CAPR 70 1 POWERED FLIGHT
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS STUDY GUIDE
●● What does the aileron do?
Answer: moves plane along longitudinal axis
●● Coanda effect
Answer: air is a fluid like water and the flow tends to stick to the wing
●● cause of relative winds
Answer: as an airplane moves forward on takeoff, it creates a "wind"
that goes in the opposite direction
●● __________ can have enough energy to provide lift for an aircraft
Answer: rising air
●● name of the angle on a prop
Answer: angle of incidence
●● control surfaces
Answer: axes
,●● fog
Answer: tiny droplets of liquid water at or near the surface of the land or
water
●● thin shell of the suns outer layer
Answer: photosphere
●● 2 types of cyberattacks
Answer: aimed at disabling computer
aimed at gaining access to data
●● what UAV has been nicknamed big bird
Answer: Global hawk
●● runway heading
Answer: # labeling a runway based on corresponding degrees from true
N.
●● flaps induce
Answer: Lift and drag
●● rotation around the vertical axis is called
,Answer: yaw
●● What did Bernoulli discover?
Answer: relationship between pressure and fluids in motion became the
cornerstone of the theory of airfoil lift
●● rotation around the longitudinal axis
Answer: roll
●● which axis goes from prop to tail
Answer: longitudinal
●● In later wars, the glider was replaced by troop-carrying ______ and
this proved far more effective in the combat environment
Answer: helicopters
●● Around 1299 A.D., it was written that the great explorer,
Marco Polo, saw Chinese sailors attached to kites being used as military
observers. This could be considered the _____
Answer: 1st manned aircraft
●● Once airborne, a glider is lifted by rising column of air, known as a
Answer: thermal
, ●● UAV
Answer: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
●● what are the 4 cycles of an airplanes engine
Answer: intake
compression
power
exhaust
●● WAC
Answer: World Aeronautical Chart
●● a term which applies to the airplane engine and accessories
Answer: powerplant
●● device which indicates the landing direction at an airport
Answer: tetrahedron
●● how many miles away is the sun
Answer: 93 million miles
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS STUDY GUIDE
●● What does the aileron do?
Answer: moves plane along longitudinal axis
●● Coanda effect
Answer: air is a fluid like water and the flow tends to stick to the wing
●● cause of relative winds
Answer: as an airplane moves forward on takeoff, it creates a "wind"
that goes in the opposite direction
●● __________ can have enough energy to provide lift for an aircraft
Answer: rising air
●● name of the angle on a prop
Answer: angle of incidence
●● control surfaces
Answer: axes
,●● fog
Answer: tiny droplets of liquid water at or near the surface of the land or
water
●● thin shell of the suns outer layer
Answer: photosphere
●● 2 types of cyberattacks
Answer: aimed at disabling computer
aimed at gaining access to data
●● what UAV has been nicknamed big bird
Answer: Global hawk
●● runway heading
Answer: # labeling a runway based on corresponding degrees from true
N.
●● flaps induce
Answer: Lift and drag
●● rotation around the vertical axis is called
,Answer: yaw
●● What did Bernoulli discover?
Answer: relationship between pressure and fluids in motion became the
cornerstone of the theory of airfoil lift
●● rotation around the longitudinal axis
Answer: roll
●● which axis goes from prop to tail
Answer: longitudinal
●● In later wars, the glider was replaced by troop-carrying ______ and
this proved far more effective in the combat environment
Answer: helicopters
●● Around 1299 A.D., it was written that the great explorer,
Marco Polo, saw Chinese sailors attached to kites being used as military
observers. This could be considered the _____
Answer: 1st manned aircraft
●● Once airborne, a glider is lifted by rising column of air, known as a
Answer: thermal
, ●● UAV
Answer: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
●● what are the 4 cycles of an airplanes engine
Answer: intake
compression
power
exhaust
●● WAC
Answer: World Aeronautical Chart
●● a term which applies to the airplane engine and accessories
Answer: powerplant
●● device which indicates the landing direction at an airport
Answer: tetrahedron
●● how many miles away is the sun
Answer: 93 million miles
