FEAST ATC Multitasking Simulation 3

Question 1

You are working approach control with 8 aircraft on frequency.
Two aircraft are on the ILS, three are being vectored, two are holding, and one is declaring a technical fault.
The aircraft declaring a technical fault calls: 'Engine shutdown, request immediate landing.' You should:

Accepted Answer

Clear the ILS immediately, instruct holding aircraft to continue holding, and vector the technical fault aircraft for priority landing

Answer

Finish vectoring the current aircraft before dealing with the emergency

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Ask the emergency aircraft to hold at a safe altitude while you sequence it

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Transfer all non-emergency aircraft to another sector before assisting the emergency

Question 2

A controller must track: Aircraft A's cleared level, Aircraft B's speed restriction, Aircraft C's transponder code, and Aircraft D's estimated time at a waypoint. Which memory technique best supports accurate multitask tracking?

Accepted Answer

Maintain flight progress strips updated in real time for each aircraft

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Memorise all data verbally, repeating it mentally between transmissions

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Write data points on a notepad only when reminded by the pilot

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Rely exclusively on the radar display without additional tracking aids

Question 3

While issuing an approach clearance, you notice your radar display momentarily freezes. The correct action is to:

Accepted Answer

Complete the approach clearance, immediately report the radar failure to the supervisor, and apply radar failure procedures

Answer

Wait for the radar to recover before issuing the approach clearance

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Continue working normally — radar freezes are typically brief and self-correcting

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Ask each aircraft to report its position and attempt to reconstruct the radar picture verbally

Question 4

You are working a sector and simultaneously: Aircraft X reports fuel emergency, Aircraft Y calls with a read-back error, Aircraft Z needs a squawk code assignment, and a phone rings from an adjacent sector. Rank these tasks from highest to lowest priority.

Accepted Answer

Fuel emergency → read-back error → adjacent sector call → squawk code

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Read-back error → fuel emergency → squawk code → adjacent sector

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Squawk code → fuel emergency → adjacent sector → read-back error

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Adjacent sector call → squawk code → read-back error → fuel emergency

Question 5

A controller is simultaneously monitoring a radar display and filling in a paper coordination form. The most dangerous multitasking error in this situation would be:

Accepted Answer

Allowing radar monitoring to lapse during the time spent writing the form

Answer

Writing the form too slowly and missing the coordination deadline

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Filling the form with information from the previous sector handoff

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Forgetting to sign the bottom of the coordination form

Question 6

Four tasks arrive simultaneously: (1) A pilot requests a frequency change, (2) An aircraft is 500 ft below its cleared altitude without clearance, (3) A METAR update arrives on the printer, (4) A pilot requests weather deviation. The correct first action is:

Accepted Answer

Contact the aircraft 500 ft below its cleared altitude to query the deviation

Answer

Approve the frequency change as it only takes one transmission

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Read the METAR and update all aircraft with the new weather

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Approve the weather deviation request as weather avoidance is safety-critical