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Jose Brid
Quiz by Jose Brid, updated more than 1 year ago
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Question 1

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When are outboard ailerons normally used?
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  • Low-speed flight only
  • High-speed flight only
  • Low-speed and high-speed flight

Question 2

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When are inboard ailerons normally used?
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  • Low-speed flight only
  • High-speed flight only
  • Low-speed and high-speed flight

Question 3

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Which of the following is considered a primary flight control?
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Question 4

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Which of the following is considered an auxiliary flight control?
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Question 5

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What is the purpose of an anti-servo tab?
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  • Move the flight controls in the event of manual reversion
  • Reduce control forces by deflecting in the proper direction to move a primary flight control
  • Prevent a control surface from moving to a full-deflection position due to aerodynamic forces

Question 6

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What is the purpose of a servo tab?
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  • Move the flight control in the event of manual reversion
  • Reduce control forces by deflecting in the proper direction to move a primary flight control
  • Prevent a control surface from moving to a full-deflection position due to aerodynamic forces

Question 7

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Which is a purpose of leading-edge flaps?
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  • Increase the camber of the wing
  • Reduce lift without increasing airspeed
  • Direct airflow over the top of the wing at high angle of attack

Question 8

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What is a purpose of flight spoilers?
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  • Increase the camber of the wing
  • Reduce lift without increasing airspeed
  • Direct airflow over the top of the wing at high angles of attack

Question 9

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Which is a purpose of leading-edge slats on high-performance wings?
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  • Decrease lift at relative slow speeds
  • Improve aileron control during low angles of attack
  • Direct air from the high pressure area under the leading edge along the top of the wing

Question 10

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Which direction from the primary control surface does an anti-servo tab move
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  • Same direction
  • Opposite direction
  • Remains fixed for all positions

Question 11

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What effect does an increase in airspeed have on a coordinated turn while maintaining a constant angle of bank and altitude?
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  • The rate of turn will decrease resulting in a decreased load factor
  • The rate of turn will increase resulting in a increased load factor
  • The rate of turn will decrease resulting in no changes in load factor

Question 12

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What is the effect on total drag of an aircraft if the airspeed decreases in level flight below that speed for maximum L/D?
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  • Drag increases because of increased induced drag
  • Drag increases because of increased parasite drag
  • Drag decreases because of lower induced drag

Question 13

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What is load factor?
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  • Lift multiplied by the total weight
  • Lift subtracted from the total weight
  • Lift divided by the total weight

Question 14

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What affects indicated stall speed?
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  • Weight, load factor, and power
  • Load factor, angle of attack, and power
  • Angle of attack, weight, and air density

Question 15

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If no corrective action is taken by the pilot as angle of bank is increased, how is the vertical component of lift and sink rate affected?
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  • Lift increases and the sink rate increases
  • Lift decreases and the sink rate decreases
  • Lift decreases and the sink rate increases

Question 16

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Why must the angle of attack be increased during a turn to maintain altitude?
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  • Compensate for loss of vertical component of lift
  • Increase the horizontal component of lift equal to the vertical component
  • Compensate for increase in drag

Question 17

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How can the pilot increase the rate of turn and decrease the radios at the same time?
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  • Steepen the bank and increase airspeed
  • Steepen the bank and decrease airspeed
  • Shallow the bank and increase airspeed

Question 18

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What is the relationship of the rate of turn with the radios of turn with a constant angle of bank but increasing airspeed?
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  • Rate will decrease and radios will increase
  • Rate will increase and radios will decrease
  • Rate an radios will increase

Question 19

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Upon which factor does wing loading during a level coordinated turn in smooth air depend?
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  • Rate of turn
  • Angle of bank
  • True airspeed

Question 20

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If an aircraft with a gross weight of 2,000 pounds were subjected to a total load of 6,000 pounds in flight, the load factor would be:
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Answer
  • 2Gs
  • 3Gs
  • 9Gs

Question 21

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Airflow separation over the wing can be delayed by using vortex generators:
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  • Directing high pressure air over the top of the wing or flap through slots and making the wing surface smooth
  • Directing a suction over the top of the wing or flap through slots and making the wing surface smooth
  • Making the wing surface rough and/or directing high pressure air over the top of the wing or flap through slots

Question 22

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What is the safest and most efficient takeoff and initial climb procedure in a light, twin-engine airplane? Accelerate to
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  • Best engine-out, rate-of-climb airspeed while on the ground, then lift off and climb at that speed
  • Vmc, then lift off at that speed and climb at maximum angle-of-climb airspeed
  • An airspeed slightly above Vmc, then lift off and climb at the best rate-of-climb airspeed

Question 23

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What performance should a pilot of a light, twin-engine airplane be able to maintain at Vmc?
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  • Heading
  • Heading and altitude
  • Heading, altitude, and ability to climb 50 ft/min

Question 24

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What criteria determines which engine is the "critical" engine of a twin-engine airplane?
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  • The one with the center of thrust closest to the center line of the fuselage
  • The one designated by the manufacturer which develops most usable thrust
  • The one with the center of thrust farthest from the center line of the fuselage

Question 25

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What effect, if any, does altitude have on Vmc for an airplane with unsupercharged engines?
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  • None
  • Increases with altitude
  • Decreases with altitude

