Not affiliated with the FAA. Original questions based on the current text of 14 CFR Parts 61 and 91 on eCFR (current as of 2026-10-26), the FAA Instrument Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-15B), Instrument Procedures Handbook (FAA-H-8083-16B) and Aviation Weather Handbook (FAA-H-8083-28B).
FAA Flight Instructor Instrument airplane (FII) knowledge test: practice test with original questions
Practice for the FAA Flight Instructor Instrument airplane (FII) knowledge test with 66 original questions written from the current 14 CFR Parts 61 and 91 and FAA instrument handbooks. Mock tests follow the published rule: 50 questions, 35 correct to pass.
The FAA Flight Instructor Instrument airplane (FII) knowledge test has 50 questions, and you pass with 35 correct answers. These 66 practice questions were written from Instrument Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-15B) (2012 (with FAA addenda)) and checked against it on Oct 28, 2026.
66 questions · Modes: Study, Topic drill, Mock exam, Daily 5
Mock exam: 50 questions, pass at 35
About this test
Practice for the FAA Flight Instructor Instrument airplane (FII) knowledge test with original questions written from the current text of 14 CFR Parts 61 and 91 on eCFR (current as of 2026-10-26), the FAA Instrument Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-15B), Instrument Procedures Handbook (FAA-H-8083-16B) and Aviation Weather Handbook (FAA-H-8083-28B). Every correct answer is backed by a passage of the source and checked by two independent verifiers.
- Study: every question with a short explanation.
- Topic drills: ifr regulations and currency, instrument instructor privileges and endorsements, flight instruments and systems, navigation and procedures, weather, human factors and decision-making.
- Mock test: 50 questions, 35 correct (70%) to pass, as the FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix (revised 9/25/26) states for test FII.
The questions are written in our own words; this is not the FAA’s question bank. Chart, figure and computer questions that need images are not included.
Topics
- Absolute stability · 1
- Advection fog · 1
- AHRS failure on the PFD · 1
- AHRS function · 1
- Airspeed with blocked static ports · 1
- Alternate airport minima · 1
- Alternate static source · 1
- Approaches to civil airports · 1
- Attitude indicator erection · 1
- Autokinesis · 1
- Bank angle in holding · 1
- Blocked static system · 1
- CDI sensitivity near the FAWP · 1
- Clearance and flight plan · 1
- Clear ice formation · 1
- Compass acceleration error · 1
- Coriolis illusion · 1
- Daily flight training limit · 1
- Departure obstacle clearance surface · 1
- Dry adiabatic lapse rate · 1
- Dual VOR check tolerance · 1
- Electrical failure in electronic displays · 1
- Featureless terrain illusion · 1
- Feeder route obstacle clearance · 1
- Fixation · 1
- GPS approach arming · 1
- Graveyard spiral · 1
- Gyro principles · 1
- Hazardous attitudes · 1
- Height above touchdown · 1
- Icing type and temperature · 1
- IFR cruising altitude in controlled airspace · 1
- Instructor minimum age · 1
- Instructor recent experience period · 1
- Instructor record retention · 1
- Instrument experience in devices · 1
- LNAV/VNAV vertical guidance · 1
- Logging instrument time · 1
- Magnetic compass as backup · 1
- Mature stage of a thunderstorm · 1
- MEA and MOCA · 1
- Microburst characteristics · 1
- Minimum IFR altitude in mountains · 1
- Minimum safe altitude radius · 1
- Missed approach in the clearance · 1
- Multiengine instructor experience · 1
- Practical test in a flight training device · 1
- Precession · 1
- Procedure turn obstacle clearance · 1
- Procedure turn speed · 1
- RAIM satellite requirement · 1
- RNAV (GPS) minimums lines · 1
- Signing logbooks · 1
- Solo endorsement records · 1
- Somatogravic illusion · 1
- Standard rate turn · 1
- Suction-relief valve · 1
- Terminal arrival area altitudes · 1
- The leans · 1
- Thunderstorm life cycle · 1
- Turn-and-slip limitation · 1
- Two-way radio failure in VFR · 1
- Type-rated aircraft instruction · 1
- Visual approach versus instrument approach · 1
- VOR check record · 1
- VOR reverse sensing · 1
Sources and version
- Instrument Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-15B)Covers: 2012 (with FAA addenda)
- Instrument Procedures Handbook (FAA-H-8083-16B)Covers: 2017
- 14 CFR Part 61, Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors (eCFR, current as of 2026-10-26)Covers: eCFR current as of 2026-10-26
- 14 CFR Part 91, General Operating and Flight Rules (eCFR, current as of 2026-10-26)Covers: eCFR current as of 2026-10-26
- Aviation Weather Handbook (FAA-H-8083-28B)Covers: 2026
Covers: 14 CFR Parts 61 and 91 as of 2026-10-26; IFH FAA-H-8083-15B; IPH FAA-H-8083-16B; AWH FAA-H-8083-28B · Verified current as of Oct 28, 2026
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How this page was made
Built from the sources listed above and reviewed before it was published. Where the source licence allows it the questions keep the source wording; otherwise they are original questions based on the source. Every answer shows its source. This is not legal, immigration, medical or financial advice.