Deck 12: International Air Transportation

Question 1

Combination aircrafts are mostly used on heavily-traveled routes,and used when urgent freight must take priority over passenger traffic.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT)is a program developed by the World Customs Organization for the prevention of terrorism acts against airfreighters.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The largest cargo airport in the world is Miami,Florida.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Airplanes designed so that freight is carried on the main deck as well as in the belly hold allow for cargo to be secured onto the plane with slings to prevent damage caused by movement within the plane.

Question 5

An "open-skies" agreement is a contract between two airlines,designed to facilitate cargo shipments.

Question 6

What distinguishes a passenger aircraft from an airfreighter is the fact that only the airfreighter carries freight on the main deck.

Question 7

An "onboard courier" is an individual who travels as a passenger,but relinquishes his or her baggage allocation in order to transport cargo.

Question 8

Some airfeighters can be loaded through the aircraft's nose.

Question 9

Not all freight that is within the appropriate size and weight constraints of passenger planes is allowed on such planes.

Question 10

The first air cargo was mail.

Question 11

Airfreighters are equipped with a roller deck.

Question 12

Aircrafts can be classified on a combination of range and capacity.

Question 13

Quick-change aircraft can be easily transformed from carrying one type of cargo to another.

Question 14

The aircraft that can carry freight and passengers on the main deck are called mixed aircraft.

Question 15

The largest cargo airfreighter in the world is made by Boeing.

Question 16

When loading an airfreighter,crews must be careful not to place too much cargo in the tail of the aircraft (aft)before placing some in the front (fore),to prevent "nose up" situations.

Question 17

International cargo in the belly of passenger airplanes is usually extremely urgent freight.

Question 18

The Certified Cargo Screening Program mandates that all cargo shipped on passenger aircrafts be 100-percent inspected before being loaded.

Question 19

UPS invented "time defined" deliveries in 1981.

Question 20

The tariff structure of international air cargo is almost as complicated as that of the ocean cargo industry.

Question 21

FTK stands for

A) Freight Transport Kelvin.
B) Full at 12-thousand.
C) First Terminal Kilometer.
D) Furthest Tracing Kernel.
E) None of the above

Question 22

Aircraft designed so that freight is carried on the main deck as well as in the belly hold tend to be

A) large.
B) Boeing 747s.
C) DC 10s.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 23

Airfreighters are fitted with a tail stand during loading operations in order to

A) prevent "nose-up" mishaps during loading.
B) speed up refueling operations.
C) provide electrical power to the rear (aft) of the aircraft.
D) prevent damage to the aircraft by airport traffic.
E) All of the above

Question 24

Aircraft designed so that freight is carried on the main deck as well as in the belly hold are called ____________________.

Question 25

Certified Cargo Screening Facilities are charged with

A) randomly selecting about twenty percent of all air cargo, and inspect these shipments before they are loaded on any aircraft.
B) conducting background checks for all airlines and airport employees who are in contact with international cargo air shipments.
C) conducting one-hundred-percent inspections of all shipments that will eventually travel on passenger aircraft.
D) reporting on suspicious cargo shipments originating from abroad, through a program called "Automated Targeting System."
E) All of the above

Question 26

Which of the following sustainability initiatives have not been adopted or tested by airlines and/or airports?

A) use of bio-fuels to power aircraft engines
B) changes in the routing of aircraft to reduce fuel consumption
C) reduced air speed to reduce carbon emissions
D) use of airports outside of large cities to limit noise during night activities
E) All of the above

Question 27

Large amounts of _____ enter the United States through the Miami Airport.

A) cut flowers
B) DVD players
C) television sets
D) processed sugar
E) None of the above

Question 28

Most airfreight on passenger planes is not palletized but is ____________________.

Question 29

The United States governmental agency that has primary responsibility for security issues in air transportation (whether passenger or cargo)is

A) International Air Transport Association.
B) Transportation Security Administration.
C) International Civil Aviation Organization.
D) Customs and Border Protection.
E) None of the above

Question 30

The largest airfreight company in the world is ____________________.

Question 31

In calculating airfreight rates,airlines figure the volume-weight of the shipment based on the volume yielding a certain weight value.As a result,

A) the airline will charge the lesser of the volume-weight or the actual weight of the cargo.
B) the airline will be more concerned about volume than weight.
C) the airline will charge the higher of the volume-weight or the actual weight of the cargo.
D) the airline will be concerned about the rates it will charge at different altitudes it flies.
E) None of the above

Question 32

The international airfreight business is regulated by

A) the Federal Aviation Administration.
B) the Civil Aeronautics Board.
C) the Civil Air Patrol.
D) Aeroflot.
E) None of the above

Question 33

International cargo services on passenger airplanes are somewhat unreliable because passenger airlines often ____________________ freight.

Question 34

OBC service stands for

A) over ballast cresting.
B) onboard courier.
C) onboard computer.
D) old benefit connections.
E) None of the above

Question 35

A cargo service that allows an exporter to ship a large quantity of goods to a location not normally served by cargo airlines would be

A) air mail service.
B) an onboard courier.
C) scheduled airfreight service.
D) charter airfreight service.
E) None of the above

Question 36

The Paris convention of 1919

A) established the concept of sovereignty of a country over its airspace.
B) limited the liability of international airlines in accidents.
C) resulted in an "open-skies" agreement between the United States and the Netherlands.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 37

The biggest constraint on a shipper regarding the use of passenger airplanes for shipping freight is the issue of the freight's ____________________.

Question 38

Among freight often carried in the belly of scheduled international passenger airplanes are

A) athletic shoes.
B) television sets.
C) critical machine or computer parts and fresh produce like fish.
D) DVD players.
E) None of the above

Question 39

On international airfreight shipments,the volume-weight conversion uses

A) 6000 inches per kilogram.
B) 6000 cm per pound.
C) 166 cm per kilogram.
D) 166 cubic inches per pound.
E) None of the above

Question 40

Among the main types of aviation service are

A) passenger planes that happen to carry cargo.
B) pure cargo planes that carry only freight.
C) scheduled and charter freight service.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 41

Products that do not fit in the cargo bay of a traditional cargo aircraft are often referred to as ____________________.

Question 42

Most airfreighters are the same types of aircraft used in passenger service,except they are equipped with ____________________ decks.

Question 43

All cargo shipped on passenger aircraft has to be inspected 100 percent by ____________________.

Question 44

The largest cargo airport in the world is at ____________________.

Question 45

Even though countries may agree to "open-skies," the number of flights may be limited by the number of airport ____________________.