AFOQT Aviation-Practice Questions and
All Solved Correctly.
Four Aerodynamic forces acting on an airplane are? - Answer Drag, Lift, Thrust, Weight
An airplane wing is designed to produce lift resulting from relatively: - Answer Positive below
the wing/Negative above the wing
Forces acting on a plane in a steady flight condition? - Answer Lift equals weight and thrust
equals drag
A flashing green air traffic control signal directed to an aircraft on the surface is a signal that the
pilot is: - Answer Cleared to taxi
Steady red light from the tower means? - Answer Keep circling
Flashing red light means? - Answer Unsafe to land
The propeller blades are curved on one side and flat on the other side to: - Answer Produce
thrust
When in the Down position position wingflaps provide? - Answer Increase drag and lift
What makes an airplane turn? - Answer Horizontal component of lift
What is one advantage of an airplane said to be inherently stable? - Answer The Airplane will
require less effort to control.
If the elevator trim tabs on a plane are lowered, the plane will tend to? - Answer Nose up
The pilot always advances the throttle during a: - Answer Climb
The pilot of an airplane can best detect the approach of a stall by the? - Answer Ineffectivness
of the airlerons and elevator
It is ordinarily desirable to provide an unusually long flight strip at municipal airports for the
takeoff of? - Answer Heavily loaded ships in the air
, The small hinged section on the elevator of the most airplanes is known as the: - Answer Trim
Tab
At night, airport taxiways are identified by omnidirectional edge lights that are? - Answer Blue
If the ammeter in an aircraft shows a negative value this means: - Answer Output from the
alternator or generator output is inadequate
The thrust of a turbojet is developed by compressing air in the inlet and compressor, mixing the
air with fuel and burning it in the combustor and... - Answer Expanding the gas stream
through the turbine and nozzle
A ramjet engine consists of? - Answer Inlet, combustion zone and a nozzle
For a fixed wing aircraft, lift is generated _____ to the direction of flight. - Answer
Perpendicular
The angle formed by the chord of an airfoil or wing and the direction of the relative wind is
known as the: - Answer Angle of attack
Pilot tubes furnish data to an instrument that is used by aircraft pilots in about the same way
that a ________ is used by and automobile driver. - Answer Speedometer
The part of the aircraft that holds the cargo, fuel and passengers- as well as providing a base for
the other aircraft parts- is known as the: - Answer Fuselage
On a conventional aircraft the ____ controls pitch and ____ controls Yaw. - Answer Horizontal
stabilizers and Vertical Stabilizers
______ are additonal hinged rear sections mounted to the wing near the body that are
deployed downward on takeoff and landing to increase the amount of force produced by the
wing. - Answer Flaps
What does not affect density altitude? - Answer Wind velocity
The degree of movement of an aircraft around its longitudinal axis is known as: - Answer Bank
All Solved Correctly.
Four Aerodynamic forces acting on an airplane are? - Answer Drag, Lift, Thrust, Weight
An airplane wing is designed to produce lift resulting from relatively: - Answer Positive below
the wing/Negative above the wing
Forces acting on a plane in a steady flight condition? - Answer Lift equals weight and thrust
equals drag
A flashing green air traffic control signal directed to an aircraft on the surface is a signal that the
pilot is: - Answer Cleared to taxi
Steady red light from the tower means? - Answer Keep circling
Flashing red light means? - Answer Unsafe to land
The propeller blades are curved on one side and flat on the other side to: - Answer Produce
thrust
When in the Down position position wingflaps provide? - Answer Increase drag and lift
What makes an airplane turn? - Answer Horizontal component of lift
What is one advantage of an airplane said to be inherently stable? - Answer The Airplane will
require less effort to control.
If the elevator trim tabs on a plane are lowered, the plane will tend to? - Answer Nose up
The pilot always advances the throttle during a: - Answer Climb
The pilot of an airplane can best detect the approach of a stall by the? - Answer Ineffectivness
of the airlerons and elevator
It is ordinarily desirable to provide an unusually long flight strip at municipal airports for the
takeoff of? - Answer Heavily loaded ships in the air
, The small hinged section on the elevator of the most airplanes is known as the: - Answer Trim
Tab
At night, airport taxiways are identified by omnidirectional edge lights that are? - Answer Blue
If the ammeter in an aircraft shows a negative value this means: - Answer Output from the
alternator or generator output is inadequate
The thrust of a turbojet is developed by compressing air in the inlet and compressor, mixing the
air with fuel and burning it in the combustor and... - Answer Expanding the gas stream
through the turbine and nozzle
A ramjet engine consists of? - Answer Inlet, combustion zone and a nozzle
For a fixed wing aircraft, lift is generated _____ to the direction of flight. - Answer
Perpendicular
The angle formed by the chord of an airfoil or wing and the direction of the relative wind is
known as the: - Answer Angle of attack
Pilot tubes furnish data to an instrument that is used by aircraft pilots in about the same way
that a ________ is used by and automobile driver. - Answer Speedometer
The part of the aircraft that holds the cargo, fuel and passengers- as well as providing a base for
the other aircraft parts- is known as the: - Answer Fuselage
On a conventional aircraft the ____ controls pitch and ____ controls Yaw. - Answer Horizontal
stabilizers and Vertical Stabilizers
______ are additonal hinged rear sections mounted to the wing near the body that are
deployed downward on takeoff and landing to increase the amount of force produced by the
wing. - Answer Flaps
What does not affect density altitude? - Answer Wind velocity
The degree of movement of an aircraft around its longitudinal axis is known as: - Answer Bank
