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News / Re: Missing Exam Assignments
« on: August 22, 2016, 11:31:26 AM »
After failing the Basic test, I have not seen the retest come up after 7 days. The 7 days spanned the new site launch.

Also, when trying to generate a ticket, there is an error with the anti-spam system that prevents me from posting a ticket. The image does not come up, there is just an error line.

The error is: SPAM Prevention: *    An internal error occurred: 53AAB919CC3F1.A803FD4.9802BE74

Thank you,

William Inman

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The Classroom (Controller Tips) / Re: Clarification on an incorrect answer on the Basic test.
« on: August 18, 2016, 02:12:30 PM »
Scott: I came to that conclusion after taking the test with the reasoning "In the abscense of any other information TWR is the answer"

Don:

My biggest concern isn't the answer to this question, it's the issue of the question in relation to the training that a new person to VATSIM and ATC would study. I'm new to both and when I looked at the training site I went to the basic area of the training and stopped there because S1 isn't the test I was preparing for. That area had the answer to every test question I was presented with but the one addressed here. That is the issue I have and the reason I posted this issue.

I would assume most folks would do the same as I did and study the basic area of training for the initial test. I would respectfully suggest limiting questions to what is covered in the basic training area for the initial test.

When I take the test again, I will do it open book to be sure to get through.

Thanks for taking the time to answer.

William Inman

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The Classroom (Controller Tips) / Clarification on an incorrect answer on the Basic test.
« on: August 17, 2016, 10:23:41 PM »
Hi,

I took the Basic test and failed it (was trying to do this entirely by memory and not do open book to see how much I retained). I missed several questions that were clearly in the training info and should have failed the test. There is one question that wasn't clear in the training info:

Question: The ATC position which normally selects the runway in use is:
A. DEP
B. GND
C. APP
D. TWR

I guess the correct answer would depend entirely on who is using the runway in question. By my understanding GND should determine what runway a particular flight takes off from based on traffic, delays, emergencies and such (assuming there is more than one outbound runway). TWR should determine what runway(s) is/are open or closed and APP should determine what flights use what inbound runway, yes? The ambiguity in the question is problematic here. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thank you,

William Inman

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