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100

This shall be given to Flight and Air Crewmembers when any one of the following apply;

Six consecutive flight days.

Once every seven days deployed. 

Once every twelve days. 

What is a Down Day?

(Policy 220-1-1 11.6.b)

100

An ELT can be tested at this time.

What is the first five minutes after any hour? 

(AIM 6-2-4 b.2)

100

NOAA Policy 220-1-1 states that "ACs shall not take off...when the ceiling is less than _______ and visibility is less than_______"

What is 200' and one-half mile?

(Policy 220-1-1 4.8.a)

100

This is when it started raining at KMDW.

What is 1835Z?

100

NOAA Policy 209-7 states that hearing protection shall be used by all personnel when within _______ft of any AOC aircraft operating engines or within _______ft of an operating Power Unit.

What is 100ft?

What is 50ft?

(NOAA Policy 209-7 3.2.a)

200

This is the maximum block time limit for a 30 day period.

What is 120 hours? 

(Policy 220-1-1 11.7.a)

200

RAIM requires at least this many satellites to be fully functional.

What is 5?

(AIM Section 1 1-1-17 3a)

200

According to NOAA Policy 220-1-1 these are the minimum fuel time requirements in VFR conditions during the day.

What is fly to the first point of intended landing and fly after that for at least 30 minutes? (Same as FAR 91.151/91.167).

(Policy 220-1-1 4.13.b)


200

You are flying VFR and plan to land on this runway in this traffic pattern

What is Runway 27, right traffic?

200

Policy 220-1-1 states that Flight Plans shall have this phone number listed. 

What is Lakeland Operations (863-834-4911)? 

Note: This is Lakeland airport, not AOC.

(Policy 220-1-1 4.4)


300

According to Policy 220-1-2 AOC budgets this many hours of flight training per pilot per year for each aircraft they are designated and current. Pilots should also complete this many training flights per year to maintain proficiency.

What is 10 hours?

What is 2 training flights?

(Policy 220-1-2 3.6)

300

The type of flight plan you must file for a VFR aircraft which intends to operate in airspace within which the ready identification, location, and control of aircraft are required in the interest of national security.

What is a DVFR Flight Plan?

(AIM Section 6. 5-6-4 3a)

300

This is the minimum battery charge allowed on your Electronic Flight Bag during critical phases of flight.

What is 30%?

(Policy 220-1-1 7.26.b

300

You have lost all radio coms and see the following light signal from the air which means this.  

What is "Return for Landing"?

300

This is how you access NOAA Policy 220-1-1 Flight Operations Policy.

What is AOC Homepage - AOC Resources - AOC Policies - AOC Policies - Operations Branch? 

(https://sites.google.com/noaa.gov/aoc/home)

400

Policy 222-2 states that the following qualifications shall be completed within this amount of time.

CP: Within _________ of the date initiated by the Training Section. 

AC: Within _________ of copilot qualification

Nav: Within _________ of the date initiated by the Training Section.

CP: What is 60 days?

AC: What is 18 - 36 calendar months?

Nav: What is 6 calendar months?

(Pollicy 222-2 3.1)

400

This is when an Aircraft Commander of a State-operated aircraft assumes responsibility to separate their aircraft from all other aircraft.

What is Due Regard?

400

Policy 220-1-2 states that Aircraft Commanders shall maintain _______ total hours in their specific aircraft designator or approved simulator time in the previous 365 days prior to occupying a required mission Flight Crewmember position. 

What is 30 hours?

(Policy 220-1-2 3.16.f)

400

You are over Ventura VOR/DME (VTU). Your Minimum Safe Altitude is this.

What is 4700'?

400

Policy 220-1-1 states that a post-flight debrief shall be conducted with all crewmembers and shall address these topics. 

What is performance of equipment and personnel?

What is completion of mission objectives?

What is safety of flight issues? 

(Policy 220-1-1 8.2)

500

Policy 222-2 states that Trip Reports must include these three items.

What is a description of the project?

What is an assessment of the upgrader's overall performance?

What are any recommendations for future improvement?

(Policy 222-2 8.2)

500

Operations within a Foreign Air Defense Zone (ADIZ) requires use of this program to create, view, and submit aircraft or personnel travel requests. 

What is APACS (Aircraft and Personnel Automated Clearance System)?

(Policy 220-1-1-1 3.7)

500

Policy 220-1-2 states that Water Survival Training is required prior to flight in an AOC aircraft farther than this distance from shore.

What is "Suitable Gliding Distance"?

(Policy 220-1-2 3.9)

500

These are the alternate IFR minimums for an airport with a non precision approach. 

What is 800ft and 2 miles visibility?
500

NOAA Policy 220-1-3 Aeromedical was replaced by this document.

What is the NOAA Aviation Medical Manual?