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FAA Instrument Flight Instructor (FII) practice questions

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  1. 1.After an instrument student has already met ACS standards for steep turns on the Attitude Instrument Flying task, the CFII continues to have the student practice the maneuver repeatedly in subsequent lessons to build automatic, reliable performance under stress. This training practice is best described as:Instructional Techniques
  2. 2.Before flying, an instrument student sits in a chair at home, closes their eyes, and mentally walks through every callout, instrument scan pattern, and control input for a full RNAV approach, visualizing each step as if actually flying. Which instructional technique is the student using?Instructional Techniques
  3. 3.Per 14 CFR 91.411, an aircraft's static pressure system, altimeter, and automatic altitude reporting system must be tested and inspected within what period before use in controlled airspace under IFR?Instruments and Systems
  4. 4.While climbing through 6,000 feet in visible moisture, a pilot notes the outside air temperature is -4°C and calculates the dewpoint at that altitude to be -6°C. Based on this temperature/dewpoint spread, what is the significance for icing potential?Weather
  5. 5.A pilot is flying a DME arc procedure and wants to verify the DME is accurate enough for use. According to AIM guidance, what is the maximum allowable system error tolerance for airborne DME equipment used on such procedures?Instruments and Systems
  6. 6.An instrument student arrives for a lesson visibly preoccupied with a job interview scheduled later that day. The CFII notices the student is distracted, unmotivated, and struggles to grasp material that was easy in previous lessons. Which law of learning best explains this reduced learning capacity?Instructional Techniques
  7. 7.A CFII briefs an instrument student that a warm front is forecast to move through the departure airport during the planned cross-country flight. Ahead of the warm front's surface position, the student should expect which weather conditions?Weather
  8. 8.A CFII is teaching a new instrument maneuver using the demonstration-performance method. After explaining the maneuver and physically demonstrating it, what is the NEXT step in this teaching method before final evaluation occurs?Instructional Techniques
  9. 9.ATC has established timed approaches from a holding fix at a nontowered airport due to high traffic volume. Which condition must exist for ATC to use this procedure?IFR Procedures and Approaches
  10. 10.A pilot is cleared to hold at a fix at 16,000 feet MSL, and the clearance does not specify a leg length. According to standard holding pattern criteria, what should the inbound leg time be?IFR Procedures and Approaches
  11. 11.A pilot wants to list an airport with no published instrument approach procedure as the IFR alternate on a flight plan. Under 14 CFR 91.169(c)(2), what condition must be met for this to be permissible?Instrument Regulations
  12. 12.During an ILS approach in IMC, the pilot's glideslope receiver fails just prior to the final approach fix. The approach chart publishes separate ILS and LOC (glideslope-inoperative) minimums. What should the pilot do?IFR Procedures and Approaches
  13. 13.A CFII is preparing to endorse an instrument rating applicant's logbook for the practical test. Under 14 CFR 61.65(a)(6), what must be true regarding the instruction received before this endorsement can be given?Instrument Regulations
  14. 14.A morning sounding shows a surface temperature of 22°C and a temperature of -2°C at 6,000 feet. Using the dry adiabatic lapse rate of 3°C per 1,000 feet as a reference, how should a CFII characterize the stability of this air mass?Weather
  15. 15.An approach chart depicts a procedure turn barb on the initial approach course, but the feeder route from a nearby VOR is labeled 'NoPT'. A pilot is being vectored by ATC to intercept the final approach course outside the FAF. Under these circumstances, is the procedure turn required?IFR Procedures and Approaches
  16. 16.A CFII teaches an instrument student to first Perceive relevant cues about the flight environment, then Process that information by evaluating alternatives and their risks, and finally Perform the best course of action, continuously repeating the cycle throughout the flight. This risk management framework is known as:Instructional Techniques
