AFOQT Aviation Questions and Answers Already Passed

AFOQT Aviation Questions and Answers Already Passed Four Areodynamic forces acting on an airplane are? Drag, Lift, Thrust, Weight An airplane wing is designed to produce lift resulting from relatively: Positive below the wing/Negative above the wing Forces acting on a plane in a steady flight condition? Lift equals weight and thrust equals drag A flashing green air traffic control signal directed to an aircraft on the surface is a signal that the pilot is: Cleared to taxi Steady red light from the tower means? Keep circling Flashing red light means? Unsafe to land The propeller blades are curved on one side and flat on the other side to: Produce thrust When in the Down position position wingflaps provide? Increase drag and lift What makes an airplane turn? Horizontal component of lift What is one advantage of an airplane said to be inherently stable? The Airplane will require less effort to control. If the elevator trim tabs on a plane are lowered, the plane will tend to? Nose up The pilot always advances the throttle during a: Climb The pilot of an airplane can best detect the approach of a stall by the? Ineffectivness of the airlerons and elevator It is ordinarily desirable to provide an unusually long flight strip at municipal airports for the takeoff of? Heavily loaded ships in the air The small hinged section on the elevator of the most airplanes is known as the: Trim Tab At night, airport taxiways are identified by omnidirectional edge lights that are? Blue If the ammeter in an aircraft shows a negative value this means: Output from the alternator or generator output is inadequate The thrust of a turbojet is developed by compressing air in the inlet and compressor, mixing the air with fuel and burning it in the combustor and... Expanding the gas stream through the turbine and nozzle A ramjet engine consists of? Inlet, combustion zone and a nozzle For a fixed wing aircraft, lift is generated _____ to the direction of flight. Perpendicular The angle formed by the chord of an airfoil or wing and the direction of the relative wind is known as the: Angle of attack Pilot tubes furnish data to an instrument that is used by aircraft pilots in about the same way that a ________ is used by and automobile driver. Speedometer The part of the aircraft that holds the cargo, fuel and passengers- as well as providing a base for the other aircraft parts- is known as the: Fuselage On a conventional aircraft the ____ controls pitch and ____ controls Yaw. Horizontal stabilizers and Vertical Stabilizers ______ are additonal hinged rear sections mounted to the wing near the body that are deployed downward on takeoff and landing to increase the amount of force produced by the wing. Flaps What does not affect density altitude? Wind velocity The degree of movement of an aircraft around its longitudinal axis is known as: Bank The Venturi theory of lift says that faster airflow over the curved upper portion of a wing surface causes: Decreased pressure according to Bernoulli's equation The maneuver in which a rotary wing aircraft is maintained in nearly motionless flight over a ground reference point at a constant altitude and heading is known as: Hovering The ratio of the speed of an aircraft to the speed of sound in air around the aircraft is: Mach Number The acceleration experienced by the aircraft and its pilot in the direction perpendicular to the wing is soley determined by the: Bank Angle the flight envelope of the aircraft is: The region of altitude and airspeed in which it can be operated. The locus of points equidistant from the upper and lower surfaces of an airfoil is called the: Mean camber line The straight line joining the mean camber line is called: Wing chord A ________ is the point at which the airflow over the wings ceases to be a smooth flow and the wing starts to lose lift Aerodynamic stall The tow basic types of drag are : Parasitic and induced An airfoil's efficiency, either a wing or a rotor blade, is ______ at high altitudes by the _____ air density. Decreased, lesser The degree of movement of an aircraft around its lateral axis is known as: Pitch When the flaps are extended, the camber of the wing is: Increased A helicopter's cyclic control is a mechanical linkage used to changed the pitch of the main rotor blades: At a selected point in its circular pathway When the rotor blades of a helicopter are spinning fast enough in a clockwise direction to generate lift, a phenomenon known as _____ causes the body of the helicopter to turn in a counterclockwise direction. Torque Pulling back on the control column of a fixed wing aircraft will cause the aircaft to.. Pitch up Contra-rotating propellers, a complex way of applying the maximum power of a single piston or turboprop aircraft engine, uses two propellers.. Rotating in oppisite direction arranged one behind the other. VTOL stands for? Vertical takeoff and landing Delta wing aircraft lack: Horizontal stabilizer VASI Stands for: Visual Approach slope indicator The VASI system uses ____ lights to indicate the upper limits of the glide path. Red The VASI system uses ____ lights to indicate the lower limits of the glide path. White A biplane has: Two wings arranged one above the other. A coordinated turn ( change in heading direction) includes both_____ of the airplane. Roll and Yaw ______ is induced by use of a movable rudder controlled by ______ in the cockpit. Yaw, Rudder pedals Moving the control column or joystick to the left or right affects the ______ rather than indicating the: Rate of roll, angle to which the aircraft will roll An aircraft instructed to land on runway 23L would establish an approach heading of: 230 degrees Moving the control stick to the right or left affects which aircraft controls? Ailerons Flaps are generally used when: During take off and landings In creating lift, the relationship between the speed of the wind moving underneath the wing compared to the speed of the wind moving over the wing can best be described as? The air moving over the wing moves faster than the air under the wing The propeller blades are curved on one side and flat on the other to: Produce thrust On the ground the aircraft is steered by: Pushing the rudder peddles Depressing the left rudder pedal would move the tail of the aircraft? Right An aircraft on a heading of 300 degrees is moving? Northwest An aircraft is flying straight and level at 15,000 feet, at a constant airspeed of 180 knots, with a 3 degree nose up attitude. If the pilot applies thrust to bring the airspeed up to 200 knots, but applies no pressure to the stick, the aircraft will: Climb Zulu time refers to: The time in Greenwich, England Supersonic means? Faster than the speed of sound. For weight and balance computations, what is the standard weight which has been established for gasoline used in aircraft? 6 lbs/gal The pilot of an airplane can best detect the apporach of a stall by the: Ineffectiveness of the ailerons and elevator What makes an airplane turn? Horizontal component of lift