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Technical Knowledge

Air Law Aviation regulations, licensing, and operational rules. 7 free questions
  1. What is the difference between an MEL and an MMEL? Read the full answer
  2. Explain the difference between transition altitude and transition level. Read the full answer
  3. What are the 5 aircraft approach categories? Read the full answer
  4. How can you determine the runway width based on the threshold markings? Read the full answer
  5. What are the ICAO maximum holding speeds? Read the full answer
  6. What are the ICAO wake turbulence categories? Read the full answer
  7. What are the services provided in each class of airspace? Read the full answer
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Performance Aircraft performance, weight and balance, and flight planning. 13 free questions
  1. What is density altitude? Read the full answer
  2. How do climb rate and climb gradient differ? Read the full answer
  3. Why should a pilot not use the worked loading example in the POH as the aircraft’s actual empty-weight record? Read the full answer
  4. After landing on a slippery runway, the aircraft begins to drift toward the left side due to a strong crosswind from the right. What action should be taken to regain directional control? Read the full answer
  5. What does the blue-line speed achieve if a piston twin is already above its one-engine absolute ceiling? Read the full answer
  6. Why can losing one engine in a light piston twin remove far more than half its climb performance? Read the full answer
  7. Why can a heavy crate be unacceptable even when total mass and center of gravity are within limits? Read the full answer
  8. Why can a correctly loaded aircraft tip during unloading? Read the full answer
  9. Why can using speedbrakes in cruise move the low-speed boundary upward? Read the full answer
  10. Define balanced $V_{1}$. Read the full answer
  11. What is the effect of clearway on field length limited TOW and how does it affect $V_{1}$? Read the full answer
  12. What are the four takeoff flight path segments following an engine failure? Read the full answer
  13. Why can a deliberately slow takeoff rotation reduce obstacle-clearance margin even when rotation starts at the correct speed? Read the full answer
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Flight Operations Operational procedures, decision-making, and standard practices. 11 free questions
  1. What is the difference between MINIMUM FUEL and a fuel emergency under EASA CAT rules? Read the full answer
  2. Why can a nose-down input after a high bounce make an Airbus landing much worse? Read the full answer
  3. Why does a correct cargo weight-and-balance calculation not prove that containers are safely loaded? Read the full answer
  4. Why is chasing an exceptionally soft touchdown undesirable on a contaminated runway? Read the full answer
  5. What is RVSM? Read the full answer
  6. Define MEL. Read the full answer
  7. What are the visual cues required during a CAT II approach? During a CAT III approach? Read the full answer
  8. Why does Airbus warn against pulling harder just to avoid a second touchdown during a bounced-landing go-around? Read the full answer
  9. Under what conditions is a destination alternate not required according to EASA rules? Read the full answer
  10. Why is the thrust-stabilization step still important during a rolling takeoff? Read the full answer
  11. In a single-engine airplane, why can returning to the departure runway after an engine failure require more than a 180-degree turn? Read the full answer
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Meteorology Weather systems, forecasts, METAR/TAF, and aviation weather services. 17 free questions
  1. Why can icing be hazardous before a large accumulation is visible? Read the full answer
  2. How does radiation fog form? Read the full answer
  3. Can ice form on an aircraft after landing when the reported outside air temperature is above zero? Read the full answer
  4. A NEXRAD mosaic is marked one minute old. Does that mean the weather shown was observed one minute ago? Read the full answer
  5. What makes virga and a spreading dust plume a concerning combination near an approach path? Read the full answer
  6. Does encountering freezing drizzle guarantee that climbing will find an above-freezing layer? Read the full answer
  7. How does pressure affect an aircraft’s altitude? Read the full answer
  8. Define radiation fog. Read the full answer
  9. What is the difference between QNH and QFF? Read the full answer
  10. How does a microburst affect an aircraft during flight? Read the full answer
  11. Why can the wind at an airport change abruptly before a thunderstorm’s rain reaches it? Read the full answer
  12. Why is a report of no icing useful when the forecast predicts icing? Read the full answer
  13. Does climbing above the highest radar return establish that you are above a thunderstorm? Read the full answer
  14. How can frost appear on an exposed surface when the official air temperature never fell below freezing? Read the full answer
  15. How can dangerous ice remain on a wing even when its deicing boots are visibly working? Read the full answer
  16. How can a solar flare disrupt an aircraft’s HF communications when the local weather is clear? Read the full answer
  17. Define Foehn wind. Read the full answer
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Principles of Flight Aerodynamics and fundamental flight principles. 13 free questions
  1. What causes an aerodynamic stall? Read the full answer
  2. What is the aerodynamic purpose of flaps? Read the full answer
  3. What are the two main types of aerodynamic drag? Read the full answer
  4. Why can adding go-around power cause a stall in a light aircraft trimmed for an idle-power approach? Read the full answer
  5. How can you maintain both altitude and airspeed during a turn? Read the full answer
  6. Define the difference between $M_{crit}$ and MMO. Read the full answer
  7. Why should a fixed-wing pilot treat a helicopter ahead as a wake-turbulence source? Read the full answer
  8. How can an aircraft stall again immediately after the first stall has been broken? Read the full answer
  9. Why is using extra inside rudder to rescue an overshot base-to-final turn dangerous? Read the full answer
  10. What aerodynamic difference separates a spiral dive from a developed spin? Read the full answer
  11. Define critical angle of attack. Read the full answer
  12. How is the term "coffin corner" defined in high-altitude jet operations? Read the full answer
  13. Why does a fixed-bank turn take more airspace at higher true airspeed? Read the full answer
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Aircraft General Knowledge Aircraft systems, components, and technical fundamentals. 30 free questions
  1. Why do aircraft use hydraulic systems? Read the full answer
  2. What is the difference between a hot start and a hung start in a turbine engine? Read the full answer
  3. How can hot compressor bleed air become cold cabin air without a conventional refrigerant circuit? Read the full answer
