Extra Study Quizzes 1-5 (AVMF 2150)
The three takeoffs and landings that are required to act as pilot in command at night must be done during the time period from
1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise.
What is the effect of a temperature increase from 35 to 50°F on the density altitude if the pressure altitude remains at 3,000 feet MSL?
1,000-foot increase.
What is the effect of a temperature increase from 30 to 50 °F on the density altitude if the pressure altitude remains at 3,000 feet MSL?
1,300-foot increase.
Determine the pressure altitude at an airport that is 1,386 feet MSL with an altimeter setting of 29.97.
1,341 feet MSL.
What is the effect of a temperature increase from 25 to 50° F on the density altitude if the pressure altitude remains at 5,000 feet?
1,650-foot increase.
What is the effect of a temperature decrease and a pressure altitude increase on the density altitude from 90°F and 1,250 feet pressure altitude to 55°F and 1,750 feet pressure altitude?
1,700-foot decrease.
Altimeter 1 indicates
10,500 feet.
A certificated private pilot may not act as pilot in command of an aircraft towing a glider unless there is entered in the pilot's logbook a minimum of
100 hours of pilot-in-command time in the aircraft category, class, and type, if required, that the pilot is using to tow a glider.
What are the standard temperature and pressure values for sea level?
15°C and 29.92" Hg.
If recency of experience requirements for night flight are not met and official sunset is 1830, the latest time passengers may be carried is
1929
Determine the density altitude for these conditions: Altimeter setting = 30.35 Runway temperature = +25°F Airport elevation = 3,894 ft. MSL
2,000 feet MSL.
Determine the pressure altitude with an indicated altitude of 1,380 feet MSL with an altimeter setting of 28.22 at standard temperature
2,991 feet MSL.
To act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers, a pilot must show by logbook endorsement the satisfactory completion of a flight review or completion of a pilot proficiency check within the preceding
24 calendar months.
If you are operating under BasicMed, what is the maximum speed at which you may fly?
250 KIAS.
Determine the pressure altitude at an airport that is 3,563 feet MSL with an altimeter setting of 29.96.
3,527 feet MSL.
If a certificated pilot changes permanent mailing address and fails to notify the FAA Airmen Certification Branch of the new address, the pilot is entitled to exercise the privileges of the pilot certificate for a period of only
30 days after the date of the move.
Determine the density altitude for these conditions: Altimeter setting = 29.25 Runway temperature = +81°F Airport elevation = 5,250 ft MSL
8,500 feet MSL.
Altimeter 3 indicates
9,500 feet.
To act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers, the pilot must have made at least three takeoffs and three landings in an aircraft of the same category, class, and if a type rating is required, of the same type, within the preceding
90 days.
Your cousin wants you to take him flying. You must have made at least three takeoffs and three landings in your aircraft within the preceding
90 days.
Which factor would tend to increase the density altitude at a given airport?
A decrease in relative humidity.
In order to qualify for BasicMed, you must have received a comprehensive examination from:
A state-licensed physician within the previous 48 months.
Which statement relates to Bernoulli's principle?
Air traveling faster over the curved upper surface of an airfoil causes lower pressure on the top surface.
The pilot in command is required to hold a type rating in which aircraft?
Aircraft having a gross weight of more than 12,500 pounds.
You are flying an aircraft equipped with an electronic flight display and the air data computer fails. What instrument is affected?
Airspeed indicator.
What is the definition of a high-performance airplane?
An airplane with an engine of more than 200 horsepower.
What document(s) must be in your personal possession or readily accessible in the aircraft while operating as pilot in command of an aircraft?
An appropriate pilot certificate and an appropriate current medical certificate if required.
When must a current pilot certificate be in the pilot's personal possession or readily accessible in the aircraft?
Any time when acting as pilot in command or as a required crewmember.
If a recreational or private pilot had a flight review on August 8, this year, when is the next flight review required?
August 31, 2 years later.
A Third-Class Medical Certificate is issued to a 36-year-old pilot on August 10, this year. To exercise the privileges of a Private Pilot Certificate, the medical certificate will be valid until midnight on
August 31, 5 years later.
A Third-Class Medical Certificate was issued to a 19-year-old pilot on August 10, this year. To exercise the privileges of a recreational or private pilot certificate, the medical certificate will expire at midnight on
August 31, 5 years later.
Ground effect is most likely to result in which problem?
Becoming airborne before reaching recommended takeoff speed.
During the run-up at a high-elevation airport, a pilot notes a slight engine roughness that is not affected by the magneto check but grows worse during the carburetor heat check. Under these circumstances, what would be the most logical initial action?
Check the results obtained with a leaner setting of the mixture.
When are the four forces that act on an airplane in equilibrium?
