Private Pilot- Aerodynamics Test Questions and Answers Latest Update already Passed
Light, Quartering Tailwind - Answers The wind condition that requires maximum caution when avoiding
wake turbulence on landing.
Angle of Attack (AOA) - Answers The angle between the chord line of an airfoil and the relative wind.
Turns - Answers Basic flight maneuver that increases the load factor on an airplane as compared to
straight-and-level flight.
Flaps - Answers Increase the angle of descent without increasing the airspeed during approach and
landing.
Horizontal Component of Lift - Answers Force that makes an airplane turn.
Wingtip Vortices - Answers Created only when an aircraft is developing lift.
Ground Effect - Answers The result of the interference of the surface of the Earth with the airflow
patterns about an airplane.
Four Forces of Flight - Answers Lift, Weight, Thrust, and Drag.
Rudder - Answers Controls Yaw.
Wingtip Vortices Circulation - Answers Outward, Upward, and Around Each Tip.
Four Flight Fundamentals - Answers Straight-and-Level Flight, Turns, Climbs, and Descents.
Ground Effect - Answers Likely to result in becoming airborne before reaching recommended takeoff
speed.
Wingtip Vortices - Answers Sink below the aircraft generating turbulence.
Bernoulli's Principle - Answers Air traveling faster over the curved upper surface of an airfoil causes
lower pressure on the top surface.
Unaccelerated Flight - Answers Four forces acting in equilibrium on an airplane.
Airfoil - Answers A part or surface, such as a wing, propeller blade, or rudder, whose shape and
orientation control stability, direction, lift, thrust, or propulsion.
Chord Line - Answers The distance, along an imaginary straight line, from the stagnation point of an
airfoil to the rear, or trailing edge.
Lift - Answers Upward force acting on an aircraft.
Drag - Answers Resistance of the air (technically a fluid) against the forward movement of an airplane.
Thrust - Answers The reaction force that propels an aircraft forward.
Light, Quartering Tailwind - Answers The wind condition that requires maximum caution when avoiding
wake turbulence on landing.
Angle of Attack (AOA) - Answers The angle between the chord line of an airfoil and the relative wind.
Turns - Answers Basic flight maneuver that increases the load factor on an airplane as compared to
straight-and-level flight.
Flaps - Answers Increase the angle of descent without increasing the airspeed during approach and
landing.
Horizontal Component of Lift - Answers Force that makes an airplane turn.
Wingtip Vortices - Answers Created only when an aircraft is developing lift.
Ground Effect - Answers The result of the interference of the surface of the Earth with the airflow
patterns about an airplane.
Four Forces of Flight - Answers Lift, Weight, Thrust, and Drag.
Rudder - Answers Controls Yaw.
Wingtip Vortices Circulation - Answers Outward, Upward, and Around Each Tip.
Four Flight Fundamentals - Answers Straight-and-Level Flight, Turns, Climbs, and Descents.
Ground Effect - Answers Likely to result in becoming airborne before reaching recommended takeoff
speed.
Wingtip Vortices - Answers Sink below the aircraft generating turbulence.
Bernoulli's Principle - Answers Air traveling faster over the curved upper surface of an airfoil causes
lower pressure on the top surface.
Unaccelerated Flight - Answers Four forces acting in equilibrium on an airplane.
Airfoil - Answers A part or surface, such as a wing, propeller blade, or rudder, whose shape and
orientation control stability, direction, lift, thrust, or propulsion.
Chord Line - Answers The distance, along an imaginary straight line, from the stagnation point of an
airfoil to the rear, or trailing edge.
Lift - Answers Upward force acting on an aircraft.
Drag - Answers Resistance of the air (technically a fluid) against the forward movement of an airplane.
Thrust - Answers The reaction force that propels an aircraft forward.
