Final Exam

1. The pilot in command (PIC) is required to hold a type rating in which aircraft?

A. Aircraft operated under an authorization issued by the FAA administrator
B. Aircraft having a gross weight of more than 12,500 pounds.
C. Aircraft involved in ferry flights, training flights, or test flights.

2. No person may operate an aircraft in aerobatic flight when

A. flight visibility is less than 5 miles.
B. over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement.
C. less than 2,500 feet agl.

3. The most effective method of scanning for other aircraft for collision avoidance during nighttime hours is to use

A. a series of short, regularly spaced eye movements to search each 30-degree sector.
B. regularly spaced concentration on the 3-, 9-, and 12-o’clock positions.
C. peripheral vision by scanning small sectors and utilizing off-center viewing.

4. What ATC facility should the pilot contact to receive a special VFR departure clearance in Class D airspace?

A. Air traffic control tower.
B. Air route traffic control center.
C. Automated flight service station.

5. What exception, if any, permits a private pilot to act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers who pay for the flight?

A. There is no exception.
B. If a donation is made to a charitable organization for the flight.
C. If the passengers pay all the operating expenses.

6. Wingtip vortices created by large aircraft tend to

A. rise into the traffic pattern.
B. sink below the aircraft generating turbulence.
C. rise into the takeoff or landing path of a crossing runway.

7. Automatic terminal information service (ATIS) is the continuous broadcast of recorded information concerning

A. nonessential information to reduce frequency congestion.
B. noncontrol information in selected high-activity terminal areas.
C. pilots of radar-identified aircraft whose aircraft is in dangerous proximity to terrain or to an obstruction.

8. A nontowered satellite airport, within the same Class D airspace as that designated for the primary airport, requires radio communications be established and maintained with the

A. associated flight service station.
B. primary airport’s control tower.
C. satellite airport’s unicom.

Final Exam Answers

1. The correct answer is B. PIC type ratings are required for large aircraft (those more than 12,500 pounds gross weight) and turbojet-powered airplanes. Federal Aviation Regulation 61.31

2. The correct answer is B. Aerobatic flight is also prohibited over an open-air assembly of people, within 4 miles of either side of a federal airway, below 1,500 feet agl, below 3 miles visibility, and within the lateral boundaries of Class B, C, D, or E airport surface areas. FAR 91.303

3. The correct answer is C. Peripheral vision, as opposed to straight-on vision, is better for scanning at night, and the best scan technique is to look slightly off-center to better see objects at night. Aeronautical Information Manual 8-1-6

4. The correct answer is A. As long as the flight visibility is at least 1 statute mile, a special VFR clearance authorizes a pilot to depart or arrive in Class D airspace. It requires avoidance of clouds, but by no minimum distance. FAR 91.157

5. The correct answer is B. If the pilot meets the special requirements set forth in the charitable flight regulation, FAR 91.146, a private pilot may act as PIC of a charitable, nonprofit, or community event flight. FAR 61.113

6. The correct answer is B. Vortices from larger Transport category aircraft sink at a rate of several hundred feet per minute, slowing their descent and diminishing in strength with time and distance behind the generating aircraft. Aeronautical Information Manual 7-3-1 to 7-3-6

7. The correct answer is B. Typical information contained in an ATIS broadcast includes airport cloud ceiling and visibility, temperature, dew point, wind direction and speed, altimeter setting, runway in use, and instrument approach(es) in use. Aeronautical Information Manual 4-1-13

8. The correct answer is B. When arriving, the pilot must establish two-way radio communications prior to entering that airspace. When departing, the pilot must establish and maintain two-way radio communications as soon as practical. FAR 91.129(c)