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instrument - stage 3 examWhat conditions allow a pilot who is exercising the privileges of BasicMed to act as a PIC under
instrument flight rules (IFR)?
A) Flight in IMC is not permitted under BasicMed.
B) When the PIC is instrument rated and current.
C) When there is a safety pilot who shares the PIC responsibilities. - correct answer ✔✔When the PIC is
instrument rated and current.
When are you required to have an instrument rating for flight in VMC?
A) Flight through an MOA.
B) Flight into an ADIZ.
C) Flight into Class A airspace. - correct answer ✔✔Flight into Class A airspace.
he pilot in command of a civil aircraft must have an instrument rating only when operating
A) under IFR in positive control airspace.
B) under IFR, in weather conditions less than the minimum for VFR flight, and in a Class A airspace.
C) in weather conditions less than the minimum prescribed for VFR flight. - correct answer ✔✔under IFR,
in weather conditions less than the minimum for VFR flight, and in a Class A airspace.
A certificated commercial pilot who carries passengers for hire at night or in excess of 50 NM is required
to have at least
A) a type rating.
B) a First-Class Medical Certificate.
C) an instrument rating in the same category and class of aircraft. - correct answer ✔✔an instrument
rating in the same category and class of aircraft.
Under which condition must the pilot in command of a civil aircraft have at least an instrument rating?
A) When operating in Class E airspace.
,B) For a flight in VFR conditions while on an IFR flight plan.
C) For any flight above an altitude of 1,200 feet AGL, when the visibility is less than 3 miles. - correct
answer ✔✔For a flight in VFR conditions while on an IFR flight plan.
You intend to carry passengers for hire on a night VFR flight in a single-engine airplane within a 25-mile
radius of the departure airport. You are required to possess at least which rating(s)?
A) A Commercial Pilot Certificate with a single-engine land rating.
B) A Commercial Pilot Certificate with a single-engine and instrument (airplane) rating.
C) A Private Pilot Certificate with a single-engine land and instrument airplane rating. - correct answer
✔✔A Commercial Pilot Certificate with a single-engine and instrument (airplane) rating.
What limitation is imposed on a newly certificated commercial airplane pilot if that person does not hold
an instrument pilot rating?
A) The carrying of passengers or property for hire on cross-country flights at night is limited to a radius of
50 nautical miles (NM).
B) The carrying of passengers for hire on cross-country flights is limited to 50 NM for night flights, but
not limited for day flights.
C) The carrying of passengers for hire on cross-country flights is limited to 50 NM and the carrying of
passengers for hire at night is prohibited. - correct answer ✔✔The carrying of passengers for hire on
cross-country flights is limited to 50 NM and the carrying of passengers for hire at night is prohibited.
Which limitation is imposed on the holder of a Commercial Pilot Certificate if that person does not hold
an instrument rating?
A) That person is limited to private pilot privileges at night.
B) The carrying of passengers or property for hire on cross-country flights at night is limited to a radius of
50 NM.
C) The carrying of passengers for hire on cross-country flights is limited to 50 NM and the carrying of
passengers for hire at night is prohibited. - correct answer ✔✔The carrying of passengers for hire on
cross-country flights is limited to 50 NM and the carrying of passengers for hire at night is prohibited.
To carry passengers for hire in an airplane on cross-country flights of more than 50 NM from the
departure airport, the pilot in command is required to hold at least
A) a Category II pilot authorization.
,B) a First-Class Medical certificate.
C) a Commercial Pilot Certificate with an instrument rating. - correct answer ✔✔a Commercial Pilot
Certificate with an instrument rating.
Do regulations permit you to act as pilot in command of an airplane in IMC if you hold a Private Pilot
Certificate with ASEL, Rotorcraft category, with helicopter class rating and instrument helicopter rating?
A) No, however, you may do so if you hold an Airline Transport Pilot-Airplane Certificate, limited to VFR.
B) No, you must hold either an unrestricted Airline Transport Pilot-Airplane Certificate or an airplane
instrument rating.
C) Yes, if you comply with the recent IFR experience requirements for a helicopter. - correct answer
✔✔No, you must hold either an unrestricted Airline Transport Pilot-Airplane Certificate or an airplane
instrument rating.
Under which condition may you act as pilot in command of a helicopter under IFR? Your certificates and
ratings: Private Pilot Certificate with AMEL and Airplane instrument, rotorcraft category rating, and
helicopter class rating.
A) If a certificated helicopter instrument flight instructor is on board.
B) If you meet the recent helicopter IFR experience requirements.
C) If you acquire a helicopter instrument rating and meet IFR currency requirements. - correct answer
✔✔If you acquire a helicopter instrument rating and meet IFR currency requirements.
Do regulations permit you to act as pilot in command of a helicopter in IMC if you hold a Private Pilot
Certificate with ASEL, airplane instrument rating, rotorcraft category, and helicopter class rating?
A) Yes, if you comply with the recent IFR experience requirements for a helicopter.
B) No, you must hold either an unrestricted Airline Transport Pilot-Helicopter Certificate or a helicopter
instrument rating.
C) No, however, you may do so if you hold an Airline Transport Pilot-Helicopter Certificate, limited to
VFR. - correct answer ✔✔No, you must hold either an unrestricted Airline Transport Pilot-Helicopter
Certificate or a helicopter instrument rating.
To meet the minimum instrument experience requirements, within the last 6 calendar months you need
A) six instrument approaches, holding procedures, and intercepting and tracking courses in the
appropriate category of aircraft.
, B) six hours in the same category aircraft.
C) six hours in the same category aircraft, and at least 3 of the 6 hours in actual IFR conditions. - correct
answer ✔✔six instrument approaches, holding procedures, and intercepting and tracking courses in the
appropriate category of aircraft.
After your recent IFR experience lapses, how much time do you have before you must pass an
instrument proficiency check to act as pilot in command under IFR?
A) 6 months.
B) 90 days.
C) 12 months. - correct answer ✔✔6 months.
An instrument rated pilot, who has not logged any instrument time in 1 year or more, cannot serve as
pilot in command under IFR, unless the pilot
A) completes the required 6 hours and six approaches, followed by an instrument proficiency check
given by an FAA-designated examiner.
B) passes an instrument proficiency check in the category of aircraft involved, given by an approved FAA
examiner, instrument instructor, or FAA inspector.
C) passes an instrument proficiency check in the category of aircraft involved, followed by 6 hours and six
instrument approaches, 3 of those hours in the category of aircraft involved. - correct answer ✔✔passes
an instrument proficiency check in the category of aircraft involved, given by an approved FAA examiner,
instrument instructor, or FAA inspector.
A pilot's recent IFR experience expires on July 1 of this year. What is the latest date the pilot can meet
the IFR experience requirement without having to take an instrument proficiency check?
A) December 31, this year.
B) June 30, next year.
C) July 31, this year. - correct answer ✔✔December 31, this year.
An instrument rated pilot is planning a flight under IFR on July 10, this year. Before conducting the f light,
the pilot must have
A) performed and logged the prescribed tasks and repetitions required for instrument currency no
earlier than January 1, this year.
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