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Distress, Urgency and Communication Failure — DGCA CPL Radio Telephony
Chapter 07 of the Radio Telephony paper. 194 practice questions in the Avielevate bank, every one with its answer key, filterable into a timed set on this chapter alone.
What this chapter covers
The learning objectives we file Distress, Urgency and Communication Failure questions under, and how many sit behind each. These come straight out of the bank and are regenerated whenever it changes — they are what is there today, not a claim.
| Learning objective | In the bank |
|---|
| 0611 Distress & Urgency Communications | 96 questions |
| 0612 Communication Failure Procedures | 98 questions |
Sample Distress, Urgency and Communication Failure questions, answered and explained
Real questions from this chapter, with the answer marked and the reasoning written out — the same explanations you get inside the app.
060137 · Distress, Urgency and Communication Failure
VFR flight, you suspect receiver failure (can't hear others but they can hear you). How do you proceed?
- ASay it twice on the first call, then transmit normally.
- BPreface each call with "Transmitting blind due to receiver failure" and state intentions, only on first call.
- CSay it twice on the first call only.
- DPreface each call with "Transmitting blind due to receiver failure" and state intentions, on every call.
Why that is the answer
With a suspected receiver failure, transmit blind on EVERY call, prefacing each with 'transmitting blind due to receiver failure' and stating your intentions, since you cannot hear any reply.
- A receiver failure means others can hear you but you cannot hear them, so you must transmit blind and cannot rely on any acknowledgement.
- ICAO procedure is to preface each transmission with 'TRANSMITTING BLIND DUE TO RECEIVER FAILURE' and to pass your position and intentions so ground stations and other traffic can build a picture.
- This preface goes on EVERY call, not just the first, because a station tuning in later must still be told why you never answer.
- Option B is the trap: it uses the correct phrase but limits it to the first call only, which leaves later listeners unaware of the failure.
- So the correct answer is D — preface each call with 'Transmitting blind due to receiver failure' and state intentions, on every call.
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Frequently asked
How many Distress, Urgency and Communication Failure questions are there for the DGCA CPL Radio Telephony paper?
Avielevate's bank carries 194 published Distress, Urgency and Communication Failure questions for Radio Telephony, mapped across 2 learning objectives. Every one has its answer key, and explanations are being written across the whole bank.
How much of the Radio Telephony paper is Distress, Urgency and Communication Failure?
The DGCA does not publish a per-chapter breakdown of its papers, so nobody can honestly tell you — and we will not guess. What we can tell you is what students who have just sat a paper reported meeting, which is measured rather than rumoured: that is the exam recall report inside the app.
What is the best way to revise Distress, Urgency and Communication Failure?
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