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RPL90 min real exam · 70% pass mark

Recreational Pilot Licence

Theory for the Recreational Pilot Licence — your first formal CASA exam. Covers basic aeronautical knowledge, air law, navigation, meteorology, and human factors at the recreational level.

Drill by topic

Pick a topic area to focus on. Each is mapped to the relevant CASA Part 61 MOS unit.

Terminology
Direction of flight
BAKC.2.1
6 questions
Distance, speed and velocity
BAKC.2.2
4 questions
Time
BAKC.2.3
6 questions
Units of measurement
BAKC.2.4
7 questions
Basic physics
BAKC.2.5
8 questions
Power plants and systems – basics
Piston engine aircraft
BAKC.3.1
7 questions
Fuels and oils
BAKC.3.2
9 questions
Engine handling
BAKC.3.3
15 questions
Malfunctions
BAKC.3.4
8 questions
Flight instruments
BAKC.3.5
26 questions
Aerodynamics
Basic aerodynamics
BAKC.4.1
11 questions
Lift and drag
BAKC.4.2
8 questions
Climbing
BAKC.4.3
7 questions
Wake turbulence
BAKC.4.4
7 questions
Thrust stream turbulence (jet blast or rotor downwash)
BAKC.4.5
3 questions
Navigation
Charts
BAKC.5.1
10 questions
Documentation
BAKC.5.2
7 questions
Operations, performance and planning
Airworthiness and aircraft equipment
BAKC.6.1
7 questions
Take-off and landing performance
BAKC.6.2
5 questions
Speed limitations
BAKC.6.3
4 questions
Weight and balance
BAKC.6.4
8 questions
Fitness for flight
Basic health
PHFC.2.1
1 question
Hypoxia
PHFC.2.12
26 questions
General navigation
Form of the earth
PNVC.2.1
45 questions
Time
PNVC.2.2
20 questions
Computation techniques
PNVC.2.4
10 questions
Pilot navigation
PNVC.2.5
16 questions
Aeronautical radio telephony
Operation of aeronautical radio systems
RARO.2.1
20 questions
Radio waves
RARO.2.2
5 questions
Power plants and systems
Piston engine
RBKA.2.1
5 questions
Aerodynamics
Lift and drag
RBKA.3.1
9 questions
Flight controls
RBKA.3.2
11 questions
Climbing
RBKA.3.3
9 questions
Descents
RBKA.3.4
7 questions
Turning
RBKA.3.5
21 questions
Stalling, spinning and spiral dives
RBKA.3.6
13 questions
Taxi, take-off, landing
RBKA.3.7
14 questions
Structural damage
RBKA.3.8
6 questions
Operations and performance
Take-off and landing performance
RBKA.4.1
91 questions
Aircraft limitations
RBKA.4.2
68 questions
Elements
Documentation
RFRC.2.1
6 questions
Licence privileges and limitations (RPL)
RFRC.2.2
24 questions
Conditions of flight
RFRC.2.3
51 questions
Air service operations
RFRC.2.4
26 questions
Aerodromes
RFRC.2.5
37 questions
Airspace
RFRC.2.6
22 questions
Emergencies and SAR
RFRC.2.7
6 questions
Basic meteorology
Knowledge of local weather
RMTC.2.1
19 questions
Knowledge of forecasts and reports
RMTC.2.2
51 questions
Understand significance of observations
RMTC.2.3
78 questions