AFOQT Practice test questions
What altitude is displayed on the aircraft altimeter - correct answersPressure
What occurs as a result of a forward center of gravity - correct answersDifficulty applying upward pitch
What type of environmental condition yields the greatest aircraft performance - correct answersSea
level and cold
Describe how to recover from a stall - correct answersDecrease pitch and increase power
Dead reckoning navigation involves - correct answersUtilizing a previously known position and using
time/distance equations to estimate present position
The rudder controls - correct answersYaw
What effect do the flaps have on landing distance? - correct answersDecrease
When the aircraft yoke or control wheel is moved to the right what happens to the right aileron? -
correct answersMoves upward
How does ice accumulated on the aircraft's wings affect the stall speed - correct answersIncrease
What conditions are conducive to fog formation - correct answersLow temp dew point spread and calm
winds. Especially in low lying valleys and coastal areas
In straight and level flight with the autopilot disengaged, after adding power or thrust the aircraft will -
correct answersClimb
What type of aircraft has the most severe wake turbulence - correct answersHeavy, slow, gear up, flaps
up
What must be done to maintain altitude in a turn? - correct answersIncrease pitch
What flight control is used to mitigate adverse yaw in a turn - correct answersRudder
ATC orders a pilot discretion descent from 12,000' to meet a 3,000' crossing restriction. Using a 3°
descent profile, how far away from the 3,000' constraint must the descent be initiated - correct
answers30 miles
In calm winds, what happens to fuel consumption as the aircraft climbs - correct answersDecreases
What effect does a tailwind have on takeoff distance - correct answersIncreases
What is the best airspeed for maximum fuel endurance - correct answersMaximum lift and lowest drag
known as L/D max
, When is the magnetic compass most accurate - correct answersStraight and level flight
An aircraft has a ground speed of 120 knots. How long will it take to travel 20 NM - correct answers10
minutes
Consider an object acted on by two forces. Is F1 and F2 are equal, which statement is true? - correct
answersThe velocity must remain constant
Consider two objects ad distance (d) apart. According to Newton's law of universal gravitation, what
happens to the force between the two objects if the distance is increased by a factor of 4? - correct
answersThe force decreases by a factor of 16
Which statement is true about fluid pressure according to Bernoulli's principle? - correct answersFluids
moving at a point in a horizontal pipe at a higher speed have a lower pressure than fluids moving at a
point at a slower speed
Why is it important for an airplane not to secret MLW - correct answersUndue stress may be placed on
the landing gear system while landing
What is an example of induced drag - correct answersAn increase in angle of attack
When an airplane increases its lift, which statement is true about the air pressure flowing above and
below its wings? - correct answersAir pressure is lower above the wings and higher below the wings
Which components increase the pitch of an airplane - correct answersThe elevators along the lateral axis
How does air density affect the performance of an airplane - correct answersHigh air density increases
engine performance
What considerations do aircraft manufacturers address when selecting materials for a fuselage - correct
answersThe weight and strength of a material
The amount of lift generated is dependent on the difference between the camber line and the____ -
correct answersChord line
If an engine produces 3500 pounds of thrust and travels at 500 mph, what is the thp? - correct
answers4666.67
This functional landing gear style is helpful when landing on non paved runways - correct answersTail
wheel
The main and tail portions of this landing gear style are positioned along the longitudinal axis - correct
answersTandem
This landing gear style includes a nose gesr - correct answersTricycle
This landing gear style is required when the main landing gear is positioned forward of the aircrafts CG -
correct answersTail wheel
What altitude is displayed on the aircraft altimeter - correct answersPressure
What occurs as a result of a forward center of gravity - correct answersDifficulty applying upward pitch
What type of environmental condition yields the greatest aircraft performance - correct answersSea
level and cold
Describe how to recover from a stall - correct answersDecrease pitch and increase power
Dead reckoning navigation involves - correct answersUtilizing a previously known position and using
time/distance equations to estimate present position
The rudder controls - correct answersYaw
What effect do the flaps have on landing distance? - correct answersDecrease
When the aircraft yoke or control wheel is moved to the right what happens to the right aileron? -
correct answersMoves upward
How does ice accumulated on the aircraft's wings affect the stall speed - correct answersIncrease
What conditions are conducive to fog formation - correct answersLow temp dew point spread and calm
winds. Especially in low lying valleys and coastal areas
In straight and level flight with the autopilot disengaged, after adding power or thrust the aircraft will -
correct answersClimb
What type of aircraft has the most severe wake turbulence - correct answersHeavy, slow, gear up, flaps
up
What must be done to maintain altitude in a turn? - correct answersIncrease pitch
What flight control is used to mitigate adverse yaw in a turn - correct answersRudder
ATC orders a pilot discretion descent from 12,000' to meet a 3,000' crossing restriction. Using a 3°
descent profile, how far away from the 3,000' constraint must the descent be initiated - correct
answers30 miles
In calm winds, what happens to fuel consumption as the aircraft climbs - correct answersDecreases
What effect does a tailwind have on takeoff distance - correct answersIncreases
What is the best airspeed for maximum fuel endurance - correct answersMaximum lift and lowest drag
known as L/D max
, When is the magnetic compass most accurate - correct answersStraight and level flight
An aircraft has a ground speed of 120 knots. How long will it take to travel 20 NM - correct answers10
minutes
Consider an object acted on by two forces. Is F1 and F2 are equal, which statement is true? - correct
answersThe velocity must remain constant
Consider two objects ad distance (d) apart. According to Newton's law of universal gravitation, what
happens to the force between the two objects if the distance is increased by a factor of 4? - correct
answersThe force decreases by a factor of 16
Which statement is true about fluid pressure according to Bernoulli's principle? - correct answersFluids
moving at a point in a horizontal pipe at a higher speed have a lower pressure than fluids moving at a
point at a slower speed
Why is it important for an airplane not to secret MLW - correct answersUndue stress may be placed on
the landing gear system while landing
What is an example of induced drag - correct answersAn increase in angle of attack
When an airplane increases its lift, which statement is true about the air pressure flowing above and
below its wings? - correct answersAir pressure is lower above the wings and higher below the wings
Which components increase the pitch of an airplane - correct answersThe elevators along the lateral axis
How does air density affect the performance of an airplane - correct answersHigh air density increases
engine performance
What considerations do aircraft manufacturers address when selecting materials for a fuselage - correct
answersThe weight and strength of a material
The amount of lift generated is dependent on the difference between the camber line and the____ -
correct answersChord line
If an engine produces 3500 pounds of thrust and travels at 500 mph, what is the thp? - correct
answers4666.67
This functional landing gear style is helpful when landing on non paved runways - correct answersTail
wheel
The main and tail portions of this landing gear style are positioned along the longitudinal axis - correct
answersTandem
This landing gear style includes a nose gesr - correct answersTricycle
This landing gear style is required when the main landing gear is positioned forward of the aircrafts CG -
correct answersTail wheel
