USPA Category E Quiz with verified answers
1) What happens to a jumper's fall rate when performing rolls, loops, or other
freeflying maneuvers?
a) Increases.
b) Decreases.
c) Stays the same. Ans✓✓✓ a) Increases.
2) What happens to a visual altimeter when it's in the jumper's burble?
a) Reads unreliably.
b) Nothing.
c) Reads high. Ans✓✓✓ a) Reads unreliably.
3) What is the best way to recover from a stall to full glide?
a) Quickly counteract with toggle input.
b) Pull legs up into a tight ball.
c) Smoothly raise the controls. Ans✓✓✓ c) Smoothly raise the controls.
4) Describe an aerodynamic stall as it applies to a ram-air canopy?
a) Sudden state of increased glide and increased rate of descent.
b) Stable state of decreased glide and increased rate of descent.
, c) Stable state of increased glide and descreased rate of descent. Ans✓✓✓ b)
Stable state of decreased glide and increased rate of descent.
5) When does a dynamic stall occur?
a) When the front risers are pulled down quickly.
b) At the end of a flare when the jumper begins to rock back under the canopy.
c) At the beginning of a flare. Ans✓✓✓ b) At the end of a flare when the jumper
begins to rock back under the canopy.
6) What happens after a dynamic stall if the tail is held lower than the nose?
a) Recovery.
b) Continued dynamic stall.
c) Full stall. Ans✓✓✓ c) Full stall.
7) What is the best way to determine a canopy's optimum flare speed and depth
for landing?
a) Practice different rates of flare entry at different depths of flare.
b) Divide exit weight by the canopy's square footage.
c) Contact the manufacturer. Ans✓✓✓ a) Practice different rates of flare entry at
different depths of flare.
8) Describe your procedure for landing in high winds?
1) What happens to a jumper's fall rate when performing rolls, loops, or other
freeflying maneuvers?
a) Increases.
b) Decreases.
c) Stays the same. Ans✓✓✓ a) Increases.
2) What happens to a visual altimeter when it's in the jumper's burble?
a) Reads unreliably.
b) Nothing.
c) Reads high. Ans✓✓✓ a) Reads unreliably.
3) What is the best way to recover from a stall to full glide?
a) Quickly counteract with toggle input.
b) Pull legs up into a tight ball.
c) Smoothly raise the controls. Ans✓✓✓ c) Smoothly raise the controls.
4) Describe an aerodynamic stall as it applies to a ram-air canopy?
a) Sudden state of increased glide and increased rate of descent.
b) Stable state of decreased glide and increased rate of descent.
, c) Stable state of increased glide and descreased rate of descent. Ans✓✓✓ b)
Stable state of decreased glide and increased rate of descent.
5) When does a dynamic stall occur?
a) When the front risers are pulled down quickly.
b) At the end of a flare when the jumper begins to rock back under the canopy.
c) At the beginning of a flare. Ans✓✓✓ b) At the end of a flare when the jumper
begins to rock back under the canopy.
6) What happens after a dynamic stall if the tail is held lower than the nose?
a) Recovery.
b) Continued dynamic stall.
c) Full stall. Ans✓✓✓ c) Full stall.
7) What is the best way to determine a canopy's optimum flare speed and depth
for landing?
a) Practice different rates of flare entry at different depths of flare.
b) Divide exit weight by the canopy's square footage.
c) Contact the manufacturer. Ans✓✓✓ a) Practice different rates of flare entry at
different depths of flare.
8) Describe your procedure for landing in high winds?
