USPA Category E Quiz – Questions With Solutions
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. Correct 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. Correct 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. Correct 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.
Correct 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. Correct 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. Correct 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. Correct Ans - a) Practice different
rates of flare entry at different depths of flare.
8) Describe your procedure for landing in high winds?
a) Stay well downwind of any obstacle, face into the wind early, disconnect
the RSL, land with a PLF, pull one toggle down completely, and after
landing, cut away if necessary.
b) Do not attempt a stand-up landing; PLF.
c) Enter downwind leg at 3/4 brakes and smoothly continue to full brakes.
Correct Ans - a) Stay well downwind of any obstacle, face into the wind
early, disconnect the RSL, land with a PLF, pull one toggle down completely,
and after landing, cut away if necessary.
9) How many A-lines does a nine-cell canopy have?
a) nine
b) ten
c) eleven Correct Ans - b) ten
10) To what part of the canopy do the steering lines (brake lines) connect?
a) nose or leading edge
b) end cells
c) tail or trailing edge Correct Ans - c) tail or trailing edge
11) What lines go through the rear slider grommets?
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. Correct 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. Correct 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. Correct 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.
Correct 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. Correct 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. Correct 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. Correct Ans - a) Practice different
rates of flare entry at different depths of flare.
8) Describe your procedure for landing in high winds?
a) Stay well downwind of any obstacle, face into the wind early, disconnect
the RSL, land with a PLF, pull one toggle down completely, and after
landing, cut away if necessary.
b) Do not attempt a stand-up landing; PLF.
c) Enter downwind leg at 3/4 brakes and smoothly continue to full brakes.
Correct Ans - a) Stay well downwind of any obstacle, face into the wind
early, disconnect the RSL, land with a PLF, pull one toggle down completely,
and after landing, cut away if necessary.
9) How many A-lines does a nine-cell canopy have?
a) nine
b) ten
c) eleven Correct Ans - b) ten
10) To what part of the canopy do the steering lines (brake lines) connect?
a) nose or leading edge
b) end cells
c) tail or trailing edge Correct Ans - c) tail or trailing edge
11) What lines go through the rear slider grommets?
