Chapter 4: Review Questions

CHAPTER FOUR

INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES WORKBOOK

CHAPTER FOUR REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. You plan to arrive at your destination at 1600Z on a VFR flight plan. Your destination

must be forecasting VFR weather during the period from _______________ Z to

_______________ Z.

2. Based on the following information, could a VFR flight plan be filed to NAS Pensacola

from NAS Jacksonville? _______________

Ceiling

Visibility

NAS Jacksonville

1000 feet

3 miles (existing)

NAS Pensacola

2000 feet

2 miles (1 hr. ETA)

3. An airplane operating outside of controlled airspace and below 1200 feet AGL must have

_______________ visibility and remain _______________ in order to fly VFR.

An aircraft operating within controlled airspace above 10,000 feet MSL must have

_______________ visibility and remain _______________ above, _______________below, and

_______________ horizontal clearance in order to fly VFR.

4. The existing weather at your point of departure is 1000 foot ceiling and 3 miles visibility in

rain showers. (No radar or ILS available.) May a standard instrument rated pilot take off on an

instrument flight? _______________

The existing weather at the point of departure is 200 foot ceiling and mile visibility. The

duty runway has a PAR approach with weather minimums of 100 feet and mile. May a

standard instrument rated pilot take off? _______________

The existing weather at your point of departure is 0 feet ceiling and mile visibility in fog.

May a special instrument rated pilot take off under these conditions? _______________

6. Navy/Marine Corps pilots must use the rules established in __________ vice FARs when

selecting a suitable alternate.

7. Your destination is forecasting 400 feet broken and 3 miles visibility ( . . . 4800 06HZ

6ST004. . . CIGNO). Are you required to have an alternate? _______________

8. Can you file to a destination which is forecasted to be completely fogged-in with zero

visibility at your arrival time? (Yes /No)

9. If a PAR is not available at your destination, then your lowest approach minima at the

destination for determining alternate weather requirements will be based on a _______________

approach.

10. IFR flight planning shall be based on the pilot's best judgment as to the runway that will be

in use upon arrival. (True/False)

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