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Part 107 practice questions: Regulations

Regulations is about 48 percent of the Part 107 test. Five questions on the operating limits, night lighting and staying current. Each question below is from VLOSready's bank: checked against its FAA source, reviewed a second time, and solved blind against the answer key.

Updated . Checked against the sources linked on this page.

  1. 1. Minimum flight visibility for a Part 107 operation, as observed from the control station, is:

    1. 3 statute miles
    2. 1 statute mile
    3. 5 statute miles
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    A. 3 statute miles

    Section 107.51(c) requires minimum flight visibility of 3 statute miles from the location of the control station.

    Source: 14 CFR 107.51 — Operating limitations for small unmanned aircraft

  2. 2. A small unmanned aircraft may exceed 400 feet AGL when it:

    1. Stays within 400 feet of a structure, horizontally and above its top
    2. Is inspecting a structure taller than 400 feet, at any distance from it
    3. Has ATC authorization for the airspace it is in
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    A. Stays within 400 feet of a structure, horizontally and above its top

    Section 107.51(b) allows flight above 400 feet AGL only within a 400-foot radius of a structure and no higher than 400 feet above that structure's immediate uppermost limit. Airspace authorization is a separate question.

    Source: 14 CFR 107.51 — Operating limitations for small unmanned aircraft

  3. 3. The minimum distance a small unmanned aircraft must keep from clouds is:

    1. 500 feet below and 2,000 feet horizontally
    2. 1,000 feet below and 2,000 feet horizontally
    3. 500 feet below and 1,000 feet horizontally
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    A. 500 feet below and 2,000 feet horizontally

    Section 107.51(d) sets cloud clearance at no less than 500 feet below and 2,000 feet horizontally from the cloud.

    Source: 14 CFR 107.51 — Operating limitations for small unmanned aircraft

  4. 4. For a Part 107 flight at night, the small unmanned aircraft must have anti-collision lighting visible for at least:

    1. 3 statute miles
    2. 1 statute mile
    3. 5 statute miles
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    A. 3 statute miles

    Section 107.29 requires anti-collision lighting visible for at least 3 statute miles with a flash rate sufficient to avoid a collision, both at night and during civil twilight.

    Source: 14 CFR 107.29 — Operation at night

  5. 5. To keep exercising the privileges of a remote pilot certificate, the holder must, within the previous 24 calendar months:

    1. Have passed the knowledge test or completed recurrent training
    2. Have logged at least 3 flights in the preceding 90 days
    3. Have renewed the certificate and passed a flight review
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    A. Have passed the knowledge test or completed recurrent training

    Section 107.65 requires recency: the initial knowledge test, the Part 61 training course, or recurrent training within the previous 24 calendar months. The certificate itself does not expire.

    Source: 14 CFR 107.65 — Aeronautical knowledge recency

These are 5 of the practice questions in VLOSready. The full course draws practice exams at the test's real weighting and scores them by content area.

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