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Transport Canada Advanced operations practice test

Advanced asks for a great deal more than Basic: controlled airspace, radio work, navigation and a pass mark of 80 percent. These ten questions are spread across the subject areas the exam weighs most.

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1. 1During the walk-around an advanced pilot finds a hairline crack and visible fibre delamination in one carbon fibre motor arm. The aircraft still powers up normally and all motors run. What is the correct course of action?

   1. AFly the mission at reduced speed and with gentle inputs, since the arm carries a real load only during aggressive manoeuvres
   2. BWrap the arm tightly in tape so the crack cannot spread any further, then fly the mission exactly as it was planned
   3. CTreat the aircraft as unserviceable, and have the arm repaired according to the manufacturer's instructions before it flies
   4. DRebalance the propellers on the remaining arms so that the vibration is spread evenly across the whole of the airframe
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   C. Treat the aircraft as unserviceable, and have the arm repaired according to the manufacturer's instructions before it flies

   A composite arm carries the motor's thrust and reaction loads into the airframe, and delamination means the fibre layers are no longer sharing that load, so the arm can fail without further warning under normal vibration. Tape, reduced speed and rebalancing do nothing about a broken load path. The manufacturer's documentation states which repairs an owner may perform and which must go to an authorized repair facility, and that is what decides how this damage is put right.

   TP 15263E, Section 2, RPA Airframes

2. 2How many questions does the Small Advanced exam contain?

   1. A25 questions
   2. B35 questions
   3. C50 questions
   4. D75 questions
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   C. 50 questions

   The Small Advanced exam consists of 50 questions, more than the 35 questions on the Small Basic exam, reflecting its broader scope, which includes controlled airspace and operations near people and aerodromes that Basic does not cover.

   TP 15263E

3. 3What is an RPAS Safety Assurance declaration?

   1. AA form that the pilot fills out before each flight, confirming that the aircraft's operating manual has been read and understood in full, and that the pilot accepts the limits it sets out
   2. BAn insurance policy covering the aircraft against damage to itself and against liability for injury to any person on the ground, which the manufacturer arranges at the point of first sale
   3. CA one-time waiver from the 400 foot altitude limit, granted by Transport Canada to the operator of a specific aircraft model once the manufacturer has verified that model's performance in flight and reported the full results of all of those tests to the department
   4. DA manufacturer's declaration to Transport Canada that a specific RPA model has been developed and verified to meet the technical requirements for a specific advanced environment, such as operating near people, over people, or in controlled airspace
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   D. A manufacturer's declaration to Transport Canada that a specific RPA model has been developed and verified to meet the technical requirements for a specific advanced environment, such as operating near people, over people, or in controlled airspace

   An RPAS Safety Assurance declaration is submitted by the manufacturer, not the pilot, confirming that a specific aircraft model meets the technical requirements for the advanced environment it is declared for, such as flying near people, over people, or in controlled airspace. A pilot must fly within the limits of what the specific aircraft has actually been declared for, not simply what the pilot's own certificate allows.

   Canadian Aviation Regulations, s. 901.194

4. 4A crew member is rostered onto the last flights of a long survey day and knows from experience that they will be fatigued by then. What does the regulation require?

   1. AFatigue is left to the individual to manage, and only impairment by alcohol or by a drug is regulated for crew
   2. BNo person may act as a crew member if they are suffering from fatigue, or are likely to suffer from it on duty
   3. CThe pilot may continue provided a visual observer takes over the lookout and calls any traffic or hazard seen
   4. DThe rule applies to the pilot in command alone, and not to the visual observer or any other member of the crew
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   B. No person may act as a crew member if they are suffering from fatigue, or are likely to suffer from it on duty

   Section 901.19 prohibits acting as a crew member while suffering, or likely to suffer, from fatigue, or while otherwise unfit to perform the duties properly. The wording looks forward, so the test is applied when the day is planned rather than only when the person already feels tired, and it covers every crew member, not the pilot alone. Handing the lookout to an observer does not restore a fatigued pilot's capacity to fly the aircraft.

   Canadian Aviation Regulations, s. 901.19(1)(a)

5. 5What is a VFR Navigation Chart (VNC) primarily used for?

   1. AVisual navigation reference showing terrain, obstacles, airspace, and other features relevant to low-level flight
   2. BFiling an instrument flight plan with air traffic services before a departure is made
   3. CDisplaying ocean shipping lanes and the marine hazards that lie along each of them
   4. DRecording the maintenance history of an individual aircraft over its service life, including every mandatory action
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   A. Visual navigation reference showing terrain, obstacles, airspace, and other features relevant to low-level flight

   A VFR Navigation Chart depicts terrain, obstacles, aeronautical features, and airspace boundaries at a scale suited to visual, low-level navigation, making it a core reference for RPAS flight planning. It has no role in instrument flight plan filing, shipping lanes, or maintenance records.

   TP 15263E, Section 5, Navigation

6. 6When is a Restricted Operator Certificate - Aeronautical (ROC-A) required for a pilot?

