Prepare for the FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot certification exam with these practice questions and answers. This guide covers airspace, weather, regulations, and drone operations.
Q: (Refer to Figure 20.) Why would the small flag at Lake Drummond in area 2 of the sectional chart be important to a Remote PIC?A.The flag indicates a GPS check point that can be used by both manned and remote pilots for orientation.B. The flag indicates a VFR check point for manned aircraft, and a higher volume of air traffic should be expected there.C. The flag indicates that there will be a large obstruction depicted on the next printing of the chart.
Answer: B
Q: According to 14 CFR part 107, an sUAS is a unmanned aircraft system weighing55 kg or less.Less than 55 lbs.55 lbs or less.
Answer: Less than 55 lbs.
Q: A person whose sole task is watching the sUAS to report hazards to the rest of the crew is calledVisual observerRemote-PICPerson manipulating the controls
Answer: Visual observer
Q: During your preflight inspection, you discover a small nick in the casing of your sUAS battery. What action should you take?Use it as long as it will still hold a charge.Follow the manufacturer’s guidance.Throw it away with your household trash.
Answer: Follow the manufacturer’s guidance
Q: When loading cameras or other equipment on an sUAS, mount the items in a manner thatCan be easily removed without the use of tools.Is visible to the visual observer or other crewmembers.Does not adversly affect the center of gravity.
Answer: Does not adversly affect the center of gravity.
Q: According to 14 CFR part 107, what is required to operate a small UA within 30 minutes after official sunset?Use of anti-collision lights.Must be operated in a rural area.Use of a transponder.
Answer: Use of anti-collision lights.
Q: If an unstable air mass is forced upward, what type clouds can be expected?Stratus clouds with considerable associated turbulence.Clouds with considerable vertical development and associated turbulence.Stratus clouds with little vertical development.
Answer: Clouds with considerable vertical development and associated turbulence.
Q: As a remote-pilot operating near an airport, you should expect arriving aircraft to join the traffic pattern45 degrees to baseoverflying the runway and turning downwind45 degrees to downwind
Answer: 45 degrees to downwind
Q: You have been hired as a remote pilot by a local TV news station to film breaking news with a small UA. You expressed a safety concern and the station manager has instructed you to “fly first, ask questions later.” What type of attitude does this attitude represent?Machismo.Impulsivity.Invulnerability.
Answer: Impulsivity.
Q: (Refer to Figure 21.) You have been hired by a farmer to use your small UA to inspect his crops. The area that you are to survey is in the Devil`s Lake West MOA, east of area 2. How would you find out if the MOA is active?Refer to the legend for special use airspace phone number.In the Military Operations Directory.This information is available in the Small UAS database.
Answer: Refer to the legend for special use airspace phone number.
Q: Refer to figure 26, area 2.) What hazards to aircraft may exist in areas such as Devils Lake East MOA?Military training activities that necessitate acrobatic or abrupt flight maneuvers.High volume of pilot training or an unusual type of aerial activity.Unusual, often invisible, hazards such as aerial gunnery or guided missiles.
Answer: Military training activities that necessitate acrobatic or abrupt flight maneuvers.
Q: What is the purpose of the rudder on an airplane?To control overbanking tendencyTo control rollTo control yaw
Answer: To control yaw
Q: Which factor would tend to increase the density altitude at a given airport?A decrease in relative humidityAn increase in barometric pressureAn increase in ambient temperature
Answer: An increase in ambient temperature
Q: The angle of attack at which an airplane wing stalls willremain the same regardless of gross weightchange with an increase in gross weightincrease if the CG is moved forward
Answer: remain the same regardless of gross weight
Q: Safety is an important element for a remote pilot to consider prior to operating an unmanned aircraft system. To prevent the final “link” in the accident chain, a remote pilot must consider which methodology?Crew Resource Management.Safety Management System.Risk Management.
Answer: Risk Management.
Q: To avoid striking guy wires, how far from a skeletal tower shoud you operate your aircraft?2000 feet1000 feet500 feet
Answer: 2000 feet
Q: You have received an outlook briefing from flight service through 1800wxbrief.com. The briefing indicates you can expect a low-level temperature inversion with high relative humidity. What weather conditions would you expect?Light wind shear, poor visibility, haze, and light rain.Smooth air, poor visibility, fog, haze, or low clouds.Turbulent air, poor visibility, fog, low stratus type clouds, and showery precipitation.
