FAR Part 1

Question 1

Alert area

Answer 1

An alert area is established to inform pilots of a specific area wherein a high volume of pilot training or an unusual type of aeronautical activity is conducted.

Question 2

Altitude engine

Answer 2

means a reciprocating aircraft engine having a rated takeoff power that is producible from sea level to an established higher altitude.

Question 3

Calibrated airspeed

Answer 3

means the indicated airspeed of an aircraft, corrected for position and instrument error. (=TAS in standard condtions at sea level)

Question 4

Categories of Aircraft (7)

Answer 4

Grouping of aircraft based on Intended use or operating limitations

Transport
Normal
Utility
Acrobatic
Limited
Restricted
Provisional

Question 5

Categories of Airmen (4)

Answer 5

Broad classification:

Airplane

Rotorcraft

Glider

Lighter-than-air

Question 6

Ceiling

Answer 6

means the height above the Earth’s surface of the lowest layer of clouds or obscuring phenomena that is reported as broken, overcast, or obscuration and not classified as thin or partial

Question 7

Classes of aircraft (6)

Answer 7

Broad grouping having similar chracteristics of propulsion, flight, or landing

Airplane
Rotorcraft
Glider
Balloon
Landplane
Seaplane

Question 8

Classes of airmen (8)

Answer 8

Having similar operating characteristics:

Single engine

Multiengine

Land

Water

Gyroplane

Helicopter

Airship

Free Ballon

Question 9

Clearway

Answer 9

An area beyond the runway, not less than 500 feet wide.

1.25 percent upward plane in which no objects/terrain protrudes

Question 10

Controlled Firing Area

Answer 10

Established to contain activities, which if not conducted in a controlled environment, would be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft

Question 11

Equivalent airspeed

Answer 11

means the calibrated airspeed of an aircraft corrected for adiabatic compressible flow for the particular altitude. (=CAS in standard conditions at sea level)

Question 12

Flight time

Answer 12

Pilot time that commences when an aircraft moves under its own power for the purpose of flight and ends when the aircraft comes to a rest after landing

Question 13

Flight Visibility

Answer 13

means the average forward horizontal distance at which prominent unlighted objects may be seen and identified by day and prominent lighted objects may be seenand identified by night

Question 14

Ground visibility

Answer 14

means prevailing horizontal visibility near the earth’s surface as reported by the United States National Weather Service or an accredited observer

Question 15

Indicated airspeed

Answer 15

means the speed of an aircraft as shown on its pitot static airspeed indicator calibrated to reflect standard atmosphere adiabatic compressible flow at sea level uncorrected for airspeed system errors.

Question 16

Large Aircraft

Answer 16

means aircraft of more than 12,500 pounds MTOW

Question 17

Light-sport aircraft

Answer 17

MTOW-1320 lbs.
Vne-120 knots CAS
Vs-45 knots CAS
Seating capacity not more than 2
Single, reciprocating engine
Fixed pitch prop
Fixed landing gear

nonpressurized cabin

Question 18

Maintenance

Answer 18

Inspection, overhaul, repair, preservation, and replacement of parts. Excludes preventive maintenance

Question 19

“May” is used in what sense?

Answer 19

A permissive sense to state authority or permission to do the act prescibed

Question 20

Medical Certificate means what?

Answer 20

Acceptable evidence of physical fitness on a form prescribed by the Administrator

Question 21

Military operations area

Answer 21

Airspace established outside Class A airspace to separate or segregate certain non-hazardous military activities from IFR traffic and to identify for VFR traffic where these activities are conducted

Question 22

Define Night

Answer 22

Time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight as published in the Air Almanac (local time)

Question 23

Pilot in command means the person who:

Answer 23

Has final authority for the operation and safety of the flight

Has been designated as PIC before or during the flight

Holds the appropriate category, class, and type rating

Question 24

Preventive maintenance

Answer 24

means simple or minor preservation operations and the replacement of small standard parts not involving complex assembly operations.

Question 25

Prohibited area

Answer 25

Airspace designated under part 73 within which no person may operate an aircraft without the permission of the using agency

Question 26

Restricted Area

Answer 26

Airspace designated under Part 73 within which the flight of aircraft, while not wholly prohibited, is subject to restriction

Question 27

Sea Level Engine

Answer 27

Reciprocating aircraft engine having a rated takeoff power that is producible only at sea level

Question 28

“Shall” is used in what sense

Answer 28

An imperative sense

Question 29

Small Aircraft

Answer 29

Aircraft of 12,500lbs or less MTOW

Question 30

Stopway

Answer 30

area beyond the runway, no less wide than the runway.

Used to decerlerate an airplane during an aborted takeoff and is able to support the airplane without causing structural damage.

Question 31

TCAS I

Answer 31

A TCAS that utilizes interrogations of, and replies from, airborne radar beacon transponders and provides traffic advisories to the pilot

Question 32

TCAS II

Answer 32

A TCAS that utilizes interrogations of, and replies from airborne radar beacon transponders and provides traffic advisories and resolution advisories in the vertical plane

Question 33

TCAS III

Answer 33

A TCAS that utilizes interrogations of, and replies from, airborne radar beacon transponders and provides traffic advisories and resolution advisories in the vertical and horizontal planes to the pilot

Question 34

Define Time in service with respect to maintenance

Answer 34

The time from the moment an aircraft leaves the surface of the Earth until it touches it at the next point of landing

Question 35

True airspeed

Answer 35

means the airspeed of an aircraft relative to undisturbed air.

Question 36

Warning area

Answer 36

airspace of defined dimensions, extending from 3 nm outward from the coast of the US, that contains activity that may be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft. Warns nonparticipating pilots of the potential danger. May be located over domestic or international waters or both