IFR Stage II Exam

Select the true statement regarding instrument departure procedures.

Obstacle departure procedures (ODPs) are designed solely or obstacle clearance and do not require an ATC clearance.

You are departing from Runway 16L and are cleared to fly the ELMAA THREE departure with the Corvallis transition. Your ground speed is 75 knots. How do you perform the departure procedure?

Climb at least 700 feet per minute on a heading of 165° to intercept the 161° radial from SEA. Cross NICHY at or above 3000 feet. Then, turn to a heading of 251° to intercept the 230° radial from SEA to ELMAA. Expect your requested altitude 15 NM from SEA. At ELMAA intercept the 161° radial from YYJ and at 154 NM from YYJ, intercept the 340° radial and fly to CVO.

If a SID requires a climb gradient of 400 feet per nautical mile, what is the required climb rate at a ground speed of 120 knots?

400 ft/min

During a flight under IFR, you are traveling northwest on V485 from Ventura VOR/DME at an assigned altitude of 5000 ft MSL. Assuming that ATC clears you to a higher altitude along your route, what actions should you take to climb to your assigned altitude?

At HENER, the MEA changes from 5000 to 9000 feet MSL. Prior to HENER, climb to cross HENER at or above 6200 feet MSL. Continue your climb to 9000 feet to guarantee that you have adequate navigation signal reception to identify OHIGH.

Which is an example of the correct callup to the center controller after being handed off by the departure controller?

“Denver Center, Cessna 20JA, 6,500, climbing to 9,000.”

If you receive a frequency change from ARTCC and are unable to contact the new controller, what should you do?

Return to the previously assigned frequency and request an alternate frequency. If you are still unable to establish radio contact, try again on any ARTCC frequency. Failing that, contact Flight Service for further instructions.

Which reports should you make to ATC whether or not you are in a radar contact?

Leaving the previous altitude when you are cleared to a newly assigned altitude; your time and altitude upon reaching a holding fix or clearance limit; and missed approach

You are planning an IFR flight from Ponca City Regional Airport to Tulsa International Airport on V74. This route is considered “non-mountainous” terrain by the FAA. You review the regulations that apply to your intended course and the selection of cruise altitudes for this flight. Which of the following statements apply to your flight?

When operating IFR in controlled airspace, maintain the altitude assigned by ATC. Below 18000 feet MSL, you should file an odd thousand foot MSL altitude such as 5,000, 7,000, or 9,000 feet MSL. If you choose to fly VFR-on-top on V74, 5,500 feet MSL is an appropriate altitude for the direction of flight.

Within approximately how many minutes before the ETA at the holding fix are you expected to reduce your airplane’s airspeed below the maximum holding airspeed, if applicable?

Three minutes

Which airplane should use a teardrop entry procedure?

2

Which airplane should use a parallel entry procedure?

3

You are navigating on V190 between Bartlesville and Oswego VORTACs at 9000 feet MSL. As you approach OSW, you receive a clearance to hold at OSW on the 225° radial, right turns, expect further clearance at 1625Z. What are the necessary steps you need to take to perform the holding pattern after reaching OSW?

At OSW, turn right to a heading of 225° for a direct entry and begin timing for 1 minute. At the end of 1 minute, turn right to intercept the 225° radial and time the inbound leg. At OSW, adjust the outbound leg timing so the inbound leg is 1 minute.

Which statement is true about using GPS navigation for a flight under IFR?

If your GPS equipment does not have WAAS capability, the airplane must be equipped with the alternate avionics necessary to receive the ground-based facilities that are appropriate for the route to the destination and to any required alternate and those ground-based facilities must be operational at the time of the flight.

You are at 11,000 ft MSL nearing Philipsburg (PSB) VORTAC in a Cessna 172 and are cleared to fly the HAYNZ7 RNAV arrival and to expect an approach to 28L. How do you perform the published STAR?

At EARED, intercept a course of 231° to GRACE. Expect to be cleared to arrive at GRACE at 10,000ft MSL. At GRACE, intercept a course of 201° to MYRON. At MYRON, fly a heading of 126° and expect radar vectors to the final approach course.

Select the true statement regarding the HAYNZ 7 RNAV arrival.

Your GPS equipment must meet RNAV 1 standards, which require a total system error (TSE) of no more than 1 nautical mile for 95% of the total flight time.

Which procedure applies if you are cleared to “descend via” the BEWTE THREE arrival?