  17. 17.A CFII is acting as safety pilot for a private pilot practicing simulated instrument approaches in a Cessna 172 while wearing a view-limiting device. The safety pilot holds only a private pilot certificate with airplane single-engine land rating and no instrument rating. Under 14 CFR 91.109(c), is this arrangement legal?Instrument Regulations
  18. 18.During climb-out in IMC, a Cessna 172's pitot tube becomes completely blocked by ice at the ram-air inlet, but the pitot drain hole remains open and unobstructed. The static system is functioning normally. What will the airspeed indicator most likely do?Instruments and Systems
  19. 19.An aircraft's ADF is inoperative, but the published nonprecision approach requires ADF to identify a step-down fix. The aircraft is equipped with an IFR-approved GPS with a current database. According to the AIM, may the pilot use GPS in lieu of the inoperative ADF for this fix?Instrument Regulations
  20. 20.A pilot on an IFR flight plan breaks out of the clouds well before the destination and is now in clear VFR conditions outside Class A airspace. The pilot wants to cancel the IFR flight plan to proceed direct without ATC routing restrictions. Which statement about canceling the IFR flight plan is correct?Instrument Regulations
  21. 21.While on an IFR flight plan in VMC near the destination, ATC advises a pilot 'Report the airport in sight' and subsequently clears the flight for a visual approach. Which condition must be met before ATC can issue this clearance?Instrument Regulations
  22. 22.Under standard atmospheric conditions, sea-level temperature is 15°C. Using the standard lapse rate, what is the expected standard temperature at 18,000 feet MSL?Instruments and Systems
  23. 23.After rolling out of a steep 360° turn, a CFII notes that the attitude indicator briefly shows a slight climb and bank that were not commanded. This momentary error is most likely the result ofInstruments and Systems
  24. 24.During an IFR flight in IMC, a pilot experiences a complete two-way radio communications failure. Per AIM guidance, what transponder code should the pilot squawk to alert ATC to the failure?Instrument Regulations
  25. 25.A CFII is preparing to endorse a student's logbook so the student may take the FAA instrument rating knowledge test. What must the instructor certify before making this endorsement, per 14 CFR 61.65(a) and (b)?Instrument Regulations
  26. 26.Before departing on a flight for which the only instrument approach available at the destination is an RNAV (GPS) approach, a pilot performs a predictive RAIM check that indicates RAIM will be unavailable at the estimated time of arrival. What should the pilot do?IFR Procedures and Approaches
  27. 27.A CFII observes that after 20 minutes of straight-and-level flight, the vacuum-driven heading indicator has drifted 6° from the magnetic compass reading, even though the aircraft flew a constant heading the entire time. What is the most accurate explanation and correct corrective action?Instruments and Systems
  28. 28.An applicant for an airplane instrument rating has logged 25 hours of simulated instrument time with an authorized instructor and 10 hours of actual instrument time as PIC. Per 14 CFR 61.65, how many additional hours of actual or simulated instrument time must the applicant log, at minimum, to meet the total requirement?Instrument Regulations
  29. 29.A pilot flying an ILS approach reaches decision height and has the approach light system in sight, but cannot distinctly identify the red terminating bars or red side row bars. According to 14 CFR 91.175, what is the pilot required to do?IFR Procedures and Approaches
  30. 30.A dispatcher is evaluating whether an alternate airport is required for a flight, and if so, what alternate minimums apply. The alternate airport has only a nonprecision approach published, with a ceiling forecast of 900 feet and visibility of 2 statute miles at the ETA. Using the standard alternate minimums (the '1-2-3' rule reference), can this airport be filed as the alternate?IFR Procedures and Approaches
  31. 31.A pilot is briefed that a fast-moving cold front will cross the route of flight within the hour. Which of the following weather characteristics should the pilot expect during the frontal passage?Weather
  32. 32.A pilot flying through a layer of stratiform clouds at -8°C notices ice forming on the wing leading edges. The ice is rough, milky white, and opaque. Which type of icing is this, and why does it form this way in this cloud type?Weather
  33. 33.A pilot is being vectored for timed approaches from a holding fix at a towered airport with an operating control tower. According to the AIM, which condition must be met for ATC to authorize timed approaches from a holding fix?Instrument Regulations
