Exam 1 Private Pilot Ground School Questions With Correct Answers

Exam 1 Private Pilot Ground School
Questions With Correct Answers

3248. Which instrument will become inoperative if the pitot tube becomes
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clogged? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Airspeed
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3249. Which instrument(s) will become inoperative if the static vents become
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clogged? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Airspeed, altimeter, and vertical speed
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3247. If the pitot tube and outside static vents become clogged, which
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instruments would be affected? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The altimeter, airspeed
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indicator, and vertical speed indicator
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3262. The pitot system provides impact pressure for which instrument? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Airspeed indictor
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3006. Which v-speed represents maneuvering speed? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Va
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3264. What does the red line on an airspeed indicator represent? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Never-exceed speed |




3268. Which color identifies the never-exceed speed? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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The red radial line
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,3269. Which color identifies the power-off stalling speed in a specific
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configuration? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Lower limit of the green arc
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3011. Which would provide the greatest gain in altitude in the shortest distance
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during climb after takeoff? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Vx (best angle)
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3012-1. After takeoff, which airspeed would the pilot use to gain the most
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altitude in a given period of time? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Vy
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3274. What is an important airspeed limitation that is not color coded on
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airspeed indicators? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Maneuvering speed (Va)
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3007. Which V-speed represents maximum flap extended speed? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Vfe


3008. Which v-speed represents maximum landing gear extended speed? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Vle |




3009. Vno is defined as the? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Maximum structural
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cruising speed
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3010. Vso is defined as the? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Stalling speed or minimum
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steady flight speed in the landing configuration
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, 3105. If an altimeter setting is not available before flight, to which altitude should
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the pilot adjust the altimeter? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The elevation of the
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departure area. |




3106. Prior to takeoff, the altimeter should be set to which altitude or altimeter
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setting? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The current local altimeter setting, if available,
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or the departure airport elevation.
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3107. At what altitude shall the altimeter be set to 29.92, when climbing to
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cruising flight level? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-18,000 feet MSL.
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3254. Altimeter setting is the value to which the barometric pressure scale of the
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altimeter is set so the altimeter indicates: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True altitude
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at field elevation
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3255. How do variations in temperature affect the altimeter? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Pressure levels are raised on warm days and the indicated altitude | | | | | | | | | | |


is lower than true altitude
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3256. What is true altitude? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The vertical distance of the
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aircraft above sea level. | | |




3392. Under which condition will true altitude be lower than indicated altitude? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-In colder than standard air temperature
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3257.What is absolute altitude? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The vertical distance of
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the aircraft above the surface
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