Question 26

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Under what condition should stalls never be practiced in a twin-engine airplane?
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  • With one engine inoperative
  • With climb power on
  • With full flaps and gear extended

Question 27

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What does the blue radial line on the airspeed indicator of a light, twin-engine airplane represent?
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Answer
  • Maximum single-engine rate of climb
  • Maximum single-engine angle of climb
  • Minimum controllable airspeed for single-engine operation

Question 28

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Identify the type stability if the aircraft attitude remains in the new position after the controls have been neutralized
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Answer
  • Negative longitudinal static stability
  • Neutral longitudinal dynamic stability
  • Neutral longitudinal static stability

Question 29

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What is a characteristic of longitudinal instability?
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  • Pitch oscillations becoming progressively greater
  • Bank oscillations becoming progressively greater
  • Aircraft constantly tries to pitch down

Question 30

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Describe dynamic longitudinal stability
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  • Motion about the longitudinal axis
  • Motion about the lateral axis
  • Motion about the vertical axis

Question 31

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What is the reason for variations in geometric pitch along a propeller or rotor blade?
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  • It permits a relatively constant angle of attack along its length when in cruising flight
  • It prevents the portion of the blade near the hub or root from stalling during cruising flight
  • It permits a relatively constant angle of incidence along its length when in cruising flight

Question 32

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Identify the type stability if the aircraft attitude tends to return to its original position after the controls have been neutralized.
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  • Positive dynamic stability
  • Positive static stability
  • Neutral dynamic stability

Question 33

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What flight condition should be expected when an aircraft leaves ground effect?
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  • An increase in induced drag requiring a higher angle of attack
  • A decrease in parasite drag permitting a lower angle of attack
  • An increase in dynamic stability

Question 34

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What characteristic should exist if an airplane is loaded to the rear of its CG range?
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  • Sluggish in aileron control
  • Sluggish in rudder control
  • Unstable about the lateral axis

Question 35

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What will be the ratio between airspeed and lift if the angle of attack and other factors remain constant and airspeed is double? lift will be
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  • The same
  • Two times greater
  • Four times greater

Question 36

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What true airspeed and angle of attack should be used to generate the same amount of lift as altitude is increased?
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  • The same true airspeed and angle of attack
  • A higher true airspeed for any giving angle of attack
  • A lower true airspeed and higher angle of attack

Question 37

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What are some characteristics of an airplane loaded with the CG at the aft limit?
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  • Lowest stall speed, highest cruise speed, and least stability
  • Highest stall speed, highest cruise speed, and least stability
  • Lowest stall speed, lowest cruise speed, and highest stability

Question 38

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By changing the angle of attack of a wing, the pilot can control the airplane's
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  • Lift, gross weight, and drag
  • Lift, airspeed, and drag
  • Lift and airspeed, but not drag

Question 39

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The primary purpose of high-lift devices is to increase the:
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  • L/Dmax
  • Lift at low speeds
  • Drag and reduce airspeed

Question 40

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Within what Mach range does transonic flight regimes usually occur?
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  • .50 to .75 Mach
  • .75 to 1.20 Mach
  • 1.20 to 2.50 Mach

Question 41

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What is the primary function of the leading edge flaps in landing configuration during the flare before touchdown?
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  • Prevent flow separation
  • Decrease rate of sink
  • Increase profile drag

Question 42

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What is the highest speed possible without supersonic flow over the wing?
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  • Initial buffet speed
  • Critical Mach number
  • Transonic index

Question 43

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What is the free stream Mach number which produces first evidence of local sonic flow?
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  • Supersonic Mach number
  • Transonic Mach number
  • Critical Mach number

Question 44

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At what Mach range does the subsonic flight range normally occur?
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  • Below .75 Mach
  • From .75 to 1.20 Mach
  • From 1.20 to 2.50 Mach

Question 45

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What is the principal advantage of a sweepback design wing over a straightwing desing?
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  • The Critical Mach number will increase significantly
  • Sweepback will increase changes in the magnitude of force coefficients due to compressibility
  • Sweepback will accelerate the onset of compressibility effect

Question 46

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What is the result of a shock-induced separation of airflow occurring symmetrically near the wing root of a sweptwing aircraft?
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  • A high-speed stall and sudden pitchup
  • A severe moment or "tuck under"
  • Severe porpoising

Question 47

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What is one disadvantage of a sweptwing design?
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  • The wing root stalls prior to the wingtip section
  • The wingtip section stalls prior to the wing root
  • Severe pitchdown moment when the center of pressure shifts forward

Question 48

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What is the condition known as when gusts cause a sweptwing-type airplane to roll in one direction while yawing in the other?
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  • Porpoise
  • Wingover
  • Dutch roll

Question 49

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What is the movement of the center of pressure when the wingtips of a sweptwing airplane are shock-stalled first?
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  • Inward and aft
  • Inward and forward
  • Outward and forward

Question 50

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For a given angle of bank, the load factor imposed on both the aircraft and pilot in a coordinated constant-altitude turn
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  • Is directly related to the airplane's gross weight
  • Varies with the rate of turn
  • Is constant
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