AAAE ACE Operations Module 2 ( Latest 2023 / 2024 ) Latest Questions With Complete Grade A Answers

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1. What are the two major categories of pavement? Answer: Flexible and rigid 2. What are some types of flexible pavement? Answer: Grass, dirt, gravel and asphalt 3. Why are paved surfaces necessar... y at airports? Answer: To support the critical loadsimposed on them; to produce a smooth, skidresistant and safe-riding surface 4. Airport surfaces are distinguished by operational control and FAA design standards into what two areas? Answer: Movement and non-movement 5. What constitutes the movement area on an airport? Answer: Runways and taxiways.At ATCT controlled airports, the surfaces under ATC control.These areas must meetPart 139 design restrictions. 6. What constitutesthe non-movement area of an airport? Answer: Taxiways and apronsnot under ATCT control 7. How are movement and non-movement areas determined at an airport withan ATCT? Answer: By Letter of Agreement (LOA) between the airport and the ATCT. 8. What is the benefit of using a rigid pavement such as Portland Cement Concrete? Answer: It is about half the lifetime cost of asphalt, with a service life of 30+ years versus 5-15 years for asphalt.Concrete is more expensive up front though, soasphalt is common at low revenue airports such as GA. 9. What are two major elementsthat make pavements deteriorate? Answer: weatheringand aircraft loads 10. For bearing strengths of 12,500lbs or greater, what method is used to express the effect of an individual aircraft on different pavements? Answer: ComparingACN to PCN (Aircraft Classification Number-Pavement Classification Number) [Show More]

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