CFI 1 Exam Study Questions and Correct
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What is slipstream (one of 4 left turning tendencies) - ✔✔It happens when your prop
is moving fast and your plane is moving slow. And there's no better example of this than
takeoff.
During takeoff, air accelerated behind the prop (known as the slipstream) follows a
corkscrew pattern. As it wraps itself around the fuselage of your plane, it hits the left
side of your aircraft's tail, creating a yawing motion, and making the aircraft yaw left.
Name all control surfaces and the corresponding axis - ✔✔Horizontal Stabilizer or
stabilator - Lateral axis (controls pitch)
Ailrons - Longitudinal axis (controls roll)
Rudder - Vertical axis (controls yaw)
4 fundamentals of flight - ✔✔Straight and Level
Straight and Level turns
Straight and Level transition to a Climb
Straight and level transition to a Descent
Class A Airspace - ✔✔Typically 18000 to FL60
IFR only (must be current/equipped)
>24000 ft MSL, DME required
Includes airspace overlying the waters within 12 NM of the coast of the 48 contiguous
states and Alaska
Class B Airspace - ✔✔Surface to 10000 MSL
,30 Nautical Miles
Controlled
Mode C veil
ATC Permission to enter
Equipment: Altimeter with Mode C, two-way radio
3 and COC
Class C Airspace - ✔✔Surface to 4000 AGL (5NM)
Outer ring 1200 to 4000 (5NM)
Controlled
know weather (e.g. ATIS phonetic - information Alpha)
Establish two-way communication
Equipment: Altimeter with Mode C, two-way radio
3 152
Class D Airspace - ✔✔Surface to typically 2500 AGL (4NM)
Controlled
Know weather (e.g. ATIS - phonetic information Alpha)
Establish communication
No Mode C required
3 152
Class E Airspace - ✔✔700 AGL, 1200 AGL to 17,999 MSL
,Within 12 NM off the coast of the 48 contiguous states
Controlled (flight following/traffic advisories, if able)
Equipment: Mode C Transponder when flying at or above 10,000 feet MSL, over the 48
contiguous states or the District of Columbia, excluding that airspace below 2,500 feet
AGL.
Above 10,000 AGL: 5111
Otherwise: 3152
Class G Airspace - ✔✔No dimensions - All uncontrolled airspace
Equipment: None
Weather
At or Below 1,200 AGL Day: 1 COC
At or Below 1,200 AGL Night: 3 152
Above 1,200 Day: 1 152
Above 1,200 Night: 3 152
Above 10,000 AGL: 5 111
VFR Triangle - ✔✔
Special Use Airspace - ✔✔◾MOA
◾MTR
◾Controlled Firing Area: Areas where activities which may be hazardous to
nonparticipating aircraft
, ◾May be spotters on the ground and air which will suspend activity if nonparticipating
aircraft are spotted.
◾Prohibited Area:: forbidden to all aircraft
usually for reasons of national security
◾Restricted Area: Weapons testing or firing range
◾May be flown through at listed times and listed altitudes or with prior permission
from the controlling agency
◾Alert Area: Usually has extensive pilot-training activities or unusual aerial operations
◾Warning Area: areas are over international or domestic territories.
◾Pretty much restricted areas but FAA does not have international jurisdiction
◾National Security:
◾(DDIZ)
◾Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)
◾Any aircraft approaching domestic US airspace must be properly identified prior to
entry
◾12 NM off the coast
◾IFR or DVFR flight plan required
◾Other
◾National Wildlife refuge
Answers| Latest Update
What is slipstream (one of 4 left turning tendencies) - ✔✔It happens when your prop
is moving fast and your plane is moving slow. And there's no better example of this than
takeoff.
During takeoff, air accelerated behind the prop (known as the slipstream) follows a
corkscrew pattern. As it wraps itself around the fuselage of your plane, it hits the left
side of your aircraft's tail, creating a yawing motion, and making the aircraft yaw left.
Name all control surfaces and the corresponding axis - ✔✔Horizontal Stabilizer or
stabilator - Lateral axis (controls pitch)
Ailrons - Longitudinal axis (controls roll)
Rudder - Vertical axis (controls yaw)
4 fundamentals of flight - ✔✔Straight and Level
Straight and Level turns
Straight and Level transition to a Climb
Straight and level transition to a Descent
Class A Airspace - ✔✔Typically 18000 to FL60
IFR only (must be current/equipped)
>24000 ft MSL, DME required
Includes airspace overlying the waters within 12 NM of the coast of the 48 contiguous
states and Alaska
Class B Airspace - ✔✔Surface to 10000 MSL
,30 Nautical Miles
Controlled
Mode C veil
ATC Permission to enter
Equipment: Altimeter with Mode C, two-way radio
3 and COC
Class C Airspace - ✔✔Surface to 4000 AGL (5NM)
Outer ring 1200 to 4000 (5NM)
Controlled
know weather (e.g. ATIS phonetic - information Alpha)
Establish two-way communication
Equipment: Altimeter with Mode C, two-way radio
3 152
Class D Airspace - ✔✔Surface to typically 2500 AGL (4NM)
Controlled
Know weather (e.g. ATIS - phonetic information Alpha)
Establish communication
No Mode C required
3 152
Class E Airspace - ✔✔700 AGL, 1200 AGL to 17,999 MSL
,Within 12 NM off the coast of the 48 contiguous states
Controlled (flight following/traffic advisories, if able)
Equipment: Mode C Transponder when flying at or above 10,000 feet MSL, over the 48
contiguous states or the District of Columbia, excluding that airspace below 2,500 feet
AGL.
Above 10,000 AGL: 5111
Otherwise: 3152
Class G Airspace - ✔✔No dimensions - All uncontrolled airspace
Equipment: None
Weather
At or Below 1,200 AGL Day: 1 COC
At or Below 1,200 AGL Night: 3 152
Above 1,200 Day: 1 152
Above 1,200 Night: 3 152
Above 10,000 AGL: 5 111
VFR Triangle - ✔✔
Special Use Airspace - ✔✔◾MOA
◾MTR
◾Controlled Firing Area: Areas where activities which may be hazardous to
nonparticipating aircraft
, ◾May be spotters on the ground and air which will suspend activity if nonparticipating
aircraft are spotted.
◾Prohibited Area:: forbidden to all aircraft
usually for reasons of national security
◾Restricted Area: Weapons testing or firing range
◾May be flown through at listed times and listed altitudes or with prior permission
from the controlling agency
◾Alert Area: Usually has extensive pilot-training activities or unusual aerial operations
◾Warning Area: areas are over international or domestic territories.
◾Pretty much restricted areas but FAA does not have international jurisdiction
◾National Security:
◾(DDIZ)
◾Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)
◾Any aircraft approaching domestic US airspace must be properly identified prior to
entry
◾12 NM off the coast
◾IFR or DVFR flight plan required
◾Other
◾National Wildlife refuge
