One-Year Ban for Knowledge Test Cheating
Verified from official sources14 CFR § 107.69Version 3Effective -Verified 22 August 2026
In plain language
If you cheat on a knowledge test, you will be banned from applying for any FAA certificate, rating, or authorization, and from taking any FAA tests, for 1 year from the date of the infraction.
Requirement as structured
An applicant whom the FAA Administrator finds has committed an act prohibited by § 107.69(a) is prohibited, for 1 year after the date of committing that act, from applying for any certificate, rating or authorization issued under 14 CFR chapter I, and from applying for and taking any test under that chapter.
Original regulatory text
(b) An applicant who the Administrator finds has committed an act prohibited by paragraph (a) of this section is prohibited, for 1 year after the date of committing that act, from: (1) Applying for any certificate, rating, or authorization issued under this chapter; and (2) Applying for and taking any test under this chapter.
Applies when
- country
- United States
- authority
- FAA
- regulatory category
- General