FAA Oral Exam Practice Questions with
answers
What are the eligibility requirements for a private pilot certificate? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊
✔✔a. Be at least 17 years of age.
b. Be able to read, speak, write, and understand the English language.
c. Hold at least a current Third Class medical certificate
d. Received the required ground and flight training endorsements.
e. Meet the applicable aeronautical experience requirements.
f. Passed the required knowledge and practical tests.
What does the CFR Part 1 cover? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔Definitions and Abbreviations
What does the CFR Part 43 cover? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔Maintenance, Preventive
Maintenance, Rebuilding, and Alteration
What does the CFR Part 61 cover? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔Certification: Pilots, Flight
Instructors, and Ground Instructors
What does the CFR Part 91 cover? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔General Operating and Flight
Rules
What is the definition of a complex airplane, and what must you do to act as pilot-
in-command of such an airplane? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔An airplane that has a
retractable landing gear, flaps, and a controllable pitch propeller; a. received and
logged ground and flight training from an authorized flight instructor in a complex
airplane, or in a flight simulator and have been found proficient in the operation and
systems of that airplane. b. received a one-time endorsement in your logbook from
an authorized instructor who certifies you are proficient to operate a complex
airplane.
,Define: Category - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔a broad classification of aircraft; i.e., airplane,
rotorcraft, glider, etc.
Define: Class - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔a classification of aircraft with in a category
having similar operating characteristics; i.e., single-engine land, multi-engine land,
etc.
Define: Type - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔a specific make and basic model of aircraft
including modifications that do not change its handling or flight characteristics; i.e.,
DC-9, B-737, C-130, etc.
What are the requirements to remain current as a private pilot? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊
✔✔a. Within the preceding 24 months, accomplished a flight review given in an
aircraft for which that pilot is rated by an authorized instructor and received a
logbook endorsement certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed the
review.
b. To carry passengers, a pilot must have made, within the preceding 90 days have
had 3 takeoffs and landings as the sole manipulator of flight controls of an aircraft of
the same category and class (if tailwheel, landings must be to a full stop), and if
operations are to be conducted during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and
ending 1 hour before sunrise, 3 takeoffs and 3 landings to a full stop during that
period in an aircraft of the same category and class
To exercise the privileges of a private pilot certificate, what medical certificate is
required, and how long is it valid? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔Third-class medical
certificate; Before 40th birthday: 36th month after the date of the examination,
After 40th birthday: the 24th month after the date of the examination
What documents are required on board an aircraft prior to flight? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊
✔✔Airworthiness Certificate, Registration Certificate, Owner's manual or operating
limitations, and Weight and balance data
Who is responsible for ensuring that an aircraft is maintained in an airworthy
condition? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔The owner or operator of the aircraft
After aircraft inspections have been made and defects have been repaired, who is
responsible for determining that the aircraft is in an airworthy condition? -
🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔The pilot-in-command
, What records or documents should be checked to determine that the owner or
operator of an aircraft has complied with all required inspections and airworthiness
directives? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔The maintenance records (aircraft and engine
logbooks)
Can a pilot conduct flight operations in an aircraft with known inoperative
equipment? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔Yes, under specific conditions. CFR Part 91
describes acceptable methods for the operation of an aircraft with certain
inoperative instruments and equipment that are not essential for safe flight - they
are: operation of aircraft with a minimum equipment list (MEL) and operation of
aircraft without a MEL
What are the required maintenance inspections for aircraft? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊
✔✔Annual inspection- within the preceding 12 calendar months
100-hour inspection - if carrying any person (other than crew member_ for hire or
giving flight instruction for hire
Define "preventative maintenance" - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔Simple or minor
preservation operations and the replacement of small standard parts, not involving
complex assemble operations. Typical operations include oil changes, wheel bearing
lubrication, hydraulic fluid (brakes, landing gear system) refills.
What are "Airworthiness Directives" (ADs)? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔An Ad is the medium
the FAA uses to notify aircraft owners and other potentially interested persons of
unsafe conditions that may exist. ADs are regulatory in nature, and compliance is
mandatory.
What are the standard temperature and pressure values for sea level? - 🔷ANSWERS
🖊✔✔15 C and 29.92" Hg
What are "isobars"? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔An isobar is a line on a weather chart which
connects areas of equal or constant barometric pressure
What does that spacing of isobars mean on a surface weather chart or a constant
pressure chart? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔The spacing of isobars on these charts defines
how steep or shallow a pressure gradient is. When isobars are spaced very close
answers
What are the eligibility requirements for a private pilot certificate? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊
✔✔a. Be at least 17 years of age.
b. Be able to read, speak, write, and understand the English language.
c. Hold at least a current Third Class medical certificate
d. Received the required ground and flight training endorsements.
e. Meet the applicable aeronautical experience requirements.
f. Passed the required knowledge and practical tests.