Answer: Smooth air, poor visibility, fog, haze, or low clouds.
Q: A stable air mass is most likely to have which characteristic?Turbulent airShowery precipitationSmooth air
Answer: Smooth air
Q: Which of the following is considered a “ceiling”?Fog, mist or haze.Any cloud below 1,000 ft AGLA broken or overcast cloud layer
Answer: A broken or overcast cloud layer
Q: To get a complete weather overview for the planned flight, the Remote Pilot in Command should obtain aAn outlook briefingAn abbreviated briefingA standard briefing
Answer: A standard briefing
Q: What are the characteristics of stable air?Good visibility and steady precipitation.Poor visibility and steady precipitation.Poor visibility and intermittent precipitation.
Answer: Poor visibility and steady precipitation.
Q: What are characteristics of unstable air?Nimbostratus clouds and good surface visibility.Turbulence and good surface visibility.Turbulence and poor surface visibility.
Answer: Turbulence and good surface visibility.
Q: A stable air mass is most likely to have which characteristics?Showery precipitation.Turbulent air.Poor surface visibility.
Answer: Poor surface visibility.
Q: Outside control tower hours, class D airspace isClass GUnchangedClass E
Answer: Class G
Q: The two categories of airspace are:
Answer: regulatory and nonregulatory.
Q: Within these two categories, there are four types
Answer: controlled, uncontrolled, special use, and other airspace.
Q: Class C airspace is generally airspace from the surface to
Answer: 4,000 feet above the airport elevation
Q: Class D airspace is generally airspace from the surface to
Answer: 2,500 feet above the airport elevation
Q: Class E airspace is the controlled airspace not classified as
Answer: Class A, B, C, or D airspace.
Q: In areas where charts do not depict a class E base, class E begins at
Answer: 14,500 feet MSL
Q: In most areas, the Class E airspace base is
Answer: 1,200 feet above ground level (AGL)
Q: Class E airspace typically extends up to, but not including,
Answer: 18,000 feet MSL
Q: All airspace above FL 600 is Class
Answer: E airspace
Q: Uncontrolled airspace or class ______________ Airspace is the portion of the airspace that has not been designated as Class A, B, C, D, or E.
Answer: Class G
Q: ______________________ airspace is the designation for airspace in which certain activities must be confined, or where limitations may be imposed on aircraft operations that are not part of those activities.
Answer: Special Use Airspace
Q: ______________ consist of airspace with defined vertical and laterallimits established for the purpose of separating certainmilitary training activities from IFR traffic.
Answer: MOAs
Q: The lightest drone that must be registered -Heaviest legal drone –
Answer: 0.55 lbs 55 lbs
Q: Maximum blood alcohol level.
Answer: 0.04
Q: The time that must pass since you have had alcohol.
Answer: 8 hours
Q: The maximum time you can take to file an FAA accident report
Answer: 10 days
Q: The time you have to notify the FAA if you move
Answer: 30 days
Q: The lead time required when requesting an FAA waiver.
Answer: 90 days
Q: Time that must pass after a final narcotics conviction.
Answer: 1 year
Q: The youngest person who can register a drone
Answer: 13 years old.
Q: How long this certification is good for.
Answer: 24 months
Q: The twilight time before sunrise or after sunset when you can still fly.
Answer: 30 minutes
Q: The distance your anti-collision lights must be visible from when flying during twilight. Also the minimum visibility you must have while flying.
Answer: 3 statute miles
Q: Minimum number of feet below a cloud you must fly.
Answer: 500 feet
Q: Minimum number of feet horizontally from a cloud you must fly.
Answer: 2,000 feet
Q: The repair cost of accident damage that requires you to report an accident to the FAA
Answer: $500
Q: The “serious injury” AIS level that requires you to file an accident report.
Answer: Level 3
Q: The MULTICOM frequency for self-announce procedures.
Answer: 122.9
Q: The distance you should operate from a tower to avoid hitting guy wires.
Answer: 2000 feet
Q: Fastest you can fly.
Answer: 100 MPH/87 Knots
Q: The maximum height you can fly AGL or above a taller building within a 400-foot radius.
Answer: 400 feet
Q: The number of drones you can fly simultaneously.
