Free Commercial Pilot Written Practice Test Online

Correct answer: A. Stop safely, verify position and clearance, and request clarification rather than continuing on expectation

Expectation bias can make a pilot see or hear the anticipated route. Stopping removes time pressure and allows a clearance, signage, marking, and diagram cross-check before an incursion occurs.

• B: The issued clearance controls unless amended.
• C: Removing a position reference worsens uncertainty.
• D: Passenger route preference does not establish ATC authorization.

Correct answer: A. While the aircraft remains U.S.-registered and maintained and operated in accordance with applicable requirements

A standard airworthiness certificate generally remains effective as long as the aircraft remains registered in the United States and is maintained and operated in accordance with applicable airworthiness requirements. It must also be displayed as required.

• B: A standard airworthiness certificate does not expire annually merely with time.
• C: A 100-hour inspection does not define the certificate's duration.
• D: Registration alone is insufficient when the aircraft is not maintained or operated as required.

Correct answer: A. No; a flight review or qualifying exception must have been completed within the preceding 24 calendar months

A commercial certificate does not waive 14 CFR 61.56(c). Unless an exception applies, a pilot may not act as PIC without a flight review completed since the beginning of the 24th calendar month before the month of flight.

• B: Commercial privileges do not eliminate recurrent flight-review requirements.
• C: The requirement applies to acting as PIC, not only to passenger carriage.
• D: An expired flight-review interval is restored through a flight review or qualifying exception, not a new knowledge test.

Correct answer: B. Commercial pilot privileges alone do not authorize an operation that requires an operating certificate under Part 119

A commercial pilot certificate authorizes pilot privileges, but it is not an air-carrier or commercial-operator certificate. Holding out transportation to the public while supplying pilot and aircraft may require authority under Part 119 unless a specific exception applies.

• A: Pilot qualification and operational certification are separate legal questions.
• C: Separate payment does not convert public holding out into private carriage.
• D: Some nonstop sightseeing operations may fit a stated exception, but the category is not universally exempt and other requirements apply.

Correct answer: C. April 30, 2026

For second-class operations, a second-class medical certificate is valid through the end of the 12th month after the month of examination. An April 2025 examination therefore supports second-class privileges through April 30, 2026.

• A: Medical duration is measured by calendar month, not the anniversary day.
• B: This ends the certificate one month too early.
• D: The longer duration potentially applicable to lower-class privileges does not extend commercial second-class privileges.