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What best describes aeronautical decision-making (ADM)?

Choices

  • ✓ A systematic approach to consistently determining the best course of actioncorrect

    ADM is a structured, systematic mental process for choosing the safest action.

  • A checklist for engine start only

    ADM is a decision process, not an engine-start checklist.

  • A regulation requiring an instrument rating

    ADM is a judgment skill, not a rating requirement.

  • A method of calculating weight and balance

    Weight and balance is a performance calculation, unrelated to ADM.

Why

ADM is a systematic approach to the mental process pilots use to consistently determine the best course of action for a given set of circumstances.

FAA source: Risk Management Handbook / ADMbrowse the reference library →

This is taught in Thinking Like a Pilot: The ADM Process and Hazardous Attitudes — study the lessons free, then practice with grading and mastery tracking.

Original study question written for this course — representative of FAA knowledge-test topics, not an actual current FAA exam question.

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