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Parachutist Certificate Exam
1. Which of the following best describes your emergency procedures in the event of a
malfunction?
2. Which of the following best describes your canopy checks?
3. It is important to check your parachute equipment at what times?
4. You should check your deployment handles in what order?
5. Upon canopy deployment you are facing another canopy, the fastest way to turn your
parachute out of the possible collision is?
6. Your main canopy opens with line twists, your immediate response is?
7. Under canopy you find yourself at 3000ft down wind of the 2000ft or holding point.
Your response should be?
8. What is your minimum decision altitude that you should carry out your emergency
procedures if you are unable to control your main parachute?
9. Your left hand flight path is going to take you over the centre of the PLA below 500ft,
your best response will be?
10. Which correctly lists the landing priority order?
11. Which correctly lists the deployment priority rules?
12. You have ended up having to land off the PLA, your new intended landing point is in
a clear paddock but the surface is on the side of a hill. The wind direction is blowing
directly up the hill. What should be your landing direction?
13. You are coming in to dock on a formation. You should never?
14. Is it possible to land your canopy on half brakes?
15. On your final turn for landing you find you are traveling very fast. You look up and
find you are landing down wind. Your reaction should be?
16. The PLA is surrounded by obstacles of trees and buildings, careful flight and
concentration is required to land in the PLA. The obstacles that you can’t see on first
glance may well include?
17. Your equipment is fitted with an AAD that is fitted to?
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18. You are in the second group to leave the aircraft. You look out the door and see the
first group falling directly below the aircraft as opposed to falling away on about a 45º
angle from the door. This indicates to you that?
19. The correct exit order for different free fall disciplines is?
20. You are flying a sport canopy in a load of 20 other canopies. Who has the right of
way over you?
21. When is your skydive deemed to be over?
22. The life and performance of your skydiving equipment can be greatly reduced by
which of the following?
23. Which of the following is true?
24. Which of the following is the best control input for your final turn into wind before
landing?
25. Which of the following is not a skydiving discipline?
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