FAA Aviation Flight Instrument Rating 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which instrument is the primary bank instrument during a stabilized standard rate turn?
- Turn coordinator (Correct answer)
- Attitude indicator
- Heading indicator
- Magnetic compass
Correct answer: Turn coordinator
During a stabilized standard rate turn the turn coordinator is the primary bank instrument because it shows the rate being held.
Question 2: What error causes the magnetic compass to indicate a turn toward the north when the aircraft accelerates on an east or west heading?
- Acceleration error (ANDS) (Correct answer)
- Northerly turning error
- Magnetic dip
- Deviation
Correct answer: Acceleration error (ANDS)
Acceleration on east/west headings causes the compass to show a turn toward north, remembered by the mnemonic ANDS.
Question 3: An instrument-rated pilot must have logged what recent experience to act as PIC under IFR within the preceding 6 calendar months?
- Six instrument approaches, holding, and intercepting/tracking courses (Correct answer)
- Three instrument approaches
- A flight review
- Ten hours of actual instrument time
Correct answer: Six instrument approaches, holding, and intercepting/tracking courses
IFR currency requires six instrument approaches, holding procedures, and intercepting and tracking courses within the preceding six calendar months.
Question 4: When cleared for an ILS approach, which component provides vertical guidance?
- Glideslope (Correct answer)
- Localizer
- Marker beacon
- DME
Correct answer: Glideslope
The glideslope provides vertical guidance on an ILS, while the localizer provides lateral guidance.
Question 5: A pilot loses two-way radio communication while operating IFR in IMC. What route should the pilot fly?
- Assigned, then Vectored, then Expected, then Filed (AVEF) (Correct answer)
- Direct to the destination only
- The lowest published airway
- Whatever ATC last assigned indefinitely
Correct answer: Assigned, then Vectored, then Expected, then Filed (AVEF)
Under lost communications in IMC, route is flown in order of Assigned, Vectored, Expected, then Filed (AVEF).
Question 6: What is the standard service volume range of a low-altitude VOR below 18,000 feet?
- 40 nautical miles (Correct answer)
- 25 nautical miles
- 100 nautical miles
- 130 nautical miles
Correct answer: 40 nautical miles
A low-altitude (L) VOR has a standard service volume of 40 nautical miles below 18,000 feet.
Question 7: On an instrument approach, the term 'DA' refers to what?
- Decision Altitude on a precision approach (Correct answer)
- Density Altitude
- Departure Allowance
- Distance to airport
Correct answer: Decision Altitude on a precision approach
DA (Decision Altitude) is the altitude on a precision approach at which a missed approach must be initiated if the runway environment is not in sight.
FAA Aviation Flight Instrument Rating 3
Which instrument is the primary bank instrument during a stabilized standard rate turn?