CFI Checkride Exam Questions And Answers (Verified And Updated)

CFI Checkride Exam Questions And Answers (Verified And Updated) What are we legally obligated to carry for safety? - answer1) ELT 2) Flotation Gear/Flare (if operated for-hire beyond power-off gliding distance) 3) Seatbelts What do we have onboard? - answerFire Extinguisher (inspected monthly) Survival Kit (water bottle, clif bars, tent, etc) What should we carry onboard for safety? - answerFood/water Proper clothing Flashlight Multi-tool (Gerber or Swiss Army Knife) Human Behavior - answer1) The product of innate human nature, individual experience and environment 2) Result of attempts to satisfy certain needs Mazlow's Hierarchy of Needs - answer1) Physiological 2) Security 3) Belonging 4) Self- Esteem 5) Cognitive/Aesthetic 6) Self-Actualization Name defense mechanisms - answerdenial, reaction formation, projection, repression, rationalization, displacement, compensation, fantasy Denial - answerrefusing to believe or even perceive painful realities Repression - answerkeeping distressing thoughts and feelings buried in the unconscious compensation - answeremphasizing personal strengths in one area to shift focus from failure in another area projection - answerplacement of blame upon someone else Rationalization - answerdefense mechanism that offers self-justifying explanations in place of the real, more threatening, unconscious reasons for one's actions reaction formation - answerDefense mechanism by which people behave in a way opposite to what their true but anxiety-provoking feelings would dictate. Fantasy - answerdaydream to escape from reality Displacement - answerUnconscious transfer of unacceptable emotions, thought or feelings from someone to a more acceptable external source Dealing with Student Anxiety - answer1) Acknowledge it 2) Introduce maneuvers with care 3) Emphasize pleasurable aspects of flying 4) Introduce safety practices as ways of maintaining efficiency Teaching Older Students - answer1) Be more efficient 2) Give more at home responsibilities 3) Give more control over own training Basic Elements of Communication - answerSource, Symbol, Receiver Barriers to effective communication - answerLack of common experience, Confusion between symbol and symbolized object, Overuse of abstractions, Interference Developing Communication Skills - answerRole playing Instructional communication Listening Questioning Instructional enhancement What is learning? - answera relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience Behaviorism - answerBehavior can be predicted based on previous rewards and punishments (reinforcements) Cognitive Theory - answerFocuses on the process of thinking and learning. Learning is seen as a change in behavior, thinking understanding, and feeling Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) - answerBeing able to think & process info beyond basic concept memory & recall as well as evaluate and utilize info learned. Perceptions - answerCome from the five senses, the basis for learning Learning occurs more rapidly when information is received through more than one sense Insight - answerGrouping of perceptions into a meaningful whole Factors affecting Perceptions/Insights - answer1) Physical 2) Goals and Values 3) Self-Concept 4) Time and Opportunity 5) Element of Threat Phases of Knowledge Aquirement - answer1) Memorization 2) Understanding 3) Concept Learning Thorndike's Laws of Learning - answerReadiness Effect Exercise Primacy Intensity Recency Domains of Learning - answercognitive, affective, psychomotor Characteristics of learning - answerPurposeful Result of Experience Multifaceted