Air Force -Officer Qualifying Test
Questions with Solved Solutions 2026
Updated.
Ailerons - Answer Located on the trailing edge of the wing to provide roll control
Attitude - Answer The aircrafts orientation relative to Earth's horizon
Cowling - Answer Metal covering of an airplane engine, helps with cooling
Axes of Flight (Rotation) - Answer Pitch, Roll, Yaw
Engine Instruments - Answer Tachometer Ammeter (battery), Engine Oil Pressure, Manifold
Pressure, Engine Pressure Ratio, Fuel Pressure, Exhaust Gas Temperature Gauge
How does lower density air influence aircraft? - Answer Reduces power, thrust, and lift
Propeller - Answer Generates Thrust
What does the rudder do? - Answer Moves the airplane nose left and right (Yaw)
What does the elevator do on an aircraft? - Answer Moves airplane nose up and down? (Pitch)
How does atmospheric pressure influence aircraft? - Answer As altitude increases,
atmospheric pressure decreases reducing thrust, lift, and power
Air Density - Answer decreases with altitude
High Temperature - Answer Decreases Air Density
The four aerodynamic forces acting on an airplane are - Answer Lift, Weight (Gravity), Thrust,
Drag
When extended or down, wing flaps provide - Answer Greater lift and more drag
,If the elevator trim tabs on the airplane are lowered, the plane will tend to - Answer Nose Up
an elephant cannot - Answer jump
An oxide is formed when an element is chemically combined with what type of specific element
- Answer Oxygen
Under normal VFR conditions how much of a pilots attention should be focused on cockpit
instruments - Answer No more than 10%
An aircraft instructed to land on Rwy 23L would establish an approach heading of - Answer
230 degress
Which two flight controls are used to control the rate of a turn - Answer Elevator and Ailerons
composite number - Answer A whole number greater than 1 that has more than two factors.
Newton's Laws of Motion 1 - Answer Body at rest remains at rest
Moving the control stick to the right or left affects which aircraft controls - Answer Ailerons
Newton's Laws of Motion 2 - Answer Constant force creates acceleration proportional to mass
Climb Types - Answer Normal Best rate of climb (Vy) Best angle of climb (Vx)
The control system used primarily to relieve the pilot from having to maintain constant pressure
on the flight controls is the - Answer Trim Systems
The transponder code which indicates an in-flight emergency is - Answer 7700
The axis which extends lengthwise thru the fuselage from the nose to tail is - Answer
longitudinal axis
(Math) Factors - Answer Numbers we can multiply together to get another number
Drag (during climb) requires increase in thrust. - Answer Need sufficient thrust to continue
climb
, Large yellow X's painted on the end of the runway indicate - Answer the runway is closed
combining like terms - Answer 2x+4x=6x
Order of Operations (PEMDAS) - Answer Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication, Division,
Addition, Subtraction
Division Answer - Answer quotient
Multiply Answer - Answer product
Subtraction Answer - Answer remainder
Addition Answer - Answer sum
When flaps are extended - Answer Drag and lift increase
What planet does the moon named Io orbit - Answer Jupiter
What does the color of a star signifify - Answer Surface temperature
Which of the planets in our solar system has the most known moons - Answer Jupiter
What is the deepest ocean? - Answer Pacific Ocean
Bank makes the airplane - Answer roll or turn
What percent of the worlds population lives in the united states? - Answer 6%
The pilot always advances the throttle during a - Answer Climb
If the control wheel or stick is moved forward - Answer Airspeed will increase, Aircraft pitch
will change
Questions with Solved Solutions 2026
Updated.
Ailerons - Answer Located on the trailing edge of the wing to provide roll control
Attitude - Answer The aircrafts orientation relative to Earth's horizon
Cowling - Answer Metal covering of an airplane engine, helps with cooling
Axes of Flight (Rotation) - Answer Pitch, Roll, Yaw
Engine Instruments - Answer Tachometer Ammeter (battery), Engine Oil Pressure, Manifold
Pressure, Engine Pressure Ratio, Fuel Pressure, Exhaust Gas Temperature Gauge
How does lower density air influence aircraft? - Answer Reduces power, thrust, and lift
Propeller - Answer Generates Thrust
What does the rudder do? - Answer Moves the airplane nose left and right (Yaw)
What does the elevator do on an aircraft? - Answer Moves airplane nose up and down? (Pitch)
How does atmospheric pressure influence aircraft? - Answer As altitude increases,
atmospheric pressure decreases reducing thrust, lift, and power
Air Density - Answer decreases with altitude
High Temperature - Answer Decreases Air Density
The four aerodynamic forces acting on an airplane are - Answer Lift, Weight (Gravity), Thrust,
Drag
When extended or down, wing flaps provide - Answer Greater lift and more drag
,If the elevator trim tabs on the airplane are lowered, the plane will tend to - Answer Nose Up
an elephant cannot - Answer jump
An oxide is formed when an element is chemically combined with what type of specific element
- Answer Oxygen
Under normal VFR conditions how much of a pilots attention should be focused on cockpit
instruments - Answer No more than 10%
An aircraft instructed to land on Rwy 23L would establish an approach heading of - Answer
230 degress
Which two flight controls are used to control the rate of a turn - Answer Elevator and Ailerons
composite number - Answer A whole number greater than 1 that has more than two factors.
Newton's Laws of Motion 1 - Answer Body at rest remains at rest
Moving the control stick to the right or left affects which aircraft controls - Answer Ailerons
Newton's Laws of Motion 2 - Answer Constant force creates acceleration proportional to mass
Climb Types - Answer Normal Best rate of climb (Vy) Best angle of climb (Vx)
The control system used primarily to relieve the pilot from having to maintain constant pressure
on the flight controls is the - Answer Trim Systems
The transponder code which indicates an in-flight emergency is - Answer 7700
The axis which extends lengthwise thru the fuselage from the nose to tail is - Answer
longitudinal axis
(Math) Factors - Answer Numbers we can multiply together to get another number
Drag (during climb) requires increase in thrust. - Answer Need sufficient thrust to continue
climb
, Large yellow X's painted on the end of the runway indicate - Answer the runway is closed
combining like terms - Answer 2x+4x=6x
Order of Operations (PEMDAS) - Answer Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication, Division,
Addition, Subtraction
Division Answer - Answer quotient
Multiply Answer - Answer product
Subtraction Answer - Answer remainder
Addition Answer - Answer sum
When flaps are extended - Answer Drag and lift increase
What planet does the moon named Io orbit - Answer Jupiter
What does the color of a star signifify - Answer Surface temperature
Which of the planets in our solar system has the most known moons - Answer Jupiter
What is the deepest ocean? - Answer Pacific Ocean
Bank makes the airplane - Answer roll or turn
What percent of the worlds population lives in the united states? - Answer 6%
The pilot always advances the throttle during a - Answer Climb
If the control wheel or stick is moved forward - Answer Airspeed will increase, Aircraft pitch
will change
