ASA- PRIVATE PILOT TEST PREP
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Airfoil - Correct Answers -A structure or body which produces a useful reaction to air
movement.
Chord Line - Correct Answers -An imaginary straight line from the leading edge to the
trailing edge of an airfoil.
Relative Wind - Correct Answers -The wind felt by an airfoil (Parallel and in the opposite
direction to the flight path of the airfoil).
Angle of Attack - Correct Answers -The angle between the chord line of the airfoil and
the relative wind.
Angle of Incidence - Correct Answers -The angle at which a wing is attached to the
aircraft fuselage.
Lateral Axis - Correct Answers -An imaginary line from wing tip to wing tip.
Pitch - Correct Answers -Rotation around the lateral axis, controlled by the elevators.
Longitudinal Control or Longitudinal Stability - Correct Answers -Stability due to pitch.
Longitudinal Axis - Correct Answers -An imaginary line from the nose to the tail.
Roll - Correct Answers -Rotation around the longitudinal axis, controlled by the ailerons.
Lateral Control or Lateral Stability - Correct Answers -Stability due to Roll.
Vertical Axis - Correct Answers -An imaginary line extending vertically through the
intersection of the lateral and longitudinal axis.
Yaw - Correct Answers -Rotation about the vertical axis, controlled by the rudder.
Directional Control or Directional Stability - Correct Answers -Stability due to yaw.
Center of Gravity - Correct Answers -The imaginary point where all the weight is
concentrated. The three axis meet at this point.
,Weight - Correct Answers -Downward acing force that must be overcome by lift. P
Lift - Correct Answers -Upward acting force that must overcome weight.
Drag - Correct Answers -Rearward acting force that must be overcome by thrust.
Thrust - Correct Answers -Forward acting force that must overcome drag.
Bernoulli's Principle - Correct Answers -As the velocity of a fluid increases, its pressure
decreases.
How is lift created? - Correct Answers -There is a pressure difference between the top
and the bottom of the wing. Air accelerating over the top of the wing creates an area of
low pressure.
What 2 things can the pilot control in order to increase lift? - Correct Answers -
Increasing either the angle of attack or airspeed.
Parasite Drag - Correct Answers -The resistance of the air produced by any part of an
airplane that does not produce lift. This kind of drag increases as airspeed increases.
Induced Drag - Correct Answers -A by-product of lift. High pressure air beneath the
wing tries to flow to the area of low pressure, causing a vortex behind the wing tips and
along the trailing edge of the wing. As the angle of attack is increased, lift will increase
and so will the vortices and downwash. This kind of drag increases as airspeed
decreases.
Stability - Correct Answers -The inherent ability of an airplane to return, or not return, to
its original flight condition after being disturbed by an outside force.
Positive Static Stability - Correct Answers -The initial tendency of an aircraft to return or
not return to its original position.
Positive Dynamic Stability - Correct Answers -The tendency of an oscillating airplane to
return to its original position relative to time.
Horizontal Lift Component - Correct Answers -Horizontal force that forces the airplane
from straight and level flight and causes it to turn.
Vertical Lift Component - Correct Answers -This component is reduced in turns,
resulting in a loss of altitude unless total lift is increased by increasing angle of attack,
airspeed, or both.
Load - Correct Answers -The force that must be supported by an airplane structure in
flight.
, Load factor - Correct Answers -Loads imposed on the winds in flight
What load does an airplane in straight and level flight support? - Correct Answers -The
sum of the weight of the aircraft plus its contents, equal to 1 "G."
Centrifugal Force - Correct Answers -Acts toward the outside of the curve any time an
airplane is flying a curved path (turns, climbs or decent).
What do turns do to the load factor? - Correct Answers -Increase the load factor.
Increasing the angle of bank of a turn increases...? - Correct Answers -The load factor.
An increased load factor will cause the airplane to...? - Correct Answers -Stall at a
higher speed.
Conditions that increase the load of an aircraft are...? - Correct Answers -Overloading
the airplane, too steep an angle of bank, turbulence and abrupt movement of the
controls.
Rectangular Course - Correct Answers -The flight path should be positioned outside the
field boundaries just far enough that they may be easily observed from either pilot seat.
The closer the track of the airplane is to the field boundaries, the steeper the bank
necessary at turning points.
Turns around a point - Correct Answers -the wings will be in alignment with the pylon
only during the time the airplane is flying directly upwind or directly downwind.
Wind Correction Angle - Correct Answers -keeps the wings from pointing directly at the
pylon anytime the airplane is not flying directly upwind or downwind.
S-Turn - Correct Answers -First half (starting downwind): begin shallow and increase in
steepness as the airplane turns crosswind. If the turn is started with too steep a bank
angle, the bank will increase too rapidly and the upwind half of the "S" will be smaller
than the downwind half.
Stalls - Correct Answers -At an angle of attack of approximately 18-20 degrees
turbulence over the upper wing surface decreases lift so drastically that flight cannot be
sustained and the wing stalls.
Critical Angle of Attack - Correct Answers -The angle at which a stall occurs.
Spin - Correct Answers -When an aircraft has stalled and the outside wing continues to
provide more lift than the inside wing and the aircraft remains stalled.
