FAA Private Pilot Exam 3 - Practice Test Geeks

What wind is forecast for STL at 9000 feet?

230° magnetic at 25 knots

230° true at 32 knots.

230° true at 25 knots

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

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

Operating limitations and Registration Certificate

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

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

Landplane, seaplane

Normal, utility, acrobatic

Airplane, rotorcraft, glider

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The four forces acting on an airplane in flight are

lift, weight, thrust and drag

lift, gravity, power, and friction

lift, weight, gravity and thrust

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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

on the glide slope

below the glide slope

above the glide slope

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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

loss of RPM

increase of RPM

engine roughness

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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?

1345Z

1445Z

1645Z

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

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

The altimeter, attitude indicator, and vertical speed indicator

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

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

a left turn is entered from a north heading

an aircraft is decelerated while on a south heading

an aircraft is accelerated while on a north heading

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

2500 feet MSL

2900 feet MSL

700 feet AGL

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If recency of experience requirements for night flight are not met and official sunset is 1830, the latest time passengers may be carried is

1829

1859

1929

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The intensity and type of icing reported by a pilot is

light to moderate rime

light to moderate

light to moderate clear

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What action is required when two aircraft of the same category converge, but not head-on?

The aircraft on the left shall give way

Each aircraft shall give way to the right

The faster aircraft shall give way

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An approved chair-type parachute may be carried in an aircraft for emergency use if it has been packed bu an appropriately rated parachute rigger within the preceding

365 days

180 days

120 days

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What effect, if any, does high humidity have on aircraft performance?

It has no effect on performance

It decreases performance

It increases performance

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Upon landing, the front passenger (180 pounds) departs the airplane. A rear passenger (204 pounds) moves to the front passenger position. What effect does this have on the CG if the airplane weighed 2690 pounds and the MOM/100 was 2260 just prior to the passenger transfer?

The CG moves forward approximately 0.1 inch

The CG moves forward approximately 3 inch

The weight changes, but the CG is not affected

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Generally speaking, the use of carburetor heat tends to

have no effect on engine performance

decrease engine performance

increase engine performance

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What minimum altitude is necessary to vertically clear the obstacle on the northeast side of Airpark East Airport by 500 feet?

1273 feet MSL

1283 feet MSL

1010 feet MSL

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The responsibility for ensuring that maintenance personnel make the appropriate entries in the aircraft maintenance records indicated the aircraft has been approved for return to service lies with the

mechanic who performed thee work

owner or operator

pilot in command

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What minimum radio equipment is required to land and take- off Norfolk International?

Mode C transponder and omni receiver

Mode C transponder, Omni Receiver, and DME

Mode C transponder and two-way radio

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What are the minimum requirements for airplane operations under special VFR in Class D airspace at night?

The pilot must be instrument rated, and the airplane must be IFR equipped

The airplane must be under radar surveillance at all times while in Class D airspace

The airplane must be equipped for IFR with an altitude reporting transponder

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Under what condition is pressure altitude and density altitude the same value?

At standard temperature

At sea level, when the temperature is 0°F

When the altimeter has no installation error

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