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What does passing the knowledge test by itself allow a candidate to do?
Choices
Act as pilot in command carrying passengers
Passing the written does not confer PIC privileges.
✓ Satisfy one prerequisite toward the certificate, but not act as PICcorrect
The written is one prerequisite among several; it grants no operating privilege.
Skip the practical test
The practical test is still required.
Sign their own instructor endorsements
Passing the written does not grant instructor authority.
Why
Passing the knowledge test is one prerequisite on the path to a certificate; it does not by itself authorize acting as pilot in command.
FAA source: ACS / knowledge test reportbrowse the reference library →
Original study question written for this course — representative of FAA knowledge-test topics, not an actual current FAA exam question.