# FI.I.D — Student Evaluation, Assessment, and Testing — Flight Instructor Airplane ACS

> FI.I.D from FAA-S-ACS-25, including the official objective, references, notes, and 15 exact knowledge, risk-management, and skill descriptions.

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## Official Task context

- FAA document: Flight Instructor for Airplane Category Airman Certification Standards
- Identifier: FAA-S-ACS-25
- Published source date: November 2023
- Aircraft category: Airplane
- Certificate or rating: Flight Instructor
- Area of Operation: Area of Operation I. Fundamentals of Instructing
- Task: Task D. Student Evaluation, Assessment, and Testing
- Task code prefix: FI.I.D
- Official references: FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-H-8083-9, FAA-H-8083-25
- FAA source library: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs

## Official Task objective

To determine the applicant understands evaluation and testing, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.

## Knowledge elements

- **FI.I.D.K1** — Purpose and characteristics of effective assessment.
- **FI.I.D.K2** — Traditional assessments.
- **FI.I.D.K3** — Authentic assessments, including:
- **FI.I.D.K3a** — a. Learner-centered assessment
- **FI.I.D.K3b** — b. Maneuver or procedure grades
- **FI.I.D.K3c** — c. Assessing risk management skills
- **FI.I.D.K4** — Choosing an effective assessment method.
- **FI.I.D.K5** — Purposes and types of critiques.
- **FI.I.D.K6** — Oral assessment, including:
- **FI.I.D.K6a** — a. Characteristics of effective questions
- **FI.I.D.K6b** — b. Types of questions to avoid
- **FI.I.D.K6c** — c. Answering learner questions
- **FI.I.D.K7** — Assessment of piloting ability.

## Risk management elements

- **FI.I.D.R1** — Delivering an assessment.

## Skills elements

- **FI.I.D.S1** — Use appropriate methods and techniques to assess learner performance in ground or flight training.

## Difficulty methodology

Difficulty calibration is ongoing for this Task. Observed difficulty is a privacy-thresholded check-ride.ai mock-oral practice proxy, not an FAA practical-test pass or fail rate. Underlying sample sizes and the private reporting threshold are not published.

## Use in practice

A mock examiner can ask a pilot to explain the published elements, apply them to the configured aircraft and airport context, identify risks, and defend a decision. Practice prompts are not represented as actual FAA examiner scripts or predictions of the questions a candidate will receive.