PAR Test Review Flashcards
What is the best way to slow a plane down during hydroplaning?
Aerodynamic Braking
Except when necessary for takeoff or landing, what is the minimum safe altitude required for a pilot to operate an aircraft over other than a congested area?
An altitude of 500 feet AGL except over open water or a sparsely populated area, which requires 500 feet from any person, vessel, vehicle or structure.
Safety belts are required to be properly secured about which persons in an aircraft and when?
Passengers during taxi, takeoffs, and landings only
When the term “light and variable” is used in reference to a winds aloft forecast, the coded group and windspeed is?
9900 and less than 5kts.
Under what condition is pressure altitude and density altitude the same value?
At standard temperature
What is the minimum visibility for a pilot to receive a land and hold short clearance?
3 statute miles
While inbound to a nontowered airport without automated weather services, you listen to the CTAF and hear no other aircraft on the frequency. How can you determine the winds and active runway?
Call on the CTAF and request an Airport Advisory
Induced drag increases when airspeed is
decreased
A turn coordinator provides an indication of the
movement of the aircraft about the yaw and roll axis
Who should not participate in the Land and Hold Short Operations program?
Student Pilots
After purchasing an airplane from a dealer, is it legal to fly away using the dealers aircraft registration?
No, the airplane must be first registered to the new owner.
The operator of an aircraft that has been involved in an accident is required to file an NTSB accident report within how many days?
10 days
During a spin to the left, which wings are stalled?
Both Wings
When two or more aircraft are approaching an airport for the purpose of landing, the right-of-way belongs to the aircraft
at the lower altitude, but it shall not take advantage of this rule to cut in front or to overtake another
To minimize the side loads placed on the landing gear during touchdown, the pilot should keep the
longitudinal axis of the aircraft parallel to the direction of its motion
How can you get in-flight weather updates for your destination airport while still 150-200 miles away?
Retrieve the latest METAR and TAF using FIS-B
What action is required when two aircraft of the same category converge, but not head-on?
The aircraft on the left shall give way
The suffix ‘nimbus’ used in naming clouds means
a rain cloud
ATC advises, “traffic 2 o’clock” This advisory is relative to your
ground track
A weather briefing that is provided when the information requested is 6 or more hours in advance of the proposed departure time is an
outlook briefing
Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) is the continuous broadcast of recorded information concerning
noncontrol information in select high-activity terminal areas
When flying through the lateral vertical boundaries of Class C or B airspace, what additional equipment is your aircraft required to have installed, if any?
ADS-B Out equipment
What is the best course of action right after the engine quits in flight?
Use the emergency checklist if practical
Possible mountain wave turbulence could be anticipated when winds of 40kts or greater blow
across a mountain ridge, and the air is stable