   1. AFor every RPAS flight conducted under the Advanced rules, even one that involves no radio use at all
   2. BOnly for flights flown with an aircraft whose operating weight is greater than the 25 kg small aircraft limit
   3. COnly if the pilot who is operating the aircraft is under 18 years of age and holds nothing more than a Basic pilot certificate
   4. DWhenever the pilot operates a radio transmitter on aeronautical frequencies, such as to communicate with air traffic services
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   D. Whenever the pilot operates a radio transmitter on aeronautical frequencies, such as to communicate with air traffic services

   A ROC-A is required to operate a radio transmitter on aeronautical frequencies, which becomes necessary when a pilot needs to communicate with air traffic services or other aircraft by radio, such as during many Advanced operations near aerodromes or in controlled airspace. It is not required simply to fly an RPAS with no radio communication involved, and it has no weight or age-specific trigger of its own.

   Radiocommunication Regulations, s. 33

7. 7A fixed-wing RPA is in a steady climb at a constant airspeed. What is true of the forces acting on it?

   1. ALift is greater than weight, and that surplus of lift is what keeps the aircraft climbing
   2. BThrust equals drag, and lift exceeds weight in proportion to the rate of climb being flown
   3. CWeight acts entirely along the flight path, so lift and weight stay exactly equal throughout the climb
   4. DThrust exceeds drag by the part of weight acting along the path, and lift is a little less than weight
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   D. Thrust exceeds drag by the part of weight acting along the path, and lift is a little less than weight

   In a steady climb nothing is accelerating, so the forces still balance, but they balance along and across an inclined flight path rather than along the horizon. Weight now has a component acting backwards along that path, which thrust has to overcome on top of drag, and only the component of weight across the path has to be matched by lift, so lift is slightly less than weight. Lift exceeding weight belongs to the moment the climb is started, not to the steady climb that follows.

   TP 15263E, Section 7, Theory of Flight

8. 8What best characterizes Class A airspace in the Canadian airspace classification system?

   1. AHigh-level controlled airspace, from 18,000 feet ASL up to and including FL 600, open only to IFR traffic
   2. BUncontrolled airspace used mainly by small RPAS and by light manned traffic operating below 1,000 feet above the ground
   3. CAirspace reserved exclusively for glider operations and for the tow aircraft that launch them
   4. DAirspace found only over water, beyond the coastline and outside the domestic airspace structure
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   A. High-level controlled airspace, from 18,000 feet ASL up to and including FL 600, open only to IFR traffic

   Class A airspace is high-level controlled airspace extending from 18,000 feet ASL up to and including flight level 600, and it is restricted to IFR traffic operating under air traffic control. It sits far above where RPAS under 25 kg VLOS operate, so its main relevance to an RPAS pilot is understanding where it begins, not operating within it.

   TP 15263E, Section 1, Air Law

9. 9How does 'payload' differ from an RPA's overall operating weight?

   1. AThey are the same thing, with no distinction drawn between them anywhere in the regulations, which is the reason that the two terms are used interchangeably throughout the whole of Part IX and in all of its associated standards and advisory material
   2. BPayload refers specifically to what the aircraft carries for its mission, such as a camera or sensor, while operating weight is the aircraft's total weight as flown, which includes the payload along with the airframe, battery, and other equipment
   3. CPayload refers only to the passengers that an aircraft carries, which is the reason that the term never applies to a remotely piloted aircraft of any size or weight at all in Canada
   4. DPayload is always a fixed value for a given aircraft that never changes at all between one flight and the next, whatever equipment happens to be fitted to it on the day of a flight
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   B. Payload refers specifically to what the aircraft carries for its mission, such as a camera or sensor, while operating weight is the aircraft's total weight as flown, which includes the payload along with the airframe, battery, and other equipment

   Payload specifically refers to what an aircraft carries to accomplish its mission, such as a camera, sensor, or delivery package, while operating weight is the aircraft's total weight as actually flown, which includes that payload together with the airframe, battery, and other fitted equipment. Payload can vary from flight to flight depending on what mission equipment is fitted, unlike a fixed value.

   TP 15263E, Section 1, Air Law

10. 10A METAR contains the group '3SM -RA BR OVC008'. What does this tell a pilot?

    1. AVisibility of 3 nautical miles in heavy rain, with clear skies above the aerodrome
    2. BWind of 3 knots, a temperature of 8 degrees, and no cloud reported at any level
    3. C3 minutes remaining until sunset, with a runway visual range of 800 feet reported on the strip
    4. DVisibility 3 statute miles in light rain and mist, with an overcast ceiling at 800 feet
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    D. Visibility 3 statute miles in light rain and mist, with an overcast ceiling at 800 feet

    In this group, '3SM' is visibility of 3 statute miles, '-RA' is light rain, 'BR' is mist, and 'OVC008' is an overcast cloud layer with its base at 800 feet AGL, since METAR cloud heights are reported in hundreds of feet. Reading each group correctly, rather than guessing at the whole string, is what lets a pilot extract an accurate picture of conditions.

    TP 15263E, Section 4, Meteorology

Where the Transport Canada Advanced operations questions come from

The bank behind this page holds 210 questions on this track, written against the published syllabus and spread over the subject areas below. Every one of them names the paragraph it tests. The whole track was last checked against its source on 2026-08-06.

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