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Airspace
1. A Class B airspace shelf on a sectional chart is labeled "100/40". What does this indicate about the vertical extent of that shelf?
Why: Class B and Class C shelf labels give the ceiling over the floor in hundreds of feet MSL: 100/40 means a ceiling of 10,000 ft MSL and a floor of 4,000 ft MSL. Reading the numbers as thousands gives the impossible 10,000-to-40,000 option, and dropping a zero gives 400 to 1,000 ft.
2. Which of the following best describes a primary purpose of the Remote ID broadcast requirement for small unmanned aircraft?
Why: The FAA states that Remote ID helps the agency, law enforcement, and other federal agencies locate the control station when a drone appears to be flying in an unsafe manner or where it is not allowed to fly. It is a safety-and-security tool for third parties, not a self-tracking feature for the pilot. The option describing pilot self-tracking is wrong because the broadcast is directed outward to other parties, not inward to the operator. The option describing ATC separation is wrong because Part 107 does not place drones under ATC separation; the broadcast is for identification and location, not for air traffic control to issue vectors or separation instructions.
3. A remote PIC has completed every manufacturer-recommended maintenance and inspection procedure, and all pass. During a final visual check, the PIC notices a hairline crack in the airframe near a motor mount. The manufacturer's manual does not list this specific inspection point. What must the PIC do?
Why: Under 14 CFR 107.15(a), no person may operate a civil small UAS unless it is in a condition for safe operation, and before each flight the remote PIC must check it and determine that it meets that standard. Completing the manufacturer's checklist does not override a defect found during the inspection. A crack near a motor mount could affect structural integrity, so it must be evaluated or corrected before the aircraft is operated; the checklist is a tool for determining safe condition, not permission to ignore a defect observed independently. Flying slower does not make an unsafe aircraft safe.
4. Before beginning a Part 107 operation, the remote pilot-in-command must ensure that every person directly participating in the operation has been briefed on what?
Why: Section 107.49 requires the remote PIC, before flight, to ensure that everyone directly participating is informed about the operating conditions, emergency and contingency procedures, roles and responsibilities, and potential hazards. Of the options, only assigned duties (roles) and emergency procedures come from that list. A 24-hour forecast and the exact lateral boundaries of the airspace belong to the remote PIC's own preflight assessment of the operating environment, not to the crew briefing.
5. A recreational flyer owns a drone that weighs 200 grams and flies it exclusively for recreation. The flyer voluntarily registers the drone with the FAA. Which statement about Remote ID is correct?
Why: The FAA's published Remote ID guidance states that drones which are required to be registered or are registered, including those flown for recreation, business, or public safety, must comply with the Remote ID rule. Although a sub-250-gram recreational drone is not required to be registered, once the flyer voluntarily registers it, the drone falls under the Remote ID requirement. The rule is triggered by registration status, not by the type of pilot certificate held, so the option tying compliance to a Part 107 certificate is incorrect.
6. A remote pilot holds a Part 107 waiver for operations over people and wants to fly without broadcasting Remote ID. Which statement is correct?
Why: A Part 107 waiver covers only the Part 107 sections listed in 107.205. Remote ID is a separate rule: no person may operate without meeting the Remote ID requirements except as otherwise authorized by the Administrator or in an FAA-recognized identification area (14 CFR 89.105). The FAA gives that authorization separately and only for limited purposes, such as aeronautical research, so holding a Part 107 waiver of any kind does not remove the Remote ID requirement.
7. A UAS Facility Map shows a value of 350 feet AGL for a particular grid. What does that value indicate?
Why: UAS Facility Maps show altitudes that the FAA has determined can generally be authorized without additional safety analysis or facility coordination. The value does not itself permit flight in controlled airspace; the pilot must still obtain an airspace authorization, at any altitude. For Part 107 operations, a pilot may also submit a LAANC Further Coordination request to fly above the displayed altitude, up to 400 feet AGL, subject to FAA review. So 350 feet is neither a no-authorization altitude nor the highest altitude that can ever be approved.
8. A 15-year-old wants to fly a small unmanned aircraft under Part 107 as a remote pilot in command. Which statement is correct?
Why: To be eligible for a remote pilot certificate a person must be at least 16 years old (14 CFR 107.61(a)); passing the knowledge test does not change that, and there is no parental-consent exception. Until then they cannot act as remote pilot in command, although Part 107 does allow a person without a certificate to manipulate the controls under the direct supervision of a certificated remote pilot in command who can immediately take over (14 CFR 107.12(a)(2)).
9. (Refer to FAA-CT-8080-2H, Figure 23.) The obstacle just east of area 1, near Gifford, has a height of:
Figure 23 — Sectional chartOpen reference image
From the FAA testing supplement (FAA-CT-8080-2H). Tap the image to open it full size.
Why: Next to area 1, beside Gifford, the obstacle is labelled 549 with (428) beneath it. The bold number is the height of the top above mean sea level; the number in parentheses is its height above ground level. So it is 549 feet MSL, or 428 feet above the ground.
10. Which of these counts as sustained flight over an open-air assembly of people?
Why: Sustained flight includes hovering above people in the assembly, flying back and forth over it, or circling so that the drone stays above some part of it. A single transit that is merely incidental to a point-to-point flight unrelated to the gathering is not sustained flight. Hovering beside the crowd, however long, is not flight over it at all.
