ASTB E REVIEW TIPS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔USS Alfred - ✔✔first US Navy flagship
✔✔Old Ironsides - ✔✔Navy's oldest ship
✔✔November 14, 1910 - ✔✔Naval Aviation began
✔✔Vietnam War - ✔✔1965-1974
✔✔January 17, 1991 - ✔✔Operation Desert Storm
✔✔First digital fly-by-wire - ✔✔tested on an F-8 in 1972
✔✔winglets - ✔✔decrease drag
✔✔wingspan squared over wing surface area - ✔✔aspect ratio
✔✔straight wings - ✔✔found on small, low speed airplanes and give the most efficient
lift at low speeds
✔✔sweep wings - ✔✔found on high speed airplanes, create less drag, and are more
unstable at low speeds
✔✔delta wings - ✔✔found on supersonic airplanes
✔✔ionosphere - ✔✔region of the atmosphere ionized by solar radiation and is
responsible for auroras
✔✔tropopause - ✔✔boundary between troposphere and stratosphere
, ✔✔Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere - ✔✔layers of
the atmosphere
✔✔VSI (vertical speed indicator) - ✔✔flight instrument that measures whether plane is
climbing, descending, or in level flight in feet per minute. bottom right 6-pack controls
✔✔ASI (airspeed indicator) - ✔✔measures difference between impact and static
pressure in mph or knots. top left 6-pack controls
✔✔Heading Indicator - ✔✔flight instrument that supplements the magnetic compass
using electronics to indicate magnetic heading of aircraft. bottom middle 6-pack controls
✔✔solid yellow - ✔✔taxiway centerline
✔✔double solid yellow - ✔✔taxiway edges
✔✔double solid yellow and double dashed yellow across the width of taxiway -
✔✔taxiway holding lines
✔✔displaced threshold on a runway - ✔✔start of landing portion not to be landed on,
indicated by white arrows leading to solid white lines
✔✔emergency only on a runway - ✔✔chevrons
✔✔dry air, low altitude, cold temperature - ✔✔best lift
✔✔induced drag - ✔✔increases in direct proportion to increases in AOA, greater AOA-
greater lift and induced drag
✔✔ramjet, turbfan, turbojet - ✔✔common types of jet engine
✔✔Multipurpose utility helicopter - ✔✔UH
✔✔antisubmarine warfare helicopter - ✔✔SH
✔✔observation, reconnaissance, and courier helicopter - ✔✔OH
✔✔modified for special operations helicopter - ✔✔MH
✔✔heavy lift and large rescue helicopter - ✔✔HH
✔✔cargo helicopter - ✔✔CH
SET A+
✔✔USS Alfred - ✔✔first US Navy flagship
✔✔Old Ironsides - ✔✔Navy's oldest ship
✔✔November 14, 1910 - ✔✔Naval Aviation began
✔✔Vietnam War - ✔✔1965-1974
✔✔January 17, 1991 - ✔✔Operation Desert Storm
✔✔First digital fly-by-wire - ✔✔tested on an F-8 in 1972
✔✔winglets - ✔✔decrease drag
✔✔wingspan squared over wing surface area - ✔✔aspect ratio
✔✔straight wings - ✔✔found on small, low speed airplanes and give the most efficient
lift at low speeds
✔✔sweep wings - ✔✔found on high speed airplanes, create less drag, and are more
unstable at low speeds
✔✔delta wings - ✔✔found on supersonic airplanes
✔✔ionosphere - ✔✔region of the atmosphere ionized by solar radiation and is
responsible for auroras
✔✔tropopause - ✔✔boundary between troposphere and stratosphere
, ✔✔Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere - ✔✔layers of
the atmosphere
✔✔VSI (vertical speed indicator) - ✔✔flight instrument that measures whether plane is
climbing, descending, or in level flight in feet per minute. bottom right 6-pack controls
✔✔ASI (airspeed indicator) - ✔✔measures difference between impact and static
pressure in mph or knots. top left 6-pack controls
✔✔Heading Indicator - ✔✔flight instrument that supplements the magnetic compass
using electronics to indicate magnetic heading of aircraft. bottom middle 6-pack controls
✔✔solid yellow - ✔✔taxiway centerline
✔✔double solid yellow - ✔✔taxiway edges
✔✔double solid yellow and double dashed yellow across the width of taxiway -
✔✔taxiway holding lines
✔✔displaced threshold on a runway - ✔✔start of landing portion not to be landed on,
indicated by white arrows leading to solid white lines
✔✔emergency only on a runway - ✔✔chevrons
✔✔dry air, low altitude, cold temperature - ✔✔best lift
✔✔induced drag - ✔✔increases in direct proportion to increases in AOA, greater AOA-
greater lift and induced drag
✔✔ramjet, turbfan, turbojet - ✔✔common types of jet engine
✔✔Multipurpose utility helicopter - ✔✔UH
✔✔antisubmarine warfare helicopter - ✔✔SH
✔✔observation, reconnaissance, and courier helicopter - ✔✔OH
✔✔modified for special operations helicopter - ✔✔MH
✔✔heavy lift and large rescue helicopter - ✔✔HH
✔✔cargo helicopter - ✔✔CH
