Now that’s you’ve taken the time to study through our Ultimate Part 107 Exam Guide, you should be ready to take the Part 107 practice test. The practice test below should provide a similar experience to the one that you’ll have when you sit for the actual practice test. Any of the questions included in our practice test that use a picture were pulled directly from FAA-CT-8080-2H. Because this supplemental will be provided to you when you take the test, my advice is to pull up this practice test side by side with FAA-CT-8080-2H. You can use this supplement even when there aren’t pictures. Don’t forget that it also includes a sectional legend, which can always provide great clues, or help you remember specifics. If you’re struggling to remember whether a measurement is in MSL or AGL, maybe the sectional legend could be helpful.
What You Will Have During the Part 107 Exam
Remember, you will also be provided with the following: pencil, paper, basic calculator, and scrap paper. Use all of these things to your full advantage. Draw out pictures if necessary.
Passing Score for the Part 107 Exam
If you happen to be sitting for a renewal of your Part 107 drone license, your test will only be 40 questions but you will still need to get 70%, or 28, of the questions correct. Also, your test will not include questions on weather or loading and performance. Check out our full article for what to expect on your renewal exam.
For those taking the test for the first time, you will need to get 42 out of 60 questions correct (70%) for a passing score on the test. Good luck!
Four Part 107 Test Taking Tips
The four tips for taking the Part 107 knowledge exam are:
- Learn the material, don’t memorize the questions
- Study the Test Supplement
- Know the Sectional Legend
- Logic is your friend.
I can’t tell you the number of people I’ve seen online that are all kinds of worried about passing the FAA’s Part 107 knowledge test. And I get it, you paid $150 for it and you don’t want to walk in unprepared, especially if that means you have to pay for the privilege to take the test again. That said, these are my 4 Part 107 test taking tips.
Learn the Material, Don’t Memorize the Questions
The first of my four Part 107 test taking tips is that learning the material is actually pretty important. You might think that you have a good grip on the material, but if you’ve just been taking the same practice test over and over again, chances are you’re just memorizing the questions. The practice exam I have available here collects e-mail addresses so that I can provide your answers at the end of the test. I’ve had a lot of people take the test multiple times. But the beauty of getting your answers at the end of the test is that you know what you need to go back and study.
Don’t hear what I’m not saying. If familiarity with the questions and types of questions you will be asked helps you achieve a passing score on the Part 107 exam, go for it. But make sure you’re learning the material along the way. The whole point of the test is to make sure that people flying in the National Airspace understand the rules for doing so.
Study the Test Supplement
All that to say, I’m not opposed to getting a leg up on the test when you can. You have every reason to study in ways that will help you learn the material as well as in ways that will actually be on the test!
Did you know that you will be provided with a copy of FAA-CT-8080-2H, which is the test supplement?
So, let’s think about this. When you need to look at a picture, a figure or a legend (including a sectional legend, which I’ll talk about next), you’re going to use this supplement.
Did you also know that FAA-CT-8080-2H is publicly available and downloadable? Use it to study. Not only will you be familiarizing yourself with the concepts on the test, you will also be familiarizing yourself with specific maps and figures and this should help to spark some more recollection on the test.
Below is a list of the legends and figures from FAA-CT8080-2H that you should be paying attention to. I’ve also got a few links to other articles showing you why these are important.
- Legend 1 – Sectional Aeronautical Chart (Page 1-1)
- Legend 2 – Chart Supplement (Page 1-2). Check out this video test question on why chart supplements provide important info.
- Figure 2 – Load Factor Chart (Page 2-2). I’ve seen this figure on the test both times I’ve taken it. It is used a lot and helps you to have a better understanding of the impact of forces on drones when they fly. Check out this article here for more info on the effects of forces on drones.
- Figure 12 – Aviation Routine Weather Reports (METAR). Check out another video test question I put together on reading TAFs and METARs as well as the weather tools section on the Ultimate Part 107 Study Guide. This is another one I’ve seen on both tests. Know it for easy points on the exam. This goes for Figure 15 as well.
- Figure 15 – Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts (TAF) (Page 2-15).
- Figure 20 – Sectional Chart Excerpt (Page 2-19). The next few are all sectional excerpts. Needless to say, this is heavily tested. Know how to read a sectional. This is so important that I devoted an entire section of the Ultimate Part 107 Study Guide to it. Also have an understanding of longitude and latitude. I also have a video test question available that is helpful in understanding this.
- Figure 21 – Sectional Chart Excerpt (Page 2-20)
- Figure 22 – Sectional Chart Excerpt (Page 2-21)
- Figure 23 – Sectional Chart Excerpt (Page 2-22)
- Figure 24 – Sectional Chart Excerpt (Page 2-23)
- Figure 25 – Sectional Chart Excerpt (Page 2-24)
- Figure 26 – Sectional Chart Excerpt (Page 2-25)
- Figure 69 – Sectional Chart Excerpt (Page 2-66)
- Figure 70 – Sectional Chart Excerpt (Page 2-67)
- Figure 71 – Sectional Chart Excerpt (Page 2-68)
- Figure 74 – Sectional Chart Excerpt (Page 2-71)
- Figure 75 – Sectional Chart Excerpt (Page 2-72)
- Figure 76 – Sectional Chart Excerpt (Page 2-73)
- Figure 77 – Chart Supplement (Page 2-74)
- Figure 78 – Sectional Chart Excerpt (Page 2-75)
- Figure 79 – Chart Supplement (Page 2-76)
- Figure 80 – Sectional Chart Excerpt (Page 2-77)
- Figure 81 – Chart Supplement (Page 2-78)
This list is not necessarily comprehensive. There may be other figures in the test supplement that make their way onto the exam. In line with what I said in my first point, don’t use these figures to memorize information. I mean, as you can see, there are a bunch of sectional excerpts. Good luck memorizing it all. But if you see a picture of an altimeter (Figure 82), attitude indicator (Figure 7) or glider yaw string (Figure 11), you can safely ignore it.
Know Your Sectional Legend
This one dovetails nicely with the last point. If there was one Figure I could tell you to know best, it’s this one. If you think about it, the sectional legend will literally provide the answer to a lot of the sectional questions you see.
Don’t remember the altitude that Class E airspace begins when the sectional has the faded magenta ring? The sectional tells you (700 ft AGL).
Trying to remember which radio frequency for an airport is the UNICOM frequency? The sectional legend points it out.
Can’t for the life of you remember what the two numbers at the top of an obstacle are telling you? The sectional legend literally points to the numbers and tells you.
I could continue, but I’m sure you get the point. The sectional legend is a wealth of information, especially once you get to know the basics of the Part 107 material. Learn the sectional legend and start studying it alongside a sectional map (preferably one of the excerpts that will be on the test). You can thank me later.
Logic is Your Friend
This tip might seem basic. It might even seem unhelpful. But logic is always my first line of defense in test taking, and the Part 107 knowledge exam is no different. At its most basic level, the FAA’s job is to make sure that flying in the National Airspace is safe. Logically, the regulations in place are to try and accomplish this goal. I’m not saying they all make sense or even that they’re helpful, but that’s the idea.
So, if you get a question that asks about the requirements for flying your drone at night and all three answers could be ways to make the national airspace safer, ask yourself which one is the most helpful.
Even if you don’t use logic as your first line of defense, thinking about answers to questions logically might help you choose between two seemingly good answers. Any advantage helps.
With that, you should now be well prepared to take the FREE Part 107 practice test. If you take the practice test and realize you need to review some material, feel free to go back to any portion of The Ultimate (FREE) Part 107 Study Guide. Good luck!
