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FAA Oral Exam Practice Questions with accurate detailed
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What are the eligibility requirements for a private pilot certificate? - ✔✔a. Be at least 17
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years of age. || ||
b. Be able to read, speak, write, and understand the English language.
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c. Hold at least a current Third Class medical certificate
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d. Received the required ground and flight training endorsements.
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e. Meet the applicable aeronautical experience requirements.
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f. Passed the required knowledge and practical tests.
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What does the CFR Part 1 cover? - ✔✔Definitions and Abbreviations
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What does the CFR Part 43 cover? - ✔✔Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Rebuilding,
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and Alteration
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What does the CFR Part 61 cover? - ✔✔Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground
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Instructors
What does the CFR Part 91 cover? - ✔✔General Operating and Flight Rules
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What is the definition of a complex airplane, and what must you do to act as pilot-in-
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command of such an airplane? - ✔✔An airplane that has a retractable landing gear, flaps,
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and a controllable pitch propeller; a. received and logged ground and flight training from an
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authorized flight instructor in a complex airplane, or in a flight simulator and have been
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found proficient in the operation and systems of that airplane. b. received a one-time
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endorsement in your logbook from an authorized instructor who certifies you are proficient
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to operate a complex airplane.
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Define: Category - ✔✔a broad classification of aircraft; i.e., airplane, rotorcraft, glider, etc.
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Define: Class - ✔✔a classification of aircraft with in a category having similar operating
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characteristics; i.e., single-engine land, multi-engine land, etc. || || || || || ||
Define: Type - ✔✔a specific make and basic model of aircraft including modifications that
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do not change its handling or flight characteristics; i.e., DC-9, B-737, C-130, etc.
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What are the requirements to remain current as a private pilot? - ✔✔a. Within the
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preceding 24 months, accomplished a flight review given in an aircraft for which that pilot is
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rated by an authorized instructor and received a logbook endorsement certifying that the
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person has satisfactorily completed the review.
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b. To carry passengers, a pilot must have made, within the preceding 90 days have had 3
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takeoffs and landings as the sole manipulator of flight controls of an aircraft of the same
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category and class (if tailwheel, landings must be to a full stop), and if operations are to be
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conducted during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before
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sunrise, 3 takeoffs and 3 landings to a full stop during that period in an aircraft of the same
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category and class
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To exercise the privileges of a private pilot certificate, what medical certificate is required,
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and how long is it valid? - ✔✔Third-class medical certificate; Before 40th birthday: 36th
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month after the date of the examination, After 40th birthday: the 24th month after the date
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of the examination
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What documents are required on board an aircraft prior to flight? - ✔✔Airworthiness
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Certificate, Registration Certificate, Owner's manual or operating limitations, and Weight and
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balance data
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Who is responsible for ensuring that an aircraft is maintained in an airworthy condition? -
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✔✔The owner or operator of the aircraft
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After aircraft inspections have been made and defects have been repaired, who is
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responsible for determining that the aircraft is in an airworthy condition? - ✔✔The pilot-in-
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command
What records or documents should be checked to determine that the owner or operator of
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an aircraft has complied with all required inspections and airworthiness directives? - ✔✔The
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maintenance records (aircraft and engine logbooks)
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Can a pilot conduct flight operations in an aircraft with known inoperative equipment? -
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✔✔Yes, under specific conditions. CFR Part 91 describes acceptable methods for the
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operation of an aircraft with certain inoperative instruments and equipment that are not
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essential for safe flight - they are: operation of aircraft with a minimum equipment list
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(MEL) and operation of aircraft without a MEL
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What are the required maintenance inspections for aircraft? - ✔✔Annual inspection- within
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the preceding 12 calendar months
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100-hour inspection - if carrying any person (other than crew member_ for hire or giving
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flight instruction for hire
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Define "preventative maintenance" - ✔✔Simple or minor preservation operations and the
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replacement of small standard parts, not involving complex assemble operations. Typical
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operations include oil changes, wheel bearing lubrication, hydraulic fluid (brakes, landing
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gear system) refills.
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What are "Airworthiness Directives" (ADs)? - ✔✔An Ad is the medium the FAA uses to
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notify aircraft owners and other potentially interested persons of unsafe conditions that may
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exist. ADs are regulatory in nature, and compliance is mandatory.
