CFI exam with Questions and Correct Answers
What is the DECIDE? - ✔✔*D*etect a change needing attention
*E*stimate the need to counter or react to the change
*C*hoose the most desirable outcome for the flight
*I*dentify actions to successfully control the change
*D*o something to adapt to the change
*E*valuate the effect of the action countering the change
What is the definition of the term "learning theory"? - ✔✔the body of principles that
explains how people acquire skills, knowledge, and attitudes.
What are the 3 types of stressors that can affect pilot performance? - ✔✔*Physical
stress*: conditions associated with the environment
*Physiological stress*: physical conditions
*Psychological stress*: social or emotional factors
What are the 8 common defense mechanisms? - ✔✔*Repression*: replaces
uncomfortable thoughts into inaccessible areas of the unconscious mind
*Denial*: a refusal to accept external reality because it is too threatening
*Compensation*: attempt to disguise the presence of a weak or undesirable quality by
emphasizing a more positive one.
*Projection*: blame or attribute motives, desires, and characteristics to others
*Rationalization*: justifying actions that otherwise would be unacceptable
*Reaction formation*: raking a belief opposite to the true belief because it causes
anxiety
,*Fantasy*: a student engages in day dreaming about how things should be rather than
doing anything about how things are.
*Displacement*: an unconscious shift of emotion from the original object to a more
acceptable one (less threat)
Define "single-pilot resource management" - ✔✔The art and science of managing all
the resources available to a single pilot to ensure the successful outcome of the flight.
What is the definition of anxiety and why is ti of concern to an instructor? -
✔✔Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, often about something that
is going to happen.
Can affect actions and the ability to learn from perceptions.
What is the purpose of using distractions during flight training?
How to incorporate? - ✔✔To determine that the student possesses the skill required
to cope with distractions while maintaining the degree of aircraft control required for
safe fight.
Ask tasks, drop pencil, etc.
What is the "sterile cockpit rule"? - ✔✔14 CFR 121.542
Requires flight crew-members to refrain from nonessential activities during critical
phases of flight up to 10,000' except cruise flight.
Explain the "positive exchange of flight controls" concept as it relates to flight training. -
✔✔*3 Step process*
, How can instructors improve upon their effectiveness and qualifications as teachers? -
✔✔1. Continuing education
2. Sources of material
What are normal and abnormal reactions to stress? - ✔✔*Normal*: responds rapidly
and exactly within limits of their experience and training; sensitive to surroundings
*Abnormal*: absent or at least inadequate; random or illogical or may be more than is
called for by the situation.
What is a learning plateau?
How can an instructor help a student who has reached a learning plateau? - ✔✔-A
learning phenomenon where progress appears to cease or slows down for a significant
period of time before once again increasing.
-Moving to different place in the curriculum and giving the current task a break, or by
better explaining the lesson.
Describe the "lecture" method of teaching. - ✔✔Delivered by an instructor to a group
of students with the use of instructional aids and training devices.
Teaching, illustrated talk, briefing, and formal lecture.
What is meant by the term "e-learning"? - ✔✔Any type of education delivered
through the use of an electronic component.
Learner-centered, easily updated, accessible anytime/anywhere, and cost competitive.
Explain the "demonstration performance" method of teaching. - ✔✔Based on the
principle that people learn by doing.
Instructor attempts.
What is the DECIDE? - ✔✔*D*etect a change needing attention
*E*stimate the need to counter or react to the change
*C*hoose the most desirable outcome for the flight
*I*dentify actions to successfully control the change
*D*o something to adapt to the change
*E*valuate the effect of the action countering the change
What is the definition of the term "learning theory"? - ✔✔the body of principles that
explains how people acquire skills, knowledge, and attitudes.
What are the 3 types of stressors that can affect pilot performance? - ✔✔*Physical
stress*: conditions associated with the environment
*Physiological stress*: physical conditions
*Psychological stress*: social or emotional factors
What are the 8 common defense mechanisms? - ✔✔*Repression*: replaces
uncomfortable thoughts into inaccessible areas of the unconscious mind
*Denial*: a refusal to accept external reality because it is too threatening
*Compensation*: attempt to disguise the presence of a weak or undesirable quality by
emphasizing a more positive one.
*Projection*: blame or attribute motives, desires, and characteristics to others
*Rationalization*: justifying actions that otherwise would be unacceptable
*Reaction formation*: raking a belief opposite to the true belief because it causes
anxiety
,*Fantasy*: a student engages in day dreaming about how things should be rather than
doing anything about how things are.
*Displacement*: an unconscious shift of emotion from the original object to a more
acceptable one (less threat)
Define "single-pilot resource management" - ✔✔The art and science of managing all
the resources available to a single pilot to ensure the successful outcome of the flight.
What is the definition of anxiety and why is ti of concern to an instructor? -
✔✔Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, often about something that
is going to happen.
Can affect actions and the ability to learn from perceptions.
What is the purpose of using distractions during flight training?
How to incorporate? - ✔✔To determine that the student possesses the skill required
to cope with distractions while maintaining the degree of aircraft control required for
safe fight.
Ask tasks, drop pencil, etc.
What is the "sterile cockpit rule"? - ✔✔14 CFR 121.542
Requires flight crew-members to refrain from nonessential activities during critical
phases of flight up to 10,000' except cruise flight.
Explain the "positive exchange of flight controls" concept as it relates to flight training. -
✔✔*3 Step process*
, How can instructors improve upon their effectiveness and qualifications as teachers? -
✔✔1. Continuing education
2. Sources of material
What are normal and abnormal reactions to stress? - ✔✔*Normal*: responds rapidly
and exactly within limits of their experience and training; sensitive to surroundings
*Abnormal*: absent or at least inadequate; random or illogical or may be more than is
called for by the situation.
What is a learning plateau?
How can an instructor help a student who has reached a learning plateau? - ✔✔-A
learning phenomenon where progress appears to cease or slows down for a significant
period of time before once again increasing.
-Moving to different place in the curriculum and giving the current task a break, or by
better explaining the lesson.
Describe the "lecture" method of teaching. - ✔✔Delivered by an instructor to a group
of students with the use of instructional aids and training devices.
Teaching, illustrated talk, briefing, and formal lecture.
What is meant by the term "e-learning"? - ✔✔Any type of education delivered
through the use of an electronic component.
Learner-centered, easily updated, accessible anytime/anywhere, and cost competitive.
Explain the "demonstration performance" method of teaching. - ✔✔Based on the
principle that people learn by doing.
Instructor attempts.
