FAA FAA Private Pilot (PPL): Emergency Procedures Questions
26 exam-style Emergency Procedures 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
If you have deviated from a regulation during an emergency, when should you send a written report, specifying the deviation to the appropriate Administrator?
- AWithin 24 hours
- BWithin 7 days
- CUpon request
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Correct answer: C. Upon request
- Q2
Describe a safe forced landing:
- AA forced landing or ditching with a high reasonable expectancy of few injuries to people on the aircraft or on the surface.
- BA planned landing or ditching with a high reasonable expectancy of few injuries to people on the aircraft or on the surface.
- CA forced landing or ditching with a high reasonable expectancy of no injuries to people on the aircraft or on the surface.
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Correct answer: C. A forced landing or ditching with a high reasonable expectancy of no injuries to people on the aircraft or on the surface.
- Q3
You have suffered an engine failure, and an emergency landing is inevitable. You have four options for a place to land which is best?
- AA plowed field
- BA harvested field
- CA sunflower field
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Correct answer: B. A harvested field
- Q4
Which type of fire extinguisher is used for a class C fire?
- AFoam extinguisher
- BDry chemical extinguisher
- CDry powder extinguisher
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Correct answer: B. Dry chemical extinguisher
- Q5
Which type of fire extinguisher is used for a class D fire?
- AWater extinguisher
- BDry powder extinguisher
- CDry chemical extinguisher
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Correct answer: B. Dry powder extinguisher
- Q6
When starting your piston engine aircraft what is one of the dangers?
- ADamage to the pistons
- BCarburetor fire
- CCarbon monoxide poisoning
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Correct answer: B. Carburetor fire
- Q7
When should you inflate your life jacket in a ditching situation?
- AAfter exiting the aircraft
- BAfter ditching, but before you leave the aircraft
- CThe lifejacket should be inflated before the aircraft impacts the sea
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Correct answer: A. After exiting the aircraft
- Q8
On which engine type is carburetor fire a risk?
- AOn all engine types carburetor fire is a risk
- BTurboprop
- CPiston engine
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Correct answer: C. Piston engine
- Q9
When you activate an ELT it will transmit on which frequencies?
- A121.5 and 243.0 MHz.
- B123.5 and 118.0 MHz.
- C123.0 and 119.0 MHz.
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Correct answer: A. 121.5 and 243.0 MHz.
- Q10
When must batteries in an ELT be replaced or recharged, if rechargeable?
- AWhen the ELT has been used for more than 1 hour in total.
- BEvery 12 months.
- CWhen the ELT signal is so weak that it can no longer be heard, over the airplane's radio receiver.
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Correct answer: A. When the ELT has been used for more than 1 hour in total.
- Q11
Which extinguishing agent is generally most effective for fighting a large aircraft fuel (Class B) fire by smothering it?
- AWater
- BDiluted nitrogen in foam form
- CChemical or dry powder
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Correct answer: B. Diluted nitrogen in foam form
- Q12
What is the most correct action to take, during an emergency evacuation following a landing?
- AStop the aircraft upwind and let the aircraft come to rest, turn off all systems but keep batteries on and initiate evacuation of passengers and self
- BAfter landing taxi to gate and let the aircraft come to rest, turn off all systems and initiate evacuation of passengers and self
- CStop the aircraft upwind and let the aircraft come to rest, turn off all systems and initiate evacuation of passengers and self
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Correct answer: C. Stop the aircraft upwind and let the aircraft come to rest, turn off all systems and initiate evacuation of passengers and self
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