During unaccelerated level flight.
What effect does high density altitude, as compared to low density altitude, have on propeller efficiency and why?
Efficiency is reduced because the propeller exerts less force at high density altitudes than at low density altitudes.
Which combination of atmospheric conditions will reduce aircraft takeoff and climb performance?
High temperature, high relative humidity, and high density altitude.
What exception, if any, permits a private pilot to act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers who pay for the flight?
If a donation is made to a charitable organization for the flight.
What must a pilot be aware of as a result of ground effect?
Induced drag decreases; therefore, any excess speed at the point of flare may cause considerable floating.
What effect, if any, does high humidity have on aircraft performance?
It decreases performance.
What effect does high density altitude have on aircraft performance?
It reduces climb performance.
For private pilot operations, a Second-Class Medical Certificate issued to a 42-year-old pilot on July 15, this year, will expire at midnight on
July 31, 2 years later.
What is the relationship of lift, drag, thrust, and weight when the airplane is in straight-and-level flight?
Lift equals weight and thrust equals drag.
A Third-Class Medical Certificate is issued to a 51-year-old pilot on May 3, this year. To exercise the privileges of a Private Pilot Certificate, the medical certificate will be valid until midnight on
May 31, 2 years later.
You have accomplished 25 takeoffs and landings in multi-engine land airplanes in the previous 45 days. For a flight you plan to conduct today, this meets the PIC recency of experience requirements to carry passengers in which airplanes?
Multi-engine land airplane.
What does the red line on an airspeed indicator represent? Answers
Never-exceed speed.
How soon after the conviction for driving while intoxicated by alcohol or drugs shall it be reported to the FAA's Security and Hazardous Materials Safety Office?
No later than 60 days after the motor vehicle action.
You own an aircraft which is certificated to carry 8 occupants and has a total of 8 seats installed, including the pilot's seat. You have recently elected to fly under BasicMed. May you continue to fly the aircraft?
No.
If a recreational or private pilot had a flight review on October 30, this year, when is the next flight review required?
October 31, 2 years later.
For private pilot operations, a First-Class Medical Certificate issued to a 23-year-old pilot on October 21, this year, will expire at midnight on
October 31, 5 years later.
How does the wake turbulence vortex circulate around each wingtip?
Outward, upward, and around each tip.
To act as PIC of a high-performance airplane, which training or experience would meet the additional requirements?
Received and logged ground and flight training in a high-performance airplane and a received a logbook endorsement.
What steps must be taken when flying with glass cockpits to ensure safe flight?
Regularly scan both inside and outside, use all appropriate checklists, and cross-check with other forms of information.
You have planned a cross-country flight on a warm spring morning. Your course includes a mountain pass, which is at 11,500 feet MSL. The service ceiling of your airplane is 14,000 feet MSL. After checking the local weather report, you are able to calculate the density altitude of the mountain pass as 14,800 feet MSL. Which of the following is the correct action to take?
Replan your journey to avoid the mountain pass.
When landing behind a large aircraft, which procedure should be followed for vortex avoidance?
Stay above its final approach flightpath all the way to touchdown.
If the pitot tube and outside static vents become clogged, which instruments would be affected?
The altimeter, airspeed indicator, and vertical speed indicator.
What is pressure altitude?
The altitude indicated when the barometric pressure scale is set to 29.92.
What should be the indication on the magnetic compass as you roll into a standard rate turn to the right from a south heading in the Northern Hemisphere?
The compass will indicate a turn to the right, but at a faster rate than is actually occurring.
What is ground effect?
The result of the interference of the surface of the Earth with the airflow patterns about an airplane.
With winds reported as from 300° at 4 knots, you are given instructions to taxi to runway 30 for departure and to expect to take off after an airliner, which is departing from runway 35L. What effect would you expect from the airliner's vortices?
The winds will push the vortices into your takeoff path.
A pilot and two passengers landed on a 2,100 foot east-west gravel strip with an elevation of 1,800 feet. The temperature is warmer than expected and after computing the density altitude it is determined the takeoff distance over a 50 foot obstacle is 1,980 feet. The airplane is 75 pounds under gross weight. What would be the best choice?
Wait until the temperature decreases, and recalculate the takeoff performance.
Under what condition is indicated altitude the same as true altitude?
When at sea level under standard conditions.
How soon after the conviction for driving while intoxicated by alcohol or drugs shall it be reported to the FAA, and which department should this be reported to?
Within 60 days to the Security and Hazardous Materials Safety Office.
Each recreational or private pilot is required to have
a biennial flight review.
If you are operating under BasicMed, you may fly an aircraft with
a maximum certificated takeoff weight of no more than 6,000 lb.
