1. Ground School Chapter 1 Discovering Aviation Quiz
Prepared By
CDT Regina Parker

2. Pre-Takeoff briefing of passengers for a flight is the responsibility of
All passengers
The pilot
A crewmember B

3. Pre-Takeoff briefing of passengers for a flight is the responsibility of
All passengers
The pilot
A crewmember B

4. What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as “impulsivity?”
Do it quickly and get it over with
It could happen to me
Not so fast, think first C

5. What is the antidote when a pilot has a hazardous attitude, such as “impulsivity?”
Do it quickly and get it over with
It could happen to me
Not so fast, think first C

6. A lack of orientation with regard to position, attitude, or movement of the aircraft in space is defined as
Spatial disorientation
Hyperventilation
Hypoxia A

7. A lack of orientation with regard to position, attitude, or movement of the aircraft in space is defined as
Spatial disorientation
Hyperventilation
Hypoxia A

8. With respect to the certification of airmen, which is a category of aircraft?
Gyroplane, helicopter, airship, free balloon
Airplane, rotorcraft, glider, lighter-than-air
Single-engine land and sea, multiengine land and sea B
A and C are classes

9. With respect to the certification of airmen, which is a category of aircraft?
Gyroplane, helicopter, airship, free balloon
Airplane, rotorcraft, glider, lighter-than-air
Single-engine land and sea, multiengine land and sea B

10. With respect to the certification of airmen, which is a class of aircraft?
Single-engine land and sea, multi-engine land and sea
Lighter-than-air, airship, hot air balloon, gas balloon
Airplane, rotorcraft, glider, lighter-than-air A
B is mixed. Lighter-than-air is a category w/ respect to certification of airmen, but airship and balloons are classes
C is category with respect to certification of airmen

11. With respect to the certification of airmen, which is a class of aircraft?
Single-engine land and sea, multi-engine land and sea
Lighter-than-air, airship, hot air balloon, gas balloon
Airplane, rotorcraft, glider, lighter-than-air A

12. With respect to the certification of aircraft, which is a category of aircraft?
Airplane, rotorcraft, glider
Landplane, seaplane
Normal, utility, acrobatic C

13. With respect to the certification of aircraft, which is a category of aircraft?
Airplane, rotorcraft, glider
Landplane, seaplane
Normal, utility, acrobatic C

14. What is the definition of a high-performance airplane?
An airplane with a normal cruise speed in excess of 200 knots
An airplane with 180 horsepower, or retractable landing gear, flaps, and a fixed-pitch propeller
An airplane with an engine of more than 200 horsepower C

15. What is the definition of a high-performance airplane?
An airplane with a normal cruise speed in excess of 200 knots
An airplane with 180 horsepower, or retractable landing gear, flaps, and a fixed-pitch propeller
An airplane with an engine of more than 200 horsepower C

16. Before a person holding a private pilot certificate may act as pilot in command of a high-performance airplane, that person must have
An endorsement in that person’s logbook that he or she is competent to act as pilot in command
Received ground and flight instruction from an authorized flight instructor who then endorses that person’s logbook
Passed a flight test in that airplane from an FAA inspector B

17. Before a person holding a private pilot certificate may act as pilot in command of a high-performance airplane, that person must have
An endorsement in that person’s logbook that he or she is competent to act as pilot in command
Received ground and flight instruction from an authorized flight instructor who then endorses that person’s logbook
Passed a flight test in that airplane from an FAA inspector B

18. To act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers, a pilot must show by logbook endorsement the satisfactory completion of a flight review or completion of a pilot proficiency check within the preceding
24 calendar months
6 calendar months
12 calendar months
A BFR

19. To act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers, a pilot must show by logbook endorsement the satisfactory completion of a flight review or completion of a pilot proficiency check within the preceding
24 calendar months
6 calendar months
12 calendar months A

20. To act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers, the pilot must have made at least three takeoffs and three landings in an aircraft of the same category, class, and if a type rating is required, of the same type, within the preceding B
24 calendar months
90 days
12 calendar months

21. To act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers, the pilot must have made at least three takeoffs and three landings in an aircraft of the same category, class, and if a type rating is required, of the same type, within the preceding B
24 calendar months
90 days
12 calendar months

22. The takeoffs and landings required to meet the recency of experience requirements for carrying passengers in a tailwheel airplane
May be touch and go or full stop
Must be to a full stop
Must be touch and go B

23. The takeoffs and landings required to meet the recency of experience requirements for carrying passengers in a tailwheel airplane
May be touch and go or full stop
Must be to a full stop
Must be touch and go B

24. Each recreational or private pilot is required to have
A biennial flight review
An annual flight review
A semiannual flight review A

25. Each recreational or private pilot is required to have
A biennial flight review
An annual flight review
A semiannual flight review A

26. According to regulations pertaining to privileges and limitations, a private pilot may
Be paid for the operating expenses of a flight if at least three takeoffs and three landings were made by the pilot within the preceding 90 days
Not be paid in any manner for the operating expenses of a flight
Not pay less than the pro rata share of operating expenses of a flight with passengers provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees C

27. According to regulations pertaining to privileges and limitations, a private pilot may
Be paid for the operating expenses of a flight if at least three takeoffs and three landings were made by the pilot within the preceding 90 days
Not be paid in any manner for the operating expenses of a flight
Not pay less than the pro rata share of operating expenses of a flight with passengers provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees C

28. What exception, if any, permits a private pilot to act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers who pay for the flight?
There is no exception
If a donation is made to a charitable organization for the flight
If the passengers pay all the operating expenses B

29. What exception, if any, permits a private pilot to act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers who pay for the flight?
There is no exception
If a donation is made to a charitable organization for the flight
If the passengers pay all the operating expenses B