ASTB – E Exam Questions with
Verified Solutions
fuselage - correct Answer-the main body of an aircraft
Airfoil - correct Answer-A part or surface, such as a wing, propeller blade, or rudder,
whose shape and orientation control stability, direction, lift, thrust, or propulsion.
airfoil shape - correct Answer-separates the flow of air, and the air on top of the wing
must move quicker to stay with the air under the wing. When the velocity increases on
the top the pressure decreases due to Bernoulli's principle, thus creating lift.
Camber - correct Answer-the curved part of an airfoil from its leading to trailing edge
Chord Line - correct Answer-An imaginary straight line from the leading edge to the
trailing edge of an airfoil.
dihedral angle - correct Answer-The angle between an aircraft wing and a horizontal
line.
jet engine - correct Answer-An engine that generates a powerful thrust in a chamber
where the explosion of the burning fuel pushes on the airplane in a forward direction but
escapes out the back.
Pitch - correct Answer-planes movement up or down on its lateral axis
rolling - correct Answer-planes movement along its longitudinal axis
Yaw - correct Answer-A side-to-side motion of the nose of the aircraft along its vertical
axis
Aileron - correct Answer-Small-hinged sections on the outboard portion of a wing that
are used to generate a rolling motion for an aircraft.
Rudder - correct Answer-A controlling surface on an aircraft's tail that regulates yaw.
Elevator - correct Answer-The controlling surface that regulates an aircraft's pitch.
Trim Systems - correct Answer-used to relieve the pilot of the need to maintain constant
pressure on the flight controls .They aerodynamically assist movement and positioning
of the flight control surface to which they are attached.
, Indicated Altitude - correct Answer-Altitude read directly from the altimeter.
True Altitude - correct Answer-actual height of an object above mean sea level
Absolute Altitude - correct Answer-The actual distance between an aircraft and the
terrain over which it is flying.
Pressure Altitude - correct Answer-Height above the standard datum plane when 29.92
is set in the altimeter.
Density Altitude - correct Answer-Pressure altitude corrected for non-standard
temperature
Vertical Speed Indicator - correct Answer-Instrument that shows an aircraft's moment-
to-moment rate of descent or climb
Indicated Airspeed - correct Answer-The speed shown on the aircraft airspeed indicator.
Calibrated Airspeed - correct Answer-Indicated airspeed corrected for instrument error.
Equivalent Airspeed - correct Answer-airspeed calculated after compensating for
compression effects; usually only needed at speeds over 200 mph
True Airspeed - correct Answer-airspeed calculated after accounting for temperature
and atmospheric pressure changes
White arc on airspeed indicator - correct Answer-Flap operating range
Green Arc on airspeed indicator - correct Answer-Normal operating range
Yellow arc on airspeed indicator - correct Answer-caution range; fly within this range
only in smooth air, and then only with caution
Red line on airspeed indicator - correct Answer-Vne (never exceed speed, above this
speed structural failure may occur)
1783 - correct Answer-French Montgolfier brothers fly in hot air balloon for 5.5 miles in
25 minutes
1861-65 - correct Answer-Observation balloons are used by both sides in the Civil War
1896 - correct Answer-Samuel Langley flies first unmanned powered aircraft
Dec 17, 1903 - correct Answer-The wright brothers make their first powered, manned,
heavier than air controlled flight (lasted 12 seconds)
Verified Solutions
fuselage - correct Answer-the main body of an aircraft
Airfoil - correct Answer-A part or surface, such as a wing, propeller blade, or rudder,
whose shape and orientation control stability, direction, lift, thrust, or propulsion.
airfoil shape - correct Answer-separates the flow of air, and the air on top of the wing
must move quicker to stay with the air under the wing. When the velocity increases on
the top the pressure decreases due to Bernoulli's principle, thus creating lift.
Camber - correct Answer-the curved part of an airfoil from its leading to trailing edge
Chord Line - correct Answer-An imaginary straight line from the leading edge to the
trailing edge of an airfoil.
dihedral angle - correct Answer-The angle between an aircraft wing and a horizontal
line.
jet engine - correct Answer-An engine that generates a powerful thrust in a chamber
where the explosion of the burning fuel pushes on the airplane in a forward direction but
escapes out the back.
Pitch - correct Answer-planes movement up or down on its lateral axis
rolling - correct Answer-planes movement along its longitudinal axis
Yaw - correct Answer-A side-to-side motion of the nose of the aircraft along its vertical
axis
Aileron - correct Answer-Small-hinged sections on the outboard portion of a wing that
are used to generate a rolling motion for an aircraft.
Rudder - correct Answer-A controlling surface on an aircraft's tail that regulates yaw.
Elevator - correct Answer-The controlling surface that regulates an aircraft's pitch.
Trim Systems - correct Answer-used to relieve the pilot of the need to maintain constant
pressure on the flight controls .They aerodynamically assist movement and positioning
of the flight control surface to which they are attached.
, Indicated Altitude - correct Answer-Altitude read directly from the altimeter.
True Altitude - correct Answer-actual height of an object above mean sea level
Absolute Altitude - correct Answer-The actual distance between an aircraft and the
terrain over which it is flying.
Pressure Altitude - correct Answer-Height above the standard datum plane when 29.92
is set in the altimeter.
Density Altitude - correct Answer-Pressure altitude corrected for non-standard
temperature
Vertical Speed Indicator - correct Answer-Instrument that shows an aircraft's moment-
to-moment rate of descent or climb
Indicated Airspeed - correct Answer-The speed shown on the aircraft airspeed indicator.
Calibrated Airspeed - correct Answer-Indicated airspeed corrected for instrument error.
Equivalent Airspeed - correct Answer-airspeed calculated after compensating for
compression effects; usually only needed at speeds over 200 mph
True Airspeed - correct Answer-airspeed calculated after accounting for temperature
and atmospheric pressure changes
White arc on airspeed indicator - correct Answer-Flap operating range
Green Arc on airspeed indicator - correct Answer-Normal operating range
Yellow arc on airspeed indicator - correct Answer-caution range; fly within this range
only in smooth air, and then only with caution
Red line on airspeed indicator - correct Answer-Vne (never exceed speed, above this
speed structural failure may occur)
1783 - correct Answer-French Montgolfier brothers fly in hot air balloon for 5.5 miles in
25 minutes
1861-65 - correct Answer-Observation balloons are used by both sides in the Civil War
1896 - correct Answer-Samuel Langley flies first unmanned powered aircraft
Dec 17, 1903 - correct Answer-The wright brothers make their first powered, manned,
heavier than air controlled flight (lasted 12 seconds)
