SANTOS DUMONT ENGLISH ASSESSMENT IDENTIFICATION [MOCK TEST] Welcome to the Santos Dumont English Assessment. I am (name) and this is (name). (He/she) will not interact with us. This is Test ID number: State Test ID 1) Please tell me your full name. 2) May I see your pilot s license? State ANAC S CODE (Thank you.) 3) Are you carrying any electronic equipment? 4) Look at the camera, please. (Thank you.) The test has four parts. It takes approximately forty minutes. Responses should be immediate, appropriate and informative. During the test, if you don t understand an instruction or question, please ask me for clarification. PART 1 AVIATION TOPICS Part One: Aviation Topics. In this part, you have to answer seven questions related to aviation. 1) Tell me a little bit about your experience as a pilot. 2) What do you usually do before flying? 3) Tell me a little bit about the aircraft you are (were) flying (if pilot is not currently working). 4) How did you learn aviation English? 5) What aircraft do you dream about flying in the future? Why? 6) In your opinion, what are the good aspects of being a pilot? And the bad ones? 7) From your point of view, what can a pilot do to try to avoid accidents? Thank you. This is the end of Part One.
Please put the headphones on. Let s check the volume. PART 2 INTERACTING AS A PILOT Part Two: Interacting as a Pilot. In this part, you will interact with the Air Traffic Control in three different situations. You may ask the controller to repeat each recording once, and you will not be penalized for that. After listening to the controller, you should interact as the pilot. All information is important. You are the pilot of a twin-engined aircraft. Your call sign is ANAC 123. TRACK 1 - AUDIO CHECK Situation 1) You have just taken off from Miami Airport. Listen to Miami Tower and read back all information. TRACK 2 ANAC 123, [MAINTAIN RUNWAY HEADING], [CLIMB TO SEVEN THOUSAND FEET], [SQUAWK THREE FOUR THREE SEVEN]. CONTACT MIAMI DEPARTURE [ON FREQUENCY ONE TWO TWO DECIMAL FOUR ZERO]. [4] Minimum interaction: Maintain runway heading, climb to 7,000ft, squawk / transponder 3437 and contact on 122.40 If the candidate did not interact with ATC as the pilot: You are supposed to interact as if you were the pilot. If the candidate asks for a second repetition: You can only ask for one repetition. Now, your main altimeter and the stand-by one are showing different indications and you decided to maintain the same altitude you are flying at now. Call Miami Departure to report the situation and your intentions. Then interact appropriately. Minimum interaction: Miami Departure, I have unreliable altimeter indications. Request to maintain present altitude, ANAC 123. ANAC 123, [MAINTAIN PRESENT ALTITUDE], THERE IS NO TRAFFIC IN THIS SECTOR. CONFIRM YOU HAVE [UNRELIABLE ALTIMETER INDICATIONS]. [2] TRACK 3 Minimum interaction: AFFIRM
What did the controller say? Minimum interaction: The controller understood that I had an unreliable altimeter / altimeter disagreement and told me to maintain present altitude Thank you. This is the end of situation number 1. Situation 2) You requested descent to Miami airport. Listen to Miami Center and read back all information. TRACK 4 ANAC 123, YOU ARE [CLEARED TO FLIGHT LEVEL ONE ZERO ZERO], [PASS TAYLOR INTERSECTION] [ABOVE FLIGHT LEVEL ONE FIVE ZERO]. [WHEN REACHING] [FLIGHT LEVEL ONE ZERO ZERO], CALL MIAMI APPROACH [ON FREQUENCY ONE ONE NINER DECIMAL TWO ZERO]. [6] Minimum interaction: Cleared to Flight Level 100, pass TAYLOR intersection above Flight Level 150. At/ When reaching / Passing Flight Level 100, contact on 119.20. If the candidate did not interact with ATC as the pilot: You are supposed to interact as if you were the pilot. If the candidate asks for a second repetition: You can only ask for one repetition. Now, you have noticed that your first officer is unconscious. Call Miami Center to report the situation and your intentions. Then interact appropriately. Minimum interaction: My first officer fainted/ passed out/ is unconscious/ is incapacitated + intentions ANAC 123, CONFIRM YOUR [CAPTAIN IS INCAPACITATED]. [PROCEED DIRECTLY TO PALM BEACH VORTAC] AND [DESCEND TO THREE THOUSAND FEET]. [3] Minimum interaction: NEGATIVE, My first officer fainted/ passed TRACK 5 out/is unconscious/is incapacitated. Proceed directly to PALM BEACH VORTAC and descend to 3000 feet. What did the controller say? Minimum interaction: The controller understood that the captain is incapacitated and told me to proceed directly to PALM BEACH VORTAC and descend to 3000 feet Thank you. This is the end of situation number 2.
