CPL Practice Questions
In order to act as pilot-in-command of a two-crew aircraft the pilot must have
Select one:
A. A CPL with a checkout for the aircraft.
B. An ATPL with a type rating for the aircraft.
C. 50 hours on type.
D. The IATRA written with 750 hours and a type rating. - correct answers B. An ATPL with a type rating
for the aircraft.
In order to act as pilot-in-command of a single-engine aircraft for an air taxi service under night VFR
without passengers a commercial pilot must have
Select one:
A. Competency check.
B. A valid instrument rating and PPC.
C. A valid night rating and competency check.
D. None of the above. - correct answers A. Competency check.
The maximum flight duty period of a pilot with a commercial operator depends on
Select one:
A. The reporting time and the number of flights scheduled during the flight duty period.
B. The reporting time only.
C. Rest period the pilot got in the previous day.
D. The number of sectors only. - correct answers A. The reporting time and the number of flights
scheduled during the flight duty period.
What affect can a few millimeters of ice or frost have on an aerofoil?
Select one:
A. Nothing substantial.
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B. Wing stall speed could be increased as much as 10 to 30% but the ice or frost does not need to be
removed until the stall speed is increased by 50%.
C. Increase in the speed and takeoff distance and the ice or frost must be removed before flight.
D. Lift decreases by 40% will drag is increased by 30%. - correct answers C. Increase in the speed and
takeoff distance and the ice or frost must be removed before flight.
The minimum lighting required for an aerodrome's movement area at night, is a parallel row of white
runway lights visible in flight at a distance of not less than
Select one:
A. Two nautical miles in all directions.
B. Two nautical miles in all directions with blue taxiway lights.
C. Two nautical miles in all directions, with blue taxiway and parking area lights, and a lighted windsock.
D. Two nautical miles in all directions with green threshold and red runway end lights, blue taxiway and
parking area lights, and a lighted windsock. - correct answers C. Two nautical miles in all directions, with
blue taxiway and parking area lights, and a lighted windsock.
Average cabin pressure altitude is 11 000 feet ASL and the aircraft type certificate allows for flight above
FL250.
What is the oxygen requirements for an emergency descent from 20 000 feet ASL for 45 minutes
following a depressurization of a pressurized aircraft operated in an air transport service with 20
passengers?
Select one:
A. 45 minutes for all passengers and all crew members.
B. 45 minutes for 2 passengers and 2 hours for all crew members.
C. 30 minutes for 2 passengers and all crew members.
D. 2 hours for 2 passengers and all crew members. - correct answers B. 45 minutes for 2 passengers and
2 hours for all crew members.
In a normally aspirated engine as density altitude increases the power output
Select one:
A. Increases.
B. Decreases.
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C. Decreases with a decrease in temperature and humidity.
D. Increases with an increase in temperature and humidity. - correct answers B. Decreases.
What will happen to propeller pitch if oil pressure is lost in a constant-speed system that uses
counterweights?
Select one:
A. Full coarse pitch.
B. Full fine pitch.
C. Blade pitch will remain the same, act like a fixed-pitch system.
D. Automatically maintain the proper blade pitch required to maintain a constant RPM. - correct
answers A. Full coarse pitch.
An aircraft on a slightly low approach will be indicated on the PAPI lights, from left to right, by
Select one:
A. white, red, red, red.
B. red, red, red, white.
C. red, white, white, white.
D. white, white, white, red. - correct answers A. white, red, red, red.
It is true that
Select one:
A. Wind is caused by vertical pressure differences.
B. Isobars that are close together on a map indicate weaker winds.
C. Isobars are lines on a map joining places of equal temperature.
D. None of the above are correct. - correct answers D. None of the above are correct.
1. Convection2. Advection3. Mechanical turbulence4. Convergence5. Divergence6. Subsidence
Which are a lifting agents?
Select one:
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A. 1, 4, and 5
B. 1, 3, and 4
C. 1, 2, 5, and 6
D. 2, 3, 5, and 6 - correct answers B. 1, 3, and 4
If cold arctic air moves quite far south over the warm temperate oceans the air mass formed would be
Select one:
A. Continental Polar.
B. Maritime Arctic.
C. Maritime Tropical.
D. Maritime Polar. - correct answers D. Maritime Polar.
A commercial pilot flying a single-engine aircraft VFR in an air taxi operation while carrying passengers at
night must have
Select one:
A. A competency check.
B. Additional instrument training.
C. A pilot proficiency check.
D. A co-pilot or an auto-pilot. - correct answers C. A pilot proficiency check.
A Pilot Proficiency Check (PPC) is required when
Select one:
A. Conducting flight training.
B. Operating any multi-engine aircraft during commercial operations.
C. Operating a float plane flying VFR.
D. All of the above. - correct answers B. Operating any multi-engine aircraft during commercial
operations.
