CFI FIA Exam (2026/2027) | Actual Questions and Answers
Latest Updated 2026/2027 (Graded A+)
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What airspeed indicator marking identifies the maximum structural cruising speed of an aircraft?
A. Red radial line.
B. Upper limit of the green arc.
C. Upper limit of the yellow arc.
- ✔✔B. Upper limit of the green arc.
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An illusion, that the aircraft is at a higher altitude than it actually is, is produced by
A. atmospheric haze.
B. upsloping terrain.
C. downsloping terrain.
- ✔✔B. upsloping terrain
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If the nosewheel of an airplane moves aft during gear retraction, how would this aft movement affect the
CG location of that airplane? It would
A. cause the CG location to move aft.
B. have no effect on the CG location.
C. cause the CG location to move forward.
- ✔✔A. cause the CG location to move aft.
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(Refer to figure 45.) What are the visibility and cloud clearance requirements in an airplane at night
when conducting takeoffs and landings at McCampbell Airport (area 1) if the pattern altitude is 600 feet
AGL?
A. 3 SM visibility and clear of clouds.
B. 1 SM visibility and clear of clouds if remaining within one-half mile of the airport.
C. Remain clear of clouds and operate at a speed that allows adequate opportunity to see other traffic
and obstructions in time to avoid a collision.
- ✔✔B. 1 SM visibility and clear of clouds if remaining within one-half mile of the airport.
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What would cause the 45° point to be reached before the maximum pitchup attitude during a lazy
eight? A. Beginning with too slow a rate of roll.
B. Beginning with too rapid a rate of roll.
C. Allowing the airspeed to remain too high causing the rate of turn to increase.
- ✔✔B. Beginning with too rapid a rate of roll.
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If severe turbulence is encountered, the aircraft's airspeed should be reduced to
A. maneuvering speed.
B. normal structural cruising speed.
C. the minimum steady flight speed in the landing configuration.
- ✔✔A. maneuvering speed.
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If the engine oil temperature and cylinder head temperature gauges have exceeded their normal
operating range, you may have been
A. operating with the mixture set too rich.
B. using fuel that has a higher-than-specified fuel rating.
C. operating with too much power and with the mixture set too lean.
- ✔✔C. operating with too much power and with the mixture set too lean.
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When using a Constant Pressure Analysis Chart for planning a flight at 10,000 feet MSL, a pilot should
refer to the
A. 850-millibar analysis.
B. 700-millibar analysis.
C. 500-millibar analysis.
- ✔✔B. 700-millibar analysis.
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Which training time must be certified by the instructor from whom it was received?
A. Flight training.
B. Flight training and training in a flight training device.
C. All flight training, flight simulator training, and ground training.
- ✔✔C. All flight training, flight simulator training, and ground training.
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(Refer to figure 45, area 5.) What is the elevation of the Thomas (T69) Airport? A. 122.8 feet MSL.
B. 43 feet MSL.
C. 48 feet MSL.
- ✔✔C. 48 feet MSL.
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(Refer to figure 14.) At what altitude is the freezing level over the middle of Florida on the 12-hour
Significant Weather Prognostic Chart?
A. 4,000 feet.
B. 12,000 feet.
C. 8,000 feet.
- ✔✔B. 12,000 feet.
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12. What could be a result of a student focusing too far ahead during a landing approach?
A. Reactions will be either too abrupt or too late.
B. Rounding out too high and developing an excessive sink rate.
C. Difficulty in judging the closeness of the ground resulting in a nose-first touchdown.
- ✔✔C. Difficulty in judging the closeness of the ground resulting in a nose-first touchdown.
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13. What is the duration of a Student Pilot Certificate?
A. Indefinite.
B. 60 calendar months after the month in which it was issued.
C. 24 calendar months after the month in which it was issued.
,- ✔✔A. Indefinite.
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14. Your student, who is preparing for a Private Pilot practical test in a single-engine airplane, received
3.5 hours of cross-country flight training including flights of 1.9 hours, 1.0 hours, and 0.6 hours. Is your
student eligible to take the practical test?
A. Yes.
B. No.
C. Yes but, if test is satisfactory, certificate will have an ICAO limitation on it.
- ✔✔A. Yes.
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15. (Refer to figure 20.) At an airspeed represented by point B, in steady flight, the pilot can expect to
obtain the aircraft's A. maximum coefficient of lift.
B. minimum coefficient of lift.
C. maximum glide range in still air.
- ✔✔C. maximum glide range in still air.
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16. Leaving the carburetor heat on while taking off
A. leans the mixture for more power on takeoff.
B. will decrease the takeoff distance.
C. will increase the ground roll.
- ✔✔C. will increase the ground roll.
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17. The basic purpose of adjusting the fuel/air mixture control at altitude is to
A. decrease the fuel flow to compensate for decreased air density.
B. decrease the amount of fuel in the mixture to compensate for increased air density.
C. increase the amount of fuel in the mixture to compensate for the decrease in pressure and density of
the air.
