Not affiliated with the FAA. Original questions based on the FAA Aviation Instructor’s Handbook (FAA-H-8083-9B).
FAA Fundamentals of Instructing (FOI) knowledge test: practice test with original questions
Practice for the FAA Fundamentals of Instructing (FOI) knowledge test with 76 original questions written from the FAA Aviation Instructor’s Handbook (FAA-H-8083-9B). Mock tests follow the published rule: 50 questions, 35 correct to pass.
76 questions · Modes: Study, Topic drill, Mock exam, Daily 5
Mock exam: 50 questions, pass at 35
About this test
Practice for the FAA Fundamentals of Instructing (FOI) knowledge test, required for flight and ground instructor certificates, with original questions written from the FAA Aviation Instructor’s Handbook (FAA-H-8083-9B, 2020). Every correct answer is backed by a passage of the handbook and checked by two independent verifiers.
- Study: every question with a short explanation.
- Topic drills: human behavior and the learning process, effective communication and the teaching process, assessment and critique, planning instructional activity, the instructor as a professional and risk management.
- Mock test: 50 questions, 35 correct (70%) to pass, as the FAA Flight Instructor ACS (FAA-S-ACS-25) states.
The questions are written in our own words; this is not the FAA’s question bank.
Topics
- Abstractions · 1
- ACS/PTS nature · 1
- Adult learner motivation · 1
- Adult learner traits · 1
- Affective domain · 1
- Anxiety · 1
- Authentic assessment · 1
- Blocked practice · 1
- Blocks of learning · 1
- Communication barriers · 1
- Communication effectiveness · 1
- Constructive assessment · 1
- Cooperative learning · 1
- Correlation level · 1
- Demonstration-performance phases · 1
- Demonstration-performance use · 1
- Denial · 1
- Diagnostic assessment · 1
- Displacement · 1
- Effective critique · 1
- Ego defense mechanisms · 1
- Extemporaneous delivery · 1
- Fatigue and lesson length · 1
- Formative assessment · 1
- Four barriers · 1
- Guided discussion goal · 1
- Halo error · 1
- Hazard definition · 1
- Insight · 1
- Interference in communication · 1
- Interference theory · 1
- Laws of learning · 1
- Lead-off questions · 1
- Learning plateaus · 1
- Lesson development patterns · 1
- Lesson introduction · 1
- Lesson plan definition · 1
- Lesson scope · 1
- Listening · 1
- Maslow hierarchy · 1
- Objective criteria · 1
- Objective test items · 1
- Open-ended questions · 1
- PAVE checklist · 1
- Perception and threat · 1
- Performance-based objectives · 1
- Personal minimums · 1
- Positive instruction · 1
- Primacy · 1
- Problem-based learning · 1
- Projection · 1
- Psychomotor domain · 1
- Questions to avoid · 1
- Rationalization · 1
- Recency · 1
- Redirect step · 1
- Respect for learners · 1
- Risk management · 1
- Rote learning · 1
- Rubric · 1
- Safety by example · 1
- Security needs · 1
- Short-term memory capacity · 1
- Short-term memory duration · 1
- Single-idea questions · 1
- Situational awareness · 1
- Solo decision · 1
- Specific assessment · 1
- Syllabus flexibility · 1
- Teaching lecture · 1
- Teaching process steps · 1
- Test reliability · 1
- Test validity · 1
- Training records · 1
- Training syllabus · 1
- Written lesson plans · 1
Sources and version
- Aviation Instructor’s Handbook (FAA-H-8083-9B)Covers: 2020
Covers: Aviation Instructor's Handbook FAA-H-8083-9B (2020); ACS FAA-S-ACS-25 · Verified current as of Oct 28, 2026
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How this page was made
Written by AI from the sources listed above, checked automatically, not reviewed by a person. 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.