or receiving them?
• EFC times must be updated when?
• When a clearance is requested and not issued, the delay occurs due to which condition?
• If Sector 67 cannot approve the requested block for 0M8 MHZ SQS, which clearance may be used?
• For MLU holds, to which sectors must the student coordinate when the aircraft leaves holding?
• APREQ for KVKS departures inbound to KJAN/KMLU or overflying JAN/MLU APCH airspace prior to issuing a clearance is:
• 0M8 arrivals - the airspace blocked must be APREQ'D. Which statement is true?
• What must students do after a clearance is issued for KVKS and 0M8 departures?
• Which action is prohibited to achieve separation?
• 0M8 inbounds should be cleared for approach. This will require getting control and blocking (and canceling) approach airspace with Sector 67. What action is required?
• The student should interrupt the briefing only to perform critical activities. Which option reflects this guideline?
• What does SPA stand for in this context?
• When is an emergency strip deadwood?
• Holding for MLU arrivals must be at which position?
• Which statements about the Special Posting Area (SPA) are true?
• In sector set-up procedures, when does the scenario start?
• When may the fourth line data be used in flight data management?
• Which airports are listed as requiring strips due to JAN Low approach control service?
• When are amendments to previously forwarded flight plans time-insensitive?
• During departure clearances, which statement best describes point-out prerequisites?
• When issuing climb/descend or turn/clear instructions, what must be advised to justify the action?
• What routing must be included and how should STAR be referenced when issuing routing for departure aircraft?
• For flights in hold, which template is used to record instructions and where are the holding instructions displayed?
• According to 7110.65, when automated coordination with a facility is not available, what must be used to record completed coordination?
• When an aircraft will cross the boundary in a climb or descent to JAN/MLU APCHs, what must the student do after the handoff has been initiated?
• Who is responsible for separation when KVKS and 0M8 departures file over SQS while KGWO inbound on approach?
• If a flight data block (FDB) is not sent and the aircraft is climbing or descending, what must be included in the point out?
• When responding to a request from another controller, such as receiving an APREQ for a block altitude, what must the student repeat?
• What must the student do when receiving a manually passed flight plan?
• The LOA altitude overrides the IAFDOF.
• Which element is required in the end-of-scenario briefing to the grading Instructor?
• If two departures originate from different secondary airports and have overlapping lateral airspace, what separation is required?
• Regarding the trial plan function in an active conflict alert status, which statement is true?
• In arrivals procedures, who is responsible for investigating the status of an arrival when no arrival time is received?
• If an emergency aircraft lands at KGWO, what action is required with the strip when GWO tower provides a landing time?
• It is the responsibility of the student to perform all point outs to the correct sector using the correct format and phraseology. The Data block is to be 'sent' and then the sector is called. A point out is complete when the words 'point out approved' have been received.
• In the KGWO departure example, filed V11 HLI requesting 90 but stopped at 70 because the CBM MOA is active. What action must the controller take?
• In lieu of a lengthy request readback, what abbreviated form may be used?
• APREQ is used to obtain authorization to enter or operate within a specific airspace and to coordinate an approach with a tower. Which choice best describes APREQ use?
• Weather reroutes and SSHO require attention to revised clearances and deviations. What must you monitor and enter?
• Which times must be updated before expiration?
• Blank strips may be used to record reroute or other pertinent information before it is updated in the EDST.
• Before issuing clearance for a departure with the designation 0M8..SQS, with which sector should coordination occur?
• Which remarks must be put and require verbal coordination?
• The rule about point outs to ZHU/ZFW that may be accomplished after a handoff is started or an aircraft has entered holding applies to which scenario?
• When can IAFDOF color coding be deleted?
• Which action is not appropriate to suppress an alert by involving another controller unnecessarily?
• To demonstrate the consequences of a missed readback/hearback error, the aircraft must depart with which altitude clearance?
• When should a student cancel the use of coordinated airspace?
• Coordination of secondary airport departures may be accomplished by interphone communications or 4th line data entry. Which methods are appropriate?
• In a 6-7-10 amendment, field 10 must begin with which element?
• Who is primarily responsible for marking the strips?
