Irex questions (wording might be slightly off, but the questions are as written in it with 85%

accuracy):
1) Speechless radar vector (How many clicks needed) (refer to ERSA for information)
2) Deciding route from horshm to ymmb when your flight A090( refer to ersa Gen-FPR-16)
3) Alternate questions in regard to TAF and TTF
4) Questions provide from A to B is 1 hour 30 mins and alternate is another 30 mintues, give
a TAF, what is the earliest you need to arrive. (30 mins before and 60 mintues after )
5) You are at Sydney airport and you have 30 mins fuel left with 45 mins fix reserve, the next
nearest alternate is 45 mintues away. What should you do? (ANS: call for mayday)
6) When flying within the rated coverage of the aid, a condition in which you should always
treat cockpit ADF indications with caution is: (Ans: thunderstorm)
7) Question about coastal reflection (your flying along the coast and the adf is pointing 120.
Whats the real bearing (Ans: less then 120 degrees)
8) you are north of the ndb and your heading is ____ and your track from the station is _____
what’s your relative bearing to the station * go type Casa irex sample question * there is
a similar question in it.
9) you’re flying a single engine IFR what’s the minima for takeoff : Ans: 300 and 2k visibility
10) bob tait page 240 condition to descent in visual approach at night : landing runway or
approach lights or other markings (AIP ENR 1.5-4 number 1.7.6) (A question on it and
when should you descend at night)
11) refer to TAC 1 , your flying from Townsville to Cain’s with route V134 and VOR 1 points to
Townsville and VOR 2 points to crains. What should indicate when your overhead baria :
ans= 342 from station and 294 to station
12) you’re in a thunderstorm and the freezing level is 7000 feet , which level will you get icing :
I choose 5000 to 8000 feet ( not sure what’s the answer seems to be wrong) this is the
lowest level . There is highest level up to 16000 feet . (According to the ATC textbook the
answer would be 8000 to 10000). Choice: A) 5000 to 8000, B) 8000 to 10000, C) 10000 to
15000 and D) above 15000
13) Question on VOR range overwater at A090
14) Questions on NDB overwater (Ans: check from ersa)
15) Altimeter question: your at OCTA and your at FL150 when do your switch to local area
QNH for the aerodrome assuming you know the area QNH is 1023: Answer: Passing FL 110
16) what are the reporting points ( they will give u a route)
17) DME approach: when can you maneuvering around assuming there is a thunderstorm
infront of you and you will need to avoid it by moving left or right. ( before your final
approach fix , make sure check your chat all aerodrome is different) (must not move
around by final approach fix)
18) ENR 1.1-1 For an IFR flight which class require clearance (ANS: A,C,D and E)
19) You are on the 134 degree track inbound, what indications will you have in your adf (ANS:
314 degree radial, from)
20) You are inbound on the 134 radial , and what indication to show the command sense (Ans:
314 degree, to)
21) You are flying heading north and you are 30 NM from the shore and the NDB is 35 miles
from the shore. What is the true indication if the adf is pointing 040 degrees and the
 station NDB range is 60nm. (Ans: the adf indication will not be reliable as the NDB range
is less then the total distance)
22) Bob tait page 10 question number 5 (similar questions about coastal reflection)

23) An aircraft tracks out from overhead an NDB on a constant heading.

Planned track ....... 030(M)

Heading ............... 040(M)

Backbearing ........ 185 Relative.

What is the track error (in degrees)?

24) An aircraft is situated to the east of an NDB and is required to intercept a track of
030M from that NDB. If the aircraft takes up a HDG of 330M, what is the relative
bearing that would indicate the aircraft has intercepted the required track?

25) You are tracking inbound on the VOR 145 radial. What OBS setting should be set
to provide command indications, and what would be the correct TO/FROM
indication?

26) https://www.casa.gov.au/standard-page/irex-sample-examination-questions (complete

similiar questions)

27) Alternate questions that are tricky ( given 2 taf )

example: YMPC few 007 sct 009 broken 3000
Don’t forget about alternative rule in aip which states whatever the weather is below
alternative minimum is cumulative (E.g few + sct is broken). Cant remember exact question
but this is the main point for the question.

28) Relationship between thunderstorm and hail.

a) mid latitude thunderstorm has more hail then tropical thunderstorm
b) tropical thunderstorm has more hail than mid latitude thunderstorm
c) They have no relationship
d) mid latitude has equal amount of hail as tropical thunderstorm.

29) Refer to ENR 1: you are flying from Hobert to mount mount gambier at A090. Whats the
NDB range? (Ans: check ersa)
30) Refer to ENR 1: you are going from strahan to launceston at W410. AT babel what is the
criteria to report to:
a) speed below tas 130
b) speed above tas 130
c) no one to report to
d) everyone needs to report

31) Refer to ENR 3 , at point “LOPWEP” (33,02)(151,20) (near williamtown below w170). Who
do you need to report to?
a) W170 and W180
b) neither W170 and W180 ( because is a black square which refers to waypoint no report)
C) only W170
d) only W180

32) (wording might not be accurate but the answer is correct) !!!!! (hint for this question check
CAO for the criteria) you have a radar and you would like to test the radar. It is a normal
rotating radar. The spray is 45 degrees in its longititudial axis. Which one below is not allow:
a) refuelling equipment 56meters infront of the aircraft
b) refueling equipment is right behind the wing
c) refuelling equipment is at the right wing 25 meters away
d) refuelling equipment is 36 meters behind the aircraft

33) (no answer as I got it wrong) You have 1 gnss, 1 VHF radio, 1 ADF. You want to fly charter
at night (I think is night) from Hobert to kings island. You have consider the alternate places
as alternative which includes Wynyard, smithton, Devonport, Georgetown. Which places
could be a alternate?
a) Wynyard
b) smithton
c) Devonport
d) georgetown
e) none of the above