  4. Identify the type of fuel commonly used by jet aircraft. Read the full answer
  5. Why is fuel stored in the wings of an aircraft? Read the full answer
  6. Why does a satisfactory battery-voltage indication not establish its available endurance under load? Read the full answer
  7. Why is compressor discharge air slowed down before entering the combustion zone? Read the full answer
  8. Why is some compressor air kept out of the primary flame zone? Read the full answer
  9. Does burning fuel create the main pressure rise in a gas-turbine engine? Read the full answer
  10. Why does an axial compressor need stationary vanes between rotating blade rows? Read the full answer
  11. Why can a compressor surge produce a loud bang and visible flames without proving a nacelle fire? Read the full answer
  12. Can normal engine indications rule out a nacelle fire? Read the full answer
  13. How can an engine show more than 100% N1 without necessarily exceeding its limit? Read the full answer
  14. Why must a turbine starter keep turning the engine after light-off? Read the full answer
  15. Does fire-resistant hydraulic fluid mean that a hydraulic leak cannot burn? Read the full answer
  16. How can a fuel-tank probe measure quantity without a moving float? Read the full answer
  17. How can the same heat exchanger cool engine oil and warm the fuel? Read the full answer
  18. What is the function of the Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS)? Read the full answer
  19. How does a flow-sensitive hydraulic fuse protect the remaining system after a downstream line ruptures? Read the full answer
  20. Can pressure rise in an isolated hydraulic line even when its pump is not running? Read the full answer
  21. List the flight instruments that depend on the pitot-static system. Read the full answer
  22. List and explain the typical errors affecting Indicated Airspeed (IAS). Read the full answer
  23. Explain how altitude is calculated by the aircraft instruments. Read the full answer
  24. Why would an engine oil system deliberately allow unfiltered oil to reach its bearings? Read the full answer
  25. How can rapid pressurization ignite material inside oxygen equipment without an external flame? Read the full answer
  26. Define high bypass ratio turbofan engines and explain their advantages. Read the full answer
  27. Can an aircraft parked with its engines off still be dangerously pressurized? Read the full answer
  28. If a system warning disappears after a reset, has the underlying fault necessarily been fixed? Read the full answer
  29. Why can flames from an engine tailpipe appear without an engine-fire warning? Read the full answer
  30. Does a rotating fan prove that a turbofan has successfully relit in flight? Read the full answer
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Aircraft Specific Questions Aircraft systems and operational questions, including A320 and B737 routes. 17 free questions
  1. What are the benefits of a pack-off take-off? Read the full answer
  2. What areas of the 737NG are protected by the anti-ice system? Read the full answer
  3. Is wing anti-ice available on the ground? Read the full answer
  4. You read 2 FD 2 on your FMA. What does that mean? Read the full answer
  5. What does SRS mode do during takeoff? Read the full answer
  6. What is the minimum autopilot disconnection altitude for an ILS CAT II manual landing? Read the full answer
  7. How many TRs are installed on the A320 and which buses do they supply? Read the full answer
  8. What is automatic load shedding and when does it occur? Read the full answer
  9. Describe the high speed protection. Read the full answer
  10. What is the function of the Mach trim system? Read the full answer
  11. What is the normal fuel usage sequence on the A320, including when ACTs are installed? Read the full answer
  12. What is the fuel gravity feed ceiling? Read the full answer
  13. What components are powered by hydraulic system B? Read the full answer
  14. Which dual hydraulic failure has the biggest impact on landing distance, and why? Read the full answer
  15. In case of a green system failure, how are the landing gear and brakes affected, and which alternate systems take over? Read the full answer
  16. Under what conditions does autobrake disarm automatically? Read the full answer
  17. What are the cabin altitude thresholds for the cabin altitude advisory, CAB PR EXCESS CAB ALT ECAM warning, and cabin oxygen mask deployment? Read the full answer
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Navigation Navigation principles, charts, calculations, and flight planning. 17 free questions
  1. What is the difference between heading and track? Read the full answer
  2. How do true airspeed and groundspeed differ? Read the full answer
  3. Your navigator shows LNAV+V. Does the displayed glidepath authorize you to use LNAV/VNAV minima? Read the full answer
  4. Why is a three-letter navaid identifier alone insufficient when selecting a facility in an FMS? Read the full answer
  5. On an LPV approach, should a missed approach at DA be delayed until the displayed distance reaches zero? Read the full answer
  6. Why does CPDLC not remove the need for voice communication in European en-route operations? Read the full answer
  7. Does a current navigation database prove that every stored approach is available today? Read the full answer
  8. Why can a conventional DME groundspeed display approach zero while the aircraft is flying a DME arc at substantial speed? Read the full answer
  9. What is the Lambert Conformal Conic projection and why is it widely used for aeronautical charts? Read the full answer
  10. Why does ordinary GPS need at least four satellites for a three-dimensional position? Read the full answer
  11. Does “localizer performance” in LPV mean that the runway needs a localizer transmitter? Read the full answer
  12. A localizer is NOTAMed unusable, but its needle centers normally. Can that indication establish that it is safe to use? Read the full answer
  13. Which navigation aid is less prone to errors: NDB or VOR? Read the full answer
  14. What is the DME slant range error? Read the full answer
  15. How does the Instrument Landing System (ILS) work? Read the full answer
  16. Why can an aircraft correctly following an RNAV procedure turn before reaching a waypoint? Read the full answer
  17. How can an incorrectly selected VOR course make normal needle-following corrections turn the aircraft the wrong way? Read the full answer
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Communication Radio procedures, phraseology, and cockpit communication. 5 free questions
  1. What should you do if you only understand part of an ATC clearance? Read the full answer
  2. Does “ROGER” mean that you will comply? Read the full answer
  3. What is the correct phraseology to cancel a distress condition when your aircraft is no longer in distress. Read the full answer
  4. What steps should be taken in IMC under radar control if communication is lost? Read the full answer
  5. Describe ADS-C. Read the full answer
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Interview & CRM

