Free FAA ATP Helicopter Practice Test

Clear air turbulence associated with the jet stream is most likely to be found:

• A. on the polar side of the jet, near and above the tropopause, especially where the jet curves around a deep trough. ✓
• B. on the equatorial side of the jet in straight-line flow.
• C. only within clouds along the jet axis.
• D. well below the jet core in the mid-levels.

CAT favors the cold (polar) side of the jet near tropopause breaks and sharpens where the jet curves around a trough. It is worst in winter, when jets are strongest, and it paints nothing on radar.

Reference: AC 00-30

An LPV approach differs from an LNAV approach in that LPV:

• A. may be flown without any integrity monitoring.
• B. requires ground-based glideslope equipment.
• C. always uses higher minimums than LNAV.
• D. provides WAAS-based vertical guidance and is flown to a DA rather than an MDA. ✓

LPV is the WAAS service with approved vertical guidance: ILS-like angular guidance flown to a DA. COPTER RNAV procedures increasingly carry LPV lines, which matters at heliports that will never see an ILS.

Reference: AIM 5-4-5

The difference between an MDA and a DA is that:

• A. a DA applies only to COPTER procedures.
• B. an MDA always provides a lower minimum than a DA.
• C. an MDA may not be descended below without visual references, while a DA is where the missed approach decision is made on a glidepath. ✓
• D. a DA applies only to circling approaches.

MDA is a floor you level at and hold; DA is a decision point on a continuous descent, and the momentary dip below it during the go-around transition is built into the obstacle assessment.

Reference: AIM 5-4-5

On request from the Administrator, an authorized NTSB representative, or a law enforcement officer, an ATP holder must present:

• A. a complete pilot logbook.
• B. the operator's operations specifications.
• C. the pilot certificate, medical certificate, and photo identification. ✓
• D. the aircraft and engine logbooks.

61.3 requires the certificate, medical, and photo ID to be in physical possession or readily accessible, and presented on request. The full logbook is not carried: only the records needed to show required currency or eligibility when asked.

Reference: 14 CFR 61.3

A helicopter operated VFR during the day under part 135 in Class G airspace at or below 1,200 feet AGL requires a flight visibility of at least:

• A. 3 statute miles.
• B. 1 statute mile.
• C. 2 statute miles.
• D. 1/2 statute mile. ✓

135.205(b) sets helicopter Class G visibility at 1/2 SM day and 1 SM night. The permissive number arrives with 135.207 attached. The pilot must also keep visual surface reference sufficient to control the helicopter.

Reference: 14 CFR 135.205(b)