- ✔✔A. decrease the fuel flow to compensate for decreased air density.
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18. (Refer to Figure 19.) The lift/drag at 2° angle of attack is approximately the same as the lift/drag for
A. 9.75° angle of attack.
B. 10.5° angle of attack.
C. 17.2° angle of attack.
- ✔✔C. 17.2° angle of attack.
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19. Flat skidding turns at low altitudes such as in the traffic pattern are often the result of
A. conscious or subconscious effort to avoid banking close to the ground.
B. attempting to execute a turn solely by reference to instruments.
C. fixating on nose reference while excluding wing reference.
- ✔✔A. conscious or subconscious effort to avoid banking close to the ground.
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20. An aircraft's operating limitations may be found in the
A. FAA-approved aircraft flight manual.
B. owner's handbook published by the aircraft manufacturer. C. aircraft flight manual, approved manual
material, markings, and placards, or any combination thereof.
- ✔✔C. aircraft flight manual, approved manual material, markings, and placards, or any
combination thereof.
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1. Which instrument would be affected by excessively low pressure in the airplane's vacuum system?
A. Heading indicator.
B. Airspeed indicator.
C. Pressure altimeter.
- ✔✔A. Heading indicator.
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2. The operating principle of float-type carburetors is based on the
A. measurement of the fuel flow into the induction system.
B. difference in air pressure at the venturi throat and the throttle valve.
C. increase in air velocity in the throat of a venturi causing a decrease in air pressure.
- ✔✔C. increase in air velocity in the throat of a venturi causing a decrease in air pressure.
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3. (Refer to figure 3.) What is the reported duration of the rain at the time of the observation at KAUS?
A. 25 minutes.
B. 26 minutes.
C. 36 minutes.
- ✔✔B. 26 minutes.
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4. Which in-flight advisory would contain information on severe icing?
A. PIREP.
B. SIGMET.
C. CONVECTIVE SIGMET.
- ✔✔B. SIGMET.
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5. Which is the most probable result if a pilot initiates the climbing turn portions of the lazy eight with
banks that are too steep?
A. Completing each 180° change of direction with a net gain of altitude.
B. Attaining a pitch attitude that is too steep and stalling at the top of the climbing turn. C. Turning at a
rate too fast for the rate of climb and therefore, completing each 180° change of direction with
excessive airspeed.
- ✔✔C. Turning at a rate too fast for the rate of climb and therefore, completing each 180°
change of direction with excessive airspeed.
Latest Updated 2026/2027 (Graded A+)
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What airspeed indicator marking identifies the maximum structural cruising speed of an aircraft?
A. Red radial line.
B. Upper limit of the green arc.
C. Upper limit of the yellow arc.
- ✔✔B. Upper limit of the green arc.
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An illusion, that the aircraft is at a higher altitude than it actually is, is produced by
A. atmospheric haze.
B. upsloping terrain.
C. downsloping terrain.
- ✔✔B. upsloping terrain
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If the nosewheel of an airplane moves aft during gear retraction, how would this aft movement affect the
CG location of that airplane? It would
A. cause the CG location to move aft.
B. have no effect on the CG location.
C. cause the CG location to move forward.
- ✔✔A. cause the CG location to move aft.
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(Refer to figure 45.) What are the visibility and cloud clearance requirements in an airplane at night
when conducting takeoffs and landings at McCampbell Airport (area 1) if the pattern altitude is 600 feet
AGL?
A. 3 SM visibility and clear of clouds.
B. 1 SM visibility and clear of clouds if remaining within one-half mile of the airport.
C. Remain clear of clouds and operate at a speed that allows adequate opportunity to see other traffic
and obstructions in time to avoid a collision.
- ✔✔B. 1 SM visibility and clear of clouds if remaining within one-half mile of the airport.
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What would cause the 45° point to be reached before the maximum pitchup attitude during a lazy
eight? A. Beginning with too slow a rate of roll.
B. Beginning with too rapid a rate of roll.
C. Allowing the airspeed to remain too high causing the rate of turn to increase.
- ✔✔B. Beginning with too rapid a rate of roll.
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If severe turbulence is encountered, the aircraft's airspeed should be reduced to
A. maneuvering speed.
B. normal structural cruising speed.
C. the minimum steady flight speed in the landing configuration.
- ✔✔A. maneuvering speed.
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If the engine oil temperature and cylinder head temperature gauges have exceeded their normal
operating range, you may have been
A. operating with the mixture set too rich.
B. using fuel that has a higher-than-specified fuel rating.
C. operating with too much power and with the mixture set too lean.
- ✔✔C. operating with too much power and with the mixture set too lean.
•
When using a Constant Pressure Analysis Chart for planning a flight at 10,000 feet MSL, a pilot should
refer to the
A. 850-millibar analysis.
B. 700-millibar analysis.
C. 500-millibar analysis.
- ✔✔B. 700-millibar analysis.
