FAA Fundamentals of Instructing (FOI)Planning Instructional Activity and Instructor ResponsibilitiesEasy
A flight instructor writes in a lesson plan: 'The student will perform a power-off stall recovery with no more than 10 degrees of heading deviation and no more than 100 feet of altitude loss.' This statement is an example of a...
- Acompletion standard
- Benabling objective
- Ccourse objective
- Dtraining syllabus
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: A. completion standard
Completion standards state the measurable, observable criteria used to judge whether a lesson objective has been met. A course objective is much broader, a training syllabus is the overall course sequence, and 'enabling objective' is not an FAA instructional planning term used this way.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. This is not a standard FAA planning term for this concept.
- C. A course objective is broad and program-wide, not this specific.
- D. A training syllabus is the entire sequenced course, not a single performance criterion.
Completion Standards
The specific, measurable criteria used to determine whether a student has successfully met a lesson's objective.
- Stated in observable, measurable terms (e.g., altitude tolerance, heading tolerance)
- Paired with the lesson objective in a lesson plan
- Used by the instructor to decide if the student is ready to move on
Memory trick: Objective = the goal; Standard = the ruler that measures it.