1. What is the relationship of lift, drag, thrust, and weight when the airplane is in straight-and-level unaccelerated flight?
A. Lift, drag, and weight equal thrust.
B. Lift equals weight and thrust equals drag.
C. Lift and weight equal thrust and drag.
2. A lighted heliport may be identified by a
A. flashing yellow light.
B. green, yellow, and white rotating beacon.
C. blue lighted square landing area.
3. A slightly high glideslope indication from a precision approach path indicator is
A. four white lights.
B. three white lights and one red light.
C. two white lights and two red lights.
4. To set the high intensity runway lights on medium intensity, the pilot should click the microphone
A. one time within four seconds.
B. five times within five seconds.
C. three times within three seconds.
5. What ATC facility should the pilot contact to receive a special VFR departure clearance in Class D airspace?
A. Air traffic control tower.
B. Air route traffic control center.
C. Automated flight service station.
6. A blue segmented circle on a sectional chart depicts which class airspace?
A. Class B.
B. Class D.
C. Class C.
7. Before a person holding a private pilot certificate may act as pilot in command of a high-performance airplane, that person must have
A. an endorsement in that person’s logbook that he or she is competent to act as pilot in command.
B. received ground and flight instruction from an authorized flight instructor who then endorses that person’s logbook.
C. passed a flight test in that airplane from an FAA inspector.
8. When operating under VFR below 18,000 feet mean sea level, unless otherwise authorized, what transponder code should be selected?
A. 7700.
B. 7600.
C. 1200.
Final Exam Answers
1. The correct answer is B. In steady straight- and-level flight, the sum of the opposing forces is always zero, as there can be no unbalanced forces. (Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, page 4-2)
2. The correct answer is B. Heliport beacons have a vertical light distribution to make them most effective from one to 10 degrees above the horizon. (Aeronautical Information Manual 2-1-10)
3. The correct answer is B. Typically a PAPI consists of four horizontal red and white lights situated on the left side of a runway. (Aeronautical Information Manual 2-1-2)
4. The correct answer is B. Five seconds is the time frame for pilot-controlled lighting. Seven clicks is for highest intensity available, while three clicks is for the lowest intensity available. (Aeronautical Information Manual 2-1-7)
5. The correct answer is A. Class D airspace normally is associated with an operational air traffic control tower. To depart with a special VFR clearance, obtain that clearance from the control tower on the field. (Aeronautical Information Manual 3-2-5)
6. The correct answer is B. The blue segmented circle also is used to depict Class D airspace on a terminal chart. (Aeronautical Information Manual 3-2-5)
7. The correct answer is B. FAR 61.31(f) requires both flight and ground training in a high-performance airplane, and a one-time endorsement. A high-performance airplane is defined as one that has an engine of more than 200 horsepower.
8. The correct answer is C. 1200 is the normal transponder code to use for all VFR flights not under ATC control. 7600 is the communication failure code, and 7700 is the emergency code. (Aeronautical Information Manual 4-1-20[g])
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