PRIVATE PILOT ACS EXAM PREP 2026 TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
◉In addition to wire-braced wings, what identifies open truss structure?
Answer: Clearly visible struts
◉Which fuselage design cannot tolerate dents or deformations of the
surface? Answer: Monocoque
◉Which wing design contains no external bracing? Answer: Cantilever
◉A conventional empennage always contains what two components?
Answer: Vertical stabilizer, or fin, and a horizontal stabilizer
◉What small hinged device on an airplane is used to help minimize the
pilot's workload? Answer: Trim tab
◉Aircraft brakes are located on which wheels? Answer: Main wheels
◉Most general aviation airplane propellers have how many blades?
Answer: 2 or 3
,◉Where are the required operating limits and weight and balance
records for a particular aircraft found? Answer: Pilots Operating
Handbook (POH)
◉What is the other accepted name for the pilot's operating handbook
(POH)? Answer: FAA Approved Flight Manuel
◉Using the ISA standards for altitude change, if an aircraft is at 4,000
feet and 10 degrees C, what will the temperature be if the aircraft
increases to 10,000 feet? Answer: -2 degrees C
◉What is the pitot-static system used for? Answer: To determine
speed, altitude, and altitude trend
◉The pitot-static system generally consists of what two components?
Answer: The pitot tube and pitot-static instruments
◉Vso Answer: Airspeed indicator: Lowest limit of the white arc, the
stall speed or the minimum steady flight speed in the landing
configuration.
◉Vs1 Answer: Airspeed: Lowest limit of the green arc, the stall speed
or minimum steady flight speed obtained in a specific configuration
,◉Vfe Answer: Maximum speed with the flaps extended. Upper limit of
the green arch
◉Vno Answer: Upper limit of the green arc, the maximum structural
cruising speed
◉Va Answer: Design maneuvering speed. Listed in POH. Speed you
can use full control movement and not cause structural damage to the
aircraft. It changes with aircraft weight. It's greater when aircraft is
heavy and lower when the load is light.
◉Vlo and Vle Answer: Max landing gear operating airspeed and
maximum landing gear extended airspeed
◉Indicated airspeed (IAS) Answer: On airspeed indicator. It's
calibrated for sea level conditions.
Doesn't reflect variation in air density.
Importance performance airspeeds are always the same indicated
airspeed, regardless of altitude.
◉Calibrated airspeed (CAS) Answer: Indicated airspeed corrected for
installation error and instrument error.
Determine by looking at chart in the POH.
, ◉True airspeed (TAS) Answer: Actual speed through the air. Calibrated
airspeed corrected for density changes due to altitude and temperature.
Use flight computer to determine.
◉Groundspeed Answer: Actual speed over the ground.
TAS and Groundspeed are equal in a no wind situation.
- A headwind decreases groundspeed
- A tailwind increases groundspeed
- It is not on the airspeed indicator
◉Vn Answer: Maximum structural cruising speed
◉What is the altimeter? Answer: It measures the aircraft's altitude and
is part of the pitot-static system.
- Indications are based on the mean sea level (MSL)
-Change the Kollsman window to compensation for changes in local
pressure.
-Indicated altitude changes about 1,000 feet for every inch of change in
the setting.
-Altimeter settings are accurate only in the vicinity of the reporting
station.
◉What do the dials on the altimeter mean? Answer: The longer of the
two needles indicates multiples of 100 feet.
PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
◉In addition to wire-braced wings, what identifies open truss structure?
Answer: Clearly visible struts
◉Which fuselage design cannot tolerate dents or deformations of the
surface? Answer: Monocoque
◉Which wing design contains no external bracing? Answer: Cantilever
◉A conventional empennage always contains what two components?
Answer: Vertical stabilizer, or fin, and a horizontal stabilizer
◉What small hinged device on an airplane is used to help minimize the
pilot's workload? Answer: Trim tab
◉Aircraft brakes are located on which wheels? Answer: Main wheels
◉Most general aviation airplane propellers have how many blades?
Answer: 2 or 3
,◉Where are the required operating limits and weight and balance
records for a particular aircraft found? Answer: Pilots Operating
Handbook (POH)
◉What is the other accepted name for the pilot's operating handbook
(POH)? Answer: FAA Approved Flight Manuel
◉Using the ISA standards for altitude change, if an aircraft is at 4,000
feet and 10 degrees C, what will the temperature be if the aircraft
increases to 10,000 feet? Answer: -2 degrees C
◉What is the pitot-static system used for? Answer: To determine
speed, altitude, and altitude trend
◉The pitot-static system generally consists of what two components?
Answer: The pitot tube and pitot-static instruments
◉Vso Answer: Airspeed indicator: Lowest limit of the white arc, the
stall speed or the minimum steady flight speed in the landing
configuration.
◉Vs1 Answer: Airspeed: Lowest limit of the green arc, the stall speed
or minimum steady flight speed obtained in a specific configuration
,◉Vfe Answer: Maximum speed with the flaps extended. Upper limit of
the green arch
◉Vno Answer: Upper limit of the green arc, the maximum structural
cruising speed
◉Va Answer: Design maneuvering speed. Listed in POH. Speed you
can use full control movement and not cause structural damage to the
aircraft. It changes with aircraft weight. It's greater when aircraft is
heavy and lower when the load is light.
◉Vlo and Vle Answer: Max landing gear operating airspeed and
maximum landing gear extended airspeed
◉Indicated airspeed (IAS) Answer: On airspeed indicator. It's
calibrated for sea level conditions.
Doesn't reflect variation in air density.
Importance performance airspeeds are always the same indicated
airspeed, regardless of altitude.
◉Calibrated airspeed (CAS) Answer: Indicated airspeed corrected for
installation error and instrument error.
Determine by looking at chart in the POH.
, ◉True airspeed (TAS) Answer: Actual speed through the air. Calibrated
airspeed corrected for density changes due to altitude and temperature.
Use flight computer to determine.
◉Groundspeed Answer: Actual speed over the ground.
TAS and Groundspeed are equal in a no wind situation.
- A headwind decreases groundspeed
- A tailwind increases groundspeed
- It is not on the airspeed indicator
◉Vn Answer: Maximum structural cruising speed
◉What is the altimeter? Answer: It measures the aircraft's altitude and
is part of the pitot-static system.
- Indications are based on the mean sea level (MSL)
-Change the Kollsman window to compensation for changes in local
pressure.
-Indicated altitude changes about 1,000 feet for every inch of change in
the setting.
-Altimeter settings are accurate only in the vicinity of the reporting
station.
◉What do the dials on the altimeter mean? Answer: The longer of the
two needles indicates multiples of 100 feet.
