AFOQT Study Guide ( Aviation Information)
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Flaps - CORRECT ANSWER - Location: Aft/ Trailing Edge
Purposes: (1) Increase lift by deflecting airflow downward (2) When extended, increases surface
area (3) Decreases velocity required for takeoff and landing
Slats - CORRECT ANSWER - Location: Leading Edge
Purposes: Maintain lift at low speeds when extended
Spoilers - CORRECT ANSWER - Location: On the wings of many turbine-powered
aircraft
Purpose: Destroy the residual lift after landing, putting the planes entire weight on the landing
gear
How: Hinged panels that move up after landing, maximizes tire friction on the runway thereby
enhancing deceleration
Air Brakes
Speed Brakes - CORRECT ANSWER - Location: High-performance aircrafts
Purpose: Helps to decelerate the aircraft & increases the rate of descent when in flight
NOT designed to destroy lift
Spar - CORRECT ANSWER - Main structural component of a wing, it runs the length of
the wing
Ribs - CORRECT ANSWER - Attached perpendicularly to the spar.
Provides the wing with more strength and structure.
, Airplanes that fly below the speed of sound typically... - CORRECT ANSWER - ... have
wings that are perpendicular to the aircraft's longitudinal axis.
Jet plane wings... - CORRECT ANSWER - ... are swept back.
Swept back wings - CORRECT ANSWER - Delay the drag associated with the air
compressibility at high supersonic speeds.
Delta Wing - CORRECT ANSWER - Shaped like a triangle
Variable Geometry Wings - CORRECT ANSWER - Allow the pilot to swing the wings
forward to a position that is roughly perpendicular to the fuselage for take-off, landing, and flight
at low airspeeds.
Parts of an airplane - CORRECT ANSWER - Fuselage, Wings, Empennage
Fuselage - CORRECT ANSWER - Nose Section: Cockpit and Cabin
Empennage - CORRECT ANSWER - Tail Section: Vertical Stabilizer & Rudder and
Horizontal Stabilizer & Elevator (or Stabilator)
Stabilator - CORRECT ANSWER - An all moving horizontal and stabilizer- elevator
Aileron - CORRECT ANSWER - Location: Outer, trailing edge of the wing
Purpose: (1) Used to perform banking turns (2) Control rotation about the longitudinal axis
How: Move opposite to each (one on each wing)
Trim Tab - CORRECT ANSWER - Location: Rear of the rudder, elevator, and one aileron
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Flaps - CORRECT ANSWER - Location: Aft/ Trailing Edge
Purposes: (1) Increase lift by deflecting airflow downward (2) When extended, increases surface
area (3) Decreases velocity required for takeoff and landing
Slats - CORRECT ANSWER - Location: Leading Edge
Purposes: Maintain lift at low speeds when extended
Spoilers - CORRECT ANSWER - Location: On the wings of many turbine-powered
aircraft
Purpose: Destroy the residual lift after landing, putting the planes entire weight on the landing
gear
How: Hinged panels that move up after landing, maximizes tire friction on the runway thereby
enhancing deceleration
Air Brakes
Speed Brakes - CORRECT ANSWER - Location: High-performance aircrafts
Purpose: Helps to decelerate the aircraft & increases the rate of descent when in flight
NOT designed to destroy lift
Spar - CORRECT ANSWER - Main structural component of a wing, it runs the length of
the wing
Ribs - CORRECT ANSWER - Attached perpendicularly to the spar.
Provides the wing with more strength and structure.
, Airplanes that fly below the speed of sound typically... - CORRECT ANSWER - ... have
wings that are perpendicular to the aircraft's longitudinal axis.
Jet plane wings... - CORRECT ANSWER - ... are swept back.
Swept back wings - CORRECT ANSWER - Delay the drag associated with the air
compressibility at high supersonic speeds.
Delta Wing - CORRECT ANSWER - Shaped like a triangle
Variable Geometry Wings - CORRECT ANSWER - Allow the pilot to swing the wings
forward to a position that is roughly perpendicular to the fuselage for take-off, landing, and flight
at low airspeeds.
Parts of an airplane - CORRECT ANSWER - Fuselage, Wings, Empennage
Fuselage - CORRECT ANSWER - Nose Section: Cockpit and Cabin
Empennage - CORRECT ANSWER - Tail Section: Vertical Stabilizer & Rudder and
Horizontal Stabilizer & Elevator (or Stabilator)
Stabilator - CORRECT ANSWER - An all moving horizontal and stabilizer- elevator
Aileron - CORRECT ANSWER - Location: Outer, trailing edge of the wing
Purpose: (1) Used to perform banking turns (2) Control rotation about the longitudinal axis
How: Move opposite to each (one on each wing)
Trim Tab - CORRECT ANSWER - Location: Rear of the rudder, elevator, and one aileron
