ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
The greatest vortex strength occurs when the generating aircraft is - CORRECT
ANSWER - Heavy, clean, and slow
Floating caused by the phenomenon of ground effect will be most realized during an approach to
land when at - CORRECT ANSWER - less than the length of the wingspan above the
surface
The condition that requires maximum caution when avoiding wake turbulence on landing is a -
CORRECT ANSWER - light, quartering tail wind
The angle of attack for a propeller is defined as - CORRECT ANSWER - The angle
between the propeller chord line and the relative wind.
What is ground effect? - CORRECT ANSWER - The result of inference of the surface of
the earth with the airflow patterns about an airplane.
The amount of excess load that can be imposed on the wing of an airplane depends upon the -
CORRECT ANSWER - speed of the airplane
Vso - CORRECT ANSWER - stalling speed or minimum steady flight speed in the
landing configuration
As altitude increases, the indicated airspeed at which a given airplane stalls in a particular
configuration will - CORRECT ANSWER - remain the same regardless of altitude
An airplane said to be inertly stable - CORRECT ANSWER - require less effort to control