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Airfoil - Correct Answers -A structure or body which produces a useful reaction to air
movement.
Chord Line - Correct Answers -An imaginary straight line from the leading edge to the
trailing edge of an airfoil.
Relative Wind - Correct Answers -The wind felt by an airfoil (Parallel and in the opposite
direction to the flight path of the airfoil).
Angle of Attack - Correct Answers -The angle between the chord line of the airfoil and
the relative wind.
Angle of Incidence - Correct Answers -The angle at which a wing is attached to the
aircraft fuselage.
Lateral Axis - Correct Answers -An imaginary line from wing tip to wing tip.
Pitch - Correct Answers -Rotation around the lateral axis, controlled by the elevators.
Longitudinal Control or Longitudinal Stability - Correct Answers -Stability due to pitch.
Longitudinal Axis - Correct Answers -An imaginary line from the nose to the tail.
Roll - Correct Answers -Rotation around the longitudinal axis, controlled by the ailerons.
Lateral Control or Lateral Stability - Correct Answers -Stability due to Roll.
Vertical Axis - Correct Answers -An imaginary line extending vertically through the
intersection of the lateral and longitudinal axis.
Yaw - Correct Answers -Rotation about the vertical axis, controlled by the rudder.
Directional Control or Directional Stability - Correct Answers -Stability due to yaw.
Center of Gravity - Correct Answers -The imaginary point where all the weight is
concentrated. The three axis meet at this point.
,Weight - Correct Answers -Downward acing force that must be overcome by lift. P
Lift - Correct Answers -Upward acting force that must overcome weight.
Drag - Correct Answers -Rearward acting force that must be overcome by thrust.
Thrust - Correct Answers -Forward acting force that must overcome drag.
Bernoulli's Principle - Correct Answers -As the velocity of a fluid increases, its pressure
decreases.
How is lift created? - Correct Answers -There is a pressure difference between the top
and the bottom of the wing. Air accelerating over the top of the wing creates an area of
low pressure.
What 2 things can the pilot control in order to increase lift? - Correct Answers -
Increasing either the angle of attack or airspeed.
Parasite Drag - Correct Answers -The resistance of the air produced by any part of an
airplane that does not produce lift. This kind of drag increases as airspeed increases.
Induced Drag - Correct Answers -A by-product of lift. High pressure air beneath the
wing tries to flow to the area of low pressure, causing a vortex behind the wing tips and
along the trailing edge of the wing. As the angle of attack is increased, lift will increase
and so will the vortices and downwash. This kind of drag increases as airspeed
decreases.
Stability - Correct Answers -The inherent ability of an airplane to return, or not return, to
its original flight condition after being disturbed by an outside force.
Positive Static Stability - Correct Answers -The initial tendency of an aircraft to return or
not return to its original position.
Positive Dynamic Stability - Correct Answers -The tendency of an oscillating airplane to
return to its original position relative to time.
Horizontal Lift Component - Correct Answers -Horizontal force that forces the airplane
from straight and level flight and causes it to turn.
Vertical Lift Component - Correct Answers -This component is reduced in turns,
resulting in a loss of altitude unless total lift is increased by increasing angle of attack,
airspeed, or both.
Load - Correct Answers -The force that must be supported by an airplane structure in
flight.
, Load factor - Correct Answers -Loads imposed on the winds in flight
What load does an airplane in straight and level flight support? - Correct Answers -The
sum of the weight of the aircraft plus its contents, equal to 1 "G."
Centrifugal Force - Correct Answers -Acts toward the outside of the curve any time an
airplane is flying a curved path (turns, climbs or decent).
What do turns do to the load factor? - Correct Answers -Increase the load factor.
Increasing the angle of bank of a turn increases...? - Correct Answers -The load factor.
An increased load factor will cause the airplane to...? - Correct Answers -Stall at a
higher speed.
Conditions that increase the load of an aircraft are...? - Correct Answers -Overloading
the airplane, too steep an angle of bank, turbulence and abrupt movement of the
controls.
Rectangular Course - Correct Answers -The flight path should be positioned outside the
field boundaries just far enough that they may be easily observed from either pilot seat.
The closer the track of the airplane is to the field boundaries, the steeper the bank
necessary at turning points.
Turns around a point - Correct Answers -the wings will be in alignment with the pylon
only during the time the airplane is flying directly upwind or directly downwind.
Wind Correction Angle - Correct Answers -keeps the wings from pointing directly at the
pylon anytime the airplane is not flying directly upwind or downwind.
S-Turn - Correct Answers -First half (starting downwind): begin shallow and increase in
steepness as the airplane turns crosswind. If the turn is started with too steep a bank
angle, the bank will increase too rapidly and the upwind half of the "S" will be smaller
than the downwind half.
Stalls - Correct Answers -At an angle of attack of approximately 18-20 degrees
turbulence over the upper wing surface decreases lift so drastically that flight cannot be
sustained and the wing stalls.
Critical Angle of Attack - Correct Answers -The angle at which a stall occurs.
Spin - Correct Answers -When an aircraft has stalled and the outside wing continues to
provide more lift than the inside wing and the aircraft remains stalled.
