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USPA Category E QUIZ ACTUAL Questions and
Verified Solutions Latest Update This Year
USPA Category E
QUESTION: 1) What happens to a visual altimeter when it's in the jumper's burble?
a) Reads unreliably.
b) Nothing.
c) Reads high. - ANSWER-a) Reads unreliably.
QUESTION: 2) What is the best way to recover from a stall to full glide?
a) Quickly counteract with toggle input.
b) Pull legs up into a tight ball.
c) Smoothly raise the controls. - ANSWER-c) Smoothly raise the controls
QUESTION: 3) What happens to a jumper's fall rate when performing rolls, loops, or other
freeflying maneuvers?
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a) Increases.
b) Decreases.
c) Stays the same. - ANSWER-a) Increases.
QUESTION: 4) Describe an aerodynamic stall as it applies to a ram-air canopy?
a) Sudden state of increased glide and increased rate of descent.
b) Stable state of decreased glide and increased rate of descent.
c) Stable state of increased glide and descreased rate of descent. - ANSWER-b) Stable state of
decreased glide and increased rate of descent.
QUESTION: 5) When does a dynamic stall occur?
a) When the front risers are pulled down quickly.
b) At the end of a flare when the jumper begins to rock back under the canopy.
c) At the beginning of a flare. - ANSWER-b) At the end of a flare when the jumper begins to
rock back under the canopy.
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QUESTION: 6) What happens after a dynamic stall if the tail is held lower than the nose?
a) Recovery.
b) Continued dynamic stall.
c) Full stall. - ANSWER-c) Full stall.
QUESTION: 7) What is the best way to determine a canopy's optimum flare speed and depth for
landing?
a) Practice different rates of flare entry at different depths of flare.
b) Divide exit weight by the canopy's square footage.
c) Contact the manufacturer. - ANSWER-a) Practice different rates of flare entry at different
depths of flare.
QUESTION: 8) Describe your procedure for landing in high winds?
a) Stay well downwind of any obstacle, face into the wind early, disconnect the RSL, land with a
PLF, pull one toggle down completely, and after landing, cut away if necessary.
b) Do not attempt a stand-up landing; PLF.
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c) Enter downwind leg at 3/4 brakes and smoothly continue to full brakes. - ANSWER-a) Stay
well downwind of any obstacle, face into the wind early, disconnect the RSL, land with a PLF,
pull one toggle down completely, and after landing, cut away if necessary.
QUESTION: 9) How many A-lines does a nine-cell canopy have?
a) nine
b) ten
c) eleven - ANSWER-b) ten
QUESTION: 10) To what part of the canopy do the steering lines (brake lines) connect?
a) nose or leading edge
b) end cells
c) tail or trailing edge - ANSWER-c) tail or trailing edge
QUESTION: 11) What lines go through the rear slider grommets?
a) A, B, and C
b) C, D, and brakes
USPA Category E QUIZ ACTUAL Questions and
Verified Solutions Latest Update This Year
USPA Category E
QUESTION: 1) What happens to a visual altimeter when it's in the jumper's burble?
a) Reads unreliably.
b) Nothing.
c) Reads high. - ANSWER-a) Reads unreliably.
QUESTION: 2) What is the best way to recover from a stall to full glide?
a) Quickly counteract with toggle input.
b) Pull legs up into a tight ball.
c) Smoothly raise the controls. - ANSWER-c) Smoothly raise the controls
QUESTION: 3) What happens to a jumper's fall rate when performing rolls, loops, or other
freeflying maneuvers?
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a) Increases.
b) Decreases.
c) Stays the same. - ANSWER-a) Increases.
QUESTION: 4) Describe an aerodynamic stall as it applies to a ram-air canopy?
a) Sudden state of increased glide and increased rate of descent.
b) Stable state of decreased glide and increased rate of descent.
c) Stable state of increased glide and descreased rate of descent. - ANSWER-b) Stable state of
decreased glide and increased rate of descent.
QUESTION: 5) When does a dynamic stall occur?
a) When the front risers are pulled down quickly.
b) At the end of a flare when the jumper begins to rock back under the canopy.
c) At the beginning of a flare. - ANSWER-b) At the end of a flare when the jumper begins to
rock back under the canopy.
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QUESTION: 6) What happens after a dynamic stall if the tail is held lower than the nose?
a) Recovery.
b) Continued dynamic stall.
c) Full stall. - ANSWER-c) Full stall.
QUESTION: 7) What is the best way to determine a canopy's optimum flare speed and depth for
landing?
a) Practice different rates of flare entry at different depths of flare.
b) Divide exit weight by the canopy's square footage.
c) Contact the manufacturer. - ANSWER-a) Practice different rates of flare entry at different
depths of flare.
QUESTION: 8) Describe your procedure for landing in high winds?
a) Stay well downwind of any obstacle, face into the wind early, disconnect the RSL, land with a
PLF, pull one toggle down completely, and after landing, cut away if necessary.
b) Do not attempt a stand-up landing; PLF.
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c) Enter downwind leg at 3/4 brakes and smoothly continue to full brakes. - ANSWER-a) Stay
well downwind of any obstacle, face into the wind early, disconnect the RSL, land with a PLF,
pull one toggle down completely, and after landing, cut away if necessary.
QUESTION: 9) How many A-lines does a nine-cell canopy have?
a) nine
b) ten
c) eleven - ANSWER-b) ten
QUESTION: 10) To what part of the canopy do the steering lines (brake lines) connect?
a) nose or leading edge
b) end cells
c) tail or trailing edge - ANSWER-c) tail or trailing edge
QUESTION: 11) What lines go through the rear slider grommets?
a) A, B, and C
b) C, D, and brakes