When departing behind a heavy aircraft, the pilot should avoid wake turbulence by maneuvering the aircraft
above and upwind from the heavy aircraft.
Your flight takes you in the path of a large aircraft. In order to avoid the vortices you should fly
above the flight path of the large aircraft.
When landing behind a large aircraft, the pilot should avoid wake turbulence by staying
above the large aircraft's final approach path and landing beyond the large aircraft's touchdown point.
To act as pilot in command of an aircraft towing a glider, a pilot is required to have made within the preceding 24 months
at least three actual or simulated glider tows while accompanied by a qualified pilot.
To act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers, the pilot must have made three takeoffs and three landings within the preceding 90 days in an aircraft of the same
category, class, and type, if a type rating is required.
In the Northern Hemisphere, if an aircraft is accelerated or decelerated, the magnetic compass will normally indicate Answers
correctly when on a north or south heading.
If an aircraft is equipped with a fixed-pitch propeller and a float-type carburetor, the first indication of carburetor ice would most likely be
decrease of RPM.
Wingtip vortices are created only when an aircraft is
developing lift.
An aircraft leaving ground effect during takeoff will
experience an increase in induced drag and a decrease in performance.
To properly purge water from the fuel system of an aircraft equipped with fuel tank sumps and a fuel strainer quick drain, it is necessary to drain fuel from the
fuel strainer drain and the fuel tank sumps.
The greatest vortex strength occurs when the generating aircraft is
heavy, clean, and slow.
If the outside air temperature (OAT) at a given altitude is warmer than standard, the density altitude is
higher than pressure altitude.
If a flight is made from an area of high pressure into an area of lower pressure without the altimeter setting being adjusted, the altimeter will indicate
higher than the actual altitude above sea level.
During preflight in cold weather, crankcase breather lines should receive special attention because they are susceptible to being clogged by
ice from crankcase vapors that have condensed and subsequently frozen.
One purpose of the dual ignition system on an aircraft engine is to provide for
improved engine performance.
As air temperature increases, density altitude will
increase.
Floating caused by the phenomenon of ground effect will be most realized during an approach to land when at
less than the length of the wingspan above the surface.
The four forces acting on an airplane in flight are
lift, weight, thrust, and drag.
The wind condition that requires maximum caution when avoiding wake turbulence on landing is a
light, quartering tailwind.
Each person who holds a pilot certificate or a medical certificate shall present it for inspection upon the request of any
local law enforcement officer.
If an aircraft is equipped with a fixed-pitch propeller and a float-type carburetor, the first indication of carburetor ice would most likely be
loss of RPM.
If a pilot suspects that the engine (with a fixed-pitch propeller) is detonating during climb-out after takeoff, the initial corrective action to take would be to
lower the nose slightly to increase airspeed.
A recreational or private pilot acting as pilot in command, or in any other capacity as a required pilot flight crewmember, must have in his or her personal possession or readily accessible in the aircraft a current
medical certificate if required and an appropriate pilot certificate.
A turn coordinator provides an indication of the
movement of the aircraft about the yaw and roll axes.
The takeoffs and landings required to meet the recency of experience requirements for carrying passengers in a tailwheel airplane
must be to a full stop.
According to regulations pertaining to privileges and limitations, a private pilot may
not pay less than the pro rata share of the operating expenses of a flight with passengers provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees.
In regard to privileges and limitations, a private pilot may
not pay less than the pro rata share of the operating expenses of a flight with passengers provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees.
To receive accurate indications during flight from a heading indicator, the instrument must be
periodically realigned with the magnetic compass as the gyro precesses.
Filling the fuel tanks after the last flight of the day is considered a good operating procedure because this will
prevent moisture condensation by eliminating airspace in the tanks.
In order to act as pilot in command of a high-performance airplane, a pilot must have
received and logged ground and flight instruction in an airplane that has more than 200 horsepower.
Before a person holding a private pilot certificate may act as pilot in command of a high-performance airplane, that person must have
received ground and flight instruction from an authorized flight instructor who then endorses that person's logbook.
Wingtip vortices created by large aircraft tend to
sink below the aircraft generating turbulence.
When taking off or landing at an airport where heavy aircraft are operating, one should be particularly alert to the hazards of wingtip vortices because this turbulence tends to
sink into the flightpath of aircraft operating below the aircraft generating the turbulence.
Detonation may occur at high-power settings when
the fuel mixture ignites instantaneously instead of burning progressively and evenly.
To meet the recency of experience requirements to act as pilot in command carrying passengers at night, a pilot must have made at least three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop within the preceding 90 days in A.the same type of aircraft to be used.
the same category and class of aircraft to be used.
Fuel/air ratio is the ratio between the
weight of fuel and weight of air entering the cylinder.
