FINAL EXAM TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE CHECKRIDE-READY See how you measure up to FAA standards with these questions from the AOPA Pilot Information Center. 1. An airport's rotating beacon operated during daylight hours indicates A. there are obstructions on the airport. B. the air traffic control tower is not in operation. C. that weather at the airport located in Class D airspace is below basic VFR weather minimums. 2. On aircraft equipped with fuel pumps, when is the auxiliary electric-driven pump used? A. In the event the engine-driven fuel pump fails. B. All the time to aid the engine-driven fuel pump. C. Constantly except in starting the engine. 3. No person may operate an aircraft in aerobatic flight when the flight visibility is less than A. 3 miles. B. 5 miles. C. 7 miles. 4. The numbers 9 and 27 on a runway indicate that the runway is oriented approximately A. 090 degrees and 270 degrees true. B. 090 degrees and 270 degrees magnetic. C. 009 degrees and 027 degrees true. 5. True or false: It is both safe and practical to routinely operate an airplane at VNE, redline airspeed. ACE Can you correctly answer these questions from retired TWA captain and 28,000-hour pilot Barry Schiff? 6. True or false? Baggage compartment doors on most general aviation airplanes should be latched and locked by key during flight. 7. Which of the following does not belong? A. convection. B. ocean surface. C. surface irregularities. D. wind shear. 8. True or false? Rain falling on a windshield creates an optical illusion that leads a pilot to believe that he is higher during a landing approach than he really is. 9. What is the upper limit of Class A airspace? 10. While landing at an airport with standard runway-edge lights, a pilot touches down abeam a runway light to his left and comes to a stop nine runway lights thereafter. The length of the landing roll was A. 900 feet. B. 1,350 feet. C. 1,800 feet. D. Cannot be determined. 56 FLIGHT TRAINING JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 JOHN HOLM Answers on p. 53