CFI Check ride Exam Study Questions and Answers Graded A 2024

What are we legally obligated to carry for safety? - 1) ELT 2) Flotation Gear/Flare (if operated for-hire beyond power-off gliding distance) 3) Seatbelts What do we have onboard? - Fire Extinguisher (inspected monthly) Survival Kit (water bottle, clif bars, tent, etc) What should we carry onboard for safety? - Food/water Proper clothing Flashlight Multi-tool (Gerber or Swiss Army Knife) Human Behavior - 1) The product of innate human nature, individual experience and environment 2) Result of attempts to satisfy certain needs Mazlow's Hierarchy of Needs - 1) Physiological 2) Security 3) Belonging 4) Self- Esteem 5) Cognitive/Aesthetic 6) Self-Actualization Name defense mechanisms - denial, reaction formation, projection, repression, rationalization, displacement, compensation, fantasy Denial - refusing to believe or even perceive painful realities Repression - keeping distressing thoughts and feelings buried in the unconscious compensation - emphasizing personal strengths in one area to shift focus from failure in another area projection - placement of blame upon someone else Rationalization - defense mechanism that offers self-justifying explanations in place of the real, more threatening, unconscious reasons for one's actions reaction formation - Defense mechanism by which people behave in a way opposite to what their true but anxiety-provoking feelings would dictate. Fantasy - daydream to escape from reality Displacement - Unconscious transfer of unacceptable emotions, thought or feelings from someone to a more acceptable external source Dealing with Student Anxiety - 1) Acknowledge it 2) Introduce maneuvers with care 3) Emphasize pleasurable aspects of flying 4) Introduce safety practices as ways of maintaining efficiency Teaching Older Students - 1) Be more efficient 2) Give more at home responsibilities 3) Give more control over own training Basic Elements of Communication - Source, Symbol, Receiver Barriers to effective communication - Lack of common experience, Confusion between symbol and symbolized object, Overuse of abstractions, Interference Developing Communication Skills - Role playing Instructional communication Listening Questioning Instructional enhancement What is learning? - a relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience Behaviorism - Behavior can be predicted based on previous rewards and punishments (reinforcements) Cognitive Theory - Focuses on the process of thinking and learning. Learning is seen as a change in behavior, thinking understanding, and feeling Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) - Being able to think & process info beyond basic concept memory & recall as well as evaluate and utilize info learned. Perceptions - Come from the five senses, the basis for learning Learning occurs more rapidly when information is received through more than one sense Insight - Grouping of perceptions into a meaningful whole Factors affecting Perceptions/Insights - 1) Physical 2) Goals and Values 3) Self-Concept 4) Time and Opportunity 5) Element of Threat Phases of Knowledge Aquirement - 1) Memorization 2) Understanding 3) Concept Learning Thorndike's Laws of Learning - Readiness Effect Exercise Primacy Intensity Recency Domains of Learning - cognitive, affective, psychomotor Characteristics of learning - Purposeful Result of Experience Multifaceted Active process Stages of skill acquisition - 1. Cognitive 2. Associative 3. Automatic Response Learning Plateau - A period in which progress in learning appears to be at a standstill. Normal and to be expected. Can move student to other part or curriculum Types of Practice - Deliberate Blocked Random Good scenarios... - 1) have a clear objective 2) is tailored to the needs of the student 3) capitalizes on the nuances of the local environment two types of error - Slip Mistake Reducing Error - 1) learning and practice 2) taking time 3) checking for errors 4) reminders