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IFR Quiz

Quiz: June 2021

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Published: May 24, 2021

In a recent hangar session with a group of instructors, we discussed common weaknesses seen in IPCs. This quiz is the result of our collective experience.

June 2021 Quiz

Before the flight, the biggest weakness is
- a. no or deficient preflight planning.
- b. a poor IFR aircraft preflight.
- c. inability to check GPS database currency.
- d. failure to check terrain and obstacles en route.
An ATC clearance
- a. is always correct.
- b. might be beyond your ability.
- c. might not always be flyable.
- d. could route you through SUA.
Alternate criteria are based on
- a. the airport.
- b. WAAS availability.
- c. runway lighting.
- d. the approach.
You can plan WAAS approaches at
- a. the destination.
- b. the alternate.
- c. a substitute legal alternate.
- d. the destination and any legal alternate.
You lose ground contact below DA or MDA during a circling approach. Which way do you turn?
- a. Toward the landing runway
- b. Away from the landing runway
- c. Make no turns; just climb.
- d. Toward another runway if you can see it
§91.175 (c) (3) lists the ___ qualifying visual references needed to land after an approach.
- a. 7
- b. 8
- c. 9
- d. 10
You experience com failure. Squawk
- a. 7500
- b. 7600
- c. 7700
- d. 7777
On which of these RNAV approaches does the FAA provide obstacle-free vertical guidance to the runway?
- a. LNAV/VNAV, LPV
- b. LNAV, VNAV
- c. LP, LPV
- d. LNAV+V, LPV
There is a shaded area between a VDP and the runway. What does this mean?
- a. The visual segment below MDA is clear of obstacles on the 34:1 slope.
- b. If that shaded area is omitted, the 43:1 slope is not obstacle-free.
- c. Descent below MDA before reaching the VDP is approved.
- d. The VDP doubles as the Missed Approach Point.
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