FAA 107 COMMERCIAL DRONE PILOT
PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT PREP QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Basic eligibility requirements for applying for a Remote Pilot
Certificated from the FAA
Answer: -at least 16
-read, speak, write English language
-stable physical and mental condition
-pass initial aeronautical knowledge test at an FAA-approved knowledge
testing center (KTC)
-pass a background check by the Transportation Security Administration
(TSA)
●● maintaining your remote pilot certificate
Answer: -pass recurrent aeronautical test every 24 months
-conduct pre-flight inspections
-report an accident to the FAA within 10 calendar days of any operation
that results in serious injury or property damage over $500
-make sUAS available for inspection if requested
●● How old must you be to apply for a Remote Pilot Certificate?
Answer: 16
,●● When do you have to take the recurrent aeronautical knowledge test?
Answer: Every 24 months
●● When do you have to report an accident to the FAA?
Answer: Within 10 calendar days of any operation that results in a
serious injury or property damage over $500
●● What constitutes an "accident?"
Answer: Any operation that results in a serious injury or property
damage over $500 (to repair or replace)
●● unmanned aircraft (UA)
Answer: An aircraft operated without the possibility of direct human
intervention from within or on the aircraft
●● Small Unmanned Aircraft (Small UA)
Answer: A Unmanned Aircraft (UA) weighing less than 55 pounds,
including everything that is onboard or otherwise attached to the aircraft,
and can be flown without the possibility of direct human intervention
from within or on the aircraft
●● Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS)
Answer: A small Unmanned Aircraft (UA) and its associated elements
,●● Who do Part 107 regulations apply to?
Answer: commercial/civil, unmanned aircraft (sUAS) operations
●● How long do you have to notify the FAA of your change of address?
Answer: 30 days
●● remote pilot-in-command (remote PIC)
Answer: -person who holds a current remote pilot certificate with a
small UAS rating and has the final authority and responsibility for the
operation and safety of the small UAS
-assesses operating environment
-inform and educate all participants in the flight
-ensure sUAS is working properly and safely
-has necessary documentation
●● Person Manipulating the Controls
Answer: A person other than the Remote Pilot in Command (PIC) who is
controlling the flight of an Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS)
under the supervision of the remote PIC
●● How can someone operate the sUAS without a current remote pilot
certificate?
, Answer: -under direct supervision of a remote PIC
-if the remote PIC has the ability to immediately take direct control of
the sUAS (through proximity, safe-mode system, or "buddy box")
●● What are the methods that a remote PIC can take over flight controls
from a person manipulating the controls?
Answer: -physical proximity
-pre-programmed safe-mode system with "home" or "hover" functions
-"buddy box"
●● what is a "buddy box" training system?
Answer: A system with one cord that connects two different control
stations/remote controls/transmitters
-one operated by person manipulating the flight controls
-one operated by remote PIC (who can immediately override other
control station with the flip of the master switch)
●● Visual Observer (VO)
Answer: A person acting as a flightcrew member who helps to see and
avoid other air traffic or objects aloft or on the ground
-positioned in location where they're able to see the sUAS continuously
and sufficiently to maintain visual-line-of-sight
-able to effectively communicate the sUAS position and position of
other aircraft
PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT PREP QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Basic eligibility requirements for applying for a Remote Pilot
Certificated from the FAA
Answer: -at least 16
-read, speak, write English language
-stable physical and mental condition
-pass initial aeronautical knowledge test at an FAA-approved knowledge
testing center (KTC)
-pass a background check by the Transportation Security Administration
(TSA)
●● maintaining your remote pilot certificate
Answer: -pass recurrent aeronautical test every 24 months
-conduct pre-flight inspections
-report an accident to the FAA within 10 calendar days of any operation
that results in serious injury or property damage over $500
-make sUAS available for inspection if requested
●● How old must you be to apply for a Remote Pilot Certificate?
Answer: 16
,●● When do you have to take the recurrent aeronautical knowledge test?
Answer: Every 24 months
●● When do you have to report an accident to the FAA?
Answer: Within 10 calendar days of any operation that results in a
serious injury or property damage over $500
●● What constitutes an "accident?"
Answer: Any operation that results in a serious injury or property
damage over $500 (to repair or replace)
●● unmanned aircraft (UA)
Answer: An aircraft operated without the possibility of direct human
intervention from within or on the aircraft
●● Small Unmanned Aircraft (Small UA)
Answer: A Unmanned Aircraft (UA) weighing less than 55 pounds,
including everything that is onboard or otherwise attached to the aircraft,
and can be flown without the possibility of direct human intervention
from within or on the aircraft
●● Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS)
Answer: A small Unmanned Aircraft (UA) and its associated elements
,●● Who do Part 107 regulations apply to?
Answer: commercial/civil, unmanned aircraft (sUAS) operations
●● How long do you have to notify the FAA of your change of address?
Answer: 30 days
●● remote pilot-in-command (remote PIC)
Answer: -person who holds a current remote pilot certificate with a
small UAS rating and has the final authority and responsibility for the
operation and safety of the small UAS
-assesses operating environment
-inform and educate all participants in the flight
-ensure sUAS is working properly and safely
-has necessary documentation
●● Person Manipulating the Controls
Answer: A person other than the Remote Pilot in Command (PIC) who is
controlling the flight of an Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS)
under the supervision of the remote PIC
●● How can someone operate the sUAS without a current remote pilot
certificate?
, Answer: -under direct supervision of a remote PIC
-if the remote PIC has the ability to immediately take direct control of
the sUAS (through proximity, safe-mode system, or "buddy box")
●● What are the methods that a remote PIC can take over flight controls
from a person manipulating the controls?
Answer: -physical proximity
-pre-programmed safe-mode system with "home" or "hover" functions
-"buddy box"
●● what is a "buddy box" training system?
Answer: A system with one cord that connects two different control
stations/remote controls/transmitters
-one operated by person manipulating the flight controls
-one operated by remote PIC (who can immediately override other
control station with the flip of the master switch)
●● Visual Observer (VO)
Answer: A person acting as a flightcrew member who helps to see and
avoid other air traffic or objects aloft or on the ground
-positioned in location where they're able to see the sUAS continuously
and sufficiently to maintain visual-line-of-sight
-able to effectively communicate the sUAS position and position of
other aircraft
