USPA D LICENSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Max ground winds for solo students w/ ram-air canopies - Answers :14 mph
Max ground winds for solo students w/ round reserves - Answers :10 mph
Max ground winds for licensed skydivers - Answers :unlimited
Minimum opening alt for tandem jumps - Answers :4,500ft
Minimum opening alt for all students and A-license holders - Answers :3,000ft
Minimum opening alt for all B-license holders - Answers :2,500ft
Minimum opening alt for all C and D-license holders - Answers :2,500ft (waiverable to
2,000ft)
Minimum drop-zone clearance distances for solo students and A-license holders -
Answers :330ft
Minimum drop-zone clearance distances for B and C-license holders - Answers :165ft
Minimum drop-zone clearance distances for D-license holders - Answers :40ft
What communication type is required to be present on the DZ during jump operations? -
Answers :manned ground-to-air
For night jumps, how bright must a jumper's light be under canopy? - Answers :Visible
for 3 statute miles
What are students required to have until they have an A-license? - Answers :helmet,
piggyback harness/container system,visual altimeter, AAD, main ram-air canopy,
steerable reserve
When is supplemental O2 mandatory? - Answers :higher than 15,000ft MSL
An inadvertent opening of your main or reserve parachute while freeflying may result in:
A)excessive loads on the parachute and jumper that may cause damage.
B)entanglement between the jumper and canopy
C)collision with other jumpers
D)any of the above - Answers :D) any of the above
When freeflying, a jumper should:
A)use proper equipment that provides adequate pin and bridle protection, regardless of
orientation to the releative wind
B) use an automatic activation device
, C) use at least one audible and one visual altimeter
D) all of the above - Answers :D) all of the above
What are the minimum visibility requirements below 10,000 feet MSL?
A) 2,000 feet
B) 3,000 feet
C) 3 Miles
D) 5 Miles - Answers :C) 3 miles
Skydiver's Information Manual Section 5-1 recommends that D-licensed skydivers
decide and take appropriate action for main canopy malfunction procedures by:
A) 1,000 feet
B) 1,500 feet
C) 1,800 feet
D) 2,000 feet - Answers :C) 1,800 feet
As density altitude increases--
A) parachute performance remains constant
B) airspeed decreases
C) opening forces decrease
D) airspeed increases - Answers :D) airspeed increases
A USPA D-license holder who has not made a freefall within the preceding six months
should:
A) attend a complete first-jump course
B) make at least one jump under the supervision of a USPA instructional rating holder
C) perform a clear-and-pull from 3,000 feet AGL
D) perform a static-line jump - Answers :B) make at least one jump under the
supervision of a USPA instructional rating holder
Approaches and docking on canopy formation jumps should stop by--
A) 1500 feet AGL
B) 2500 feet AGL
C) 3500 feet AGL
D) 4500 feet AGL - Answers :B) 2500 feet AGL
The wave off procedures for wingsuit jumpers is:
A) a normal wave-off with arms
B) clicking heels together several times
C) unfastening the arms of the suit
D) extracting the pilot chute and waving it for several seconds - Answers :B) clicking
heels together several times
How much fuel must be aboard an aircraft for legal flight under daytime visual flight
rules?
A) enough for the flight
Max ground winds for solo students w/ ram-air canopies - Answers :14 mph
Max ground winds for solo students w/ round reserves - Answers :10 mph
Max ground winds for licensed skydivers - Answers :unlimited
Minimum opening alt for tandem jumps - Answers :4,500ft
Minimum opening alt for all students and A-license holders - Answers :3,000ft
Minimum opening alt for all B-license holders - Answers :2,500ft
Minimum opening alt for all C and D-license holders - Answers :2,500ft (waiverable to
2,000ft)
Minimum drop-zone clearance distances for solo students and A-license holders -
Answers :330ft
Minimum drop-zone clearance distances for B and C-license holders - Answers :165ft
Minimum drop-zone clearance distances for D-license holders - Answers :40ft
What communication type is required to be present on the DZ during jump operations? -
Answers :manned ground-to-air
For night jumps, how bright must a jumper's light be under canopy? - Answers :Visible
for 3 statute miles
What are students required to have until they have an A-license? - Answers :helmet,
piggyback harness/container system,visual altimeter, AAD, main ram-air canopy,
steerable reserve
When is supplemental O2 mandatory? - Answers :higher than 15,000ft MSL
An inadvertent opening of your main or reserve parachute while freeflying may result in:
A)excessive loads on the parachute and jumper that may cause damage.
B)entanglement between the jumper and canopy
C)collision with other jumpers
D)any of the above - Answers :D) any of the above
When freeflying, a jumper should:
A)use proper equipment that provides adequate pin and bridle protection, regardless of
orientation to the releative wind
B) use an automatic activation device
, C) use at least one audible and one visual altimeter
D) all of the above - Answers :D) all of the above
What are the minimum visibility requirements below 10,000 feet MSL?
A) 2,000 feet
B) 3,000 feet
C) 3 Miles
D) 5 Miles - Answers :C) 3 miles
Skydiver's Information Manual Section 5-1 recommends that D-licensed skydivers
decide and take appropriate action for main canopy malfunction procedures by:
A) 1,000 feet
B) 1,500 feet
C) 1,800 feet
D) 2,000 feet - Answers :C) 1,800 feet
As density altitude increases--
A) parachute performance remains constant
B) airspeed decreases
C) opening forces decrease
D) airspeed increases - Answers :D) airspeed increases
A USPA D-license holder who has not made a freefall within the preceding six months
should:
A) attend a complete first-jump course
B) make at least one jump under the supervision of a USPA instructional rating holder
C) perform a clear-and-pull from 3,000 feet AGL
D) perform a static-line jump - Answers :B) make at least one jump under the
supervision of a USPA instructional rating holder
Approaches and docking on canopy formation jumps should stop by--
A) 1500 feet AGL
B) 2500 feet AGL
C) 3500 feet AGL
D) 4500 feet AGL - Answers :B) 2500 feet AGL
The wave off procedures for wingsuit jumpers is:
A) a normal wave-off with arms
B) clicking heels together several times
C) unfastening the arms of the suit
D) extracting the pilot chute and waving it for several seconds - Answers :B) clicking
heels together several times
How much fuel must be aboard an aircraft for legal flight under daytime visual flight
rules?
A) enough for the flight
