FAA FAA Private Pilot (PPL): Aeronautical Decision Making Questions
14 exam-style Aeronautical Decision Making questions for the FAA FAA Private Pilot (PPL) paper (PPL · IR · CPL · ATP). The first 12 are free below with answers and explanations — sign up free to practise all of them with progress tracking.
- Q1
Why has cockpit complacency become a higher risk in modern aircrafts?
- ABecause the aircrafts have become more complex.
- BBecause modern airplanes has become more safe.
- CBecause the automation in modern aircrafts has been increased.
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Correct answer: C. Because the automation in modern aircrafts has been increased.
- Q2
Impulsive behavior is what?
- AA tendency to want to do something quickly, without putting too much thought into better alternatives
- BA feeling of being invincible, accidents and incidents can’t occur for you
- CA tendency of thinking you are the best, and no matter the challenge you have the solution
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Correct answer: A. A tendency to want to do something quickly, without putting too much thought into better alternatives
- Q3
Which of these increases the risk of developing diabetes?
- AAlcohol consumption
- BOverweight
- CProlonged vitamin c deficiency
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Correct answer: B. Overweight
- Q4
What is the meaning of risky shift?
- AAccepting dangerous conditions due to stress
- BForgetting important information following frequency shift
- CThe tendency to accept higher amount of risk when in groups
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Correct answer: C. The tendency to accept higher amount of risk when in groups
- Q5
Above approximately what altitude will most unacclimatized individuals begin to show clear symptoms of hypoxia, such as impaired judgment and cyanosis?
- A40,000 ft
- B15,000 ft
- C20,000 ft
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Correct answer: B. 15,000 ft
- Q6
Invulnerability behavior is what?
- AA feeling of being invincible, accidents and incidents can’t occur for you
- BA tendency of thinking you are the best, and no matter the challenge you have the best solution
- CA feeling that nothing matters, and no matter what you can’t solve the problem
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Correct answer: A. A feeling of being invincible, accidents and incidents can’t occur for you
- Q7
In the context of aeronautical decision-making, what does it mean to make a decision?
- ATo choose from amongst different options
- BTo act with the option that we believe to be the most correct
- CThe authoritarian imposition of a point of view
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Correct answer: A. To choose from amongst different options
- Q8
What is situational awareness?
- AKnowing where you are at and what is going on.
- BUnderstanding every checklist.
- CMaking a mental list of possible situation and possible outcomes.
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Correct answer: A. Knowing where you are at and what is going on.
- Q9
What effect does scuba diving at very shallow depths for short periods have on a person's risk of decompression sickness during a subsequent flight?
- AIt has no influence
- BIt increases the likeliness of decompression sickness if they dive for long periods of time at shallow depths
- CIt increases the likeliness of decompression sickness
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Correct answer: A. It has no influence
- Q10
Are you allowed to drop objects from your aircraft in flight?
- AYes if precautions are taken to so that injury and damage to persons or building on the surface aren’t a risk.
- BNo, you are never allowed to drop items in flight.
- CYes If prior permission is received from the FAA.
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Correct answer: A. Yes if precautions are taken to so that injury and damage to persons or building on the surface aren’t a risk.
- Q11
Your aircraft should be run on Avgas 100LL. You have refueled it with Avgas 80 as it was the only fuel available. What do you risk happening because of this?
- ADetonation
- BThe cylinder head temperature decreasing too much
- CDamage to the airframe
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Correct answer: A. Detonation
- Q12
Which of the following features located in the vicinity of an aerodrome most increases the risk of bird strikes?
- ATall grass
- BA garbage dump in the vicinity
- CA mine udnergoing metal extraction
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Correct answer: B. A garbage dump in the vicinity
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