Human Performance Human factors, decision-making, workload, and situational awareness. 14 free questions
  1. Why is fatigue a safety issue even when a pilot feels capable? Read the full answer
  2. Why should pilots trust their instrument scan rather than bodily sensations in IMC? Read the full answer
  3. Why is a colour-changing carbon monoxide spot less protective than a suitable detector with an active alarm? Read the full answer
  4. Why can increasing cockpit lighting make unlit terrain outside harder to identify? Read the full answer
  5. Why is a sudden head movement during a sustained instrument turn particularly disorienting? Read the full answer
  6. Why does a pressurized aircraft not remove the need to consider recent scuba diving before flight? Read the full answer
  7. Why can a cold cause more noticeable ear-pressure trouble during descent than during climb? Read the full answer
  8. Explain how circadian rhythm impacts pilot alertness during long-haul flights. Read the full answer
  9. Why can pulling back to stop an apparent descent make a graveyard spiral worse? Read the full answer
  10. Why can a dim object become easier to see at night when you look slightly beside it? Read the full answer
  11. A passenger shows symptoms such as rapid breathing, dizziness, tingling in the fingers, and anxiety. What is likely happening? Read the full answer
  12. Why can polarized sunglasses be unsuitable for a cockpit even though they reduce glare outside? Read the full answer
  13. What visual illusion might occur when approaching a 60 m wide runway after regularly operating on 45 m wide runways? Read the full answer
  14. Define visual black hole effect. Read the full answer
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Maths Aviation calculations and mental maths for pilot assessments. 7 free questions
  1. At 240 kt groundspeed, how long does 80 NM take? Read the full answer
  2. Fuel flow is 2,400 kg/h. How much fuel is used in 35 minutes? Read the full answer
  3. What is the conversion method for wind speed from m/s to kt? Read the full answer
  4. Fuel flow is 2200 kg/h and groundspeed is 300 kt.
    How much fuel will be burned over a distance of 180 NM?     Read the full answer

