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See how you measure up to FAA standards with questions from the AOPA Pilot Information Center.
1. Which operation would be described as preventive maintenance?
A. Replacing safety belts.
B. Replenishing hydraulic fluid.
C. Servicing batteries.
D. All of the above.
2. No person may use an ATC transponder unless it has been tested and inspected within at least the preceding
A. 24 calendar months.
B. 12 calendar months.
C. 6 calendar months.
3. If the temperature/dew point spread is small and decreasing, and the temperature is 62 degrees Fahrenheit, what type of weather is most likely to develop?
A. Fog or low clouds.
B. Freezing precipitation.
C. Thunderstorms.
4. The pitot system provides impact pressure for which instrument?
A. Altimeter.
B. Vertical speed indicator.
C. Airspeed indicator.
5. If more than one cruising altitude is intended, which should be entered in the flight plan?
A. Lowest cruising altitude.
B. Highest cruising altitude.
C. Initial cruising altitude.
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Can you correctly answer these questions from retired TWA captain and 28,000-hour pilot Barry Schiff?
6. What are the approved air-to-air communications frequencies listed in the Aeronautical Information Manual?
7. Which of the following does not belong?
A. Aileron
B. Barrel
C. Slow
D. Snap
8. True or false? A pilot heading toward a distance measuring equipment ground station is within reception range but does not get a DME indication. One possible reason is that too many pilots are attempting to use the station.
9. True or false? A particular engine produces the same horsepower at 2,575 rpm and 21 inches of manifold pressure as it does at 1,875 rpm and 25.2 inches. The fuel consumption at each of these power settings is the same.
10. When may a pilot perform a loop in a properly certificated airplane without wearing a parachute?
A. When flying solo.
B. When receiving dual instruction.
C. Both of the above.
D. None of the above.
Final exam answers
1. The correct answer is D. FAR Part 43, appendix A, paragraph c, details 31 specific items of approved preventive maintenance that an owner can perform.
2. The correct answer is A. To use a transponder, it must have been tested and inspected within the preceding 24 calendar months. The inspection must be noted in the aircraft maintenance records as well. (FAR 91.413)
3. The correct answer is A. Since the temperature is well above 32 degrees, freezing precipitation is not a concern, but since the temperature/dew point spread is small and decreasing, the potential exists for low clouds or fog to form. (Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, Chapter 12)
4. The correct answer is C. Direct air impact pressure into the pitot tube provides an input to the airspeed indicator. That gauge, along with the altimeter and vertical speed indicator, receives input from the static system via a static pressure port located on the external aircraft surface. (Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, Chapter 8)
5. The correct answer is C. Enter only the initial cruising altitude in block seven. Subsequent altitude changes can be made if flying VFR, or requested from ATC if flying IFR. (Aeronautical Information Manual 5-1-8)
6. There is only one: 122.750 MHz.
7. The correct answer is D. The snap roll is not as much a roll as it is a spin performed about a horizontal axis and is the only one of the four rolls performed while the airplane is stalled.
8. True. The DME unit in an airplane is both a transmitter and a receiver. When too many such transmitters attempt to interrogate a DME ground station, the station lowers its own receiver gain until it “hears” only the number of transmissions it can handle. This means that those farthest from the station might be left without a DME indication.
9. False. These are 65 percent power settings for a Lycoming O-540-B, 235-horsepower engine. Fuel consumption is 1.7 gph less at the lower rpm, however, because a reduction in rpm reduces internal engine friction. Charles Lindbergh taught this fuel-saving technique during World War II to help pilots extend range.
10. The correct answer is A. An instructor and student are not required to wear parachutes when practicing an aerobatic maneuver required for an FAA flight test (such as a spin). Because a loop is not a requirement of any flight test, parachutes must be worn except when the loop is performed during solo flight.
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