Stage 1

Question 1

Privileges

Answer 1

91.175
Enter class A airspace
Pic under IFR conditions
Fly in IMC
Special var at night - clear of clouds

Question 2

Flight categories

Answer 2

Lifr- below 500 ft agl or less than 1 mile
IFR - below 500-1000 ft agl or less than 3 miles
Mvfr - 1000-3000 ft agl or 3-5 miles
Vfr - greater than 3000 ft agl and greater than 5 miles

Question 3

High pressure

Answer 3

Clockwise, outwards, and downwards
Poor visibility
Brings higher pressure/ density

Question 4

Low pressure

Answer 4

Clockwise, inwards, and upwards
Good visibility
Includes precipitation because of higher humidity
Lower pressure/ density

Question 5

Warm front

Answer 5

Slow moving, so change in weather is gradual
Stratiform clouds
Poor visibility, air is stable and calm
Steady precipitation

Question 6

Cold front

Answer 6

Cumulus clouds
Possible thunderstorms
Showery precipitation

Question 7

Stationary front

Answer 7

When warm and cold air masses meet and stop moving
Lingers for a long time

Question 8

Occluded front

Answer 8

When a cold front catches up to a warm front moving in the same direction
Bad weather

Question 9

Isobars

Answer 9

Close together expect high winds.
Pressure measured in millibars

Question 10

3 types of icing + 3 icing locations + 4 severity’s

Answer 10

Clear, rime, mixed
Structural, instrument, induction
Trace, light, moderate, severe

Question 11

3 ingredients to a thunder storm

Answer 11

Moisture
Uplifting action
Unstable lapse rate

Question 12

3 stages to a thunderstorm

Answer 12

Cumulus, maturing, dissipating

Question 13

Pireps

Answer 13

Must include location, altitude experienced, airspeed gained/ lost,
Pirep assistance in aviation weather handbook

Question 14

Required equipment

Answer 14

91.205 + headset
G, eneratpr/ alternator
R, adio
A, ltimiter pressure sensitive
B, all
C, lock
A, ttitude indicator
R, ate of turn indicator
D, directional gyroscope

Question 15

How does the G1000 get its information

Answer 15

Adahars, Air data computer + attitude and heading reference system
Adc = pitot static system
Ahars = magnetometers, inclinometers, accelerometers, rate of turn sensors
In the wings left wing first

Question 16

Currency

Answer 16

66 hits
6 months, 6 approaches, holds, interception tracking nav systems
Can be done in approved flight sim

Question 17

GPS

Answer 17

Global Positioning System
Triangulate position in space
3 satellites- lateral position
4 satellites - altitude information
5 satellites- fault detection
6 satellites fd exclusion

Question 18

RAIM

Answer 18

Receiver autonomous integrity monitoring
5 satellites required to ensure reliability
With a bad satellite raim will announce the lost integrity and take it offline

Question 19

WAAS

Answer 19

Wide Area Augmentation System
Signals from satellites are monitored by ground based stations those ground based stations check for clock errors and position errors
Ground stations send correction data and prepares a correction message
New message is sent to a geostationary satellite (GEO)
GEO broadcasts to waas receiver on aircraft

Question 20

VOR

Answer 20

Very high frequency omnidirectional range
Short range radio navigation equipment used to determine relative position and bearing from vor

Question 21

VOR receiver checks

Answer 21

Required every 30 days
VOR test facility (VOT) works like a fake VOR - frequency 108.0 MHz - 0 degrees FROM / 180 degrees TO (182)
Ground tolerances +- 4°
Air tolerances +-6° (moving in the sky more inaccurate)
Dual VOR check +-4°
Specific locations can be found in chart supplement

Question 22

DME

Answer 22

Distance measuring equipment
USES SLANT RANGE to determine distance
Most inaccurate when directly over VOR/DME
Negligible for every 1 mile away and 1000’ feet high

Question 23

Compass errors

Answer 23

VDMONA
VARIATION - difference between north and magnetic north
DEVIATION - equipment interferences
MAGNETIC dip - when approaching magnetic poles, compass wants to dip
Occilation - rapid movement, turbulence, engine
Northernly turning errors - undershoot north, overshoot south
Acceleration errors - accelerate north, decelerate south

Question 24

ILS

Answer 24

Instrument Landing System
Precision instrument approach- land based
Provides lateral and vertical guidance
1. Localizer “lined up”
Provides lateral guidance within 5° full deflection to one side is only 2.5°
2. Glide Slope
Provides vertical guidance angle between 2.5° and 3.5°
3. Marker beacon - avionics signal different colors/ audible Morse codes when passing over
4. Approach lighting system - TPP page 17

Question 25

VOR CHECK INOLVES

Answer 25

Bearing error
Date
Name
Location

Question 26

GPS data base + VOR currency

Answer 26

GPS data base update every 28 days
VOR every 30 days

Question 27

Logging instrument time

Answer 27

Actual - be instrument rated or accompanied by appropriately rated cfii
Simulated - safety pilot - appropriately rated in category/ class
Able to act as pic
Name must be logged in remarks
Given instructions by a CFI

Question 28

Variation

Answer 28

Difference between mag north and true north

Question 29

Occilation

Answer 29

Engine, rapid movement, turbulence

Question 30

Magnetic dip

Answer 30

Approaching magnetic poles compass wants to dip

Question 31

Deviation

Answer 31

Equipment interface

Question 32

Emergency buss

Answer 32

PFD
Avionics lights
ADAHARS
Com 1 & Nav 1
Standby instruments