FAR 61/71

Question 1

What is required to act as pilot in command of an aircraft towing a glider?

Answer 1

A pilot is require to have made within the proceeding 12 months at least three actual or simulated glider tows while accompanied by a qualified pilot

Question 2

Before a person holding a private pilot certificate may act as pilot in command of a high-performance airplane, that person must have…

Answer 2

received ground and flight instruction form an authorized flight instructor who then endorses that person’s logbook

Question 3

If a recreation or private pilot had a flight review on August 8, this year, when is the next flight review required?

Answer 3

August 31, 2 years later

Question 4

According to regulations pertaining to privileges and limitations, a private pilot may

Answer 4

not pay less than the pro rate share of the operating expenses of a flight with passengers provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees

Question 5

Each person who holds a pilot certificate or a medical certificate shall present it for inspection upon the request of

Answer 5

The Administrator, the National Transportation Safety Board, or any federal, state, or local law enforcement

Question 6

To act as PIC 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

Answer 6

category, class, and type, if a type rating is required

Question 7

The PIC is required to hold a type rating in what aircraft?

Answer 7

Aircraft having a gross weight of more than 12,500 pounds

Question 8

To act was 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

Answer 8

90 days

Question 9

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

Answer 9

24 calendar months

Question 10

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

Answer 10

July 31, 2 years later

Question 11

The takeoffs and landings required to meet the recency of experience requirements for carrying passengers in a tailwheel airplane…

Answer 11

must be full stop

Question 12

Three takeoffs and landings that are required to act as pilot in command at night must be done during the time period from

Answer 12

1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise

Question 13

When must a current pilot certificate be in the pilot’s personal possession or readily accessible in the aircraft?

Answer 13

Anytime when acting as pilot in command or as a required crew member

Question 14

What is the definition of a high-performance airplane?

Answer 14

An airplane with an engine of more than 200 horsepower

Question 15

In regard to privileges and limitations, a private pilot may

Answer 15

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

Question 16

If a recreational or private pilot has a flight review on August 8, this year, when is the next flight review required?

Answer 16

August 31, 2 years later

Question 17

Each recreational or private pilot is required to have…

A) A semiannual flight review
B) an annual flight review
C) a biennial flight review

Answer 17

C) a biennial flight review

Question 18

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

Answer 18

If a donation is made to a charitable organization for the flight

Question 19

How soon after the conviction for driving while intoxicated by alcohol or drugs shall it be reported to the FAA, Civil Security Division?

Answer 19

No later than 60 days after the motor vehicle action

Question 20

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 Cert, the medical cert will be valid until midnight on?

Answer 20

August 31, 5 years later

Question 21

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 Cert, the medical cert will be valid until midnight on…

Answer 21

May 31, 2 years later

Question 22

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…

Answer 22

October 31, 5 years later

Question 23

What document(s) must be in your personal possession or readily accessible in the aircraft while operating as pilot in command of an aircraft?

Answer 23

An appropriate pilot certificate and an appropriate current medical certificate if required

Question 24

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

Answer 24

100 hours PIC time in the aircraft category, class, and type, if required, that the pilot is using to tow the glider

Question 25

A recreational or private pilot acting as pilot in command, or in any other capacity as required pilot flight crew-member must have in his or her personal possession or readily accessible in the aircraft a current…

Answer 25

Medical certificate if required and an appropriate pilot certificate

Question 26

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

Answer 26

30 days after the date of the move

Question 27

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 cert, the medical cert will expire at midnight on…

Answer 27

August 31, 5 years later

Question 28

To meet the recency of experience requirements to act as PIC 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

Answer 28

the same category and class of aircraft to be used

Question 29

In order to act as pilot in command of a high-performance airplane, a pilot must have

Answer 29

received and logged ground and flight instruction in an airplane that has more than 200 horsepower

Question 30

If recency of experience requirements for night flight are not met and official sunset is 1830, the latest time passengers may be carried is…

Answer 30

1929

Question 31

The width of a Federal Airway from either side of the centerline is

Answer 31

4 nautical miles

Question 32

Unless otherwise specified, Federal Airways include that Class E airspace extending upward from

Answer 32

1,200 feet above the surface up to and including 17,999 feet MSL