Operational Procedures
Normal and abnormal operations
Know the standard operating procedures for normal flight, the meaning of checklists, and the difference between a normal, abnormal, and emergency checklist. Know the meaning of a memory item and when it is used. Know the meaning of the sterile cockpit and the critical phases of flight.
Emergencies
Understand the procedures for engine failure, fire, decompression, and ditching. Know the meaning of the emergency descent, the oxygen mask, and the transponder code 7700. Know the difference between a mayday and a pan-pan, and the meaning of the distress and urgency signals.
Ground operations
Know the procedures for pushback, taxi, and take-off, and the meaning of the runway incursion and the hold-short line. Know the meaning of the aerodrome markings and lighting, and the difference between a displaced threshold and a stopway.
Traps
Questions confuse mayday with pan-pan, or 7700 with 7600 and 7500. Another favourite: the priority of actions in an emergency (aviate, navigate, communicate).
Worked example
A rapid decompression at FL 350: don oxygen mask first, then initiate emergency descent to FL 100 or the minimum safe altitude, then communicate. The transponder code 7700 signals distress. The order is aviate, navigate, communicate.