Discovering Aviation - Chapter 1

With respect to the certification of airmen, which are categories of aircraft?

• Gyroplane, helicopter, airship, free balloon.

• Airplane, rotorcraft, glider, lighter-than-air.

• Single-engine land and sea, multi-engine land and sea.

With respect to the certification of airmen, which are classes of aircraft?

• A – Airplane, rotorcraft, glider, lighter-than-air.

• B – Single-engine land and sea, multi-engine land and sea.

• C – Lighter-than-air, airship, hot air balloon, gas balloon.

With respect to the certification of aircraft, which is a category of aircraft?

• Normal, utility, acrobatic.

• Airplane, rotorcraft, glider.

• Landplane, seaplane.

For private pilot operations, a second-class medical certificate issued to a 42-year-old pilot on July 15, 2018, will expire at midnight on:

• July 31, 2019

• July 15, 2020

• July 31, 2020

For private pilot operations, a first-class medical certificate issued to a 23-year-old pilot on October 21, this year, will expire at midnight on:

• A – October 31, next year.

• B – October 21, two years later.

• C – October 31, five years later.

A third-class medical certificate was issued to a 19-year-old pilot on August 10, this year. To exercise the privileges of a private pilot certificate, the medical certificate will expire at midnight on:

• August 10, two years later.

• August 31, two years later.

• August 31, five years later.

If recency of experience requirements for night flight are not met and official sunset is 1830, the latest time passengers may be carried is:

• A - 1829

• B - 1859

• C - 1929

To act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers, a pilot must have made three takeoffs and three landings within the preceding 90 days in an aircraft of the same:

• make and model

• category and class, but not type

• category, class, and type, if a type rating is required

Each private pilot is required to have:

• an annual flight review.

• a biennial flight review.

• a semiannual flight review.

In regard to privileges and limitations, a private pilot may:

• not be paid in any manner for the operating expenses of a flight.

• not pay less than the pro rata share of the operating expenses of a flight with passengers, provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees.

• act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying a passenger for compensation if the flight is in connection with a business or employment.