CAP Aerospace Latest Practice Test with 400 Questions and
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Practice Exam 2026 – Correctly Answered Practice Exam
Pure flight involves using a force to________a machine _____________. -
SOLUTION=lift; upwards
_____________and his son _________tried to fly in an ancient legend -
SOLUTION=Daedelus ; Icarus
1299 AD- Marco Polo saw _________ sailors attached to kites being used as
__________ observers. This could be considered the first manned aircraft. -
SOLUTION=Chinese; military
21 November 1783- _______minute balloon flight over _________. -
SOLUTION=25; Paris
Wings are designed to make air flow ______ on the top. It creates low pressure on
top and high pressure on the bottom of the wing, creating ______. -
SOLUTION=faster; lift
,As the velocity of a fluid increases, the pressure decreases. -
SOLUTION=Bernoulli's Principle
An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an outside force -
SOLUTION=Newton's First Law
A force acting on a body causes it to accelerate in the direction of the -
SOLUTION=Newton's Second Law
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction - acceleration- F=ma -
SOLUTION=Newton's Third Law
____________ __________accelerates over the upper camber of the wing -
SOLUTION=Relative wind
Natural force, creates resistance - SOLUTION=Drag
Natural force pulls you down - SOLUTION=Gravity
Artificial force, pushes or pulls an airplane forward, opposes lift -
SOLUTION=Thrust
,Artificial force, creates the pressure changes needed for lift - SOLUTION=Lift
1. A greater surface area generates more lift
2. Increase the curve of the upper camber of the wing
3. Increase the speed
4. Increase the angle of attack (up to a certain point) - SOLUTION=Four ways to
increase lift
___________ ________ __ _________ is the point when a wing stalls. It is usually
____ degrees. - SOLUTION=Critical angle of attack; 17
____________ ___________Goes straight through the plane (up and down) -
SOLUTION=Vertical Axes
_________ __________Goes side to side through the plane (wingtip to wingtip) -
SOLUTION=Lateral Axes
, ___________ _____________Goes through the plane front to back -
SOLUTION=Longitudinal Axes
Rotation round longitudal axis - SOLUTION=Roll
Rotation around lateral axis - SOLUTION=Pitch
Rotation around vertical axis - SOLUTION=Yaw
When flaps are _________ it __________ wing area. - SOLUTION=Down;
Increases
Flaps _________ lift so the airplane can fly slower but still _________ height. -
SOLUTION=Increase; Maintain
_________ are used in take-off and to increase drag - SOLUTION=Flaps
__________ on gliders disrupt air flow over the upper camber. -
SOLUTION=Spoilers
_____________ increase rate of descent. - SOLUTION=Spoilers
Correct Answers / Civil Air Patrol Aerospace Mitchell
Practice Exam 2026 – Correctly Answered Practice Exam
Pure flight involves using a force to________a machine _____________. -
SOLUTION=lift; upwards
_____________and his son _________tried to fly in an ancient legend -
SOLUTION=Daedelus ; Icarus
1299 AD- Marco Polo saw _________ sailors attached to kites being used as
__________ observers. This could be considered the first manned aircraft. -
SOLUTION=Chinese; military
21 November 1783- _______minute balloon flight over _________. -
SOLUTION=25; Paris
Wings are designed to make air flow ______ on the top. It creates low pressure on
top and high pressure on the bottom of the wing, creating ______. -
SOLUTION=faster; lift
,As the velocity of a fluid increases, the pressure decreases. -
SOLUTION=Bernoulli's Principle
An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an outside force -
SOLUTION=Newton's First Law
A force acting on a body causes it to accelerate in the direction of the -
SOLUTION=Newton's Second Law
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction - acceleration- F=ma -
SOLUTION=Newton's Third Law
____________ __________accelerates over the upper camber of the wing -
SOLUTION=Relative wind
Natural force, creates resistance - SOLUTION=Drag
Natural force pulls you down - SOLUTION=Gravity
Artificial force, pushes or pulls an airplane forward, opposes lift -
SOLUTION=Thrust
,Artificial force, creates the pressure changes needed for lift - SOLUTION=Lift
1. A greater surface area generates more lift
2. Increase the curve of the upper camber of the wing
3. Increase the speed
4. Increase the angle of attack (up to a certain point) - SOLUTION=Four ways to
increase lift
___________ ________ __ _________ is the point when a wing stalls. It is usually
____ degrees. - SOLUTION=Critical angle of attack; 17
____________ ___________Goes straight through the plane (up and down) -
SOLUTION=Vertical Axes
_________ __________Goes side to side through the plane (wingtip to wingtip) -
SOLUTION=Lateral Axes
, ___________ _____________Goes through the plane front to back -
SOLUTION=Longitudinal Axes
Rotation round longitudal axis - SOLUTION=Roll
Rotation around lateral axis - SOLUTION=Pitch
Rotation around vertical axis - SOLUTION=Yaw
When flaps are _________ it __________ wing area. - SOLUTION=Down;
Increases
Flaps _________ lift so the airplane can fly slower but still _________ height. -
SOLUTION=Increase; Maintain
_________ are used in take-off and to increase drag - SOLUTION=Flaps
__________ on gliders disrupt air flow over the upper camber. -
SOLUTION=Spoilers
_____________ increase rate of descent. - SOLUTION=Spoilers
