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Transport Canada Examinations Results

Transport Canada has recently released its findings for the results of its examinations which covers a 12 month period from November 2004 to November 2005.  Its purpose is to inform students and pilots of the weak areas of knowledge, or where exam topics have shown less than acceptable results.

Marks below 50% that were scored by examinees on subject matter are taken from a representative group of completed examinations across the country.  These weak areas included:

 

   
  • Recreational Pilot Permit - Aeroplane (RPPAE)
  • Private Pilot Licence - Aeroplane (PPAER)
  • Commercial Pilot Licence - Aeroplane (CPAER)
  • Commercial Pilot Licence - Helicopter (CPHEL)
  • Airline Transport Pilot - Aeroplane (SARON)
  • Airline Transport Pilot - Aeroplane (SAMRA)
  • Airline Transport Pilot - Helicopter (HARON)
  • Airline Transport Pilot - Helicopter (HAMRA)
  • Type Rating - Aeroplane (IATRA)
  • Flight Instructor Rating - Aeroplane (AIRAF)
 
Recreational Pilot Permit - Aeroplane (RPPAE)

Personnel Licensing and Training

  • Recency requirements

General Operating and Flight Rules

  • IFR or VFR flight in class F airspace
  • IFR flight in Class A, B, C, D, E or F airspace
  • Airspace dimensions and Classification
  • Fuel requirements
  • Seat- and safety-belt requirements

Air Traffic Services and Radio Procedures

  • Clearances, instructions

Theory of Flight

  • Stalling angle, level flight, climbing and descending turns, spins

Radio Navigation

  • Airspace - requirement for altitude encoding

Meteorology - Theory

  • Pressure systems and their variations, characteristics
  • Clouds - associated precipitation and turbulence
  • Frontal weather at a cold front

Meteorology - Practical

  • Measurement of cloud heights in aerodrome forecasts (TAF) and graphic area forecasts (GFA)

Aircraft Operations

  • Take-off distance
  • Handling techniques while taxiing
  • Aeroplane manoeuvres - stalls, incipient spins, spinning

Human Factors

  • Toxic hazards - carbon monoxide
Private Pilot Licence - Aeroplane (PPAER)

Aeronautics Act / General Provisions

  • Interpretation - night

Aerodrome and Airport

  • Canadian Runway Friction Index (CRFI)

Aircraft Engines and Airframes

  • Impact icing

Flight Instruments

  • Calculating indicated altitude after a pressure change

Theory of Flight

  • Principles of flight - stalling angle, level flight, climbing and descending turns, spins

Navigation - General and Flight Planning

  • Calculation of indicated, calibrated and true airspeed

Meteorology - Theory

  • Heating and cooling of the atmosphere
  • Evaporation cooling - virga

Meteorology - Practical

  • Pilot weather reports (PIREP)

Aircraft Operations

  • Gliding distance - gliding for range / airspeed adjustment for headwind or tailwind
  • Landing distance

Human Factors

  • Limitations of the senses - visual (day and night), vision / visual scanning techniques, flicker vertigo
Commercial Pilot Licence - Aeroplane (CPAER)

Aerodrome and Airport

  • Markings

General Operating and Flight Rules

  • Right of way, IFR in visual meteorological conditions (VMC)

Flight Instruments

  • Slaved gyro / magnetic compass - principles of operation
  • Artificial horizon / principles of operation

Theory of Flight

  • Balance of forces in flight - level cruise, climbing, descending
  • Induced drag
  • Coefficient of lift
  • Effect of sweepback on aircraft
  • Stability and Mach number

Navigation - General and Flight Planning

  • Calculation of indicated, calibrated and true airspeed

Meteorology - Theory

  • Heating and cooling of the atmosphere
  • Evaporation cooling - virga

Meteorology - Practical

  • Pilot weather reports (PIREP)

Aircraft Operations

  • Gliding distance - gliding for range / airspeed adjustment for headwind or tailwind
  • Landing distance

Human Factors

  • Limitations of the senses - visual (day and night), vision / visual scanning techniques, flicker vertigo
Commercial Pilot Licence - Helicopter (CPHEL)

Commercial Air Services / Private-Operators

  • Flight crew member qualifications

Flight Instruments

  • Errors, altimeter setting procedures during abnormally high-pressure weather conditions

Radio Navigation

  • VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) / distance measuring equipment (DME)

Meteorology - Practical

  • Aerodrome forecasts (TAF)
  • Prognostic surface chart

Human Factors

  • The decision-making process
Airline Transport Pilot - Aeroplane (SARON)

Aeronautics Act / General Provisions

  • Carriage of explosives or dangerous goods on board an aircraft

General Operation and Flight Rules

  • Overflight of built-up area or open-air assemblies of persons during takeoff, approach and landing
  • Maintenance release and elementary work

Flight Instruments

  • Effect of a blocked pitot tube

Aircraft Operations

  • Thunderstorm avoidance - rules of thumb / penetration techniques
  • Emergencies - during takeoff, go / no-go decisions
  • Use of oxygen
  • Smoke removal (pressurized aircraft)
  • Propeller overspeed
Airline Transport Pilot - Aeroplane (SAMRA)

Meteorology - Theory

  • Tropopause
  • Clouds - types and recognition
  • Wind - jet streams - composition, altitude and seasonal variances
  • Icing - amount of supercooled water in cloud

Meteorology - Practical

  • Aviation weather reports / automated weather observation system (AWOS) - principles of operation, decoding and interpretation
Airline Transport Pilot Licence - Helicopter (HARON)

Aircraft Engines and Airframes

  • Bleed air services

Theory of Flight

  • Vortex ring state

Aircraft Operations

  • Hovering / ground cushion effect / effects of induced drag/ profile drag
Airline Transport Pilot Licence - Helicopter (HAMRA)

Meteorology - Theory

  • Air masses affecting North America, and associated weather conditions
Type Rating - Aeroplane (IATRA)

Navigation - General and Flight Planning

  • Calculation of indicated, calibrated and true airspeed
Flight Instructor Rating - Aeroplane (AIRAF)

Personnel Licensing and Training

  • Recency requirements
  • Private Pilot Licence / privileges and requirements
  • Flight test record

Flight Instrument

  • Airspeed indicator / errors - lag

Theory of Flight

  • Balance of forces in flight - level cruise, climbing, descending

Radio Navigation

  • Automatic direction finder (ADF) - inaccuracies and limitations, night effect

Meteorology - Theory

  • Altimeter setting

Human Factors

  • Aviation physiology / hearing

 

 



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Updated:  Fri 24 Aug 2007