Student Parachutist's Exam
Part 2

The following True/False exam was developed by Captains John Garrity and Craig Elliot of the 1st Air Commando Wing, USAF, Hurlburt Field FL in 1966.

Almost the entire exam is valid today. Repack cycle has changed. Minimum student exit altitude has changed. There are a few other changes relating to harness hold methods of instruction that would make some questions ambigious.

Try your hand at the exam. Remember this is based on 1966 rules.

A student may pack any parachute that he intends to jump while participating in sport parachuting.
True False
Drop zones for students must be clear of obstacles within 300 yards of the target.
True False
A DZ target distorted to form | is the signal to stop jumping, but keep the aircraft aloft.
True False
A parachutist is considered STABLE when he has CONTROL over the axes of his body during freefall.
True False
Students who have not made a jump within the last 30 days should make a satisfactory dummy ripcord pull before returning to free fall status.
True False
Static line jumps will be made from at least 2800 feet above the ground.
True False
A student should make his last dummy ripcord pull and his first free fall on the same day.
True False
All parachutists should receive a ground safety check before boarding the aircraft.
True False
Parachutists weighing over 200 pounds must use parachutes with a slow rate of descent.
True False
Military reserve parachutes must be repacked every 120 days. Reserves packed by an FAA rigger for civil use must be repacked every 60 days.
True False
All sport parachutists must comply with FAA Reg. 105-1.
True False
Weather for student parachute jumping is at least a ceiling of 3800 feet and five miles flight visibility.
True False
Prudence does not automatically come with instruction.
True False
The diagonal backstraps of the parachute harness are primarily designed to prevent the parachutist from slipping backwards through the harness assembly.
True False
Capewell releases are intended for disconnecting the canopy from the harness to prevent dragging.
True False
In deploying the reserve after a main chute malfunction, the reserve canopy should be thrown out away from the body, slightly downward and into the direction of any rotation.
True False
If the reserve accidentally deploys in the aircraft and is drawn into the windstream outside the plane, the parachutist must IMMEDIATELY follow the parachute out the door, NO MATTER WHAT THE ALTITUDE.
True False
A student parachutist making a ten second delay or less, must exaggerate his arch and spread during free fall, because it will be difficult to "feel out" his body position.
True False
Students who feel themselves going out of control only have one corrective procedure to regain control --arch harder and hold it.
True False
A student parachutist who at any time doubts whether he can regain stability prior to pulling the ripcord, should pull immediately. He should never sacrifice altitude for a better body position.
True False

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Student Parachutist's Exam Part 2

Student Parachutist's Exam
Part 2