Comply with the STAR’s lateral path and with the associated speed and altitude restrictions.

Which restrictions apply to the specified waypoint?

BEWTE—minimum altitude of 10,500 ft MSL; mandatory airspeed of 250 knots.

What is required to fly the BEWTE THREE arrival?

Radar and GPS equipment that meets RNAV 1 accuracy standards.

Which statement is true regarding approach procedure types?

An RNAV (GPS) approach that enables you to follow a glide path to LPV minimums is an example of an approach with vertical guidance (APV).

You are planning an IFR cross-country flight and you must include an alternate airport in your flight plan due to the forecast weather conditions. You plan to fly an RNAV (GPS) approach at your destination and your GPS equipment does not have WAAS capability. What is true about the approach equipment requirements in this situation?

You may perform an RNAV (GPS) approach at your destination and are not required to monitor ground-based navigation equipment. However, an instrument approach procedure other than GPS must be available at the alternate airport.

You are cleared for the GPS (RNAV) Rwy 18 approach to Le Mars Municipal Airport. Which is a correct procedure for flying the initial and intermediate approach segments?

On a course of 350° to ETNOE, maintain 4,400 feet MSL. At ETNOE, fly a teardrop entry to the holding pattern to reverse course and descend to 4,000 feet MSL. After intercepting a course of 185° and passing ETNOE inbound, descend to 3,000 feet MSL.

You are in a category A airplane and plan to fly the RNAV (GPS) Rwy 18 approach at 90 knots. You have WAAS-certified GPS equipment and the local altimeter setting. What is true regarding this procedure?

The DA and visibility for the approach to LPV minimums are 1,447 feet MSL and 7/8 statute mile.

You are in a category A airplane without baro-VNAV or WAAS-certified GPS equipment. You have the Orange City altimeter setting. What are your approach minimums?

MDA of 1,720 feet MSL; visibility of 1 statute mile.

You are flying the RNAV (GPS) Rwy 18 approach to LPV minimums. How do you perform the published missed approach procedure if you do not have the required visual references in sight?

At 1,447 feet MSL, climb to 4,500 feet MSL. Proceed direct to JAGBU and then on a course of 133° to FEXAT and hold.

What is true about flying a transition route for the RNAV (GPS) Rwy 6L approach to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport?

Fly the feeder route of the 258° radial from Chardon VOR at your assigned altitude at or above 3000 feet MSL to DUPAY, the IAF, to perform the course reversal.

Your GPS equipment does not have baro-VNAV or WAAS capability. You are flying the RNAV (GPS) approach to Runway 6L. Which is a correct procedure for flying the final approach segment?

At SASCO, descend to the MDA of 1240 feet MSL. Remain at the MDA until you have passed the visual descent point at 1.3 NM to RW06L. After this point, continue to a landing if you have the runway environment in sight or continue to the RW06L waypoint to perform a missed approach.

Your GPS equipment does not have WAAS capability. You are performing an RNAV (GPS) approach to LNAV minimums and are one mile from the final approach fix when you receive a RAIM failure indication. What should you do?

Fly to the missed approach point to perform a missed approach, do not descend to the MDA, and contact ATC as soon as practical.

Your destination has an RNAV (GPS) approach to LP minimums. Which is true regarding this procedure?

Approaches to LP minimums are published in locations where vertical guidance is not feasible; you must have WAAS-certified GPS equipment to fly the approach; and the minimum altitude is an MDA.

Which statement is true about the approach segments for the ILS or LOC Rwy 2 approach at Santa Fe Municipal?

The final approach segment for the ILS approach begins where the airplane intercepts the glide slope at the minimum glide slope altitude—shown by a bend in the course line and glide slope arrow beginning at DOUMA.

You are flying the ILS approach to Runway 2 at Santa Fe Municipal Airport. How do you fly the final approach segment?

Intercept the glide slope at 7,800 feet MSL and descend on the glide slope to the DA of 6,503 feet MSL. If you do not have the required visual references in sight at the DA of 6,503 feet MSL, perform the missed approach procedure.

You are nearing your destination when you receive this clearance from ATC: “Cessna 20JA, cleared for the visual approach Runway 35R at Centennial Airport. Contact Centennial Tower on 118.9.” What is true about this approach procedure?

The ceiling and visibility must be at least 1,000 feet AGL and three statute miles, and you must have the airport or preceding aircraft in sight.

