CPL PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026
UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION.
In order to act as pilot-in-command of a two-crew aircraft the pilot must have
Select one:
A. A CPL with a checkout for the aircraft.
B. An ATPL with a type rating for the aircraft.
C. 50 hours on type.
D. The IATRA written with 750 hours and a type rating. Answer - B. An ATPL
with a type rating for the aircraft.
In order to act as pilot-in-command of a single-engine aircraft for an air taxi
service under night VFR without passengers a commercial pilot must have
Select one:
A. Competency check.
B. A valid instrument rating and PPC.
C. A valid night rating and competency check.
D. None of the above. Answer - A. Competency check.
The maximum flight duty period of a pilot with a commercial operator depends
on
Select one:
A. The reporting time and the number of flights scheduled during the flight
duty period.
,B. The reporting time only.
C. Rest period the pilot got in the previous day.
D. The number of sectors only. Answer - A. The reporting time and the number
of flights scheduled during the flight duty period.
What affect can a few millimeters of ice or frost have on an aerofoil?
Select one:
A. Nothing substantial.
B. Wing stall speed could be increased as much as 10 to 30% but the ice or
frost does not need to be removed until the stall speed is increased by 50%.
C. Increase in the speed and takeoff distance and the ice or frost must be
removed before flight.
D. Lift decreases by 40% will drag is increased by 30%. Answer - C. Increase in
the speed and takeoff distance and the ice or frost must be removed before
flight.
The minimum lighting required for an aerodrome's movement area at night, is
a parallel row of white runway lights visible in flight at a distance of not less
than
Select one:
A. Two nautical miles in all directions.
B. Two nautical miles in all directions with blue taxiway lights.
C. Two nautical miles in all directions, with blue taxiway and parking area lights,
and a lighted windsock.
D. Two nautical miles in all directions with green threshold and red runway end
lights, blue taxiway and parking area lights, and a lighted windsock. Answer - C.
Two nautical miles in all directions, with blue taxiway and parking area lights,
and a lighted windsock.
,Average cabin pressure altitude is 11 000 feet ASL and the aircraft type
certificate allows for flight above FL250.
What is the oxygen requirements for an emergency descent from 20 000 feet
ASL for 45 minutes following a depressurization of a pressurized aircraft
operated in an air transport service with 20 passengers?
Select one:
A. 45 minutes for all passengers and all crew members.
B. 45 minutes for 2 passengers and 2 hours for all crew members.
C. 30 minutes for 2 passengers and all crew members.
D. 2 hours for 2 passengers and all crew members. Answer - B. 45 minutes for
2 passengers and 2 hours for all crew members.
In a normally aspirated engine as density altitude increases the power output
Select one:
A. Increases.
B. Decreases.
C. Decreases with a decrease in temperature and humidity.
D. Increases with an increase in temperature and humidity. Answer - B.
Decreases.
What will happen to propeller pitch if oil pressure is lost in a constant-speed
system that uses counterweights?
Select one:
A. Full coarse pitch.
B. Full fine pitch.
C. Blade pitch will remain the same, act like a fixed-pitch system.
D. Automatically maintain the proper blade pitch required to maintain a
constant RPM. Answer - A. Full coarse pitch.
, An aircraft on a slightly low approach will be indicated on the PAPI lights, from
left to right, by
Select one:
A. white, red, red, red.
B. red, red, red, white.
C. red, white, white, white.
D. white, white, white, red. Answer - A. white, red, red, red.
It is true that
Select one:
A. Wind is caused by vertical pressure differences.
B. Isobars that are close together on a map indicate weaker winds.
C. Isobars are lines on a map joining places of equal temperature.
D. None of the above are correct. Answer - D. None of the above are correct.
1. Convection2. Advection3. Mechanical turbulence4. Convergence5.
Divergence6. Subsidence
Which are a lifting agents?
Select one:
A. 1, 4, and 5
B. 1, 3, and 4
C. 1, 2, 5, and 6
D. 2, 3, 5, and 6 Answer - B. 1, 3, and 4
If cold arctic air moves quite far south over the warm temperate oceans the air
mass formed would be
UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION.
