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See how you measure up to FAA standards with these questions from the AOPA Pilot Information Center.
1. The best method to use when looking for other traffic at night is to
A. look to the side of the object and scan slowly.
B. look to the side of the object and scan rapidly.
C. scan the visual field very rapidly.
2. Determine the only possible magnetic heading for a flight from Airport ABC to Airport XYZ, both in Indiana, with a true course of 0 degrees. The wind is from 280 degrees at 30 knots.
A. 030 degrees
B. 330 degrees
C. 150 degrees
3. The most effective method of scanning for other aircraft for collision avoidance during daylight hours is to use
A. peripheral vision by scanning small sectors and utilizing off-center viewing.
B. regularly spaced concentration on the 3-, 9-, and 12-o’clock positions.
C. a series of short, regularly spaced eye movements to search each 10-degree sector.
4. While operating in Class D airspace, each pilot of an aircraft approaching to land on a runway served by a visual approach slope indicator (VASI) shall
A. maintain a 3-degree glide until approximately one-half mile to the runway before going below the VASI.
B. maintain an altitude at or above the glidepath until a lower altitude is necessary for a safe landing.
C. stay high until the runway can be reached in a power-off landing.
5. How should the flight controls be held while taxiing a tailwheel airplane with a left quartering tailwind?
A. Left aileron up, elevator down
B. Left aileron down, elevator down
C. Left aileron up, elevator neutral
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Can you correctly answer these questions from retired TWA captain and 28,000-hour pilot Barry Schiff?
6. True or false? When a hurricane crosses the equator from south to north, its clockwise circulation gradually changes to counterclockwise.
7. Which of the following does not belong?
A. differential
B. Fowler
C. Frise
D. slotted
8. Pilots need to be familiar with V-speeds. What is the meaning of VPD?
9. True or false? All civil airports in the United States equipped with runway lights are also equipped with rotating beacons.
10. What causes fair-weather cumulus clouds to form over oceans and other large bodies of water?
Final Exam Answers
1. The correct answer is A. Using your peripheral vision and off-center viewing, scanning slowly is the best way to look for traffic at night. (Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, Chapter 17)
2. The correct answer is B. With a south to north flight path, and a westerly wind, the aircraft must be crabbed left to compensate. The only possible heading that could work is 330 degrees. (Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, Chapter 12)
3. The correct answer is C. Scanning small sections of the sky at one time, and scanning slowly, is the most effective scanning technique for daylight flying. Look at a maximum segment of 30 degrees, two to three seconds each, and overlap each segment by 10 degrees. (Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, Chapter 17)
4. The correct answer is B. According to FAR 91.129(e), the pilot must fly at or above the glide path until a lower altitude is necessary for a safe landing.
5. The correct answer is B. Orient the control stick with the wind and point the stick in the same general direction as the wind blowing over the airplane. With a left quartering tailwind, the stick should be forward (down elevator) and to the right (left aileron down). (Airplane Flying Handbook, Chapter 2)
6. False. According to Weatherwise, a hurricane has never been observed crossing the equator. There is no Coriolis force there to support rotation in any direction.
7. The correct answer is B. Fowler refers only to a type of wing flap while A, C, and D are types of ailerons.
8. VPD is the maximum demonstrated parachute-deployment speed for aircraft so equipped.
9. False. Although most airports with runway lights do have rotating beacons, some do not, which can surprise those expecting to see a beacon in the distance when attempting to locate an airport at night.
10. When cool air moves horizontally and flows over relatively warm water, it is heated from below and forced to rise. Cumulus clouds form if the dew point is sufficiently high and if the temperature difference between the air and the water is sufficiently large.
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