Answer: 1
Q: Occurs when the wing exceeds its critical angle of attack.
Answer: Stalls
Q: Supposed to be defined in the Pilot’s Operating Handbook or UAS Flight Manual, but those don’t exist for drones.
Answer: Center of Gravity (CG) Limits
Q: Determines when the craft stalls. This doesn’t change if the vehicle weight changes.
Answer: Angle of attack
Q: Increases during any maneuver.
Answer: Load Factor
Q: This is the answer to any question about who is responsible.
Answer: Remote PIC
Q: Aircraft always turn _________ when circling a runway, because drivers sit on the left side of the car in the US, and pilots sit on the left of the plane, too. It’s easier for them to look out the left window to see the tower.
Answer: Left
Q: You’re supposed to have one, even though most drones can’t be user-repaired and don’t provide a schedule.
Answer: Maintenance schedule
Q: Helps to prevent an accident chain
Answer: Risk Management
Q: Personality factors.Taking risks to impress others
Answer: Machismo
Q: Personality factors.Doing something without thinking about it.
Answer: Impulsivity
Q: Personality factorsThinking accidents won’t happen to you.
Answer: Invulnerability
Q: Personality factorsWhat’s the use? They don’t control their destiny
Answer: Resignation
Q: Personality factorsNobody can tell me what to do.
Answer: Anti-authority
Q: It’s how you manage your “crew” and you should integrate it into all phases of the operation.
Answer: Crew Resource Management (CRM)
Q: how you should scan for traffic-let your eyes rest in different areas for a while, rather than continuously scanning.
Answer: Systematically focus on different segments of the sky for short intervals
Q: is like climbing a ladder (north-south)
Answer: Latitude
Q: is the long way around the planet (the Earth is fat cuz it spins)
Answer: Longitude
Q: Contains the weather forecast.
Answer: Standard briefing.
Q: ______________ is weather
Answer: AWOS
Q: is for pilots to talk to each other when there’s no tower
Answer: CTAF
Q: Is a base station that broadcasts to pilots when there’s no tower
Answer: UNICOM
Q: is used as the CTAF when there’s no CTAF (122.9 or 122.95).
Answer: MULTICOM
Q: Warm air on top of cold air. Fog, haze, low clouds, poor visibility, but smooth air.
Answer: Temperature inversion
Q: Turbulence (because the air is unstable), showery precipitation.
Answer: Moist, unstable air
Q: Smooth air, poor visibility, and steady (not showery) precipitation (because stable air is usually humid).
Answer: Stable air
Q: Intermittent precipitation
Answer: Unstable air
Q: Cool + Dry
Answer: Stable
Q: Hot + Humid
Answer: Unstable
Q: Just means “high altitude”. Air is thinner, so lift is decreased.
Answer: High density altitude
Q: Means a rain cloud.
Answer: Nimbus
Q: 18004KT
Answer: Wind is 180 degrees at 4 knots. The first three digits (180) are the compass heading (180). The last two #s are the wind speed (04).
Q: Compass headings are always relative to ______ North in print
Answer: True
Q: OVC007
Answer: Sky is overcast at 700 feet. Remember, #s are always in hundreds.
Q: 1 1/2SM
Answer: Visibility is 1 ½ statute miles (SM).
Q: (122.9 or 122.95).
Answer: MULTICOM
Q: Class is the most restricted
Answer: b
Q: From 18,000 feet to 60,000 feet, all over the US.
Answer: Class A
Q: Surrounding major airports, 0-10,000 feet. Consists of multiple layers, like an upside-down wedding cake.
Answer: Class B
Q: Surrounding airports with a control tower, radar, and over a specific amount of traffic. Usually 5 NM (nautical mile) radius from 0-4,000 feet, and a 10 NM radius from 1,200-4,000 feet.
Answer: Class C
Q: Surrounding airports with a control tower. 0-2,500 feet, no specific radius, just shaped around flight patterns. Outside control tower hours, Class D airspace is Class G.
Answer: Class D
Q: Usually it starts at 1,200 feet and goes up to 18,000 feet.
Answer: Class E
Q: Uncontrolled airspace (below class E airspace)
Answer: Class G
Q: SFC =
Answer: Surface
Q: Longitude Increases to the
Answer: Left