ASTB-E Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

ASTB-E Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Engine failure while hovering - apply collective pitch Helicopter foot pedals - Increase/decrease thrust to neutralize torque Lubber's Line - indicates fore and aft line of a ship ebb tide - the tide falling after high tide Apollo 11 - 1969 moon landing with Edwin Aldrin Jr., Michael Collins, and Neil Armstrong Headwind in takeoff - decrease takeoff run, increase angle of climb Tailwind in takeoff - increase takeoff run, decrease angle of climb Shallower glide angle - lower wings humid, warm air - lighter air Long and skinny wings - high aspect ratio short and stubby wings - low aspect ratio wing load - ratio of wing surface area to aircraft weight 2 | P a g e Katelyn Whitman© 2025, All Rights Reserved. sonic boom cause - abrupt change in pressure across the shockwave Mercury then Gemini then Apollo - space program in chronological order Alan Shepherd - first American in space Jon Glen - US marine in 149 combat missions, first to fly supersonic across US, and the first American to orbit Earth Pioneer 10 - first American spacecraft to explore the outer solar system Ed White - First american to walk in space Highjacking transponder - 7500 Loss of Communication transponder - 7600 emergency transponder - 7700 Military flight or interceptor transponder - 7777 Class A airspace - 18,000 ft MSL to FL600 Class B Airspace - surface to 10,000 ft MSL, surrounds all major airports, 250 knot speed limit Class C airspace - surface to 4,000 AGL, surrounds busy airports, speed restricted to 200 knots below 2500 ft 3 | P a g e Katelyn Whitman© 2025, All Rights Reserved. Class D airspace - surface to 2,500 ft AGL, surrounds airports with an operational control tower Class G airspace - surface to 700-1200 ft AGL VASI (visual approach slope indicator) - Red=too low, white=too high, green=on slope, alternating red/white= on slope PAPI (precision approach path finders) - red=too low, white=too high Less rate of climb in a helicopter - higher density altitude capstan - apparatus used for hoisting weights consisting of a vertical spool shaped cylinder Nimbus cloud - rain-bearing cloud alto cloud - 5,000-20,000 feet cumulus clouds - generally low, look like cottonballs stratus clouds - look like light gray blanket cirrus clouds - very high, white curls, fibrous windward - toward wind leeward - downwind cumulus stage of thunderstorm - warm air rises in cumulus clouds 4 | P a g e Katelyn Whitman© 2025, All Rights Reserved. mature stage of thunderstorm - precipitation begins and lasts 20-40 minutes dissipating stage of thunderstorm - downdrafts of cold air overcome rising warm air true altitude indicated altitude - if atmospheric temperature is greater than standard temperature true altitude indicated altitude - if atmospheric temperature is less than standard temperature MSL temperature - 15 Celsius or 59 Fahrenheit Standard Temperature lapse - temp decreases 3.5 F or 2C per 1,000 feet Standard pressure lapse - pressure decreases 1 in Hg per 1,000 feet High performance engine - greater than 200 HP Indicated Airspeed - displayed on airspeed indicator