CFI Initial Checkride Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What are the prerequisites to becoming a CFI? -
correct answer ✅-must be 18 years of age
-must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English
language
-must hold a commercial license with instrument privileges, or an
ATP certificate with an aircraft category rating appropriate to the
flight instructor rating sought
-must hold at LEAST a 3rd class medical
-must have an endorsement from an authorized instructor on the
FOI appropriate to the required knowledge test
-must have passed the flight instructor knowledge test within the
last 24 months
-have the proper endorsements from an authorized CFI certifying
that you have been given training in the areas of operation
What are the required endorsements for the CFI practical test? -
correct answer ✅-complex endorsement
-spin endorsement
-FOI endorsement
-FIA endorsement
-practical test endorsement
,CFI Initial Checkride Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What are the special emphasis areas? -
correct answer ✅-positive aircraft control
-positive exchange of the flight controls
-stall/spin awareness
-collision avoidance
-wake turbulence and avoidance
-LAHSO
-runway incursion avoidance
-CFIT
-ADM and risk management
-wire-strike avoidance
-checklist usage
-temporary flight restrictions
-special use airspace
-aviation security
-single pilot resource management
-other areas deemed appropriate to any phase of the practical test
,CFI Initial Checkride Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What is human behavior? -
correct answer ✅human behavior is seen as the product of factors
that cause people to act in predicable ways. It also is defined as the
result of attempt to satisfy certain needs
What does fear cause to a student? -
correct answer ✅"Fight or flee"
fleeing is avoiding an action that is feared. fight means to take
measures to overcome that fear or at least better deal with it more
directly
What is Maslow's hierarchy of needs? -
correct answer ✅1. Physiological needs
2. Safety
3. Social needs and Security needs
3. Love and Belonging Needs
4. Self esteem
5. self actualization
, CFI Initial Checkride Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What is motivation? -
correct answer ✅Motivation supplies the will to do what is
necessary to accomplish a mission.
What are defense mechanisms? -
correct answer ✅mental processes that protect individuals from
strong or stressful emotions and situations
types of defense mechanisms -
correct answer ✅Repression
Denial
Compensation
Projection
Rationalization
Reaction Formation
Fantasy
Displacement
What is repression? -
correct answer ✅unconsciously pushing negative thoughts away
Answers (Grade A+)
What are the prerequisites to becoming a CFI? -
correct answer ✅-must be 18 years of age
-must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English
language
-must hold a commercial license with instrument privileges, or an
ATP certificate with an aircraft category rating appropriate to the
flight instructor rating sought
-must hold at LEAST a 3rd class medical
-must have an endorsement from an authorized instructor on the
FOI appropriate to the required knowledge test
-must have passed the flight instructor knowledge test within the
last 24 months
-have the proper endorsements from an authorized CFI certifying
that you have been given training in the areas of operation
What are the required endorsements for the CFI practical test? -
correct answer ✅-complex endorsement
-spin endorsement
-FOI endorsement
-FIA endorsement
-practical test endorsement
,CFI Initial Checkride Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What are the special emphasis areas? -
correct answer ✅-positive aircraft control
-positive exchange of the flight controls
-stall/spin awareness
-collision avoidance
-wake turbulence and avoidance
-LAHSO
-runway incursion avoidance
-CFIT
-ADM and risk management
-wire-strike avoidance
-checklist usage
-temporary flight restrictions
-special use airspace
-aviation security
-single pilot resource management
-other areas deemed appropriate to any phase of the practical test
,CFI Initial Checkride Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What is human behavior? -
correct answer ✅human behavior is seen as the product of factors
that cause people to act in predicable ways. It also is defined as the
result of attempt to satisfy certain needs
What does fear cause to a student? -
correct answer ✅"Fight or flee"
fleeing is avoiding an action that is feared. fight means to take
measures to overcome that fear or at least better deal with it more
directly
What is Maslow's hierarchy of needs? -
correct answer ✅1. Physiological needs
2. Safety
3. Social needs and Security needs
3. Love and Belonging Needs
4. Self esteem
5. self actualization
, CFI Initial Checkride Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What is motivation? -
correct answer ✅Motivation supplies the will to do what is
necessary to accomplish a mission.
What are defense mechanisms? -
correct answer ✅mental processes that protect individuals from
strong or stressful emotions and situations
types of defense mechanisms -
correct answer ✅Repression
Denial
Compensation
Projection
Rationalization
Reaction Formation
Fantasy
Displacement
What is repression? -
correct answer ✅unconsciously pushing negative thoughts away
