Ground School Drone School test 1
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
(Refer to FAA-CT-8080-2H, Figure 23) If you are inspecting the high-intensity
lights on top of the towers 5 1/2 nautical miles southwest of Savannah
International airport, would you need prior authorization from ATC?
A. No, because you'd be under the shelf of Class C airspace
B. Yes, because you'd be operating in Class C airspace
C. Yes, because you'd be operating in Class B airspace - CORRECT ANSWER -B
An aircraft announces, "left downwind for runway two six". This means that the aircraft is on a
heading of
A. 80 degrees.
B. 160 degrees.
C. 340 degrees. - CORRECT ANSWER - A. 80 degrees
Which is the correct traffic pattern departure procedure to use at an airport? A. Depart in any
direction consistent with safety, after crossing the airport boundary.
B. Make all turns to the left.
C. Comply with any FAA traffic pattern established for the airport. - CORRECT
ANSWER -c
Which aircraft has the right-of-way over all other air traffic?
A. A balloon.
B. An aircraft in distress.
C. An aircraft on final approach to land. - CORRECT ANSWER -B
(Refer to FAA-CT-8080-2H, Figure 24, Area 6.) What type of airport is Card Airport?
,A. Public towered
B. Public non-towered
C. Private non-towered - CORRECT ANSWER -c
(Refer to FAA-CT-8080-2H, Figure 77) What's the UNICOM frequency at Pierre Regional
Airport?
A. 122.7
B. 122.95
C. 123 - CORRECT ANSWER -B
During a flight of your small UA, you observe a hot air balloon entering the area. You should
A. yield the right-of-way to the hot air balloon.
B. ensure the UA passes below, above, or ahead of the balloon.
C. expect the hot air balloon to climb above you altitude. - CORRECT ANSWER -A
(Refer to Figure 24, Area 3.) What other aviation activity can you expect near TRI-COUNTY
private airport?
A. Military training
B. Parachute operations
C. Balloons - CORRECT ANSWER -B
Which technique should a remote pilot use to scan for traffic? A remote pilot
should
A. Systematically focus on different segments of the sky for short intervals (no more than 10°).
B. concentrate on relative movement detected in the peripheral vision area.
C. continuously scan the sky from right to left. - CORRECT ANSWER -A
When adapting crew resource management (CRM) concepts to the operation of a
, small UA, CRM must be integrated into
A. the flight portion only.
B. all phases of the operation.
C. the communications only. - CORRECT ANSWER -B
A local TV station has hired a remote pilot to operate their small UA to cover
breaking news stories. The remote pilot has had multiple near misses with
obstacles on the ground and two small UAS accidents. What would be a solution
for the news station to improve their operating safety culture?
A. The news station should implement a policy of no more than five crashes/incidents within 6
months.
B. The news station does not need to make any changes; there are times that an accident is
unavoidable.
C. The news station should recognize hazardous attitudes and situations and develop standard
operating procedures that emphasize safety. - CORRECT ANSWER -C
A series of judgmental errors which can lead to a human factors-related accident is sometimes
referred to as the
A. error chain.
B. course of action.
C. DECIDE model. - CORRECT ANSWER -A
A small unmanned aircraft without Remote ID that's equipped after production with a Remote ID
broadcast module
A. May only operate at FAA-recognized identification areas (FRIAs).
B. Is limited to visual line of sight (VLOS) operations.
C. May not be operated in the National Airspace System (NAS). - CORRECT
ANSWER -B
To avoid missing important steps, always use the
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
(Refer to FAA-CT-8080-2H, Figure 23) If you are inspecting the high-intensity
lights on top of the towers 5 1/2 nautical miles southwest of Savannah
International airport, would you need prior authorization from ATC?
A. No, because you'd be under the shelf of Class C airspace
B. Yes, because you'd be operating in Class C airspace
C. Yes, because you'd be operating in Class B airspace - CORRECT ANSWER -B
An aircraft announces, "left downwind for runway two six". This means that the aircraft is on a
heading of
A. 80 degrees.
B. 160 degrees.
C. 340 degrees. - CORRECT ANSWER - A. 80 degrees
Which is the correct traffic pattern departure procedure to use at an airport? A. Depart in any
direction consistent with safety, after crossing the airport boundary.
B. Make all turns to the left.
C. Comply with any FAA traffic pattern established for the airport. - CORRECT
ANSWER -c
Which aircraft has the right-of-way over all other air traffic?
A. A balloon.
B. An aircraft in distress.
C. An aircraft on final approach to land. - CORRECT ANSWER -B
(Refer to FAA-CT-8080-2H, Figure 24, Area 6.) What type of airport is Card Airport?
,A. Public towered
B. Public non-towered
C. Private non-towered - CORRECT ANSWER -c
(Refer to FAA-CT-8080-2H, Figure 77) What's the UNICOM frequency at Pierre Regional
Airport?
A. 122.7
B. 122.95
C. 123 - CORRECT ANSWER -B
During a flight of your small UA, you observe a hot air balloon entering the area. You should
A. yield the right-of-way to the hot air balloon.
B. ensure the UA passes below, above, or ahead of the balloon.
C. expect the hot air balloon to climb above you altitude. - CORRECT ANSWER -A
(Refer to Figure 24, Area 3.) What other aviation activity can you expect near TRI-COUNTY
private airport?
A. Military training
B. Parachute operations
C. Balloons - CORRECT ANSWER -B
Which technique should a remote pilot use to scan for traffic? A remote pilot
should
A. Systematically focus on different segments of the sky for short intervals (no more than 10°).
B. concentrate on relative movement detected in the peripheral vision area.
C. continuously scan the sky from right to left. - CORRECT ANSWER -A
When adapting crew resource management (CRM) concepts to the operation of a
, small UA, CRM must be integrated into
A. the flight portion only.
B. all phases of the operation.
C. the communications only. - CORRECT ANSWER -B
A local TV station has hired a remote pilot to operate their small UA to cover
breaking news stories. The remote pilot has had multiple near misses with
obstacles on the ground and two small UAS accidents. What would be a solution
for the news station to improve their operating safety culture?
A. The news station should implement a policy of no more than five crashes/incidents within 6
months.
B. The news station does not need to make any changes; there are times that an accident is
unavoidable.
C. The news station should recognize hazardous attitudes and situations and develop standard
operating procedures that emphasize safety. - CORRECT ANSWER -C
A series of judgmental errors which can lead to a human factors-related accident is sometimes
referred to as the
A. error chain.
B. course of action.
C. DECIDE model. - CORRECT ANSWER -A
A small unmanned aircraft without Remote ID that's equipped after production with a Remote ID
broadcast module
A. May only operate at FAA-recognized identification areas (FRIAs).
B. Is limited to visual line of sight (VLOS) operations.
C. May not be operated in the National Airspace System (NAS). - CORRECT
ANSWER -B
To avoid missing important steps, always use the