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In order to act as pilot-in-command of a two-crew aircraft the pilot must have
Select one:
A. A CPL with a checkout for the aircraft.
B. An ATPL with a type rating for the aircraft.
C. 50 hours on type.
D. The IATRA written with 750 hours and a type rating. - correct answers B. An ATPL with a type rating
for the aircraft.
In order to act as pilot-in-command of a single-engine aircraft for an air taxi service under night VFR
without passengers a commercial pilot must have
Select one:
A. Competency check.
B. A valid instrument rating and PPC.
C. A valid night rating and competency check.
D. None of the above. - correct answers A. Competency check.
The maximum flight duty period of a pilot with a commercial operator depends on
Select one:
A. The reporting time and the number of flights scheduled during the flight duty period.
B. The reporting time only.
C. Rest period the pilot got in the previous day.
D. The number of sectors only. - correct answers A. The reporting time and the number of flights
scheduled during the flight duty period.
What affect can a few millimeters of ice or frost have on an aerofoil?
Select one:
A. Nothing substantial.
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B. Wing stall speed could be increased as much as 10 to 30% but the ice or frost does not need to be
removed until the stall speed is increased by 50%.
C. Increase in the speed and takeoff distance and the ice or frost must be removed before flight.
D. Lift decreases by 40% will drag is increased by 30%. - correct answers C. Increase in the speed and
takeoff distance and the ice or frost must be removed before flight.
The minimum lighting required for an aerodrome's movement area at night, is a parallel row of white
runway lights visible in flight at a distance of not less than
Select one:
A. Two nautical miles in all directions.
B. Two nautical miles in all directions with blue taxiway lights.
C. Two nautical miles in all directions, with blue taxiway and parking area lights, and a lighted windsock.
D. Two nautical miles in all directions with green threshold and red runway end lights, blue taxiway and
parking area lights, and a lighted windsock. - correct answers C. Two nautical miles in all directions, with
blue taxiway and parking area lights, and a lighted windsock.
Average cabin pressure altitude is 11 000 feet ASL and the aircraft type certificate allows for flight above
FL250.
What is the oxygen requirements for an emergency descent from 20 000 feet ASL for 45 minutes
following a depressurization of a pressurized aircraft operated in an air transport service with 20
passengers?
Select one:
A. 45 minutes for all passengers and all crew members.
B. 45 minutes for 2 passengers and 2 hours for all crew members.
C. 30 minutes for 2 passengers and all crew members.
D. 2 hours for 2 passengers and all crew members. - correct answers B. 45 minutes for 2 passengers and
2 hours for all crew members.
In a normally aspirated engine as density altitude increases the power output
Select one:
A. Increases.
B. Decreases.
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C. Decreases with a decrease in temperature and humidity.
D. Increases with an increase in temperature and humidity. - correct answers B. Decreases.
What will happen to propeller pitch if oil pressure is lost in a constant-speed system that uses
counterweights?
Select one:
A. Full coarse pitch.
B. Full fine pitch.
C. Blade pitch will remain the same, act like a fixed-pitch system.
D. Automatically maintain the proper blade pitch required to maintain a constant RPM. - correct
answers A. Full coarse pitch.
An aircraft on a slightly low approach will be indicated on the PAPI lights, from left to right, by
Select one:
A. white, red, red, red.
B. red, red, red, white.
C. red, white, white, white.
D. white, white, white, red. - correct answers A. white, red, red, red.
It is true that
Select one:
A. Wind is caused by vertical pressure differences.
B. Isobars that are close together on a map indicate weaker winds.
C. Isobars are lines on a map joining places of equal temperature.
D. None of the above are correct. - correct answers D. None of the above are correct.
1. Convection2. Advection3. Mechanical turbulence4. Convergence5. Divergence6. Subsidence
Which are a lifting agents?
Select one:
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A. 1, 4, and 5
B. 1, 3, and 4
C. 1, 2, 5, and 6
D. 2, 3, 5, and 6 - correct answers B. 1, 3, and 4
If cold arctic air moves quite far south over the warm temperate oceans the air mass formed would be
Select one:
A. Continental Polar.
B. Maritime Arctic.
C. Maritime Tropical.
D. Maritime Polar. - correct answers D. Maritime Polar.
A commercial pilot flying a single-engine aircraft VFR in an air taxi operation while carrying passengers at
night must have
Select one:
A. A competency check.
B. Additional instrument training.
C. A pilot proficiency check.
D. A co-pilot or an auto-pilot. - correct answers C. A pilot proficiency check.
A Pilot Proficiency Check (PPC) is required when
Select one:
A. Conducting flight training.
B. Operating any multi-engine aircraft during commercial operations.
C. Operating a float plane flying VFR.
D. All of the above. - correct answers B. Operating any multi-engine aircraft during commercial
operations.
A commercial pilot may act as second-in-command of an aircraft that requires a minimum flight crew of
two, when flying for compensation or hire if that personPowered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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