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Adverse yaw in a roll into a left turn is caused by:

• A. greater parasite drag on the descending left wing.
• B. propeller torque acting opposite the roll.
• C. the vertical stabilizer overcorrecting the roll.
• D. greater induced drag from the lowered aileron on the rising right wing, yawing the nose right. ✓

The down-deflected aileron makes the rising wing produce more lift and therefore more induced drag, pulling the nose away from the turn. Coordinated rudder into the roll is the cure: the reason every turn starts with feet as well as hands.

Reference: PHAK ch. 5

Field elevation is 1,000 feet and the altimeter setting is 30.42. The pressure altitude is approximately:

• A. 1,000 feet.
• B. 1,500 feet.
• C. 0 feet.
• D. 500 feet. ✓

Each inch of mercury is worth about 1,000 feet, and a setting above 29.92 means pressure altitude sits BELOW field elevation: 30.42 is 0.50 inch high, so subtract 500 feet. The sign of the correction is the whole question.

Reference: PHAK ch. 11

To best detect a dim object at night, a pilot should:

• A. close one eye to sharpen the other's night vision.
• B. stare directly at the object to focus the eye on it.
• C. scan rapidly back and forth across the horizon.
• D. look 5 to 10 degrees off center of the object, using peripheral vision. ✓

The fovea at the center of vision is packed with cones, which are nearly blind in dim light; the rods that see at night live off-center. Staring straight at a faint light can make it vanish entirely: the demonstration that convinces every student.

Reference: PHAK ch. 17

Moist, stable air forced up a mountain slope typically produces:

• A. cumuliform clouds with showery precipitation and turbulence.
• B. thunderstorms embedded in haze.
• C. clear skies with strong surface winds.
• D. stratiform clouds with steady precipitation, smooth air, and poor visibility. ✓

Stable air resists vertical motion, so lifting spreads it into layers rather than towers: stratiform cloud, steady rain, smooth rides, and poor visibility, because nothing stirs the haze out. Each trait follows from the resistance to convection.

Reference: AC 00-6B

Which operation may be conducted for compensation WITHOUT an air carrier or commercial operating certificate?

• A. On-demand passenger charter between two cities.
• B. Scheduled cargo service between two airports.
• C. Banner towing. ✓
• D. Carrying paying passengers on a 100-mile air tour route.

Part 119.1(e) exempts a list of aerial-work operations: banner towing, crop dusting, flight instruction, aerial photography, and nonstop 91.147 sightseeing among them. Moving people or cargo from place to place is exactly what the exemptions do not cover.

Reference: 14 CFR 119.1(e)