200-Question Practice Examination 2027/2028
Questions 1–50
1. What is the primary purpose of a pre-flight inspection?
A. To reduce boarding time
B. To verify aircraft serviceability and safety
C. To calculate passenger weight
D. To select the flight route
Answer: B. To verify aircraft serviceability and safety
2. What does MEL stand for in aviation?
A. Maximum Engine Limitation
B. Minimum Equipment List
C. Maintenance Engine Log
D. Mechanical Equipment Limitation
Answer: B. Minimum Equipment List
3. What is the main purpose of an aircraft maintenance log?
A. Recording passenger names
B. Recording catering requirements
C. Documenting aircraft technical status and maintenance actions
,D. Recording airport weather only
Answer: C. Documenting aircraft technical status and maintenance actions
4. Which instrument is primarily used to measure altitude?
A. Airspeed indicator
B. Altimeter
C. Vertical speed indicator
D. Heading indicator
Answer: B. Altimeter
5. What does an airspeed indicator measure?
A. Aircraft altitude
B. Engine temperature
C. Aircraft speed relative to surrounding air
D. Vertical acceleration
Answer: C. Aircraft speed relative to surrounding air
6. What is the function of the rudder?
A. Controls yaw
B. Controls pitch
C. Controls roll
D. Controls engine thrust
Answer: A. Controls yaw
7. Which flight control primarily controls roll?
A. Rudder
B. Elevator
C. Ailerons
,D. Stabilizer
Answer: C. Ailerons
8. Which flight control primarily controls pitch?
A. Elevator
B. Rudder
C. Aileron
D. Spoiler
Answer: A. Elevator
9. What is the purpose of spoilers?
A. Increase engine thrust
B. Reduce lift and/or assist roll and speed control
C. Increase fuel capacity
D. Control cabin temperature
Answer: B. Reduce lift and/or assist roll and speed control
10. What is the primary purpose of aircraft flaps during takeoff and landing?
A. Increase fuel flow
B. Increase lift at lower speeds
C. Reduce cabin pressure
D. Increase engine RPM
Answer: B. Increase lift at lower speeds
11. What does APU commonly stand for?
A. Auxiliary Power Unit
B. Aircraft Pressure Utility
C. Automatic Propulsion Unit
, D. Auxiliary Propeller Utility
Answer: A. Auxiliary Power Unit
12. What is one major function of an APU?
A. Steering the aircraft on the runway
B. Providing electrical and pneumatic power when required
C. Controlling the rudder
D. Measuring airspeed
Answer: B. Providing electrical and pneumatic power when required
13. What is the purpose of aircraft hydraulic systems?
A. Store fuel
B. Provide pressurized fluid to operate various systems
C. Cool passenger cabins only
D. Produce oxygen
Answer: B. Provide pressurized fluid to operate various systems
14. Which characteristic is generally associated with hydraulic fluid?
A. It is incompressible under normal operating conditions
B. It is highly compressible
C. It is always gaseous
D. It is used as cabin oxygen
Answer: A. It is incompressible under normal operating conditions
15. What is the main purpose of aircraft landing gear?
A. Generate electrical power
B. Support the aircraft during ground operations and landing
C. Control cabin pressure