1. What service should a pilot normally expect from an En Route Flight Advisory Service (EFAS) station?
B. Severe weather information, changes to flight plans, and receipt of routine position reports.
C. Actual weather information and thunderstorm activity along the route.
2. If more than one cruising altitude is intended, which should be entered in block 7 of the flight plan?
A. Lowest cruising altitude.
B. Initial cruising altitude.
C. Highest cruising altitude.
3. How should a VFR flight plan be closed at the completion of the flight at a controlled airport?
A. The tower will automatically close the flight plan when the aircraft turns off the runway.
B. The pilot must close the flight plan with the nearest FSS or other FAA facility upon landing.
C. The tower will relay the instructions to the nearest FSS when the aircraft contacts the tower for landing.
4. How should contact be established with an En Route Flight Advisory Service (EFAS) station, and what service would be expected?
A. Call flight assistance on 122.5 for advisory service pertaining to severe weather.
B. Call EFAS on 122.2 for routine weather, current reports on hazardous weather, and altimeter settings.
C. Call Flight Watch on 122.0 for information regarding actual weather and thunderstorm activity along proposed route.
5. Which is the correct traffic pattern departure procedure to use at a noncontrolled airport?
A. Comply with any FAA traffic pattern established for the airport.
B. Depart in any direction consistent with safety, after crossing the airport boundary.
C. Make all turns to the left.
6. If an aircraft is equipped with a fixed-pitch propeller and a float-type carburetor, the first indication of carburetor ice would most likely be
A. engine roughness.
B. loss of rpm.
C. a drop in oil temperature and cylinder head temperature.
7. With regard to carburetor ice, float-type carburetor systems in comparison to fuel injection systems are generally considered to be
A. susceptible to icing only when visible moisture is present.
B. more susceptible to icing.
C. equally susceptible to icing.
8. During a spin to the left, which wing(s) is/are stalled?
A. Neither wing is stalled.
B. Only the left wing is stalled.
C. Both wings are stalled.
9. During an approach to a stall, an increased load factor will cause the airplane to
A. be more difficult to control.
B. have a tendency to spin.
C. stall at a higher airspeed.
10. The presence of ice pellets at the surface is evidence that there
A. are thunderstorms in the area.
B. has been cold frontal passage.
C. is a temperature inversion with freezing rain at a higher altitude.
11. What measurement can be used to determine the stability of the atmosphere?
A. Actual lapse rate.
B. Atmospheric pressure.
C. Surface temperature.
Answers
1. C. AIM 7-1-4
2. B. AIM 5-1-4
3. B. AIM 5-1-12
4. C. AIM 7-1-4
5. A. FAR 91.127
6. B. AC 61-23B
7. B. AC 61-23B
8. C. Flight Theory for Pilots
9. C. AC 61-23B
10. C. AC 00-6A
11. A. AC 00-6A
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