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See how you measure up to FAA standards with questions from the AOPA Pilot Information Center.
1. Airport taxiway edge lights are identified at night by
A. blue omnidirectional lights
B. white directional lights.
C. alternate red and green lights.
2. Under what condition may an aircraft operate from a nontowered satellite airport within Class C airspace?
A. The pilot must monitor ATC until clear of the Class C airspace.
B. The pilot must file a flight plan prior to departure.
C. The pilot must contact ATC as soon as practicable after takeoff.
3. The final authority as to the operation of an aircraft is the
A. Federal Aviation Administration.
B. aircraft manufacturer.
C. pilot in command.
4. The normal radius of the outer area of Class C airspace is
A. five nautical miles.
B. 15 nautical miles.
C. 20 nautical miles.
5. What is the antidote when a pilot has the hazardous attitude of impulsivity?
A. It could happen to me.
B. Do it quickly to get it over with.
C. Not so fast, think first.
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Can you correctly answer these questions from Barry Schiff?
6. Oil obviously is used to lubricate an engine, but it also has four other important purposes. Can you name them?
7. All pilots know that outside air temperature decreases with a gain in altitude, but why is this so?
8. During cruise flight at a constant altitude in a Cessna 172SP, the front-seat passenger climbs into the rear seat and spends the rest of the flight there. This causes
A. airspeed to increase and stall speed to decrease.
B. airspeed and stall speed to increase.
C. airspeed to decrease and stall speed to increase.
D. airspeed and stall speed to decrease.
9. Oil weighs 7.5 pounds per gallon, and avgas weighs 6 pounds per gallon. How much does a gallon of water weigh?
10. True or false? A certain private pilot has only one aircraft rating: airplane single-engine land. This pilot, therefore, may not act as pilot in command of a motorglider but may carry passengers in an amphibian.
Final Exam Answers
1. The correct answer is A. Taxiway edge lights are solid burning blue lights and are omnidirectional, which means they look the same from any direction. (Aeronautical Information Manual 2-1-11)
2. The correct answer is C. A satellite airport is one that is within the surface area of Class C airspace. Regulations permit a takeoff without contacting the tower of the primary airport first, but communications must be established with that tower as early as possible after departure. (FAR 91.130)
3. The correct answer is C. The pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft. (FAR 91.3)
4. The correct answer is C. Class C is depicted on aeronautical charts as two concentric rings—the five-mile-radius core surface area and the 10-mile-radius shelf. This makes up the inner area of the Class C airspace. Not depicted is the outer area, which extends outward from 10 to 20 miles. ATC services are available in this area, but are optional for the pilot to use. (Aeronautical Information Manual 3-2-4)
5. The correct answer is C. Take a deep breath, consider the options and consequences of each, then make a decision. Impulsive behavior implies hastily making a decision with little to no thought as to the consequences. The antidote is slow down, think, evaluate, and then act. (Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, chapter 2)
6. Oil also is used to cool the engine, to clean it, to cushion the movement of moving parts, and to protect against corrosion.
7. The sun heats the surface of the Earth, which in turn heats the atmosphere from below. The higher we climb above this heat source (the Earth) and distance ourselves from it, the more the temperature decreases (approximately 3.5 degrees Fahrenheit, or 2 degrees Celsius, per 1,000 feet in the troposphere).
8. The correct answer is A. Shifting an airplane’s center of gravity aft causes cruise speed to increase and stall speed to decrease, and vice-versa.
9. Water weighs 8.3 pounds per gallon. This means that water is heavier than oil and much heavier than avgas, which is why it settles so rapidly to the bottom of a fuel tank or fuel sampler.
10. True. A glider with an engine is still a glider, not an airplane, and requires a glider rating. The amphibian may be flown as long as the pilot does not engage in water operations. (Flight through rain is allowed.)
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