Night Operations - FAA PPL(A) - Private Pilot Airplane

Question 1

When making a night approach to land, you should use:

Accepted Answer

The same approach as during daytime

Answer

A higher airspeed

Answer

A steeper descent angle

Question 2

During a night flight, you observe a steady red light and a flashing red light ahead and at the same altitude. What is the general direction of movement of the other aircraft?

Accepted Answer

The other aircraft is crossing to the left

Answer

The other aircraft is approaching head-on

Answer

The other aircraft is crossing to the right

Question 3

What is the specific fuel requirement for flight under VFR at night in an airplane?

Accepted Answer

Enough to fly to the first point of intended landing and to fly after that for 45 minutes at normal cruising speed

Answer

Enough to fly to the first point of intended landing and to fly after that for 30 minutes at normal cruising speed

Answer

Enough to complete the flight at normal cruising speed with adverse wind conditions

Question 4

The most effective method of scanning for other aircraft for collision avoidance during nighttime hours is to use

Accepted Answer

peripheral vision by scanning small sectors and utilizing off-center viewing

Answer

regularly spaced concentration on the 3-, 9-, and 12-o'clock positions

Answer

a series of short, regularly spaced eye movements to search each 30-degree sector

Question 5

Position (navigation) lights on an aircraft are:

Accepted Answer

Red for the left wingtip, green for the right wingtip, and white for the tail

Answer

White for the left wingtip, green for the right wingtip, and red for the tail

Answer

Green for the left wingtip, red for the right wingtip, and white for the tail

Question 6

What aircraft lights are you required to use when flying at night as a private pilot?

Accepted Answer

Position lights and anti-collision lights

Answer

Landing lights and anti-collision lights

Answer

Position lights and landing lights

Question 7

You must turn on your anti-collision lights:

Accepted Answer

Day and night, except when the pilot-in-command determines that they constitute a hazard to safety

Answer

At night or in inclement weather

Answer

At night when the visibility is less than three miles and flying in Class B airspace

Question 8

During operations outside controlled airspace at altitudes of more than 1,200 feet AGL, but less than 10,000 feet MSL, the minimum flight visibility for VFR flight at night is

Accepted Answer

3 miles

Answer

5 miles

Answer

1 mile

Question 9

The definition of nighttime is

Accepted Answer

the time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight

Answer

1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise

Answer

sunset to sunrise

Question 10

During a night flight, you observe a steady white light and a flashing red light ahead and at the same altitude. What is the general direction of movement of the other aircraft?

Accepted Answer

The other aircraft is flying away from you

Answer

The other aircraft is crossing to the right

Answer

The other aircraft is crossing to the left

Exam questions Night Operations - FAA PPL(A) - Private Pilot Airplane

FAA PPL(A) - Private Pilot Airplane: Night Operations 10 Questions no time limit

Exam questions Night Operations - FAA PPL(A) - Private Pilot Airplane

FAA PPL(A) - Private Pilot Airplane: Night Operations 10 Questions no time limit

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