  5. Engine failure scenario (jet aircraft):
    Fuel flow = 2400 kg/h
    Fuel onboard = 5000 kg
    Groundspeed = 270 kt

    What is the approximate maximum distance you can fly before getting into the 30 minutes of final reserves?

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  6. An aircraft is cruising at FL340 and is cleared to descend to FL260, to be level 10 NM before a specific waypoint.
    Average groundspeed is 360 kt and the descent rate is 1800 ft/min.

    How many nautical miles before the waypoint should the descent be initiated?

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  7. Aircraft A and aircraft B are cruising toward each other at FL330 and FL340 respectively.
    – Aircraft A groundspeed: 400 kt
    – Aircraft B groundspeed: 500 kt
    – Distance between them: 1800 NM

    After how much time will they cross each other?

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Non-Technical Interview HR interview questions, motivation, and behavioural topics. 7 free questions
  1. How would you answer “Tell me about yourself”? Read the full answer
  2. What is a strong answer to “What is your main weakness”? Read the full answer
  3. How should you research an airline before its assessment? Read the full answer
  4. What should you do when unofficial assessment reports conflict with your invitation? Read the full answer
  5. What is the purpose of the non-technical interview? Read the full answer
  6. Can you walk us through your background and tell us what brought you to aviation? Read the full answer
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Psychometric Test Guide Aptitude tests, numerical reasoning, and test preparation. 3 free questions
  1. How should you prepare for an unfamiliar aptitude test? Read the full answer
  2. How should you approach personality questionnaires? Read the full answer
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Simulator Assessment

Simulator Assessment Handling, briefing, CRM, and debrief discipline. 4 free questions
  1. What should you clarify before the simulator session starts? Read the full answer
  2. What makes a useful simulator debrief? Read the full answer
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  4. What’s the real purpose of the sim? Read the full answer
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Applications

CV & Cover Letter Guides CV writing, cover letters, and application best practices. 4 free questions
  1. What should a pilot CV make easy to find? Read the full answer
  2. How should flight hours be presented? Read the full answer
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