USPA SKYDIVING A LICENSE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
CERTIFICATION STUDY PACK
◉ How far horizontally must jumpers be from any cloud at 10,000
feet MSL and ABOVE? Answer: one mile
◉ What are the minimum visibility requirements below 10,000 feet
MSL? Answer: three miles
◉ What are the minimum visibility requirements at 10,000 feet MSL
and above? Answer: five miles
◉ Who is responsible for a jumper observing cloud clearance
requirements? Answer: Jumper and pilot.
◉ According to the BSRs, what is the latest a student may jump?
Answer: All student jumps must be completed by sunset.
◉ What is the technique for determining the point straight below
the aircraft during jump run? Answer: Determine two lines from the
horizon, one ahead and one abreast, and find the intersection of
those two lines.
, ◉ What must the jumper look for below before exiting the aircraft?
Answer: Clouds and other aircraft.
◉ What happens to a jumper's fall rate when performing rolls, loops,
or other freeflying maneuvers? Answer: Increases.
◉ What happens to a visual altimeter when it's in the jumper's
burble? Answer: Reads unreliably.
◉ What is the best way to recover from a stall to full glide? Answer:
Smoothly raise the controls.
◉ Describe an aerodynamic stall as it applies to a ram-air canopy?
Answer: Stable state of decreased glide and increased rate of
descent.
◉ When does a dynamic stall occur? Answer: At the end of a flare
when the jumper begins to rock back under the canopy.
◉ What happens after a dynamic stall if the tail is held lower than
the nose? Answer: Full stall.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
CERTIFICATION STUDY PACK
◉ How far horizontally must jumpers be from any cloud at 10,000
feet MSL and ABOVE? Answer: one mile
◉ What are the minimum visibility requirements below 10,000 feet
MSL? Answer: three miles
◉ What are the minimum visibility requirements at 10,000 feet MSL
and above? Answer: five miles
◉ Who is responsible for a jumper observing cloud clearance
requirements? Answer: Jumper and pilot.
◉ According to the BSRs, what is the latest a student may jump?
Answer: All student jumps must be completed by sunset.
◉ What is the technique for determining the point straight below
the aircraft during jump run? Answer: Determine two lines from the
horizon, one ahead and one abreast, and find the intersection of
those two lines.
, ◉ What must the jumper look for below before exiting the aircraft?
Answer: Clouds and other aircraft.
◉ What happens to a jumper's fall rate when performing rolls, loops,
or other freeflying maneuvers? Answer: Increases.
◉ What happens to a visual altimeter when it's in the jumper's
burble? Answer: Reads unreliably.
◉ What is the best way to recover from a stall to full glide? Answer:
Smoothly raise the controls.
◉ Describe an aerodynamic stall as it applies to a ram-air canopy?
Answer: Stable state of decreased glide and increased rate of
descent.
◉ When does a dynamic stall occur? Answer: At the end of a flare
when the jumper begins to rock back under the canopy.
◉ What happens after a dynamic stall if the tail is held lower than
the nose? Answer: Full stall.
