Pre-solo exam

Question 1

What personal documents and endorsements are you required to have before you fly solo?

Answer 1

61.3 / 61.87(a)
-Pilot certificate
-Gov photo ID
-medical certificate
-logbook
-solo endorsement (current)

Question 2

61.89

Answer 2

student pilot limitations

Question 3

91.3

Answer 3

PIC responsibility and authority

Question 4

student pilot limitations with visibility and weather?

Answer 4

-3 SM day
-5 SM night
-must have visual reference of the surface

Question 5

Preflight Action

Answer 5

91.103
-runway lengths of intended use
-takeoff/landing performance data
-weather, temperature (for DA)

Question 6

General requirements for Safety Belts / Shoulder Harnesses?

Answer 6

121.311
-Belts Req’d for taxi, takeoff, landing and flight
-shoulder harness req’d for taxi, takeoff, landing

Question 7

What is minimum fuel reserve for day VFR flight and based on what speed?

Answer 7

91.151
-Day 30 mins
-Night 45 mins
-Normal cruise speed

Question 8

What aircraft certificates and documents must be on board when you are flying solo?

Answer 8

Airworthiness certificate
Registration
POH, Placards
Weight and Balance data sheet
Pilot certificate +medical/GOV ID
Logbook w/endorsements

Question 9

Right-of-Way rules

Answer 9

91.113
-Converging: aircraft to others right has ROW
-Head-On: both turn right
-Overtake: overtaken has ROW, overtaking shall alter right
-On final: lower aircraft has ROW

Question 10

Alcohol consumption

Answer 10

91.17
No person may act as crew if:
-consumed alcohol in last 8 hours
-intoxicated
-using any drug that affects faculties
-has BAC greater/equal to 0.04

Question 11

When is an operating Mode C transponder required to be turned on?

Answer 11

91.215 & 91.225
-Class A,B,C airspace
-10,000 and above MSL Class E excluding less than 2,500 AGL

Question 12

Minimum safe altitudes over congested and other than congested areas?

Answer 12

91.119
-ANYWHERE: At safe altitude to allow emergency landing without undue hazard to people/structures on surface
-1,000’ above highest obstacle within 2,000’ radius for ‘congested’
-500’ above surface for ‘other than congested’
-500’ away from any person/vehicle/structure for open water/sparsely populated

Question 13

Three sources for local altimeter setting at an airport

Answer 13

-Field elevation
-AWOS/ATIS/ASOS
-GPS

Question 14

Entry altitude when practicing steep turns, stalls, slow flight must allow a recovery to be completed at no lower than how many feet AGL?

Answer 14

1,500

Question 15

VFR Cruise altitudes

Answer 15

91.159
When operating below 18,000 feet MSL and:
-course of zero degrees through 179 degrees, any odd thousand foot MSL altitude + 500 feet
-course of 180 degrees through 359 degrees, any even thousand foot MSL altitude + 500 feet

Question 16

Required Equipment (Day VFR)

Answer 16

91.205
A ltimeter
T ach for each engine
O il pressure gauges
M agnetic compass
A irspeed indicator
T emperature gauge for each
liquid cooled engine
O il temperature gauges
F uel gauges for each tank
F lotation if greater than glide
distance from shore
L anding gear position indicator
A nti-collision lights
M anifold pressure gauge for each
altitude engine
E LT
S eatbelts/shoulder harnesses