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Brainteasers Interactive Quiz #2:
IFR Procedures

IFR flying involves more than just keeping the needles centered. It also requires judgment tempered by a thorough knowledge of the FARs and accepted procedures. We dare you to take a whack at this month's questions from IFR magazine editor Paul Bertorelli.

by Paul Bertorelli

The questions is this Brainteaser quiz are based on the relevant portions of the AIM and FAR Part 91.

Answer the questions as best you can, then click on the "score" button to see your score and read the explanations. If you don't like your score the first time around, you can change some of your answers and resubmit. To get the most out of this quiz, we suggest you keep trying until you get a perfect score.

1. Which of the following are true regarding ATC issuance and pilot acceptance of a visual approach?
a. The pilot must have reported the airport or the preceding aircraft in the approach sequence in sight.
b. A certified weather observer must be reporting basic VFR conditions or better at the airport.
c. The airport must have a published IFR approach procedure.
d. Once you accept the visual, you must provide visual separation between yourself and other IFR aircraft.
2. In order to complete a contact approach, the airport in question must have an instrument approach procedure, certified weather reporting and visibility at least equal to the published minimum on the approach.
a. True.
b. False.
3. A contact approach must be:
a. Requested by the pilot.
b. Assigned by a controller.
c. Suggested but not assigned by a controller.
4. In order for a controller to vector an aircraft for the visual approach, the reported weather must be:
a. Equal to or better than the published minimum.
b. At least a 1000-foot ceiling, with visibility of at least three miles.
c. A reported ceiling at least 500 feet above airport elevation.
d. A reported ceiling at least 500 feet above the local MVA/MIA.
5. As soon as you're cleared for the visual at an airport with an operating control tower, your IFR flight plan is automatically terminated.
a. True.
b. False.
6. You're departing an airport in Class C airspace, with a reported ceiling of 1200-feet broken, visibility four miles in light rain and fog. Is special VFR an option in this case?
a. Yes
b. No, special VFR is not authorized in Class C airspace.
c. Yes, it's an option but you'd probably never get it.
d. What kind of dummy do you take me for?
7. You're flying IFR into an unfamiliar airport in the midwest. On the sectional, you note that the airport is surrounded by a segmented magenta line. This means:
a. The airport has Class C airspace.
b. The airport has Class E surface airspace.
c. Special VFR is authorized.
d. The airport has Class D airspace.
8. As you get closer to the airport, the AWOS is calling the weather 1500 overcast and two miles in fog. The Center controller you're working informs you that the VOR which provides the only approach to the airport just went off the air. What are your options?
a. Request a contact approach.
b. Request a visual approach.
c. Go somewhere else.
d. Request an ASR approach.
e. Request a descent to the MIA and hope for the best.