MAJOR FIELD BUSINESS 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔11. By what organization is the Aerospace Department accredited? - ✔✔Aviation
Accreditation Board International
✔✔12. Air Traffic Controllers are primarily employed by: - ✔✔Most air traffic controllers
are employed through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
✔✔13. Typically, a resume should be: - ✔✔1 page
✔✔14. A complete copy of an air carrier's operations specifications must be maintained
by the carrier at - ✔✔This document is kept at the headquarters of the Air Carrier.
✔✔15. Which of the following aviation positions do not require certification by the FAA?
- ✔✔
✔✔16. What is a broad grouping of aircraft based upon the aircraft's intended use and
operating limitations (i.e., airplane, rotorcraft)? - ✔✔Category
✔✔17. What is a grouping of aircraft for those having similar characteristics of
propulsions flight, or landing (i.e., airplane single engine land, helicopter)? -
✔✔Classification
✔✔18. The angle between the chord line of the wing and the relative wind is called? -
✔✔Angle of Attack
✔✔19. In a conventional round dial aircraft, which of the following instruments operate
using gyroscopic principles? - ✔✔Heading, attitude, and turn coordinator (turn and slip)
✔✔20. About what point can an aircraft be balanced? - ✔✔Center of gravity (CG)
✔✔21. Which of the following is not a type of parasite drag? - ✔✔Types parasite drag:
Form drag, skin friction, interference drag, and cooling
✔✔22. What does the altimeter measure? - ✔✔Altitude of an aircraft
✔✔23. When the cross-sectional area of a fluid flow decreases, the fluid's velocity -
✔✔increases
✔✔24. What is the name of the nose down twist of a wing towards the wingtip? -
✔✔Geometric Washout
, ✔✔25. At what point does the lift of a wing act? - ✔✔Center of Pressure
✔✔26. What adjustment corrects for the increasing speed and angle of attack of
propeller blade elements from hub to tip? - ✔✔Blade Twist
✔✔27. What type of propeller automatically delivers maximum efficiency over a large
range of airspeeds? - ✔✔Constant speed
✔✔28. What type of compressor is made up of an impeller and diffusers? -
✔✔Centrifugal compressors
✔✔29. Where can the reference datum be located? - ✔✔Reference datum is often
located along the firewall or at the leading edge of the wing.
✔✔30. If a 3,000 aircraft's wings are producing 7,500 lbs. of lift, what is the load factor?
- ✔✔7500/3000=2.5
✔✔31. A rivet fastening two sections of skin together is under what kind of stress? -
✔✔Shear Stress
✔✔32. The reason alloys are added to various metals is to: - ✔✔Change the physical
properties of the metals
✔✔33. Which of the following are components of composite laminates? - ✔✔
✔✔34. What type of structure is used in most modem aircraft constructed of sheet
metal? - ✔✔semimonocoque
✔✔35. A principal span wise structural member of a wing or other airfoil. - ✔✔Spar
✔✔36. The first jet transport that was also pressurized for high altitude flight. The
original design experienced a couple of in-flight failures due to metal fatigue. -
✔✔DeHavilland Comet
✔✔37. Ignition in a reciprocating engine will occur - ✔✔Ignition occurs at 28° BTDC on
a certain four-stroke cycle engine, and the intake valve opens at 15° BTDC.
✔✔38. Power equals: - ✔✔Work divided by time: P = W/t.
✔✔39. If the intake valve in one cylinder of a four stroke engine has just closed what
stroke is the piston on? - ✔✔Compression
✔✔40. Turbine engines use bleed air for: - ✔✔De-icing, Heating & Cooling
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔11. By what organization is the Aerospace Department accredited? - ✔✔Aviation
Accreditation Board International
✔✔12. Air Traffic Controllers are primarily employed by: - ✔✔Most air traffic controllers
are employed through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
✔✔13. Typically, a resume should be: - ✔✔1 page
✔✔14. A complete copy of an air carrier's operations specifications must be maintained
by the carrier at - ✔✔This document is kept at the headquarters of the Air Carrier.
✔✔15. Which of the following aviation positions do not require certification by the FAA?
- ✔✔
✔✔16. What is a broad grouping of aircraft based upon the aircraft's intended use and
operating limitations (i.e., airplane, rotorcraft)? - ✔✔Category
✔✔17. What is a grouping of aircraft for those having similar characteristics of
propulsions flight, or landing (i.e., airplane single engine land, helicopter)? -
✔✔Classification
✔✔18. The angle between the chord line of the wing and the relative wind is called? -
✔✔Angle of Attack
✔✔19. In a conventional round dial aircraft, which of the following instruments operate
using gyroscopic principles? - ✔✔Heading, attitude, and turn coordinator (turn and slip)
✔✔20. About what point can an aircraft be balanced? - ✔✔Center of gravity (CG)
✔✔21. Which of the following is not a type of parasite drag? - ✔✔Types parasite drag:
Form drag, skin friction, interference drag, and cooling
✔✔22. What does the altimeter measure? - ✔✔Altitude of an aircraft
✔✔23. When the cross-sectional area of a fluid flow decreases, the fluid's velocity -
✔✔increases
✔✔24. What is the name of the nose down twist of a wing towards the wingtip? -
✔✔Geometric Washout
, ✔✔25. At what point does the lift of a wing act? - ✔✔Center of Pressure
✔✔26. What adjustment corrects for the increasing speed and angle of attack of
propeller blade elements from hub to tip? - ✔✔Blade Twist
✔✔27. What type of propeller automatically delivers maximum efficiency over a large
range of airspeeds? - ✔✔Constant speed
✔✔28. What type of compressor is made up of an impeller and diffusers? -
✔✔Centrifugal compressors
✔✔29. Where can the reference datum be located? - ✔✔Reference datum is often
located along the firewall or at the leading edge of the wing.
✔✔30. If a 3,000 aircraft's wings are producing 7,500 lbs. of lift, what is the load factor?
- ✔✔7500/3000=2.5
✔✔31. A rivet fastening two sections of skin together is under what kind of stress? -
✔✔Shear Stress
✔✔32. The reason alloys are added to various metals is to: - ✔✔Change the physical
properties of the metals
✔✔33. Which of the following are components of composite laminates? - ✔✔
✔✔34. What type of structure is used in most modem aircraft constructed of sheet
metal? - ✔✔semimonocoque
✔✔35. A principal span wise structural member of a wing or other airfoil. - ✔✔Spar
✔✔36. The first jet transport that was also pressurized for high altitude flight. The
original design experienced a couple of in-flight failures due to metal fatigue. -
✔✔DeHavilland Comet
✔✔37. Ignition in a reciprocating engine will occur - ✔✔Ignition occurs at 28° BTDC on
a certain four-stroke cycle engine, and the intake valve opens at 15° BTDC.
✔✔38. Power equals: - ✔✔Work divided by time: P = W/t.
✔✔39. If the intake valve in one cylinder of a four stroke engine has just closed what
stroke is the piston on? - ✔✔Compression
✔✔40. Turbine engines use bleed air for: - ✔✔De-icing, Heating & Cooling
