FAA Private Pilot Exam 3

Question 1

What wind is forecast for STL at 9000 feet?

Accepted Answer

230° true at 32 knots.

Answer

230° magnetic at 25 knots

Answer

230° true at 25 knots

Question 2

In addition to a valid Airworthiness Certificate, what documents or records must be aboard an aircraft during flight?

Accepted Answer

Operating limitations and Registration Certificate

Answer

Radio operator's permit, and repair and alteration forms.

Answer

Aircraft engine and airframe logbooks, and owner's , manual

Question 3

With respect to the certification of aircraft, which is a category of aircraft?

Accepted Answer

Normal, utility, acrobatic

Answer

Landplane, seaplane

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Airplane, rotorcraft, glider

Question 4

The four forces acting on an airplane in  flight are

Accepted Answer

lift, weight, thrust and drag

Answer

lift, gravity, power, and friction

Answer

lift, weight, gravity and thrust

Question 5

While on final approach to a runway equipped with a standard 2-bar VASI, the lights appear as shown by illustration D. This means that the aircraft is

Accepted Answer

below the glide slope

Answer

on the glide slope

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above the glide slope

Question 6

If an aircraft is equipped with a fixed-pitch propeller and a float-type carburetor, the first indication of carburetor ice would most likely be

Accepted Answer

loss of RPM

Answer

increase of RPM

Answer

engine roughness

Question 7

An aircraft departs an airport in the central standard time zone at 0845 CST for a 2-hour flight to an airport located in the mountain standard time zone. The landing should be at what  coordinated  universal time?

Accepted Answer

1645Z

Answer

1345Z

Answer

1445Z

Question 8

If the piot tube and outside static vents become clogged, which instruments would be affected?

Accepted Answer

Answer

The altimeter, airspeed indicator, and turn-and-slip indicator

Answer

The altimeter, attitude indicator, and vertical speed indicator

Answer

The altimeter, attitude indicator, and turn-and-slip indicator

Question 9

In the Northern Hemisphere, a magnetic compass will normally indicate initially a turn toward the east if

Accepted Answer

a left turn is entered from a north heading

Answer

an aircraft is decelerated while on a south heading

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an aircraft is accelerated while on a north heading

Question 10

The airspace directly overlying Collin Co Rgnl - Mc Kinney ( TKI ) is controlled from the surface to

Accepted Answer

2900 feet MSL

Answer

2500 feet MSL

Answer

700 feet AGL