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ATPL Air Law practice questions

Air Law covers the international framework that civil aviation runs on: the Chicago Convention and ICAO, airworthiness and licensing rules, the Rules of the Air under SERA, air traffic services, aerodromes, search and rescue, security and accident investigation.

49original questions here
44questions in the practice paper
1 hourtime allowed

Free, no sign-up. The practice paper uses the question count and time limit from CAA guidance for this subject. Check the CAA for the current figures before your exam.

About the exam

What to expect in 010 Air Law

Much of the paper is precise recall of definitions, distances, times and who is responsible for what. Small wording differences between options are common, so learning the exact figure or term matters more than the general idea.

In the practice desk you can sit a full 44-question paper under exam conditions, or drill one syllabus topic at a time. Questions you miss come back after 1, 3, 7, 16 and 35 days, so weak areas get repeated until they stick.

Syllabus

010 syllabus topics

Every topic below has practice questions, and you can drill any of them on its own.

  • 010 01International Law: Conventions, Agreements and Organisations · 6 questions
  • 010 02Airworthiness of Aircraft · 2 questions
  • 010 04Personnel Licensing · 5 questions
  • 010 05Rules of the Air According to ICAO Annex 2 and SERA · 12 questions
  • 010 06Aircraft Operations · 5 questions
  • 010 07Air Traffic Services (ATS) and Air Traffic Management (ATM) · 4 questions
  • 010 08Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) · 2 questions
  • 010 09Aerodromes · 5 questions
  • 010 10Facilitation (ICAO Annex 9) · 1 questions
  • 010 11Search and Rescue (SAR) · 3 questions
  • 010 12Security: Safeguarding International Civil Aviation against Acts of Unlawful Interference (ICAO Annex 17) · 1 questions
  • 010 13Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation · 3 questions
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Sample ATPL Air Law questions

Five questions from the bank. Each one in the practice desk has a worked explanation like these.

Sample 1 · 010 01 · International Law: Conventions, Agreements and Organisations

A UK airline carries passengers from London to Dubai, then picks up new passengers in Dubai and carries them on to Singapore. Which freedom of the air is exercised between Dubai and Singapore?

  1. AFourth freedom
  2. BEighth freedom
  3. CFifth freedom
  4. DThird freedom
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Answer: C. Fifth freedom

Traffic between two foreign states, on a service that starts or ends in the home state.

Sample 2 · 010 02 · Airworthiness of Aircraft

Which state issues or validates the certificate of airworthiness of an aircraft?

  1. AThe state of design
  2. BThe state of registry
  3. CThe state of the operator
  4. DAny state in which the aircraft operates
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Answer: B. The state of registry

Sample 3 · 010 04 · Personnel Licensing

What is the minimum age for the issue of an ATPL(A)?

  1. A17 years
  2. B18 years
  3. C23 years
  4. D21 years
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Answer: D. 21 years

Sample 4 · 010 05 · Rules of the Air According to ICAO Annex 2 and SERA

Two power-driven aeroplanes are converging at about the same level. Which must give way?

  1. AThe one that has the other on its right
  2. BThe faster aircraft
  3. CThe lower aircraft
  4. DThe one that has the other on its left
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Answer: A. The one that has the other on its right

Common trap: Remembering it the wrong way round. Think: the aircraft on the right has priority.

Sample 5 · 010 06 · Aircraft Operations

What is the standard outbound time in a holding pattern at or below 14 000 ft?

  1. A2 minutes
  2. B1½ minutes
  3. C30 seconds
  4. D1 minute
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Answer: D. 1 minute

Revision tips

How to revise Air Law

  • Learn the numbers in groups: VMC minima, transition rules, light signals and interception signals each make a short table you can test yourself on.
  • Practise telling the convention, annex and regulation apart. Questions often hinge on which body publishes a rule.
  • Do short daily sessions rather than long ones. Recall subjects reward frequent review more than cramming.