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Canada Small Basic Exam practice, for the Pilot Certificate, Basic Operations
35 questions, 23 of 35 to pass. Handbook published by Transport Canada.
Section 6: Flight operations
Chapter 6 of 8 in the TP 15263, Knowledge Requirements for Pilots of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (Fourth Edition 03/2025). The Small Basic Exam draws questions from this chapter; the 10 below are Guidepost's, each linked to the page it comes from.
What is one advantage a drone pilot has over a traditional pilot in detecting traffic?
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The handbook pages these come from
- Section 6: Flight operations, TC AIM (TP 14371) RPA chapter, RPA 3.2.17 Serviceability of the RPAS, printed page 450, PDF page 19
- Section 6: Flight operations, TC AIM (TP 14371) RPA chapter, RPA 3.2.27.2 Aircraft Lighting, printed page 457, PDF page 26
- Section 6: Flight operations, TC AIM (TP 14371) RPA chapter, RPA 3.2.27.1 Detecting Aircraft During Night Operations, Scanning Technique, printed page 456, PDF page 25
- Section 6: Flight operations, TC AIM (TP 14371) RPA chapter, RPA 3.2.6.3 Hearing Traffic, printed page 445, PDF page 14
- Section 6: Flight operations, TC AIM (TP 14371) RPA chapter, RPA 3.2.22.5 Clouds, printed page 453, PDF page 22
- Section 6: Flight operations, TC AIM (TP 14371) RPA chapter, RPA 3.2.22.7 Fog, printed page 454, PDF page 23
- Section 6: Flight operations, Transport Canada drone safety page: Urban Airflow: What Drone Pilots Need to Know, transcript
- Section 6: Flight operations, TP 15263 (HTML), Section 6: Flight operations, RPAS operations (VLOS)
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