Final Exam

Final Exam is composed of questions similar to those a student may expect on the private pilot knowledge test. Answers are researched by members of the AOPA Pilot Information Center staff and may be found below.

1. To act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers, a pilot must show by logbook endorsement the satisfactory completion of a flight review or completion of a pilot proficiency check within the preceding

A) six calendar months.
B) 12 calendar months.
C) 24 calendar months.

2. What action should a pilot take when operating under VFR in a military operations area (MOA)?

A) Obtain a clearance from the controlling agency before entering the MOA.
B) Operate only on the airways that transverse the MOA.
C) Exercise extreme caution when military activity is being conducted.

3. If recency of experience requirements for night flight are not met and official sunset is 1830, the latest time passengers may be carried is

A) 1829.
B) 1859.
C) 1929.

4. Which weather conditions should be expected beneath a low-level temperature inversion layer when the relative humidity is high?

A) Smooth air, poor visibility, fog, haze, or low clouds.
B) Light wind shear, poor visibility, haze, and light rain.
C) Turbulent air, poor visibility, fog, low stratus type clouds, and showery precipitation.

5. No person may operate an aircraft in formation flight

A) over a densely populated area.
B) in Class D airspace under special VFR.
C) except by prior arrangement with the pilot in command of each aircraft.

6. Under what conditions may objects be dropped from an aircraft?

A) Only in an emergency.
B) If precautions are taken to avoid injury or damage to persons or property on the surface.
C) If prior permission is received from the FAA.

7. Which incident requires an immediate notification to the nearest NTSB field office?

A) A forced landing due to engine failure.
B) Landing gear damage, due to a hard landing.
C) Flight control system malfunction or failure.

8. Except when necessary for takeoff or landing, what is the minimum safe altitude for a pilot to operate an aircraft anywhere?

A) An altitude allowing, if a power unit fails, an emergency landing without undue hazard to persons or property on the surface.
B) An altitude of 500 feet above the surface and no closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure.
C) An altitude of 500 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal radius of 1,000 feet.