• When is an arrival strip (including emergencies) deadwood?
• For GNSS-equipped aircraft, clearance off the airport via a point-to-point route is permissible if the points are published NAVAIDS, waypoints, fixes, or airports. Which option correctly states this rule?
• How should altitude information in data blocks reflect the clearance issued, with respect to JAN/MLU interim altitudes?
• Which information must be acknowledged on the EDST?
• Which statement correctly describes required procedures?
• Which line is used to coordinate with interfacility sectors?
• Which scenario does not require a point out?
• Which clearance is not permitted?
• Which key is used to record the position relief briefing?
• When must a new strip be posted after a missed approach?
• In the radar team scenario, if the student asks the R-side to repeat or confirm information three or more times, what does this indicate?
• When using "override and send" or "/OK," what must precede action?
• A total altitude change of more than how many feet is considered an error requiring reroute or vector?
• If a student fails to answer landlines promptly, what is the consequence?
• When forwarding a flight plan verbally and there is no posted strip, what may be passed instead?
• What must students do with landlines to avoid error?
• 0M8 inbound coordination: Which statement is true?
• When a red alert occurs, which tools must be used to investigate it?
• Which statement is true about MISM (handoff mismatch) procedures?
• In the five-minute reroute sequence, which steps are required?
• Which statement correctly communicates control for turns and descent with a block altitude?
• Under what condition must you negotiate altitude with the R-side before releasing a departure?
• When EDST is operational, a flight progress strip must be posted for which flights?
• How are multiple departures from the same airport separated?
• Which color coding is used on the Coordination Indicator that should be removed after actions are complete?
• When an aircraft requests an immediate departure, which action is required?
• Under JAN Low approach control operations, when must strips be used?
• KGWO departures via SQS or direct to points south of V278 may be assigned a minimum altitude of how many feet?
• Which statement accurately reflects how messages should be relayed to avoid miscommunication?
• What must be done before entering Sector 66 if an ACL or DL entry has a Remarks indication?
• When providing control for a climb to a higher altitude, what is the correct phrasing?
• When trial planning a reroute for separation, which approach is required?
• If a yellow alert is suppressed and later turns red, what must the student do?
• Who is responsible for changing and issuing the correct assigned altitude for KJAN and KMLU departures requesting FL180 when it is unusable?
• The phrase soon after the aircraft enters the sector implies what about involving the previous sector?
• For aircraft coming from sector 45 requesting FL180, what should the student do?
• Which phrasing would convey descent into Vicksburg is approved?
• Which statement accurately describes the position relief briefing?
• If the EDST Coordination Menu is used and the flight plan is subsequently changed, what action must be taken regarding the Coordination Indicator?
• Which combination represents proper coordination actions?
• When ERAM is operational, flight progress strips must be posted for flights not contained in the ERAM system.
• A departure clearance is effective upon termination of the call. Which event terminates the call?
• Which statement best describes a complete point out at sector boundaries?
• For position verifications, what is the only appropriate response, assuming the position is verified?
• If a next controller’s request cannot be complied with, what is the appropriate action?
• For rerouted aircraft, what must be provided on their route?
• When coordinating a departure clearance, what information is sufficient to communicate with the Radar Controller immediately after issuance?
• Which statement best describes the purpose of the Coordination Indicator color coding?
• Whose responsibility is it to perform all point outs to the correct sector using the correct format and phraseology?
• According to the priority guidance, which statement is true?
• Which statement best describes the required communication to the R-side?
• Are students allowed to clear departures out of the Departure List? If not, what must be done before issuing clearance?
• If a paired track exists and we have separation responsibility, what must be maintained?
• During EDST configuration, which Sector Boundaries should be selected by default?
• Is trial planning required for every clearance issued?
• Missed approach aircraft at KGWO will hold where and must be given a point out to which sector?
• If the aircraft diverts, is there a requirement to post a new strip?
• When rerouted through the MLU Approach ATA, what must students do with flight plan data?
• What is the rule about block altitude in data management?
• Stripmarking must be in compliance with which guide?
