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See how you measure up to FAA standards with these questions from the AOPA Pilot Information Center.
1. No person may operate an aircraft in acrobatic flight when the flight visibility is less than
A. 3 nautical miles.
B. 5 statute miles.
C. 3 statute miles.
2. The numbers 9 and 27 on a runway indicate that the runway is oriented approximately
A. 090 degrees and 270 degrees true.
B. 090 degrees and 270 degrees magnetic.
C. 009 degrees and 027 degrees true.
3. What hazards to aircraft may exist in a military operations area (MOA)?
A. Military training activities that necessitate acrobatic or abrupt flight maneuvers.
B. High volume of pilot training or an unusual type of aerial activity.
C. Unusual, often invisible, hazards to aircraft, such as artillery firing, aerial gunnery, or guided missiles.
4. When making routine transponder code changes, pilots should avoid inadvertent selection of which codes?
A. 7500, 7600, 7700.
B. 0700, 1700, 7000.
C. 1200, 1500, 7000.
5. A steady green light signal directed from the control tower to an aircraft in flight is a signal that the pilot
A. is cleared to land.
B. should return for landing.
C. should give way to other aircraft and continue circling.
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Can you correctly answer these questions from retired TWA captain and 28,000-hour pilot Barry Schiff?
6. During a preflight weather briefing, a pilot notes that “ACSL” is mentioned in the remarks section of a METAR. What do these letters signify and what conditions can be expected?
7. Mountains on all sectional aeronautical charts are shaded on one side to depict how they could appear from the air. This shaded relief makes it appear as though the sun is positioned in the
A. northeast.
B. southeast.
C. southwest.
D. northwest.
8. What do lightning, a rifle bullet, and a whip have in common?
9. A pilot flying a Cirrus SR22 at 12,000 feet msl should be careful about drinking hot coffee from a thermos bottle because
A. coffee is a diuretic.
B. caffeine at altitude is debilitating.
C. the combination of coffee and supplemental oxygen induces gas.
D. opening the thermos might cause personal injury.
10. True or false? Dust devils and tornadoes spin counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
Final Exam Answers
- The answer is C. The minimum flight visibility required to conduct aerobatic flight is 3 statute miles. (FAR 91.303[f])
- The answer is B. Runway numbers are determined from the approach direction. The runway number is the whole number nearest one-tenth the magnetic azimuth of the centerline measured clockwise from the magnetic north. (Aeronautical Information Manual 2-3-3b)
- The answer is A. Pilots operating under VFR should exercise extreme caution while flying within a MOA when military activity is being conducted. (Aeronautical Information Manual 3-4-5)
- The answer is A. It is always a good practice to set the transponder to standby when changing codes, specifically to avoid an inadvertent broadcast of the hijack, lost communications, or emergency codes. (Aeronautical Information Manual 4-1-20e)
- The answer is A. When directed to a pilot in flight, a steady green light indicates the pilot has been cleared to land by the control tower. (FAR 91.125)
- “Altocumulus standing lenticular” clouds indicate the presence of a mountain wave.
- The answer is D. According to the National Ocean Service, “studies have indicated that our visual perception has been conditioned to this view.”
- Each creates a sonic boom.
- The answer is D. The boiling point of water decreases with altitude. If the temperature of the coffee in the thermos is greater than the boiling point of water at some given altitude, opening the thermos would allow the coffee to suddenly boil and scald anyone sprayed by the unexpected eruption.
- False. Dust devils are too small and of too short a duration to be influenced by Coriolis effect; their spin directions are random. Most but not all tornadoes, however, do spin counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, et cetera.
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