  34. 34.On a standard airspeed indicator, the upper limit of the green arc (transitioning into the yellow arc) represents which airspeed?Instruments and Systems
  35. 35.While reviewing an instrument approach procedure chart, a pilot notices a black triangle containing a white 'T' printed in the notes area near the top of the chart. What does this symbol indicate?IFR Procedures and Approaches
  36. 36.An approach chart authorizes a side-step maneuver from an ILS approach to Runway 27L to land on parallel Runway 27R, which is 900 feet to the right. Which statement correctly describes this procedure?IFR Procedures and Approaches
  37. 37.While briefing a student on ILS approach components, a CFII asks which marker beacon is identified by a blue light and a continuous series of low-pitched (400 Hz) dashes as the aircraft crosses it?Instruments and Systems
  38. 38.A pilot is briefed that winds of 35 knots are forecast to blow perpendicular to a mountain ridge with a stable air mass in place, and standing lenticular altocumulus clouds are reported downwind of the ridge. What should the pilot expect?Weather
  39. 39.During a training flight, Pilot A wears a view-limiting device and flies solely by reference to instruments while Pilot B, a qualified safety pilot occupying the other control seat, watches for traffic. Which statement correctly describes how each pilot may log this flight time under 14 CFR 61.51(g)?Instrument Regulations
  40. 40.A TERPS evaluation of a proposed instrument approach determines that the final approach course is offset 35 degrees from the extended runway centerline. According to the criteria for publishing landing minimums, what type of minimums will be published for that runway?IFR Procedures and Approaches
  41. 41.A pilot on an IFR flight plan in VMC requests and receives an ATC clearance to 'maintain VFR-on-top.' Which statement correctly describes the pilot's responsibilities under this clearance?Instrument Regulations
  42. 42.An aircraft equipped with a glass cockpit primary flight display (PFD) and multi-function display (MFD) experiences a PFD failure while in IMC. What is the pilot's appropriate immediate action?Instruments and Systems
  43. 43.A pilot is flying a published DME arc as part of an instrument approach. To smoothly roll out on the inbound radial after completing the arc, the pilot should begin the turn how many degrees before reaching the radial that defines the inbound course?IFR Procedures and Approaches
  44. 44.A pilot planning a flight into terrain rising gradually from the coast is briefed that moist, stable air is forecast to flow onshore and up the sloping terrain overnight. No front is present. What weather phenomenon should the pilot expect, and why does it form?Weather
  45. 45.A pilot is being vectored for a Surveillance (ASR) approach at an airport without a control tower. Which statement correctly describes this type of radar approach?Instrument Regulations
  46. 46.A CFII has an instrument student fly the same VOR holding entry repeatedly across four separate lessons, believing that repeated correct practice strengthens the neural pathway for the skill. Which law of learning is the CFII applying?Instructional Techniques
  47. 47.An instrument student who learned to rely heavily on outside visual references during VFR training has difficulty trusting the instruments and keeps glancing outside during early instrument lessons, degrading scan performance. This interference of a previously learned habit with new learning is an example of:Instructional Techniques
  48. 48.A pilot is planning a nonprecision approach at an airport listed on the FAA Cold Temperature Restricted Airports list. The surface temperature is -30°C, at or below the airport's published minimum temperature. The published FAF crossing altitude is 2,500 feet MSL, and the applicable cold-temperature correction for that height above the airport is +260 feet. What corrected minimum altitude should the pilot use at the FAF?IFR Procedures and Approaches
  49. 49.At a mountain valley airport on a clear, calm night, an ATIS reports gusty surface winds even though winds aloft are light. A CFII explains this is caused by cold, dense air pooling on higher terrain and flowing downhill into the valley under gravity. What is this phenomenon called?Weather
  50. 50.A CFII is explaining the Radio Magnetic Indicator (RMI) to an instrument student. Which statement correctly describes how the RMI uses gyroscopic principles to aid navigation?Instruments and Systems