In order to act as pilot-in-command of a two-crew aircraft the pilot must have
Select one:
A. A CPL with a checkout for the aircraft.
B. An ATPL with a type rating for the aircraft.
C. 50 hours on type.
D. The IATRA written with 750 hours and a type rating. Answer - B. An ATPL
with a type rating for the aircraft.
In order to act as pilot-in-command of a single-engine aircraft for an air taxi
service under night VFR without passengers a commercial pilot must have
Select one:
A. Competency check.
B. A valid instrument rating and PPC.
C. A valid night rating and competency check.
D. None of the above. Answer - A. Competency check.
The maximum flight duty period of a pilot with a commercial operator depends
on
Select one:
A. The reporting time and the number of flights scheduled during the flight
duty period.
,B. The reporting time only.
C. Rest period the pilot got in the previous day.
D. The number of sectors only. Answer - A. The reporting time and the number
of flights scheduled during the flight duty period.
What affect can a few millimeters of ice or frost have on an aerofoil?
Select one:
A. Nothing substantial.
B. Wing stall speed could be increased as much as 10 to 30% but the ice or
frost does not need to be removed until the stall speed is increased by 50%.
C. Increase in the speed and takeoff distance and the ice or frost must be
removed before flight.
D. Lift decreases by 40% will drag is increased by 30%. Answer - C. Increase in
the speed and takeoff distance and the ice or frost must be removed before
flight.
The minimum lighting required for an aerodrome's movement area at night, is
a parallel row of white runway lights visible in flight at a distance of not less
than
Select one:
A. Two nautical miles in all directions.
B. Two nautical miles in all directions with blue taxiway lights.
C. Two nautical miles in all directions, with blue taxiway and parking area lights,
and a lighted windsock.
D. Two nautical miles in all directions with green threshold and red runway end
lights, blue taxiway and parking area lights, and a lighted windsock. Answer - C.
Two nautical miles in all directions, with blue taxiway and parking area lights,
and a lighted windsock.
,Average cabin pressure altitude is 11 000 feet ASL and the aircraft type
certificate allows for flight above FL250.
What is the oxygen requirements for an emergency descent from 20 000 feet
ASL for 45 minutes following a depressurization of a pressurized aircraft
operated in an air transport service with 20 passengers?
Select one:
A. 45 minutes for all passengers and all crew members.
B. 45 minutes for 2 passengers and 2 hours for all crew members.
C. 30 minutes for 2 passengers and all crew members.
D. 2 hours for 2 passengers and all crew members. Answer - B. 45 minutes for
2 passengers and 2 hours for all crew members.
In a normally aspirated engine as density altitude increases the power output
Select one:
A. Increases.
B. Decreases.
C. Decreases with a decrease in temperature and humidity.
D. Increases with an increase in temperature and humidity. Answer - B.
Decreases.
What will happen to propeller pitch if oil pressure is lost in a constant-speed
system that uses counterweights?
Select one:
A. Full coarse pitch.
B. Full fine pitch.
C. Blade pitch will remain the same, act like a fixed-pitch system.
D. Automatically maintain the proper blade pitch required to maintain a
constant RPM. Answer - A. Full coarse pitch.
, An aircraft on a slightly low approach will be indicated on the PAPI lights, from
left to right, by
Select one:
A. white, red, red, red.
B. red, red, red, white.
C. red, white, white, white.
D. white, white, white, red. Answer - A. white, red, red, red.
It is true that
Select one:
A. Wind is caused by vertical pressure differences.
B. Isobars that are close together on a map indicate weaker winds.
C. Isobars are lines on a map joining places of equal temperature.
D. None of the above are correct. Answer - D. None of the above are correct.
1. Convection2. Advection3. Mechanical turbulence4. Convergence5.
Divergence6. Subsidence
Which are a lifting agents?
Select one:
A. 1, 4, and 5
B. 1, 3, and 4
C. 1, 2, 5, and 6
D. 2, 3, 5, and 6 Answer - B. 1, 3, and 4
If cold arctic air moves quite far south over the warm temperate oceans the air
mass formed would be
