PPL – AIR LAW Flashcards
(35 cards)
- With respect to the certification of airmen, which is a category of
aircraft?
A. Gyroplane, helicopter, airship, free balloon.
B. Airplane, rotorcraft, glider, lighter-than-air.
C. Single-engine land and sea, multiengine land and sea.
B. Airplane, rotorcraft, glider, lighter-than-air.
- With respect to the certification of airmen, which is a class of
aircraft?
Airplane, rotorcraft, glider, lighter-than-air.
Single-engine land and sea, multiengine land and sea.
Lighter-than-air, airship, hot air balloon, gas balloon.
Single-engine land and sea, multiengine land and sea.
- With respect to the certification of aircraft, which is a category of
aircraft?
Normal, utility, acrobatic.
Airplane, rotorcraft, glider.
Landplane, seaplane.
Normal, utility, acrobatic.
- With respect to the certification of aircraft, which is a class of
aircraft?
Airplane, rotorcraft, glider, balloon.
Normal, utility, acrobatic, limited.
Transport, restricted, provisional.
Airplane, rotorcraft, glider, balloon.
- The definition of nighttime is?
Sunset to sunrise.
1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise.
The time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight.
Sunset to sunrise.
- An ATC clearance provides:
priority over all other traffic.
adequate separation from all traffic.
authorization to proceed under specified traffic conditions in controlled airspace.
authorization to proceed under specified traffic conditions in controlled airspace.
- When must a current pilot certificate be in the pilot’s personal
possession or readily accessible in the aircraft?
When acting as a crew chief during launch and recovery.
Only when passengers are carried.
Anytime when acting as pilot in command or as a required
crewmember.
Anytime when acting as pilot in command or as a required
crewmember.
- What document(s) must be in your personal possession or readily
accessible in the aircraft while operating as pilot in command of an aircraft?
Certificates showing accomplishment of a checkout in the aircraft and a current biennial flight review.
A pilot certificate with an annual flight review and a pilot logbook
showing recency of experience.
An appropriate pilot certificate and an appropriate current medical certificate if required.
An appropriate pilot certificate and an appropriate current medical certificate if required.
- In regard to privileges and limitations, a private pilot may:
act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying a passenger for
compensation if the flight is in connection with a business or
employment.
not pay less than the pro rata share of the operating expenses involves
only fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees.
not be paid in any manner for the operating expenses of a flight.
not be paid in any manner for the operating expenses of a flight.
10.The final authority as to the operation of an aircraft is the:
air Transportation Office
pilot in command.
aircraft manufacturer.
pilot in command.
11.Who is responsible for determining if an aircraft is in condition for safe flight?
A certificated aircraft mechanic.
The pilot in command.
The tower or operator.
A certificated aircraft mechanic.
12.Where may an aircraft’s operating limitations be found?
On the Airworthiness Certificate.
In the current, FAA-approved flight manual, approved manual material, marking, and placards, or any combination thereof.
In the aircraft airframe and engine logbooks
In the current, FAA-approved flight manual, approved manual material, marking, and placards, or any combination thereof.
13.No person may attempt to act as a crewmember of a civil aircraft
with:
.008 percent by weight or more alcohol in the blood.
.004 percent by weight or more alcohol in the blood.
.04 percent by weight or more alcohol in the blood.
.04 percent by weight or more alcohol in the blood.
14.A person may not act as a crewmember of a civil aircraft if alcoholic beverages have been consumed by that person within the preceding:
8 hours.
12 hours.
24 hours.
8 hours.
15.Under what condition, if any, may a pilot allow a person who is
obviously under the influence of drugs to be carried abroad an
aircraft?
In an emergency or if the person is a medical patient under proper
care.
Only if the person does not have access to the cockpit or pilot’s
compartment.
Under no condition
In an emergency or if the person is a medical patient under proper
care.
16.Preflight action, as required for all flights away from the of an airport, shall include:
the designation of an alternate airport.
a study of arrival procedures at airports/heliports of intended use.
an alternate course of action if the flight cannot be completed as
planned.
an alternate course of action if the flight cannot be completed as
planned.
17.In addition to other preflight actions for a VFR flight away from the vicinity of the departure airport, regulations specifically require the
pilot in command to:
review traffic control light signal procedures.
check the accuracy of the navigation equipment and the emergency locator transmitter (ELT).
determine runway lengths at airports of intended use and the
aircraft’s takeoff and landing distance data.
determine runway lengths at airports of intended use and the
aircraft’s takeoff and landing distance data.
18.Which preflight action is specifically required of the pilot prior to each flight?
Check the aircraft logbooks for appropriate entries.
Become familiar with available information concerning the flight.
Review wake turbulence avoidance procedures.
Become familiar with available information concerning the flight.
19.Flight crewmembers are required to keep their safety belts and shoulder harnesses fastened during:
takeoff and landings.
all flight conditions.
flight in turbulent air.
all flight conditions.
20.No person may operate an aircraft in formation flight:
over a densely populated area.
in class D airspace under special VFR.
except by prior arrangement with the pilot in command of each
aircraft.
except by prior arrangement with the pilot in command of each
aircraft.
21.An airplane and an airship are converging. If the airship is left of the airplane’s position, which aircraft has the right-of-way?
The airship.
The airplane.
Each pilot should alter course to the right
The airship.
22.When two or more aircraft are approaching an airport for the purpose of landing, the right-of-way belongs to the aircraft:
that has the other to its right.
that is the least maneuverable.
at the lower altitude, but it shall not take advantage of this rule to
cut in front of or to overtake another.
at the lower altitude, but it shall not take advantage of this rule to
cut in front of or to overtake another.
23.What action should the pilots of a glider and an airplane take if on a
head-on collision course?
The airplane pilots should give way to the left.
The glider pilot should give way to the right.
Both pilots should give way to the right.
Both pilots should give way to the right.
24.What action is required when two aircraft of the same category
converge, but not head-on?
The faster aircraft shall give way.
The aircraft on the left shall give way.
Each aircraft shall give way to the right.
Each aircraft shall give way to the right.
