Navigation - FAA PPL(A) - Private Pilot Airplane

Question 1

(Refer to Figure 59) You depart from Wood Co. airport (1G0 - area 5) and head northbound. You level off at 1,600' MSL under the Toledo Class C airspace to circle your house. The ADS-B system on your airplane was marked inoperative in the maintenance log. Is this flight legal?

Accepted Answer

Yes - ADS-B Out is not required for this operation.

Answer

No - ADS-B Out equipment is required for flights under Class C airspace.

Answer

No - ADS-B Out equipment must be operational for all flights in the U.S.

Question 2

On a turn from south:

Accepted Answer

The compass exaggerates the rate of turn

Answer

The compass will lag behind the airplane.

Answer

The compass will match the exact heading

Question 3

How can you get in-flight weather updates for your destination airport while still 150 - 200 miles away?

Accepted Answer

Retrieve the latest METAR and TAF using FIS-B.

Answer

Contact Flight Watch for an update

Answer

Tune in the ATIS for the destination airport.

Question 4

The only north seeking instrument in a typical training airplane is:

Accepted Answer

The magnetic compass

Answer

The heading indicator.

Question 5

(Refer to Figure 71.) Your planned flight overflies the Class C Sacramento International airport (SMF) from west to east at a cruising altitude of 9,500' MSL. Does the flight require ADS-B out equipment?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the flight requires ADS-B out equipment.

Answer

Yes, the flight requires ADS-B in equipment

Answer

No additional equipment is required

Question 6

On a turn from a northerly heading the compass will:

Accepted Answer

Lag behind the airplane.

Answer

Be equal to the airplane’s heading

Answer

Will lead the airplane

Question 7

What is a limitation of using a GPS without RAIM capability?

Accepted Answer

The pilot would not be alerted that the navigation solution had deteriorated and an undetected navigation error could occur

Answer

Navigation accuracy would be continuously degraded.

Answer

The GPS should not be used for long-distance navigation.

Question 8

There is no acceleration/deceleration error on a heading of

Accepted Answer

North or south.

Answer

East or west.

Answer

240 degrees or 60 degrees

Question 9

What code should a pilot set their transponder to when flying VFR?

Accepted Answer

3/A Code 1200

Answer

3/A Code 2400

Answer

3/A Code 1400

Question 10

In order to check your progress when using dead reckoning with no radio instrumentation, make corrections by:

Accepted Answer

Using pilotage and keep track of your checkpoints.

Answer

Determining position using the wind triangle

Answer

Using the magnetic compass and the airspeed indicator

Quiz Navigation - FAA PPL(A) - Private Pilot Airplane

Test 10 Questions FAA PPL(A) - Private Pilot Airplane - Navigation, no time limit