Situation 3) You are on cruise flight to Frankfurt Airport. Listen to Frankfurt Center and read back all information. ANAC 123, [TRAFFIC IS OVERTAKEN]. YOU ARE [CLEARED TO DESCEND] [TO FLIGHT LEVEL TWO NINER ZERO]. [3] TRACK 6 Minimum interaction: Traffic overtaken, cleared to descend to FL 290. If the candidate did not interact with ATC as the pilot: You are supposed to interact as if you were the pilot. If the candidate asks for a second repetition: You can only ask for one repetition. Now, you are experiencing a sudden depressurization. Call Frankfurt Center to report the situation and your intentions. Then interact appropriately. Minimum interaction: Mayday, Mayday, Mayday, Frankfurt Center. We had a sudden depressurization (+intentions), ANAC 123. ANAC 123, YOU ARE [CLEARED TO DESCEND TO FLIGHT LEVEL ZERO NINER ZERO], I UNDERSTOOD YOU HAD A [LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE], CONFIRM? [2] Minimum interaction: NEGATIVE, We had a sudden TRACK 7 depressurization, not a loss of hydraulic pressure, ANAC 123. What did the controller say? Minimum interaction: The controller understood that I had a loss of hydraulic pressure. Thank you. That is the end of Part 2.
PART 3 UNEXPECTED SITUATIONS Part Three, Unexpected Situations. In this part, you will listen to three different communications between a pilot and a controller. The recordings will be played twice automatically. After listening to the recording, tell me everything the pilot and the controller said. Then, I will ask you a question. At the end of part 3, I will ask you to compare the three situations, so please take notes. Situation 1) Listen to Situation number One: PILOT: MIAMI CENTER, ANAC 123, WE ARE NOW [EXPERIENCING VERY STRONG TURBULENCE] [AT FLIGHT LEVEL THREE ZERO ZERO]. [A PASSENGER IS INJURED]. [REQUEST RETURN TO JFK]. [4] ATC: ANAC 123, ROGER. [TURN RIGHT HEADING ONE ONE FIVE] TRACK 8 AND [DESCEND TO FLIGHT LEVEL TWO FOUR ZERO]. [MEDICAL ASSISTANCE WILL BE PROVIDED UPON ARRIVAL]. [3] Now tell me, in your own words, everything that the pilot and the controller said. How can a pilot avoid a bad weather situation when overflying the ocean? Situation 2) Listen to Situation number Two: TRACK 9 PILOT: DUBAI CONTROL, ANAC 123. [I HAD A TAIL STRIKE DURING TAKE OFF]. [WE NEED TO CLIMB] [TO A SAFE ALTITUDE] [IN ORDER TO CHECK OUR SYSTEMS] BEFORE RETURNING. [4] ATC: ANAC 123. ROGER. [CLIMB TO FOUR THOUSAND FEET], [MAINTAIN ONE TWO ZERO RADIAL], [CALL BACK FOR VECTORS TO RETURN]. [3] Now tell me, in your own words, everything that the pilot and the controller said. What kind of emergency or abnormal situations can a pilot experience during take-off?
Situation 3) Listen to Situation number Three: TRACK 10 PILOT: [MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY], DUBAI DEPARTURE, ANAC 123. [WE LOST THRUST IN BOTH ENGINES]. [WE LL TRY TO RETURN TO DUBAI], [BUT WE MIGHT NEED TO DITCH]. [4] ATC: ANAC 123, ROGER. [TURN LEFT HEADING TWO THREE ZERO] [TO LAND ON RUNWAY THREE ZERO RIGHT]. [2] Now tell me in your own words everything that the pilot and the controller said. If faced with a similar situation, what actions would you take? Thank you, you may remove the headphones now. Place headphones on the table and maintain the microphone close to the test taker. Now, considering the three situations you heard in part 3: - How would you compare them and which one do you think is the most difficult to deal with? If the candidate doesn t explain why: Why?/Why not? When necessary: Could you compare them? Thank you very much. This is the end of Part Three. Collect all notes made by the test taker and eliminate them.
PART 4 PICTURE DESCRIPTION AND DISCUSSION Part Four, Picture Description and Discussion. In this part, you will have thirty seconds to look at the picture and then describe what you see. After that, I will ask you three questions. Show the picture to the test taker. Wait up to 30 seconds. Then say: you may start now You may start now. 1) This picture was taken in 1957. Air traffic has increased a lot since then. What do you think are the main problems in relation to air traffic nowadays? Rephrase, if necessary: What are the problems with air traffic in the present? 2) What actions for the future would you suggest to be implemented to sort out these problems? Rephrase, if necessary: How can these problems be solved in the future? 3) To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement: it was much easier to fly an aircraft in the past than it is nowadays. Rephrase, if necessary: Do you agree that it was easier to fly an aircraft in the past than it is in the present? Can you tell me more about that? Can you give me an example/or some examples? This is the end of the test. Thank you very much for coming. END OF THE TEST