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Which training time must be certified by the instructor from whom it was received?
A. Flight training.
B. Flight training and training in a flight training device.
C. All flight training, flight simulator training, and ground training.
- ✔✔C. All flight training, flight simulator training, and ground training.
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(Refer to figure 45, area 5.) What is the elevation of the Thomas (T69) Airport? A. 122.8 feet MSL.
B. 43 feet MSL.
C. 48 feet MSL.
- ✔✔C. 48 feet MSL.
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(Refer to figure 14.) At what altitude is the freezing level over the middle of Florida on the 12-hour
Significant Weather Prognostic Chart?
A. 4,000 feet.
B. 12,000 feet.
C. 8,000 feet.
- ✔✔B. 12,000 feet.
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12. What could be a result of a student focusing too far ahead during a landing approach?
A. Reactions will be either too abrupt or too late.
B. Rounding out too high and developing an excessive sink rate.
C. Difficulty in judging the closeness of the ground resulting in a nose-first touchdown.
- ✔✔C. Difficulty in judging the closeness of the ground resulting in a nose-first touchdown.
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13. What is the duration of a Student Pilot Certificate?
A. Indefinite.
B. 60 calendar months after the month in which it was issued.
C. 24 calendar months after the month in which it was issued.
,- ✔✔A. Indefinite.
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14. Your student, who is preparing for a Private Pilot practical test in a single-engine airplane, received
3.5 hours of cross-country flight training including flights of 1.9 hours, 1.0 hours, and 0.6 hours. Is your
student eligible to take the practical test?
A. Yes.
B. No.
C. Yes but, if test is satisfactory, certificate will have an ICAO limitation on it.
- ✔✔A. Yes.
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15. (Refer to figure 20.) At an airspeed represented by point B, in steady flight, the pilot can expect to
obtain the aircraft's A. maximum coefficient of lift.
B. minimum coefficient of lift.
C. maximum glide range in still air.
- ✔✔C. maximum glide range in still air.
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16. Leaving the carburetor heat on while taking off
A. leans the mixture for more power on takeoff.
B. will decrease the takeoff distance.
C. will increase the ground roll.
- ✔✔C. will increase the ground roll.
•
17. The basic purpose of adjusting the fuel/air mixture control at altitude is to
A. decrease the fuel flow to compensate for decreased air density.
B. decrease the amount of fuel in the mixture to compensate for increased air density.
C. increase the amount of fuel in the mixture to compensate for the decrease in pressure and density of
the air.
- ✔✔A. decrease the fuel flow to compensate for decreased air density.
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18. (Refer to Figure 19.) The lift/drag at 2° angle of attack is approximately the same as the lift/drag for
A. 9.75° angle of attack.
B. 10.5° angle of attack.
C. 17.2° angle of attack.
- ✔✔C. 17.2° angle of attack.
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19. Flat skidding turns at low altitudes such as in the traffic pattern are often the result of
A. conscious or subconscious effort to avoid banking close to the ground.
B. attempting to execute a turn solely by reference to instruments.
C. fixating on nose reference while excluding wing reference.
- ✔✔A. conscious or subconscious effort to avoid banking close to the ground.
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20. An aircraft's operating limitations may be found in the
A. FAA-approved aircraft flight manual.
B. owner's handbook published by the aircraft manufacturer. C. aircraft flight manual, approved manual
material, markings, and placards, or any combination thereof.
- ✔✔C. aircraft flight manual, approved manual material, markings, and placards, or any
combination thereof.
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1. Which instrument would be affected by excessively low pressure in the airplane's vacuum system?
A. Heading indicator.
B. Airspeed indicator.
C. Pressure altimeter.
- ✔✔A. Heading indicator.
•
2. The operating principle of float-type carburetors is based on the
A. measurement of the fuel flow into the induction system.
B. difference in air pressure at the venturi throat and the throttle valve.
C. increase in air velocity in the throat of a venturi causing a decrease in air pressure.
- ✔✔C. increase in air velocity in the throat of a venturi causing a decrease in air pressure.
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3. (Refer to figure 3.) What is the reported duration of the rain at the time of the observation at KAUS?
A. 25 minutes.
B. 26 minutes.
C. 36 minutes.
- ✔✔B. 26 minutes.
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4. Which in-flight advisory would contain information on severe icing?
A. PIREP.
B. SIGMET.
C. CONVECTIVE SIGMET.
- ✔✔B. SIGMET.
•
5. Which is the most probable result if a pilot initiates the climbing turn portions of the lazy eight with
banks that are too steep?
A. Completing each 180° change of direction with a net gain of altitude.
B. Attaining a pitch attitude that is too steep and stalling at the top of the climbing turn. C. Turning at a
rate too fast for the rate of climb and therefore, completing each 180° change of direction with
excessive airspeed.
- ✔✔C. Turning at a rate too fast for the rate of climb and therefore, completing each 180°
change of direction with excessive airspeed.
