Private Pilot Stage II Final Exam Questions And Answers
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QUESTION: The elevation at Denver (KDEN) is 5,400 feet. According to the accompanying
aviation routine
weather report (METAR), how far below the ceiling will you be if you are flying at 7,500 feet
MSL over Denver? ✓✓Correct Answer: 900 feet
QUESTION: What conditions are necessary for the formation of thunderstorms? ✓✓Correct
Answer: Unstable air, a lifting force, and high moisture content
QUESTION: While heading north, you find that you are on a converging course with another
airplane headed
west at the same altitude. What action should you take? ✓✓Correct Answer: Alter course to
the right, to pass behind the other airplane.
QUESTION: Which preflight action is specifically required of the pilot prior to each flight?
✓✓Correct Answer: Become familiar with all available information concerning the flight.
QUESTION: What is meant by the term "dewpoint"? ✓✓Correct Answer: The temperature
to which air must be cooled to become saturated.
QUESTION: May a pilot operate an aircraft that is not in compliance with an Airworthiness
Directive (AD)? ✓✓Correct Answer: Yes, if allowed by the AD.
QUESTION: How should contact be established with an En Route Flight Advisory Service
(EFAS) station,
and what service would be expected? ✓✓Correct Answer: Call Flight Watch on 122.0 for
information regarding actual weather and
thunderstorm activity along proposed route.
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,QUESTION: Which type of weather briefing should a pilot request to supplement mass
disseminated data? ✓✓Correct Answer: An abbreviated briefing.
QUESTION: What action should you take if you receive a clearance that will cause you to
deviate from an
FAR? ✓✓Correct Answer: Refuse the clearance, and request an amended clearance.
QUESTION: What are the processes by which moisture is added to unsaturated air?
✓✓Correct Answer: Evaporation and sublimation.
QUESTION: What wind is forecast for STL at 9,000 feet? ✓✓Correct Answer: 230° true at 32
knots.
QUESTION: The operator of an aircraft that has been involved in an incident is required to
submit a report
to the nearest field office of the NTSB ✓✓Correct Answer: when requested.
QUESTION: Before a person holding a private pilot certificate may act as pilot in command
of a highperformance
airplane, that person must have ✓✓Correct Answer: received ground and flight instruction
from an authorized flight instructor
who then endorses that person's logbook.
QUESTION: A private pilot had a flight review on September 2 of last year. When is the next
flight review
required? ✓✓Correct Answer: September 30, next year
QUESTION: With the approach and passage of a frontal system in the United States, what
pressure and
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, wind direction changes take place? ✓✓Correct Answer: The pressure falls as the front
approaches and rises after its passage,
while the wind direction shifts to the right after frontal passage.
QUESTION: Which best describes the flight conditions under which flight crewmembers are
specifically
required to keep their safety belts and shoulder harnesses fastened? ✓✓Correct Answer:
Safety belts during takeoff and landing and while en route; shoulder
harnesses during takeoff and landing.
QUESTION: At what altitude is the freezing level over the middle of Florida on the 12-hour
Significant
Weather Prognostic Chart? ✓✓Correct Answer: 12,000 feet.
QUESTION: If recency of experience requirements for night flight are not met and official
sunset is 1830,
the latest time passengers may be carried is ✓✓Correct Answer: 1929
QUESTION: What is the major motivating force behind atmospheric circulation? ✓✓Correct
Answer: Uneven heating of the earth's surface
QUESTION: During the time period from 0600Z to 0800Z, what visibility is forecast for KOKC?
✓✓Correct Answer: Greater than 6 statute miles.
QUESTION: For private pilot operations, a Second-Class Medical Certificate issued to a 42-
year-old pilot on
July 15, this year, will expire at midnight on ✓✓Correct Answer: July 31, 2 years later.
QUESTION: Under what circumstances is a private pilot permitted to carry a passenger who
is clearly
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QUESTION: The elevation at Denver (KDEN) is 5,400 feet. According to the accompanying
aviation routine
weather report (METAR), how far below the ceiling will you be if you are flying at 7,500 feet
MSL over Denver? ✓✓Correct Answer: 900 feet
QUESTION: What conditions are necessary for the formation of thunderstorms? ✓✓Correct
Answer: Unstable air, a lifting force, and high moisture content
QUESTION: While heading north, you find that you are on a converging course with another
airplane headed
west at the same altitude. What action should you take? ✓✓Correct Answer: Alter course to
the right, to pass behind the other airplane.
QUESTION: Which preflight action is specifically required of the pilot prior to each flight?
✓✓Correct Answer: Become familiar with all available information concerning the flight.
QUESTION: What is meant by the term "dewpoint"? ✓✓Correct Answer: The temperature
to which air must be cooled to become saturated.
QUESTION: May a pilot operate an aircraft that is not in compliance with an Airworthiness
Directive (AD)? ✓✓Correct Answer: Yes, if allowed by the AD.
QUESTION: How should contact be established with an En Route Flight Advisory Service
(EFAS) station,
and what service would be expected? ✓✓Correct Answer: Call Flight Watch on 122.0 for
information regarding actual weather and
thunderstorm activity along proposed route.
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,QUESTION: Which type of weather briefing should a pilot request to supplement mass
disseminated data? ✓✓Correct Answer: An abbreviated briefing.
QUESTION: What action should you take if you receive a clearance that will cause you to
deviate from an
FAR? ✓✓Correct Answer: Refuse the clearance, and request an amended clearance.
QUESTION: What are the processes by which moisture is added to unsaturated air?
✓✓Correct Answer: Evaporation and sublimation.
QUESTION: What wind is forecast for STL at 9,000 feet? ✓✓Correct Answer: 230° true at 32
knots.
QUESTION: The operator of an aircraft that has been involved in an incident is required to
submit a report
to the nearest field office of the NTSB ✓✓Correct Answer: when requested.
QUESTION: Before a person holding a private pilot certificate may act as pilot in command
of a highperformance
airplane, that person must have ✓✓Correct Answer: received ground and flight instruction
from an authorized flight instructor
who then endorses that person's logbook.
QUESTION: A private pilot had a flight review on September 2 of last year. When is the next
flight review
required? ✓✓Correct Answer: September 30, next year
QUESTION: With the approach and passage of a frontal system in the United States, what
pressure and
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, wind direction changes take place? ✓✓Correct Answer: The pressure falls as the front
approaches and rises after its passage,
while the wind direction shifts to the right after frontal passage.
QUESTION: Which best describes the flight conditions under which flight crewmembers are
specifically
required to keep their safety belts and shoulder harnesses fastened? ✓✓Correct Answer:
Safety belts during takeoff and landing and while en route; shoulder
harnesses during takeoff and landing.
QUESTION: At what altitude is the freezing level over the middle of Florida on the 12-hour
Significant
Weather Prognostic Chart? ✓✓Correct Answer: 12,000 feet.
QUESTION: If recency of experience requirements for night flight are not met and official
sunset is 1830,
the latest time passengers may be carried is ✓✓Correct Answer: 1929
QUESTION: What is the major motivating force behind atmospheric circulation? ✓✓Correct
Answer: Uneven heating of the earth's surface
QUESTION: During the time period from 0600Z to 0800Z, what visibility is forecast for KOKC?
✓✓Correct Answer: Greater than 6 statute miles.
QUESTION: For private pilot operations, a Second-Class Medical Certificate issued to a 42-
year-old pilot on
July 15, this year, will expire at midnight on ✓✓Correct Answer: July 31, 2 years later.
QUESTION: Under what circumstances is a private pilot permitted to carry a passenger who
is clearly
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