Airworthy PrepCommercial Pilot Airplane test code
CA.VIII.A.K3cHigh-Altitude Operations: Supplemental Oxygen
Commercial Pilot Airplane test standard, area of operation VIII, task A
Written as ca.viii.a.k3c or CA.VIII.A.K3c on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Operational factors, including:
Precautions when using supplemental oxygen systems.
What it means
CA.VIII.A.K3c is a knowledge element in the High-Altitude Operations area of operation of the Commercial Pilot Airplane test standard. A knowledge element is something the FAA expects you to know, and the written test asks questions on it.
- CA
- Commercial Pilot Airplane ACS
- VIII
- Area of operation VIII: High-Altitude Operations
- A
- Task A: Supplemental Oxygen
- K3c
- Part (c) of knowledge element 3
Seeing it on your score report
Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing CA.VIII.A.K3c there means at least one of your wrong answers was on this element. If you are taking the practical test next, expect the examiner to ask about it. Retaking the written? Start with this code and the others on your report.
Sources: FAA-S-ACS-7B, Commercial Pilot for Airplane Category ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024); FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix (revised 9/25/26), p. 2.
Can be printed on 2 tests
- Commercial Pilot Airplane (CAX)
- Commercial Pilot Airplane Canadian Conversion (CCP)
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