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See how you measure up to FAA standards with these questions from the AOPA Pilot Information Center.
1. On aircraft equipped with fuel pumps, when is the auxiliary electric-driven pump used?
A. In the event the engine-driven fuel pump fails.
B. Constantly except in starting the engine.
C. All the time to aid the engine-driven fuel pump.
2. The pilot in command is required to hold a type rating in
A. aircraft involved in ferry, training, or test flights.
B. aircraft operated under an authorization issued by the FAA administrator.
C. aircraft having a gross weight of more than 12,500 pounds.
3. What minimum flight visibility is required for VFR flight operations on an airway below 10,000 feet msl?
A. one mile.
B. four miles.
C. three miles.
4. When operating under VFR below 18,000 feet msl, unless otherwise authorized, what transponder code should be selected?
A. 7700.
B. 7600.
C. 1200.
5. If an in-flight emergency requires immediate action, the pilot in command may
A. not deviate from any rule of FAR Part 91 unless prior to the deviation approval is granted by the FAA administrator.
B. deviate from any rule of FAR Part 91 to the extent required to meet that emergency.
C. deviate from any rule of FAR Part 91 to the extent required to meet the emergency, but must submit a written report to the administrator within 24 hours.
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Can you correctly answer these questions from retired TWA captain and 28,000-hour pilot Barry Schiff?
6. A pilot is tracking along a straight highway that has a magnetic course of 355 degrees while maintaining a magnetic heading of 003 degrees and a true airspeed of 150 knots. Without using a computer or calculator, determine the crosswind component.
7. What is the difference between counter- and contrarotating propellers?
8. Which of the following does not belong?
A. Black seal
B. Blue seal
C. Gold seal
D. Red seal
9. A pilot is over the continental United States in uncontrolled (Class G) airspace. His sectional chart indicates that he is neither above nor below any controlled airspace. How high can he fly before encountering controlled airspace not shown on his chart?
10. A pilot is approaching a runway where LAHSO (land and hold short operations) are in effect. Under the existing conditions, the aircraft needs 2,000 feet of landing distance or 2,500 feet to land over a 50-foot obstacle. For the pilot to participate in LAHSO on this runway, the FAA requires that the available landing distance (ALD) prior to the hold-short lines be at least
A. 2,500 feet.
B. 3,000 feet.
C. 3,500 feet.
D. 4,000 feet.
Illustrations by Ryan Snook
Final Exam Answers
1. The correct answer is A. An auxiliary electric fuel pump is used intermittently—typically during start, on takeoff and initial climb, when changing fuel tanks, and when entering the traffic pattern and landing. Most of the time, however, it is off, except when the engine-driven pump fails; in this case, it should be used continuously until engine shutdown.
2. The correct answer is C. A type rating is required to act as pilot in command in large aircraft— those more than 12,500 pounds gross weight—and turbojet-powered airplanes.
(FAR 61.31)
3. The correct answer is C. A victor airway is class E airspace, and flying VFR on an airway below 10,000 feet msl requires three statute miles visibility. (FAR 91.155)
4. The correct answer is C. The VFR code of 1200 should be used. The use of the emergency code of 7700 or the lost communications code of 7600 should be avoided for all normal operations. (Aeronautical Information Manual 4-1-20)
5. The correct answer is B. The PIC has full authority to deviate from any regulation in Part 91. No report is required to be submitted unless specifically requested by the administrator. (FAR 91.3)
6. Each degree of crab (or drift) represents a crosswind component of 1 knot for each 60 knots of airspeed. Therefore, each degree of crab at 150 knots represents 2.5 knots of crosswind. An 8-degree crab angle times 2.5 knots per degree equals 20 knots of direct crosswind.
7. Contrarotating propellers are mounted on the same axis of rotation but turn in opposite directions. Counterrotating propellers also turn in opposite directions but are mounted on different engines.
8. The correct answer is D. A blue seal on an airman certificate indicates demonstrated instrument proficiency; a gold seal on a flight instructor certificate indicates a specific level of high achievement; a black seal appears on all other airman certificates. A red seal is not used on any airman certificate.
9. Although not charted, all airspace from 14,500 feet msl to Flight Level 180 (except that airspace below 1,500 agl) is designated as Class E (controlled) airspace. This blanket of controlled airspace used to be called the Continental Control Area. Class A airspace begins at Flight Level 180.
10. The correct answer is C. The pilot is required to have the distance needed to land over a 50-foot obstacle plus 1,000 feet. If the airplane weighs 6,000 pounds or more, or has 20 seats or more, 160 percent of the charted landing distance is required.
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