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FAA Part 107 Practice Test: Remote Pilot Knowledge

Regulations, airspace and charts, weather, loading and performance, and operations for the FAA remote pilot (drone) knowledge test.

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10 questions, graded as you go, with the reason for every answer. No sign-up.

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50 questions in 60 minutes, drawn from every topic. No answers shown until the end, then a score, your weakest topics and a review of what you missed.

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Sample questions

For which airspace does Part 107 require prior authorization from air traffic control?

  1. Class G airspace that lies within 5 miles of any airport
  2. Class B and C only, because only they have radar service
  3. Class B, C and D, and Class E surface areas for an airport
  4. All Class E airspace, including that starting at 700 ft AGL
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C. Class B, C and D, and Class E surface areas for an airport

Authorization is needed in Class B, C and D and within the lateral boundaries of the surface area of Class E designated for an airport. Class E that starts at 700 or 1,200 ft AGL is above normal operating altitudes and needs none.

Reference: 14 CFR 107.41

What is the angle of attack of a wing?

  1. The angle between the chord line and the horizon
  2. The angle between the wing and the fuselage centerline
  3. The angle between the flight path and the ground
  4. The angle between the chord line and the relative wind
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D. The angle between the chord line and the relative wind

Angle of attack is measured between the wing's chord line and the oncoming relative wind. The angle to the horizon is pitch attitude, which can differ greatly from angle of attack.

Reference: FAA-H-8083-25, Chapter 4

What is crew resource management?

  1. Rotating the crew between positions so that nobody becomes fatigued
  2. Assigning every task to the remote pilot in command to avoid confusion
  3. Making effective use of all available people, equipment and information
  4. Keeping the crew as small as possible to cut down on communication
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C. Making effective use of all available people, equipment and information

Crew resource management is the effective use of all available resources (human, hardware and information) before and during flight. Loading every task onto one person is the opposite of the idea.

Reference: FAA-H-8083-25, Chapter 2; FAA AC 107-2A

Which of these flights is NOT conducted under Part 107?

  1. A farmer surveying the farm's own crops to plan fertilizer use
  2. A volunteer mapping a trail for a nonprofit conservation group
  3. A hobbyist flying purely for fun under the recreational exception
  4. A roofer photographing a customer's roof to prepare an estimate
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C. A hobbyist flying purely for fun under the recreational exception

Part 107 covers civil small UAS flights except those that meet the statutory exception for limited recreational operations. Work for a business or a nonprofit is not recreation even when nobody is paid for the flight itself.

Reference: 14 CFR 107.1; 49 USC 44809

A METAR reads in part: 3SM BR. What does this mean?

  1. Clouds at 3,000 ft with broken coverage
  2. Visibility 3 statute miles in light rain
  3. Visibility 3 nautical miles in haze
  4. Visibility 3 statute miles in mist
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D. Visibility 3 statute miles in mist

SM is visibility in statute miles and BR is mist. Rain is RA and haze is HZ, while broken cloud is written BKN followed by a height.

Reference: AIM 7-1-28

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