AS 121 Exam 1 Questions with Verified Solutions Graded A+
Categories of aircraft - Answers Normal, transport, provisional, light-sport, limited, utility,
restricted
Types of pilot certificates - Answers Sport, recreational, private, commercial, airline transport
Airline class ratings - Answers Airplane, rotorcraft, glider, balloon, land plane, seaplane
How long is a class 3 medical good for when they are 43 years old? - Answers 2 years; 24
calendar months
When do you have to have a type rating - Answers For an aircraft over 12,500 lbs
What is a complex airplane - Answers An airplane with engine over 200 horsepower
To act as PIC with passengers, you must..... - Answers Have a type rating for the aircraft: a large
aircraft, turbo-jet powered airplane, and other aircraft specified by FAA aircraft type certificate
procedures
Describe Zulu time - Answers Greenwich mean time; worldwide; DAB is 5 hours ahead
Describe VASI - Answers Red over white = good; provides obstruction clearance
PAPI - Answers Amber: above; green: on; red: below
How to tell if airport is controlled or not - Answers Controlled: has operating tower (ATC)
Non controlled tower: no operating tower (no ATC)
The 4 sources of info about airports - Answers 1. Aeronautical charts 2. Chart supplement 3.
Notices to airmen 4. Automated terminal info services
4 forces in balance - Answers Lift, drag, weight, thrust
Angle of attack - Answers Angle at which relative wind meets an airfoil; related to the amount of
lift produced
What are the 3 axes - Answers Lateral axis- pitching
Longitudinal axis- rolling
Vertical axis- yawing
What controls movement about the 3 axes - Answers 3 imaginary lines that pass through an
aircrafts CG
What do flaps do - Answers Increase lift during takeoff and landing, steeper approaches without
increasing speed, fly at lower air speeds to touchdown slower
Categories of aircraft - Answers Normal, transport, provisional, light-sport, limited, utility,
restricted
Types of pilot certificates - Answers Sport, recreational, private, commercial, airline transport
Airline class ratings - Answers Airplane, rotorcraft, glider, balloon, land plane, seaplane
How long is a class 3 medical good for when they are 43 years old? - Answers 2 years; 24
calendar months
When do you have to have a type rating - Answers For an aircraft over 12,500 lbs
What is a complex airplane - Answers An airplane with engine over 200 horsepower
To act as PIC with passengers, you must..... - Answers Have a type rating for the aircraft: a large
aircraft, turbo-jet powered airplane, and other aircraft specified by FAA aircraft type certificate
procedures
Describe Zulu time - Answers Greenwich mean time; worldwide; DAB is 5 hours ahead
Describe VASI - Answers Red over white = good; provides obstruction clearance
PAPI - Answers Amber: above; green: on; red: below
How to tell if airport is controlled or not - Answers Controlled: has operating tower (ATC)
Non controlled tower: no operating tower (no ATC)
The 4 sources of info about airports - Answers 1. Aeronautical charts 2. Chart supplement 3.
Notices to airmen 4. Automated terminal info services
4 forces in balance - Answers Lift, drag, weight, thrust
Angle of attack - Answers Angle at which relative wind meets an airfoil; related to the amount of
lift produced
What are the 3 axes - Answers Lateral axis- pitching
Longitudinal axis- rolling
Vertical axis- yawing
What controls movement about the 3 axes - Answers 3 imaginary lines that pass through an
aircrafts CG
What do flaps do - Answers Increase lift during takeoff and landing, steeper approaches without
increasing speed, fly at lower air speeds to touchdown slower
