Embry- Riddle Final UPDATED Actual
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
On what date did the Wright Brothers made the first successful controlled, manned, heavier
than air and powered flight? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔December 17, 1903
What is load factor? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The ratio of total load supported by the
aircraft's wings (lift) to the actual weight of the aircraft.
Who is considered the "Father of Airline Deregulation"? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Fred
Kahn
Signed into law in October 1978, the Airline Deregulation Act introduced unrestricted fare
and route competition. The airline industry was re-regulated in 2001. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔removing U.S. Federal Government control over such things as fares, routes
and market entry of new airlines, introducing a free market in the commercial airline industry
ailerons - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a hinged surface in the trailing edge of an airplane
wing, used to control roll
flaps - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔located on the inside trailing edges of the wings. They can
be extended to provide greater wing area slower speeds. This provides more lift and drag and
allows an airplane to land, take off, or fly at slower speeds
horizontal stabilizer - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Located in the rear of the airplane, is
designed to provide continuous longitudinal (from front to rear) stability. It prevents
uncontrolled up and down movements of the nose (pitching).
vertical stabilizer - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔provides directional (left or right) stability. It
prevents uncontrolled left or right movements of the nose. (yawing)
rudder - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔located on the vertical stabilizer and controls yawing
motion.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
On what date did the Wright Brothers made the first successful controlled, manned, heavier
than air and powered flight? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔December 17, 1903
What is load factor? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The ratio of total load supported by the
aircraft's wings (lift) to the actual weight of the aircraft.
Who is considered the "Father of Airline Deregulation"? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Fred
Kahn
Signed into law in October 1978, the Airline Deregulation Act introduced unrestricted fare
and route competition. The airline industry was re-regulated in 2001. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔removing U.S. Federal Government control over such things as fares, routes
and market entry of new airlines, introducing a free market in the commercial airline industry
ailerons - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔a hinged surface in the trailing edge of an airplane
wing, used to control roll
flaps - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔located on the inside trailing edges of the wings. They can
be extended to provide greater wing area slower speeds. This provides more lift and drag and
allows an airplane to land, take off, or fly at slower speeds
horizontal stabilizer - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Located in the rear of the airplane, is
designed to provide continuous longitudinal (from front to rear) stability. It prevents
uncontrolled up and down movements of the nose (pitching).
vertical stabilizer - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔provides directional (left or right) stability. It
prevents uncontrolled left or right movements of the nose. (yawing)
rudder - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔located on the vertical stabilizer and controls yawing
motion.