You are on the final approach segment of the ILS approach for Runway 27. Based on the HSI, what actions do you need to take to intercept the localizer and glide slope?

Turn left to intercept the localizer course and decrease the rate of descent to capture the glide slope.

You are preparing to perform the ILS Rwy 5 approach to Des Moines International Airport. You are in a category A airplane and plan to fly the approach at 90 knots. ATIS reports a ceiling of 300 feet and visibility of 1800 RVR. What information should you include in the approach overview?

The ceiling is above the ILS approach minimum, and the visibility is at the required minimum provided that you use either a flight director (FD), an autopilot (AP) or head-up display (HUD) to fly to the DA.

ATC advises you to expect the ILS Rwy 5 approach. As you perform the approach briefing, what can you determine about this approach procedure?

The final approach course is 051° and the DA is 1131 feet MSL.

Which statement is true regarding range information for the ILS Rwy 5 approach?

MAARY is the FAF for the localizer-only approach and the point at which you can expect to intercept the glide slope at 2500 feet MSL.

You are performing the ILS Rwy 5 approach. How can toy identify DELAY?

Use 13.3 DME from the localizer I-DWW on 111.5 or determine the point where the DSM 254° radial or the LMN 357° radial crosses the localizer course.

You are on the 254° radial from Des Moines VORTAC. What actions should you take at the initial approach fix to fly the course reversal for the ILS Rwy 5 approach?

Use a parallel entry to enter the holding pattern at DELAY and remain within 5 NM.

You have just completed the holding pattern course reversal and have intercepted the localizer course of 051°. What should you do now to fly the intermediate and final approach segments of the ILS Rwy 5 approach?

Descend to 2,500. After you intercept the glide slope at MAARY, continue to descend on the glide slope to the DA of 1,131 feet MSL.

You reach the DA and do not have the runway environment in sight. What actions should you take to perform the published missed approach procedure for the ILS Rwy 5 approach?

At 1,131 feet MSL, climb to 1,600 feet MSL, and then perform a climbing right turn to 3,000 feet MSL. Proceed direct to DSM. At DSM, intercept the 254° radial to MIDLE at 12 DME from DSM and enter the holding pattern.

You are in a category A airplane operating at 90 knots. ATC informs you that the glide slope is out of service and clears you for the localizer approach to Runway 5. What is true about performing this approach procedure at 90 knots?

Descend to a DA of 1,360 feet MSL. Upon reaching the DA, perform a missed approach if you do not have the required visual references in sight.

You are planning to arrive at your destination at 1830Z. The weather forecast for 1800Z at the airport is for a 1200-foot ceiling and three miles visibility. What is true about including Des Moines International Airport as an alternate airport in your flight plan if you are planning to fly the ILS Rwy 5 approach?

The forecast weather conditions at the estimated time of arrival at the alternate, plus and minus one hour, must meet or exceed the nonstandard alternate minimums (indicated by the A-symbol on the approach chart) found in the Terminal Procedures Publication.

What is true regarding Runway 5?

The available landing distance is 9,003 feet.

Your destination is Centennial Airport in Denver, Colorado. What information can you obtain from reviewing the airport chart?

There is a runway incursion hot spot located near the approach end of Runway 17L at A1.

You are preparing to fly the VOR/DME-A approach at Quincy Municipal Airport. You are in a category A airplane and plan to fly the approach at 100 knots. You are unable to receive the Tallahassee Regional Airport altimeter setting, so you are using the Bainbridge, GA altimeter setting. What are some elements to consider as you perform an approach overview?

Because the approach course is not aligned within 30 degrees of the runway, the approach has only circling minimums.

You are cleared for the VOR/DME-A approach at Quincy Municipal Airport. You are at 2,100 feet MSL, approaching Seminole VORTAC (SZW) from the northwest on the 330° radial. What actions should you take when you reach SZW?

Turn to a heading of 103° for a parallel entry to the one-minute holding pattern course reversal. After you return to SZW in the hold and intercept the 283° course, descend to 2,000 feet MSL.

After completing the VOR/DME-A approach at Quincy Municipal Airport, you are circling to land on Runway 14 when you lose sight of the runway environment. What actions should you take?

Initiate a missed approach by making a climbing turn toward Runway 14 to become established on the missed approach course, which is a climbing left turn to 2,100 feet MSL direct to SZW, and then hold.