34) You are flying from bankstown to willamtown. What is the route you could take at A090:
(ANS: direct to Richmond, makor, matla to williamtown)

35) You are flying from ________( somewhere) to cooma snowy mountains using the GNSS,
what is the minima you can descent to. (ANS: look at the track, check the sector and find
the circling minima)

36) Might not be cooma snowy island but theres a question as written below:
you are coming from place ________( anyplace) to cooma snowy mountain and by when
must you establish where maneuvering is prohibited? (ANS: find the final approach fix)

37) You are in control airspace and doing a NDB approach. Off by how much must you inform
 the ATC? ( ANS: AIP ENR 1.1-43, 5 degrees or more)

38) Refer to “boyse five victor arrival non jet”. Please key in what is the minimum height you
can overfly Essendon (ANS: 2500)

39) What is the danger effect of microburst to the aircraft? (ans: downdraft and sth)

40) You overfly the VOR 45 mintues ago. After awhile you realise that the VOR is not working.
Your aircraft is flying at a TAS of 200. You realise that you are off track by 20 degrees at the
point where you are suppose to do a turn at the distination VOR. What is the area is the
pilot should consider for LSALT? (ANS: 35) (working: ((45/60*200)*0.20)+5)

41) At class E airspace (had class C airspace on second try) what separation down atc
provides for IFR flight (ANS: ENR 1.2-2)

42) you are establish on 10 DME in VH-OZY for perth for VOR approach RWY 21. What is the
speed you could fly at when you are overhead “woofy” (ANS: 180)
43) you are approach an aerodrome where the visibility is clear and the weather is perfect for
landing at night. You are doing a visual circling at runway 04 where the ATC indicates that
the runway suitable for landing would be 220. At which part of the circuit could you
descent below 1000 feet taking into account the MDA is 3400. (ANS: refer to ENR 1.5-8
figure 1 (MDA above normal circuit intercept at downwind to descent, MDA below normal
circuit, intercept base to descent) (ans: downwind)
44) you are in a new aircraft where below is the calculation for misapproach:
44 knots – 103ft
50 knots – 203ft
60 knots – 250 ft
70 knots – 350 ft
what is the minimum speed the aircraft needs to establish to have the minimum in miss
approach clearance ( wording is around there) (ANS: 44 knots as you need to establish
at least 100 ft)
45) Questions that include going from one place to another, what is the sector you would meet
for DME approach.
46) Emergency procedure when ATC has given you a heading you lost communication
(communicatin failure). (ANS: hold current heading for 2 mins, proceed to lower safe
altitude and continue on with the flight plan).
47) A question that has a whole junk of paragraph statingyou are traveling from _______ to
________ the PEC apply would be 50 feet, the weather is perfect, no operation obstruction,
you have obtain the actual weather. The question at the end would state what is the
alternate minimum (ANS: check for alternate minimum and if shaded minus 100 feet)
48) In a holding pattern, what is the wind allowance in terms of heading and timing
a) allow for heading and not timing
b) allow for timing not heading
c) allow both heading and timing (ENR 1.5, 3.2.1 e)
 D) not allow for both
49) (figures different but same question) You Tas is 180 and the headwind is 20 knots, what is
the miss approach rate (Ans: 2.5*160)
50) (got it wrong, not sure the answer) You are transiting/passing from class G to class E and
you are in OZY with a IFR charter flight. do you need clearance and what is the advice
needed to be given to atc
a) yes, tracking
b) yes, tracking, position, heading, dinstination
c) yes, tracking, position, heading
d) no
51) Holding pattern should only be in accordance to : (ans: heading)
52) A lot of questions on visual circling (need to understand ENR 1.5-4, 1.7.6) (questions in
regard to what is the criterial for visual circling)
53) Given a Provision taf and ask what is the holding or alternate fuel ? (ANS: if you see the
provision word it could mean you need a alternate as stated in AIP) (save yourself
sometime in reading) (CASA loves to put 10 sentences and the first word in the taf is
“provision TAF”)
54) In class G airspace you need to establish within 5NM and contact ATC
55) ENR 1.1-28 (2.11.8.4) tracking requirement for visual approach (I forgot the question but
the answer I remember is “ by day within 5nm of the aerodrome and upon establish join
the circuit as directed by ATC for an approach). (know the AIP from inside out) ( I remember
the question is something about tracking in control airspace and the moment you have
visual approach what do you do in IFR).
56) The freezing level is 9400 and you are tracking from _______ to ________ (I forgot the
place but I remember the track is 325 degrees). The weather states broken 4000 to 9000.
What is the highest you can fly. (the LSALT I remember is 4700). (ANS: 8000)
57) TTF do not add 30 mintues. This is valid for 3 hours. This is questions related to alternate
58) Questions given a place indicate that you are in a VOR/ DME approach and at 10nm your
DME is down. What should you do (Ans: check that the aerodrome has a GNSS and if there
is the answer would be : (ANS: use GPS as distance)) (forgot which aerodrome)
59) You are on ask by ATC to use RWy 16 R & 34L south departure non-jet. You are cleared for
runway 16R climb straight ahead till 4700 feet. What is the INITIAL rate of climb assuming
groundspeed 160. (ANS: 160*4.7)
60) Referring to COOMA snowy mountains, you are on a RNAV rwy 18 approach. Assuming
your tas is 180 with tailwind of 20 knots. What is the rate of descent (ANS: 200* 5.2% or
refer to front of daps where there is a chart to rate of descent alight 200 knots with 3
degrees or 5.2%)