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ASA PRIVATE PILOT 2020 TEST PREP (CHAPTER 3)
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS.
“Which instruments will become inoperative if the pitot tube becomes clogged? - CORRECT
ANSWER Airspeed"
"Which instruments will become inoperative if the static vents become clogged? - CORRECT
ANSWER Airspeed, altimeter, and vertical speed."
"Under what conditions will true altitude be lower than indicated altitude? - CORRECT
ANSWER In colder than standard air temperature."
"What is absolute altitude? - CORRECT ANSWER the vertical distance of the aircraft above
the surface."
"What is density altitude? - CORRECT ANSWER The pressure altitude corrected for
nonstandard temperature."
"What is pressure altitude? - CORRECT ANSWER The altitude indicated when the
barometric pressure scale is set to 29.92."
"Under what condition is indicated altitude the same as true altitude? - CORRECT ANSWER
When at sea level under standard conditions."
"If it is necessary to set the altimeter from 29.15 to 29.85, what change occurs? - CORRECT
ANSWER 700-foot increase in indicated altitude"
"Under which condition will pressure altitude be equal to true altitude? - CORRECT ANSWER
When standard atmospheric pressure conditions exist."
"In the northern hemisphere, a magnetic compass will normally indicate a turn towards the
north if - CORRECT ANSWER an aircraft is accelerated on an east or west heading."
"In the northern hemisphere, the magnetic compass will normally indicate a turn toward the
south when - CORRECT ANSWER the aircraft is decelerated while on an east-west heading."
