ARMY AEROMEDICAL STUDY GUIDE
150 QUESTIONS 2026 STUDY GUIDE
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
ANSWERS VERIFIED A+
◉ Flight Surgeon, APA (Aeromedical Physicians Assistant), AMNP
(Aviation Medicine Nurse Practitioner), and Aeromedical Psychologist.
Answer: Who consists of the Aviation Medicine Health Care Team?
◉ Preventative Medicine
Answer: What is the primary goal of the Aviation Medicine Program?
◉ rated
Answer: The Flight Surgeon is a _____ crewmember.
◉ Within a three-month period preceding the end of the birth month.
Answer: What is the timeframe that an FDME or FDHS must be started
and completed?
◉ The Unit Commander
Answer: Who has the final approval authority of a DD Form 2992?
◉ 11: Up, qualified for flying duty. Contains an effective date and
expiration date.
,12: Down, Disqualified for flight. Contains an effective date and
estimated duration of grounding.
Answer: Describe boxes 11 and 12 on a DD Form 2992.
◉ 13: Remarks / Limitations. Will include FFD (Full flying duty) or
DNIF (Duties not to include flying duty). Will not contain patient
privacy information.
Answer: Describe box 13 of the DD Form 2992.
◉ 14: FS's signature and/or APA's, or AMNP's signature
15: Aircrew member's signature
16: Commander's signature
Answer: What is contained in boxes 14, 15, and 16 of the DD Form
2992?
◉ Temporary results in requalification within 365 days. Permanent is
not likely to result in requalification within 365 days.
Answer: What is the difference of a temporary versus permanent
medical disqualification?
◉ Initial (18 months) and comprehensive (5 years between 20-49 Yrs, 1
year at 50 yrs and older).
Answer: What are the two types of FDME and how long are they valid
for?
,◉ Class 1 - Initial for those that want to be pilots.
Class 2 - Aviators, FS, DAC Pilots, and APA/AMNP.
Class 3 - Non-rated crewmembers and Aeromedical Psychologists.
Class 4 - ATC and UAV operators.
Answer: What are the classes of FDME and who are the performed for?
◉ Annually between each comprehensive FDME.
Answer: How frequently must an FDHS be completed?
◉ Castor Oil
Answer: What is the first fuel used in aviation?
◉ Hippocrates
Answer: Who was the first to describe the relationship between work
and illness?
◉ Physical, Chemical, Biological
Answer: Name the 3 general types of toxic hazards encountered in an
aviation environment.
◉ chemical
Answer: Identify what toxic hazard:
Water inhaled in large quantities and oxygen inhaled in a hyperbaric
chamber?
, ◉ Acute and chronic
Answer: What are two types of exposure?
◉ Anything capable of producing an adverse health effect (injury or
illness).
Answer: What is the definition of an occupational hazard?
◉ Inhalation, Skin (absorption), and ingestion.
Answer: What are the three routes a toxin can enter the body?
◉ Aviation fuels
Aviation combustion products
Composites and plastics
Solvents and degreasers
Lubricants and hydraulic fluids
Fire extinguishing materials
Answer: What toxic substances could you be exposed to in an aviation
environment?
◉ Lightheadedness
Fatigue
Coma
Slurred speech and impaired psychomotor skills
150 QUESTIONS 2026 STUDY GUIDE
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
ANSWERS VERIFIED A+
◉ Flight Surgeon, APA (Aeromedical Physicians Assistant), AMNP
(Aviation Medicine Nurse Practitioner), and Aeromedical Psychologist.
Answer: Who consists of the Aviation Medicine Health Care Team?
◉ Preventative Medicine
Answer: What is the primary goal of the Aviation Medicine Program?
◉ rated
Answer: The Flight Surgeon is a _____ crewmember.
◉ Within a three-month period preceding the end of the birth month.
Answer: What is the timeframe that an FDME or FDHS must be started
and completed?
◉ The Unit Commander
Answer: Who has the final approval authority of a DD Form 2992?
◉ 11: Up, qualified for flying duty. Contains an effective date and
expiration date.
,12: Down, Disqualified for flight. Contains an effective date and
estimated duration of grounding.
Answer: Describe boxes 11 and 12 on a DD Form 2992.
◉ 13: Remarks / Limitations. Will include FFD (Full flying duty) or
DNIF (Duties not to include flying duty). Will not contain patient
privacy information.
Answer: Describe box 13 of the DD Form 2992.
◉ 14: FS's signature and/or APA's, or AMNP's signature
15: Aircrew member's signature
16: Commander's signature
Answer: What is contained in boxes 14, 15, and 16 of the DD Form
2992?
◉ Temporary results in requalification within 365 days. Permanent is
not likely to result in requalification within 365 days.
Answer: What is the difference of a temporary versus permanent
medical disqualification?
◉ Initial (18 months) and comprehensive (5 years between 20-49 Yrs, 1
year at 50 yrs and older).
Answer: What are the two types of FDME and how long are they valid
for?
,◉ Class 1 - Initial for those that want to be pilots.
Class 2 - Aviators, FS, DAC Pilots, and APA/AMNP.
Class 3 - Non-rated crewmembers and Aeromedical Psychologists.
Class 4 - ATC and UAV operators.
Answer: What are the classes of FDME and who are the performed for?
◉ Annually between each comprehensive FDME.
Answer: How frequently must an FDHS be completed?
◉ Castor Oil
Answer: What is the first fuel used in aviation?
◉ Hippocrates
Answer: Who was the first to describe the relationship between work
and illness?
◉ Physical, Chemical, Biological
Answer: Name the 3 general types of toxic hazards encountered in an
aviation environment.
◉ chemical
Answer: Identify what toxic hazard:
Water inhaled in large quantities and oxygen inhaled in a hyperbaric
chamber?
, ◉ Acute and chronic
Answer: What are two types of exposure?
◉ Anything capable of producing an adverse health effect (injury or
illness).
Answer: What is the definition of an occupational hazard?
◉ Inhalation, Skin (absorption), and ingestion.
Answer: What are the three routes a toxin can enter the body?
◉ Aviation fuels
Aviation combustion products
Composites and plastics
Solvents and degreasers
Lubricants and hydraulic fluids
Fire extinguishing materials
Answer: What toxic substances could you be exposed to in an aviation
environment?
◉ Lightheadedness
Fatigue
Coma
Slurred speech and impaired psychomotor skills
