FARs Deck 1 - Instrument

• What is the procedure when the DME malfunctions at or above 24,000 feet MSL

  After immediately notifying ATC, you may continue to the next airport of intended landing where repairs can be made.
• The "sterile cockpit" rule is good practice not just for airline pilots but for all pilots because 


  It greatly reduces distractions during critical phases of flight.
• When is an IFR flight plan required?

  In Class E airspace when IMC exists or in Class A airspace.
• When making an airborne VOR check, what is the maximum allowable tolerance between the two indicators of a dual VOR system (units independent of each other except the antenna)?

  4 ° between the two indicated bearings of a VOR
• Operation in which airspace requires filing an IFR flight plan.

  Class E airspace with IMC and class A airspace
• When a pilot elects to proceed to the selected alternate airport, which minimums apply for landing at the alternate?

  The landing minimums for the approach to be used
• No person may operate an aircraft in controlled airspace under IFR unless he/she files a flight plan.

  and receives a clearance prior to entering controlled airspace.
• What record shall be made in the aircraft log or other permanent record by the pilot making the VOR operational check?

  The date, place, bearing error, and signature.
• What is the floor of Class E airspace when designated in conjunction with an airport which has an approved IAP?

  700 feet AGL
• What is the oxygen requirement for an unpressurized aircraft at 15,000 feet?

  Crew must use oxygen for the entire time above 14,000 feet and passengers must be provided supplemental oxygen only above 15,000 feet
• The aircrafts transponder fails during flight within Class D airspace.

  No deviation is required because a transponder is not required in Class D airspace
• Who is responsible for determining that the VOR equipment has been checked and found to meet 14 CFR 91 requirements for a particular instrument flight?

  Pilot-in-command
• When an aircraft is not equipped with a transponder, what requirement must be met before ATC will authorize a flight within Class B airspace?

  A request for the proposed flight must be made to ATC at least 1 hour before the flight
• Aircraft being operated under IFR are required to have, in addition to the equipment required for VFR and night, at least.

  a slip skid indicator.
• The pilot in command of a civil aircraft must have an instrument rating only when operating

  Under IFR, in weather conditions less than the minimum for VFR flight, or in class A airspace
• Which altitude is the normal upper limit for Class D airspace?

  255
• Enroute weather conditions are IMC. However, during the descent to your destination for an ILS approach, you encounter VMC weather conditions prior to reaching the initial approach fix. You know that to log the ILS approach toward instrument currency requirements,

  the ILS approach can be credited only if you use a view-limiting device and log the name of the safety pilot
• When your aircraft is equipped with a TSO-C129() or TSO-C196() GPS, an airport may not have been qualified for alternate use if 


  The only standard approach procedure is GPS at the destination and alternate
• What repots are required of a flight operating on an IFR clearance specifying VFR-on-Top in a non-radar environment?

  The same reports that are required for any IFR flight
• During an IFR flight in IMC, a distress condition is encountered (fire, mechanical, or structural failure). The pilot should

  not hesitate to declare an emergency and obtain an amended clearance.
• For aircraft other than helicopters, what minimum weather conditions must be forecasted for your ETA at an alternate airport that has a precision approach procedure, with standard alternate minimums, in order to list it as an alternate for the IFR flight?

  600-foot ceiling a 2SM visibility at your ETA.
• To operate under IFR below 18,000 feet, a pilot must file an IFR flight plan and receive an appropriate ATC clearance prior to 


  entering controlled airspace
• Which additional IFR experience allows you to meet the recent IFR experience requirements to act as pilot in command of an airplane under IFR?

  Your present instrument experience within the past 6 months is:

  1. Three hours with holding, intercepting and tracking courses in an approved airplane flight simulator.
  2. Two instrument approaches in an airplane.

  Four instrument approaches in an approved flight simulator that is representative of the airplane category.
• Prior to which operation must an IFR flight plan be filed and an appropriate ATC clearance received?

  Entering controlled airspace when IMC exists
• What is generally the maximum altitude for Class B airspace?

  10,000 feet MSL
• which checks and inspections of flight instruments or instrument systems must be accomplished before an aircraft can be flown under IFR?

  VOR within 30 days, altimeter systems within 24 Calander months, and transponder within 24 Calander months.
• What is the maximum IFR altitude you may fly in an unpressurized aircraft without providing passengers with supplemental oxygen?

  15,000 feet.
• During your preflight planning for an IFR flight, you determine that the first airport of intended landing has no instrument approach prescribed in 14 CFR Part 97. The weather forecast for one hour before through one hour after your estimated time of arrival is 3000' scattered with 5 miles visibility. To meet the fuel requirements for this flight, you mut be able to fly to the first airport of intended landing, 


  then to the alternate airport, and then for 45 minutes at normal cruising speed
• Who is responsible for determining that the altimeter system has been checked and found to meet 14 CFR Part 91 requirements for a particular instrument flight?

  Pilot-in-command
• The pilot in command of a civil aircraft must have an aircraft rating only when operating

  under IFR, in weather conditions less than the minimum for VFR flight, or in class A airspace
• What does declaring "minimum fuel" to ATC imply

  Merely an advisory that indicates an emergency situation is possible should any undue delay occur.
• What action should you take if your No. 1 VOR receiver malfunctions while operating in controlled airspace under IFR? Your aircraft is equipped with two VOR receivers. The No. 1 receiver has VOR/Localizer/GlideSlope capability, and the No. 2 has only VOR/Localizer capability.

  Report the malfunction immediately to ATC
• To meet the minimum required instrument flying experience to act as pilot-in-command for an aircraft under IFR, you must have logged within the 6 calendar months preceding the month of the flight, in the same category of aircraft


  Holding procedures, intercepting and tracking courses through the use of navigation systems and 6 instrument approaches
• Which reports should be made to ATC without a specific request when not in radar contact?

  When leaving final approach fix inbound on final approach
• When should your transponder be on Mode C while on an IFR flight?

  At all times if the equipment has been calibrated, unless requested otherwise by ATC
• If you enter VMC while on an IFR flight plan, you must

  see and avoid other traffic