• What term must Flight Service be referred to as when used by controllers, remotes, pilots and ghosts during nonradar and radar scenarios?
• In situations with a point out and traffic for the point out, when is it appropriate to turn the point out into a handoff and say "Aircraft ID, restrictions (if needed), radar contact"?
• To determine relevance of a yellow alert and alert the Radar Controller, what must be referenced?
• Which practice is discouraged to prevent excessive separation for no reason?
• In radar separation, when is the visual separation between an arrival and a departure considered a delay?
• Which statement correctly describes when interim altitudes must be entered in data blocks?
• During emergencies, which duty has higher priority than strip marking?
• What does the policy say about how climbs and descents through the sector are handled?
• In the blocking example for a Byerley departure, what altitude block is requested?
• After a missed approach, where should the Missed Approach be written?
• Under what circumstances may an abbreviated departure clearance be issued?
• Where may handwritten strips be written?
• What condition must be met before APREQ for a block altitude with the next sector?
• What action must students take regarding aircraft proceeding through JAN approach that conflict with MEI 1 West MOA?
• Which statement is true about lines during the briefing?
• In a reroute within five minutes of the next sector, what sequence of actions is required?
• What is the recommended approach to using Letters of Agreement (LOAs) in flight planning?
• Which statement describes a nonGNSS strategy for KGWO when outside routing limitations?
• Aircraft inbound to KSTF, KTUP, KGTR, KCBM, and KUBS that conflict with MEI 1 West MOA/ATCAA must be routed around which side of the restricted area?
• What must a student do with red alerts and muted red alerts?
• When conveying messages to the R-side, next controller, or supervisor, what is essential?
• For departures filed from 0M8 to SQS, what is the first action required?
• Which of the following is exempt from the two-times climb/descend/reroute limit?
• What is the proper way to handle leaving a line for higher priority tasks?
• What is the intended use of HALOs during scenarios?
• How should strips be sequenced at the start of a scenario?
• If a KGWO departure is expected to operate at an altitude different from the one requested due to the overflight, what should the student do?
• Which action requires verbal coordination before action is taken?
• Which characteristic must a student's plan of action have when communicating to the Radar Controller?
• KGWO arrivals must be vectored for ILS18 approaches. However, weather permitting, and when requested by the pilot, a visual approach may be cleared. All KGWO visual approaches require information to be forwarded to GWO tower. What information must be forwarded?
• Which statement describes the policy for altitude assignments on departures?
• Issuing direction of takeoff and turns is not required unless what?
• What is the purpose and rule for free text notes enclosed with asterisks?
• If an emergency aircraft lands at KJAN or KMLU, what must you do with the flight progress strip?
• Which statement describes control vs. point out?
• It is appropriate to use the word 'released' twice when combining visual separation with a departure release. Which option best reflects this practice?
• Which is NOT a factor to consider when deciding whether to get control?
• In cases where KGWO departures involve routes outside NAVAID limitations for non-GNSS aircraft, which action is recommended?
• For 0M8 and KVKS departures, changing to the next fix requires the use of which phraseology?
• Which statement about IAFDOF entering sector 66 is true?
• In point outs where there is no ability to send a data block, how must the action be indicated in the coordination menu?
• When the Radar Controller briefing begins, which views must be displayed by both R-Side and D-Side?
• In EDST red alert handling, is it expected that Radar Controllers inform a student every time they stop an aircraft's climb or descent for conflicting traffic?
• When issuing a departure clearance, if the requested altitude is not available, what must you include?
• Which items require the correct type of coordination?
• Which statement correctly describes a complete point out between ERAM facilities?
• For an orange alert, what is expected?
• KGWO departures must be released to the destination with an assigned altitude. In what situation is a release sufficient without a full clearance?
• Routing issued to aircraft must be entered in the computer or verbally coordinated. Students are also responsible for advising the Radar Controller of routes or altitudes that must be issued to aircraft (including ERT).
• Which tools are the sector team's primary source of flight data?
• What is the proper example of phraseology to request an aircraft at a different altitude, and the acceptable responses when acknowledged?
• What is expected regarding calls while coordinating?
• If the data block indicates what the aircraft is doing, is verbal coordination required?
