Question 1
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Which is not an anti-ice system?
Question 2
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Which are the de-icing types?
Question 3
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Who is the last responsible for having the wings free of ice?
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A. Flight engineer
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B. Pilot in command
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C. Air hostesses
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D. De-icing Ground Crew
Question 4
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Pneumatic de-icing boots are:
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A. A shaped rubber sleeve that conforms to leading edge which is attached.
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B. A shaped rubber sleeve that is attached to the leading edge of propellers
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C. Devices which can optimize aerodynamic efficiency
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D. Devices which its interior is full of glycol
Question 5
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. Which is the main difference between an anti-ice and a de-ice system?
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A. There is not any difference
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B. De-ice system does not exist.
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C. The anti ice system allow ice accretion and when is activated shed the ice or melt the ice, while a de-ice system prevent ice accretion
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D. The anti-ice prevent ice accretion while the de-ice eliminates the ice
Question 6
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Which of this statements about the pitot heat is true?
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A. The pitot heat is not an esential system in commercial aviation
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B. The pitot heat prevents and eliminates the ice accretion does not matter the ambiential conditions
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C. Pitot heat is usually part of the anti-ice system in the aircraft
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D. Pitot heat usually consists in a electrical resistor.
Question 7
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. How many types of de-icing systems exist?
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A. Three: wets, cyclic and regressive.
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B. Four: evaporate, cyclic, kinetic and regressive.
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C. Three: evaporative, wets and cyclic.
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D. Four: wets, cyclic, kinetic and evaporative.
Question 8
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.Which of the following is a type of windshield de-icing?
Question 9
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Advantages of hydraulic system
Question 10
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Disadvantages of hydraulic system
Question 11
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Definition of hydraulics
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A. Science that studies the equilibrium (Hydrostatic) and dynamics of liquids (Hydrodynamics).
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B. Science that studies the possibility of using air in systems.
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C. Science that studies the forces involved when an aircraft flies
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D. Science that studies how the environment changes when an aircraft flies throughout it.
Question 12
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The pressure exerted anywhere in a confined incompressible fluid is transmitted equally in all directions throughout the fluid such that the pressure ratio (initial difference) remains the same. This is the definition of:
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A. Newton´s Law
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B. Pascal´s Law
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C. Bernouigi´s Law
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D. Mach´s Law
Question 13
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The F18´s operating pressure is:
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A. 3000 psi
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B. 4000 psi
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C. 2000 psi
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D. 1450 psi
Question 14
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Which of the following is not a type of pump?
Question 15
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. Choose the wrong answer: functions of hydraulic accumulators
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A. Store energy (high pressure fluid)
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B. Provide fluid/pressure in case of emergency/failure of pump
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C. Avoid thermal expansion of the fluid
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D. Cater for small internal leaks
Question 16
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A. Is the third turbine you can find in a 727 or DC10
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B. Add extra propulsion to the plane if the main engines fail
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C. Provides electrical and mechanical power if main resources fail
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D. Are specially common in jet fighters and not used in civil airliners
Question 17
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RAM turbines are:
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A. To provide electrical and mechanical power if main sources fail
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B. Installed inside the engines
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C. Useless
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D. A kind of turbine engine
Question 18
Question 19
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Compared to pneumatic systems:
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A. Hydraulic control is easier as there are no compressibility effects.
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B. Hydraulic systems work continuously, being noisier.
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C. Compressors are usually more expensive than pumps.
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D. All of the above
Question 20
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. Hydraulic fluids can be:
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A. Vegetable-Based
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B. Mineral-based
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C. Synthetic-based
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D. All of the above
Question 21
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Electrically operated pumps operate at a pressure of:
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A. 2000 – 4500 psi
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B. 3050 – 3600 psi
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C. 1000 – 2850 psi
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D. 2850 – 3050 psi
Question 22
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In closed hydraulic systems:
Question 23
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A. Compensate leaks
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B. Act as a thermal regulator
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C. Are used normally and in emergencies
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D. All of the above are correct
Question 24
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About temperature
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A. Pneumatics can work at higher temperature.
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B. Pneumatics can work at lower temperature.
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C. Hydraulics can work at higher temperature.
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D. Pneumatics are not affected by temperature.
Question 25
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Aircraft surfaces must be designed to suffer in flight aerodynamic degradation due to the ice formation
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A. Yes, always.
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B. Yes, but not during take off.
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C. No, never.
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D. Yes, but not during landing.
Question 26
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Which of the following are windscreen rain removal systems?
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A. Curved and rear-sloping windscreen
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B. Windshield wipers
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C. Rain repellent: for torrential rain conditions
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D. All of the above are correct
Question 27
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Which of the following are types of ice?
Question 28
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. A safe flight must take also into account possible weather hazards that might be encountered. These can be of different types:
Question 29
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A. Is the Combination of glaze and rime ice
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B. Can not occur today
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C. Take place in clouds with temperature transitionfrom small to large supercooled water droplets.
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D. Options A and C are true
Question 30
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A. It is a Transparent air free sheet
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B. We can see in flight in dense clouds of small supercooled water droplets
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C. It has an opaque white structure due to air trapped between droplets
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D. It has an opaque white structure due to the viscosity of the types of droplets
Question 31
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Effects of ice accretion on an aircraft
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A. Weight increases
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B. Alteration of airfoil shape
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C. Loss of control due to freeze in the joints between control surfacesand wings / tailplanes
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D. All of the above are correct
Question 32
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About frost/Hoar frost…
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A. Ice crystals from sublimation when water vapour freezes
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B. Ice crystals from condensation when water vapour freezes
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C. Black crystaline structure
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D. It does form a heavy blanket but roughens the surface increaseaerodynamic performances