AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1. What happens to velcro touch fastener when it is used frequently?
a) It loses tackiness.
b) Its durability increases.
c) Nothing. - ANSa) It loses tackiness.
2. What happens to stiffened tuck flaps that are frequently used?
a) distortion
b) strengthening
c) nothing - ANSa) distortion
3. Who publishes and enforces rules regarding parachute packing
and parachute maintenance?
a) FAA
b) USPA
c) Parachute manufacturers - ANSa) FAA
4. What may result if recovering altitude (floating up) under a freefall
formation?
a) Collision with formation, funnel.
b) Premature AAD fire.
, c) Formation will re-form quicker. - ANSa) Collision with formation,
funnel.
5. What is the primary directional control when moving forward to dock in
freefall?
a) arms
b) legs
c) shoulders - ANSb) legs
6. What is the minimum break-off altitude for freefall in groups of five or
fewer?
a) 1,500 feet above planned deployment altitude
b) 2,000 feet above planned deployment altitude
c) 1,000 feet above planned deployment altitude - ANSa) 1,500 feet
above planned deployment altitude
7. What is the danger of entering a toggle turn too quickly?
a) stall
b) line twist
c) lineover - ANSb) line twist
8. What does a canopy do after completing a maximum input toggle turn?
a) It stalls.
b) It planes out.