• A VP message may be used to enter which type of flight plan?
• When is a departure strip deadwood?
• For flights in hold, which type of annotations are used and when should they be deleted?
• Which phraseology is required when a 0M8 or KVKS departure cannot block and the next fix must be changed?
• During weather reroutes, what type of entries must be made?
• If the interface with another facility is down and a southbound KVKS departure is within 15 minutes flying time of the boundary, what is required?
• If an aircraft deviates away from MLU/JAN approach or ZHU/ZFW airspace, coordination with that facility is required or not?
• Nonradar protected airspace for a departure is defined as which of the following?
• Which routes are not subject to the ZAE and ZHU LOA provisions?
• A yellow alert that is not relevant and must not be communicated to the Radar Controller is triggered by which scenario?
• When can point out color coding on the ACL (e.g., P65) be deleted?
• When a handoff is observed with a mismatch (MISM), who must advise the student and who must be informed about each MISM?
• Which statement best reflects emergency coordination timing?
• Which time format should be used to relay time-related messages during a scenario?
• After writing a strip, where should it be placed and kept up to date until EDST entry?
• For sector boundary point outs, which distance is reasonable as described?
• After coordinating altitude with multiple sectors, what is an appropriate statement to relay that you are the control for the descent to FL190?
• For aircraft at FL180 that is outside sector 66, what must the student do?
• Which phrase is used to indicate a position verification when verified by position data or an inoperative transponder?
• Which action must be taken for aircraft issued holding instructions regarding SPA?
• Secondary airport departures: If the requested altitude cannot be issued to aircraft operating in sector 66 airspace, what must be done?
• When the point out involves multiple aircraft or a complex traffic situation, what approach is often preferable?
• If pointing out an aircraft that is 'climbing to high' and the climb will be delayed, what must be included as pertinent information in the point out?
• Aircraft with GNSS capability may be cleared off an airport via a point-to-point route provided the points are what?
• In EDST configuration, what should be chosen for Special Activities Airspace?
• Written notes posted in the SIA must be organized, legible, complete, unambiguous, and suitable for preview by another controller.
• What must a student do with red alerts and muted red alerts?
• Where should the Voice Communication Indicator be placed in the bookkeeping?
• Departures from KGWO Runway 18 that will not immediately turn to a northerly heading are not in conflict with which MOA?
• A KVKS departure filed through JAN approach conflicts with MEI 1/2 West MOA; what must the student do?
• When a handoff is accepted, what should the student do immediately, especially for targets near the radar associate position?
• Which statement describes how students should handle overtake situations that may affect separation?
• During the position relief process, which action should you perform to begin the briefing?
• Which statement best describes the primary goal of a student when managing traffic conflicts?
• APREQs must be performed to which sector using which identifier?
• Which element is the first item in the standard departure clearance order?
• When should grayed-out entries in the ACL be deleted?
• Which of the following is a step in the EDST setup during sector procedures?
• When will the position relief briefing be requested by instructors?
• After coordination completion, what must the student inform the Radar Controller?
• Point outs concerning: 1) VFR requesting IFR, and 2) descending aircraft. Which statement is true?
• When the HALO is left up and the student moves on to another task, what is the consequence?
• After a VFR flight plan is entered into the computer, what readout is sufficient?
• Flights in hold must be placed in which area?
• Under what condition may a student request a clearance that establishes separation from another aircraft or SUA?
• For emergency landings at KVKS or 0M8, what must you do regarding the landing time?
• When releasing/clearing departures on routes under LOA provisions, what must students do?
• Note: After reporting coordination has been completed, what is the Radar Controller's assumption?
• What notation on the KVKS or 0M8 departure strip indicates FL180 is not available?
• In a 6-7-10 amendment, field 10 must begin with which element?
• Which indicator should be used to show an aircraft is on frequency?
• Highlighting must be used on the ACL or DL in which scenario?
• The EDST Inappropriate Altitude for Direction of Flight (IAFDOF) feature must be used in which mode?
• In an emergency strip process, what action must occur after coordination and stripmarking?
• Why is trial planning accuracy considered to degrade over time?