What does the CFR Part 1 cover? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔Definitions and Abbreviations
What does the CFR Part 43 cover? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔Maintenance, Preventive
Maintenance, Rebuilding, and Alteration
What does the CFR Part 61 cover? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔Certification: Pilots, Flight
Instructors, and Ground Instructors
What does the CFR Part 91 cover? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔General Operating and Flight
Rules
What is the definition of a complex airplane, and what must you do to act as pilot-
in-command of such an airplane? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔An airplane that has a
retractable landing gear, flaps, and a controllable pitch propeller; a. received and
logged ground and flight training from an authorized flight instructor in a complex
airplane, or in a flight simulator and have been found proficient in the operation and
systems of that airplane. b. received a one-time endorsement in your logbook from
an authorized instructor who certifies you are proficient to operate a complex
airplane.
,Define: Category - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔a broad classification of aircraft; i.e., airplane,
rotorcraft, glider, etc.
Define: Class - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔a classification of aircraft with in a category
having similar operating characteristics; i.e., single-engine land, multi-engine land,
etc.
Define: Type - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔a specific make and basic model of aircraft
including modifications that do not change its handling or flight characteristics; i.e.,
DC-9, B-737, C-130, etc.
What are the requirements to remain current as a private pilot? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊
✔✔a. Within the preceding 24 months, accomplished a flight review given in an
aircraft for which that pilot is rated by an authorized instructor and received a
logbook endorsement certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed the
review.
b. To carry passengers, a pilot must have made, within the preceding 90 days have
had 3 takeoffs and landings as the sole manipulator of flight controls of an aircraft of
the same category and class (if tailwheel, landings must be to a full stop), and if
operations are to be conducted during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and
ending 1 hour before sunrise, 3 takeoffs and 3 landings to a full stop during that
period in an aircraft of the same category and class
To exercise the privileges of a private pilot certificate, what medical certificate is
required, and how long is it valid? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔Third-class medical
certificate; Before 40th birthday: 36th month after the date of the examination,
After 40th birthday: the 24th month after the date of the examination
What documents are required on board an aircraft prior to flight? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊
✔✔Airworthiness Certificate, Registration Certificate, Owner's manual or operating
limitations, and Weight and balance data
Who is responsible for ensuring that an aircraft is maintained in an airworthy
condition? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔The owner or operator of the aircraft
After aircraft inspections have been made and defects have been repaired, who is
responsible for determining that the aircraft is in an airworthy condition? -
🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔The pilot-in-command
, What records or documents should be checked to determine that the owner or
operator of an aircraft has complied with all required inspections and airworthiness
directives? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔The maintenance records (aircraft and engine
logbooks)
Can a pilot conduct flight operations in an aircraft with known inoperative
equipment? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔Yes, under specific conditions. CFR Part 91
describes acceptable methods for the operation of an aircraft with certain
inoperative instruments and equipment that are not essential for safe flight - they
are: operation of aircraft with a minimum equipment list (MEL) and operation of
aircraft without a MEL
What are the required maintenance inspections for aircraft? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊
✔✔Annual inspection- within the preceding 12 calendar months
100-hour inspection - if carrying any person (other than crew member_ for hire or
giving flight instruction for hire
Define "preventative maintenance" - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔Simple or minor
preservation operations and the replacement of small standard parts, not involving
complex assemble operations. Typical operations include oil changes, wheel bearing
lubrication, hydraulic fluid (brakes, landing gear system) refills.
What are "Airworthiness Directives" (ADs)? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔An Ad is the medium
the FAA uses to notify aircraft owners and other potentially interested persons of
unsafe conditions that may exist. ADs are regulatory in nature, and compliance is
mandatory.
What are the standard temperature and pressure values for sea level? - 🔷ANSWERS
🖊✔✔15 C and 29.92" Hg
What are "isobars"? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔An isobar is a line on a weather chart which
connects areas of equal or constant barometric pressure
What does that spacing of isobars mean on a surface weather chart or a constant
pressure chart? - 🔷ANSWERS 🖊✔✔The spacing of isobars on these charts defines
how steep or shallow a pressure gradient is. When isobars are spaced very close
