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Q1. What does RADAR stand for?
Correct answer is A – Radio Detection And Ranging
Q2. How does radar determine the distance to an object?
Correct answer is B – By measuring the time delay between sending the pulse and receiving the echo
Q3. What is the primary function of Surface Movement Radar (SMR) in air traffic control?
Correct answer is B – Detecting and tracking aircraft and vehicles on airport runways and taxiways
Q4. How does Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (MSSR) differ from Primary Surveillance Radar (PSR)?
Correct answer is A – MSSR uses transponder replies to provide aircraft identity and altitude, while PSR detects all reflected signals
Q5. Which frequency band is commonly used for long-range air traffic control radar?
Correct answer is A – L band (1–2 GHz)
Q6. What is the main purpose of Radar?
Correct answer is B – To detect objects and measure their distance
Q7. Radar works by sending out radio waves and then:
Correct answer is B – Listening for signals that bounce back from objects
Q8. What does SMR (Surface Movement Radar) mainly track?
Correct answer is B – Vehicles and aircraft on the ground at airports
Q9. Which radar type uses aircraft transponders to get information like identity and altitude?
Correct answer is B – Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (MSSR)
Q10. Doppler radar can measure the speed of an object by using:
Correct answer is B – Change in frequency of the reflected waves
Q11. (DME) operate on?
Correct answer is – Secondary radar principle
Q12. DME provides which type of distance measurement?
Correct answer is – Slant range distance
Q13. What is the typical frequency range used by DME?
Correct answer is – 960–1215 MHz
Q14. Which navigation systems is DME commonly used with?
Correct answer is – VOR and ILS
Q15. What does the acronym RHO-THETA represent in navigation?
Correct answer is – Distance and bearing
Q16. How does secondary radar differ from primary radar?
Correct answer is – Secondary radar receives a reply from the target’s transponder
Q17. What happens to the DME distance reading when the aircraft is directly above the ground station?
Correct answer is – It shows the aircraft’s height in nautical miles
Q18. Reliable DME signals can be received up to what range (line-of-sight altitude)?
Correct answer is – 199 NM
Q19. DME full form is?
Correct answer is – Distance measuring equipment
Q20. What is the function of the transponder in the DME system?
Correct answer is – To receive interrogation pulses and send a reply
Q21. What is the meaning of the term “slant range”?
Correct answer is – The straight-line distance between aircraft and station, including altitude
Q22. How often is the station identification (3-letter Morse code) transmitted by the DME ground station?
Correct answer is – Every 30 seconds
Q23. Why is slant range usually greater than actual ground distance?
Correct answer is – Because it includes altitude as well as horizontal distance
Q24. What is the equation used to calculate the slant range distance in DME?
Correct answer is – R = (T – 50) / 12.359
Q25. How long is the fixed beacon delay accounted for in DME calculations?
Correct answer is – 50 microseconds
Q26. What type of dose† DME provide to support RNAV systems?
Correct answer is – Very accurate slant range data for position fixing

