IFR Quiz November 2023

Be wary if departure weather is below landing minimums. Why?

a. With no landing aircraft, more aircraft could be departing.
b. In IMC, the runway acceptance rate is lower than normal.
c. You cannot return to the airport in case of an emergency.
d. With reduced visibility, the low close-in obstacles could be obscured.

The approach chart symbol (sometimes called the “trouble T”) in the Notes section means

a. that airport has the standard instrument takeoff minimums.
b. that airport has non-standard instrument takeoff minimums.
c. before you can commence the approach, you must have information Tango.
d. one or more runways are unusable for IFR takeoffs.

Published takeoff procedures and departure procedures have

a. visibility minimums that must exist before the procedure can be flown.
b. equipment requirements necessary to be able to navigate the procedure.
c. special performance categories.
d. visibility minimums, and sometimes minimum ceilings.

Which of the following lists recognized departure procedures (DPs)

a. Visual departure over airport
b. Charted and uncharted departure procedures.
c. Standard Instrument Departure Procedures, Obstacle Departure Procedures, Visual Climb Over Airport.
d. Standard Procedures.

Lacking an ODP, a pilot is expected to maintain obstacle clearance by crossing the departure end of the runway at least __ feet above DER elevation, climbing to ___ feet above DER elevation before turning, and maintaining at least a ___ feet/NM climb gradient.

a. 50, 500, 200
b. 35, 400, 200
c. 35, 500, 200
d. 50, 400, 400

A low close-in obstacle is within ___ NM of the DER, penetrates the __:1 obstacle clearance surface, and is less than ____ feet above the DER elevation.

a. 1, 34, 100
b. 1, 34, 200
c. 1, 40, 200
d. 2, 34, 300

If there is no Obstacle Departure Procedure at an airport, there will never be a Standard Instrument Departure at that airport.

a. True
b. False

A charted Standard Instrument Departure Procedure

a. can be flown at the pilot’s discretion.
b. will only exist at airports with an approach.
c. can serve more than one airport.
d. Answers b. and c. are both correct.

Why might you choose to state “NO SIDs” in your flight plan?

a. You cannot comply with the SID.
b. You lack the needed navigation equipment.
c. You do not have the SID charts.
d. Just because.

Transition routes on a departure or arrival procedure are

a. connections between the procedure and the en-route structure.
b. part of the procedure.
c. uncharted.
d. legal substitutes to the entire procedure.

What is a radar SID?

a. Radar vectors to fly the SID
b. A vectored departure with transition routes
c. Radar vectors to a fix instead of a transition route
d. Pilot navigation is still necessary.

It’s wise to review radar SIDs in advance because

a. they can be complex.
b. you should know what to expect.
c. even a small error can compromise safety.
d. lost comm procedures can contradict the AIM.

When choosing a SID, consider

a. aircraft equipment requirements such as DME or equivalent.
b. minimum climb gradient requirements.
c. restrictions to certain types of aircraft, such as jets.
d. limited use to specific destinations.
e. all of the above.

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