ASTB AVIATION EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
P-Days - Answer-"Processing days." When recruits first arrive at Boot Camp, they are
issued initial equipment, uniforms and supplies.
Ricky - Answer-a recruit
Scullery - Answer-Place to wash dishes
Scuttlebutt - Answer-Drinking fountain
sick bay - Answer-Medical facility located in a hospital, aid station or on board ship.
snipe - Answer-those who work in the engineering department
Taps - Answer-Time to sleep, end of day
aboard - Answer-on a ship
above - Answer-a higher level or deck on a ship
ashore - Answer-toward the shore
Athwartships - Answer-towards a ship's sides
Below - Answer-the ship's lower deck
bottom - Answer-the lowest portion of a ship's hull
Bow (stem) - Answer-the ships front
Port - Answer-the left side of the ship
starboard - Answer-the right side of a ship
stern - Answer-the rear part of a ship
Underdeck - Answer-the ships lower deck
, Waterline - Answer-where the water surface meets the hull of the ship
Cruisers - Answer-Multi-mission warships with modern guided missile systems. Are
capable of eliminating targets in the air, shore, sea, and beneath the surface
Destroyers - Answer-Multi-mission vessels equipped to operate in battle groups or on
their own with guided missiles
Littoral Combat Ship - Answer-operate close to land and work to detect mines,
submarines, as well as fast surface crafts
vessels - Answer-primary purpose of retrieving troops, equipment, and supplies
True Airspeed - Answer-Velocity of the airplane relative to the atmosphere, V
Slipping - Answer-occurs when the nose of an aircraft point outward in the direction of a
turn, can use rudder or anti-torque pedal to fix this
Skidding - Answer-Occurs when the nose of an aircraft points inwards in the direction of
a turn, can use rudder or anti-torque pedal to fix this
pitching - Answer-aircraft moves along lateral axis
Rolling - Answer-aircraft moves along longitudinal axis
Yawing - Answer-aircraft moves along the vertical axis
Spoilers - Answer-devices located on the wings that disrupt the airflow over the wing
causing loss of lift
Slats - Answer-Located on the leading edge of the wing and used to create additional lift
and slower flight
tricycle landing gear - Answer-the third wheel is under the nose
Conventional Landing Gear - Answer-the third wheel is under the tail
Navy's official motto - Answer-Semper Constans (Always constant, always trustworthy)
1917 - Answer-USS Fanning and USS Nicholson were the first to successfully sink the
German U boats
Side lights - Answer-Red and green lights that are visible to another vessel approaching
form the side or head on.
WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
P-Days - Answer-"Processing days." When recruits first arrive at Boot Camp, they are
issued initial equipment, uniforms and supplies.
Ricky - Answer-a recruit
Scullery - Answer-Place to wash dishes
Scuttlebutt - Answer-Drinking fountain
sick bay - Answer-Medical facility located in a hospital, aid station or on board ship.
snipe - Answer-those who work in the engineering department
Taps - Answer-Time to sleep, end of day
aboard - Answer-on a ship
above - Answer-a higher level or deck on a ship
ashore - Answer-toward the shore
Athwartships - Answer-towards a ship's sides
Below - Answer-the ship's lower deck
bottom - Answer-the lowest portion of a ship's hull
Bow (stem) - Answer-the ships front
Port - Answer-the left side of the ship
starboard - Answer-the right side of a ship
stern - Answer-the rear part of a ship
Underdeck - Answer-the ships lower deck
, Waterline - Answer-where the water surface meets the hull of the ship
Cruisers - Answer-Multi-mission warships with modern guided missile systems. Are
capable of eliminating targets in the air, shore, sea, and beneath the surface
Destroyers - Answer-Multi-mission vessels equipped to operate in battle groups or on
their own with guided missiles
Littoral Combat Ship - Answer-operate close to land and work to detect mines,
submarines, as well as fast surface crafts
vessels - Answer-primary purpose of retrieving troops, equipment, and supplies
True Airspeed - Answer-Velocity of the airplane relative to the atmosphere, V
Slipping - Answer-occurs when the nose of an aircraft point outward in the direction of a
turn, can use rudder or anti-torque pedal to fix this
Skidding - Answer-Occurs when the nose of an aircraft points inwards in the direction of
a turn, can use rudder or anti-torque pedal to fix this
pitching - Answer-aircraft moves along lateral axis
Rolling - Answer-aircraft moves along longitudinal axis
Yawing - Answer-aircraft moves along the vertical axis
Spoilers - Answer-devices located on the wings that disrupt the airflow over the wing
causing loss of lift
Slats - Answer-Located on the leading edge of the wing and used to create additional lift
and slower flight
tricycle landing gear - Answer-the third wheel is under the nose
Conventional Landing Gear - Answer-the third wheel is under the tail
Navy's official motto - Answer-Semper Constans (Always constant, always trustworthy)
1917 - Answer-USS Fanning and USS Nicholson were the first to successfully sink the
German U boats
Side lights - Answer-Red and green lights that are visible to another vessel approaching
form the side or head on.
