NIFE PREPARATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Who is responsible for the publication of the FAR and the AIM?
Answer: FAA
● What is the table of priorities for publications in order from most
important to least important? Answer: NATOPS, CNAF M-3710.7,
Flight Information Publications, FAR Part 91
● Know the chart of the table of priorities. Who it governs, where it
governs, and the author Answer: Do it
● Who is the only entity that can give you a clearance? Answer: Air
Traffic Control
● What is a clearance? Answer: Authorization to do something specific
within controlled airspace to prevent collisions
● What is a Notice to Airman (NOTAM)? Answer: Notice containing
information regarding condition, change, or establishment in a
component, timely for flight operations. Temporary and not in time for
charting
,● What is a transponder? Answer: Pings from ground to the aircraft to
tell it the ground information
● What does Mode 3 of the transponder do? Answer: Tells ATC who you
are through the pings
● What does Mode C of the transponder do? Answer: Tells ATC how
high you are
● What does the word Shall mean? Answer: The procedure is mandatory
● What does the word Should mean? Answer: The procedure is
recommended
● What do the words May and Need Not mean? Answer: Procedure is
optional
● What does the word Will mean? Answer: Indicates futurity
● What is the relationship between CNAF M 3710.7, the FAR Part 91,
and the AIM? Answer: CNAF is more restrictive than the FAR
AIM is explanatory information about the FAR
● What is the FAR? Answer: The actual laws pertaining to aviation
, ● What is the FAR part 91? Answer: Governs general aviation
● What does the ATC organization do? Answer: Grants clearances,
enforces FAR Part 91, and approves flight plans.
● What are the ATC's sub-agencies? Answer: FSS, Control Tower,
Approach, ARTCC
● What does FSS do? Answer: Provides pilot briefings, en route
communications, relays ATC clearances, and anything the pilot needs to
know
● What is the Flight Service Station (FSS) equivalent at military
airfields? Answer: Base Operations
● What is the Control towers purpose? Answer: Governs flow of traffic
in the vicinity of the airport.
● What are the three stations that a control tower typically has? Answer:
Clearance Delivery, Ground, and Tower
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Who is responsible for the publication of the FAR and the AIM?
Answer: FAA
● What is the table of priorities for publications in order from most
important to least important? Answer: NATOPS, CNAF M-3710.7,
Flight Information Publications, FAR Part 91
● Know the chart of the table of priorities. Who it governs, where it
governs, and the author Answer: Do it
● Who is the only entity that can give you a clearance? Answer: Air
Traffic Control
● What is a clearance? Answer: Authorization to do something specific
within controlled airspace to prevent collisions
● What is a Notice to Airman (NOTAM)? Answer: Notice containing
information regarding condition, change, or establishment in a
component, timely for flight operations. Temporary and not in time for
charting
,● What is a transponder? Answer: Pings from ground to the aircraft to
tell it the ground information
● What does Mode 3 of the transponder do? Answer: Tells ATC who you
are through the pings
● What does Mode C of the transponder do? Answer: Tells ATC how
high you are
● What does the word Shall mean? Answer: The procedure is mandatory
● What does the word Should mean? Answer: The procedure is
recommended
● What do the words May and Need Not mean? Answer: Procedure is
optional
● What does the word Will mean? Answer: Indicates futurity
● What is the relationship between CNAF M 3710.7, the FAR Part 91,
and the AIM? Answer: CNAF is more restrictive than the FAR
AIM is explanatory information about the FAR
● What is the FAR? Answer: The actual laws pertaining to aviation
, ● What is the FAR part 91? Answer: Governs general aviation
● What does the ATC organization do? Answer: Grants clearances,
enforces FAR Part 91, and approves flight plans.
● What are the ATC's sub-agencies? Answer: FSS, Control Tower,
Approach, ARTCC
● What does FSS do? Answer: Provides pilot briefings, en route
communications, relays ATC clearances, and anything the pilot needs to
know
● What is the Flight Service Station (FSS) equivalent at military
airfields? Answer: Base Operations
● What is the Control towers purpose? Answer: Governs flow of traffic
in the vicinity of the airport.
● What are the three stations that a control tower typically has? Answer:
Clearance Delivery, Ground, and Tower
