When are you required to have an instrument rating for flight in VMC?

In the case of operations over an area designated as a mountainous area, no person may operate an aircraft under IFR below 2,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal distance of

What service is provided by departure control to an IFR flight when operating within the outer area of Class C airspace?

Unless otherwise prescribed, what is the rule regarding altitude and course to be maintained during an off-airways IFR flight over nonmountainous terrain?

(Refer to figure 24.) What is the MOCA between JNC and MANCA intersection on V187?