Navigation - FAA PPL(A) - Private Pilot Airplane

Question 1

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 2

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

Accepted Answer

The magnetic compass

Answer

The heading indicator

Question 3

How many GPS satellites are required to provide a three-dimensional position?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

5

Answer

6

Question 4

If Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM) capability is lost in-flight,

Accepted Answer

The pilot has no assurance of the accuracy of the GPS position

Answer

GPS position is reliable provided at least 3 GPS satellites are available

Answer

The pilot may still rely on GPS derived altitude for vertical information

Question 5

If you are on a cross-country flight, to keep from losing your course you should:

Accepted Answer

Refer to selected ground features and checkpoints

Answer

Fly your planned heading

Answer

File a flight plan with ATC

Question 6

An ATC radar facility issues the following advisory to a pilot during a local flight: ''TRAFFIC 2 O'CLOCK, 5 MILES, NORTHBOUND...'' Where should the pilot look for this traffic?

Accepted Answer

Between directly ahead and 90° to the right

Answer

Between directly behind and 90° to the right

Answer

Between directly ahead and 90° to the left

Question 7

When squawking the VFR code (1200) on your transponder, what is the minimum mode the transponder must be in?

Accepted Answer

Mode A

Answer

Mode F

Answer

Mode C

Question 8

At the beginning of a turn from a northerly heading:

Accepted Answer

The compass will show a turn in the opposite direction

Answer

The compass will show the correct heading

Answer

The compass will lead the turn

Question 9

The angular difference between true north and magnetic north is

Accepted Answer

magnetic variation

Answer

compass acceleration error

Answer

magnetic deviation

Question 10

(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

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