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Welcome to VATSIM! Remember, you must complete the New Member Orientation process before
being able to connect to the network. Please proceed to the New Member Orientation Course section
to learn the basics about VATSIM.
 Dashboard

Exam - New Member Orientation Test

 Members 

Question #1
 VATSIM Vacancies 
A person can own multiple VATSIM accounts: true or false?

FLY & CONTROL

False
 Flight Planning 

True
 VATSIM AIP
Question #2
 Policies Flying by means of visual reference is considered flying what?

Under the hood

 Resources 

 Virtual Airlines  IFR

MEMBERSHIP AREA
VFR
 Member Help 

CFR
EDUCATION HUB

 New Member Orientation

Question #3
Course What would be an incorrect place to connect to the network in the air?

In an area of little to no traffic

 Pilot Training

 Learning Center Over the ocean

 ATO Roster
Enroute at cruise altitude

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Inside a busy airspace or in the middle of a fly-in event

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Question #4
All filed flight plans are retained in the system for ______ until activated.

3 hours

2 hours

1 hour

4 hours

Question #5
An Instrument Approach Procedure is primarily designed to:

Accurately measure the aircraft’s pitch and bank attitude

Safely bring an aircraft flying in instrument conditions to a position and height from which the
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runway may be identified visually and the aircraft maneuvered for landing

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Expedite the flow of traffic into an airfield

Facilitate an automatic landing

Question #6
According to the top-down system graphic, an airport’s tower controller signed on alone covers which A

Tower

Ground

Delivery

All of the above

Question #7
Which of these is a weather forecast providing information about weather conditions expected at a part
coming 24-30 hours?

SIGMET

TAF

METAR

SPECI

Question #8
When told to “Contact” a controller you should contact next controller with:

Callsign

Altitude (if airborne)

Any other info from previous controller like an assigned speed or heading

All of the Above

Question #9
What ATC position primarily provides aircraft their IFR and VFR clearances.

Clearance Delivery

Approach
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Tower

Ground

Question #10
Flying by means of instrument reference is considered flying what?

Using visual references outside the aircraft

CFR

VFR

IFR

Question #11
It is a good idea to have any applicable charts viewable while flying on the network: true or false?

True

False

Question #12
In what order should you operate your aircraft?

Navigate, Communicate, Aviate

Let the autopilot do whatever it needs to do

Communicate, Navigate, Aviate

Aviate, Navigate, Communicate

Question #13
Good use of unicom at an uncontrolled airport includes:

Advising traffic of taxi and departure runway

Advising traffic when taking off or landing on a runway

Advising traffic when near the airport of your approximate location and what your intended
runway of landing is.

All of the above

Question #14
When flying IFR, pilots must maintain *their own* separation under ATC: true or false?

False

True

Question #15 

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Which of these items are a part of exercising simple frequency etiquette?

Keep transmissions short and to the point (Avoid using phrases like "with you")

Think about what you want to say before transmitting

Listen before transmitting on a frequency for any previous communications that may still be
occurring

All of the above

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