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What are the standard temperature and pressure values for sea level? - ✔✔15 C and 29.92"
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Hg
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FAA Oral Exam Practice Questions with accurate detailed
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solutions
What are the eligibility requirements for a private pilot certificate? - ✔✔a. Be at least 17
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years of age. || ||
b. Be able to read, speak, write, and understand the English language.
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c. Hold at least a current Third Class medical certificate
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d. Received the required ground and flight training endorsements.
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e. Meet the applicable aeronautical experience requirements.
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f. Passed the required knowledge and practical tests.
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What does the CFR Part 1 cover? - ✔✔Definitions and Abbreviations
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What does the CFR Part 43 cover? - ✔✔Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Rebuilding,
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and Alteration
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What does the CFR Part 61 cover? - ✔✔Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground
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Instructors
What does the CFR Part 91 cover? - ✔✔General Operating and Flight Rules
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What is the definition of a complex airplane, and what must you do to act as pilot-in-
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command of such an airplane? - ✔✔An airplane that has a retractable landing gear, flaps,
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and a controllable pitch propeller; a. received and logged ground and flight training from an
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authorized flight instructor in a complex airplane, or in a flight simulator and have been
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found proficient in the operation and systems of that airplane. b. received a one-time
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endorsement in your logbook from an authorized instructor who certifies you are proficient
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to operate a complex airplane.
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Define: Category - ✔✔a broad classification of aircraft; i.e., airplane, rotorcraft, glider, etc.
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Define: Class - ✔✔a classification of aircraft with in a category having similar operating
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characteristics; i.e., single-engine land, multi-engine land, etc. || || || || || ||
Define: Type - ✔✔a specific make and basic model of aircraft including modifications that
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do not change its handling or flight characteristics; i.e., DC-9, B-737, C-130, etc.
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What are the requirements to remain current as a private pilot? - ✔✔a. Within the
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preceding 24 months, accomplished a flight review given in an aircraft for which that pilot is
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rated by an authorized instructor and received a logbook endorsement certifying that the
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person has satisfactorily completed the review.
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b. To carry passengers, a pilot must have made, within the preceding 90 days have had 3
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takeoffs and landings as the sole manipulator of flight controls of an aircraft of the same
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category and class (if tailwheel, landings must be to a full stop), and if operations are to be
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conducted during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before
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sunrise, 3 takeoffs and 3 landings to a full stop during that period in an aircraft of the same
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category and class
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To exercise the privileges of a private pilot certificate, what medical certificate is required,
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and how long is it valid? - ✔✔Third-class medical certificate; Before 40th birthday: 36th
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month after the date of the examination, After 40th birthday: the 24th month after the date
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of the examination
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What documents are required on board an aircraft prior to flight? - ✔✔Airworthiness
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Certificate, Registration Certificate, Owner's manual or operating limitations, and Weight and
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balance data
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Who is responsible for ensuring that an aircraft is maintained in an airworthy condition? -
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✔✔The owner or operator of the aircraft
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After aircraft inspections have been made and defects have been repaired, who is
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responsible for determining that the aircraft is in an airworthy condition? - ✔✔The pilot-in-
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command
What records or documents should be checked to determine that the owner or operator of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
an aircraft has complied with all required inspections and airworthiness directives? - ✔✔The
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maintenance records (aircraft and engine logbooks)
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Can a pilot conduct flight operations in an aircraft with known inoperative equipment? -
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✔✔Yes, under specific conditions. CFR Part 91 describes acceptable methods for the
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operation of an aircraft with certain inoperative instruments and equipment that are not
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essential for safe flight - they are: operation of aircraft with a minimum equipment list
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(MEL) and operation of aircraft without a MEL
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What are the required maintenance inspections for aircraft? - ✔✔Annual inspection- within
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the preceding 12 calendar months
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100-hour inspection - if carrying any person (other than crew member_ for hire or giving
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flight instruction for hire
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Define "preventative maintenance" - ✔✔Simple or minor preservation operations and the
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replacement of small standard parts, not involving complex assemble operations. Typical
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operations include oil changes, wheel bearing lubrication, hydraulic fluid (brakes, landing
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
gear system) refills.
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What are "Airworthiness Directives" (ADs)? - ✔✔An Ad is the medium the FAA uses to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
notify aircraft owners and other potentially interested persons of unsafe conditions that may
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exist. ADs are regulatory in nature, and compliance is mandatory.
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What are the standard temperature and pressure values for sea level? - ✔✔15 C and 29.92"
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Hg
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