IFR Law Sample Paper 1

You intend carrying out an IFR flight by day in a Category A, non-turbine powered aeroplane terminating at Hamilton, for which the aerodrome forecast is vis 5km BKN014. You anticipate a VOR/DME RWY 36R. What are the minimum regulatory fuel requirements for this flight?

• Sufficient fuel to fly to Hamilton and thereafter to a suitable alternate and then fly for 45 minutes at holding speed.

• Sufficient fuel to fly to Hamilton and thereafter for 45 minutes at holding speed

• Sufficient fuel to fly to Hamilton and thereafter for 90 minutes at holding speed

• Sufficient fuel to fly to Hamilton and thereafter for 30 minutes at holding speed

During a flight in the NZ FIR you have had to deviate LEFT off of your track of 330 degrees by 12nm due bad weather. You were cruising at FL230. What level will you fly at whilst off track?

• FL227

• FL225

• FL233

• FL235

What is the minima for nominating Rotorua as an IFR alternate at night for a Cat B aircraft?

• 1200 – 5000

• 800 – 4000.

• 1300 – 7

• 1300 – 8

Under IFR, can you fly through transponder mandatory airspace, CTA/C, without Mode C?

• No

• Yes, by day only in VMC.

• Yes, if the IFR plan is cancelled and the flight continued VFR.

• Yes, subject to ATC approval.

If under radar control, how far from the point of landing can ATC require an aircraft to change speed to facilitate sequencing of traffic on an instrument approach?

• 4nm

• 5nm

• 10nm

• 25nm

On an IFR departure you choose to use a secondary runway which does not have published, specified take-off minima. Can you use this runway, and if so, which minima would you use?

• No

• Yes, using 600 – 1500.

• Yes, using 300 – 1500

• Yes, as long as you remain visual until the lowest DME step is reached.

Can the PIC change from an IFR to a VFR plan in CTA?

• No

• Yes, but he/she is not obliged to comply with ATC instructions.

• Yes, but he/she is still required to comply with ATC instructions

• Yes, but only once he/she has become visual with the aerodrome

Can you make a straight in approach where only circling minima is prescribed?

• No, the aerodrome is unsafe for straight in approaches

• No, the aerodrome has not been surveyed for straight in approaches

• Yes, provided you have the runway in sight in sufficient time to make a normal landing and receives a clearance.

• Yes, provided the minima is at or above straight in landing minima.

Of the following which are the minimum requirements for a safety pilot in VMC by day?

• PPL Only

• PPL, a current instrument rating, and an appropriate aircraft rating

• CPL, and an appropriate aircraft rating.

• Any current pilot licence, and an appropriate aircraft type rating

What is the MFA on the route PMWN6 from Palmerston North VOR to Wellington VOR?

• 8000 ft.

• 9000 ft.

• 4000 ft.

• 7300 ft.