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Tetraethyl lead (TEL) is used principally as an additive that:nn- absorbs moisture in gasolinen- decreases viscosity of gasolinen- has a low antiknock qualityn- increases gasoline antiknock qualityn- increases volatility of gasoline correct answers increases gasoline antiknock quality Standard w...

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Tetraethyl lead (TEL) is used principally as an additive that:\n\n- absorbs moisture in gasoline\n-
decreases viscosity of gasoline\n- has a low antiknock quality\n- increases gasoline antiknock
quality\n- increases volatility of gasoline correct answers increases gasoline antiknock quality

Standard weights have been established for numerous items used in weight and balance
computations. The standard weight for gasoline used in an airplane is:\n\n- 6 lbs./US gal\n- 7.5
lbs./US gal\n- 8.35 lbs./US gal\n- 10 lbs./US gal\n- 15 lbs./US gal correct answers 6 lbs./US gal

The pitot is an important component in measuring:\n\n- airspeed\n- altitude\n- direction\n- fuel
pressure\n- oil pressure correct answers airspeed

At a controlled airport, the light signal used by the tower to warn an aircraft in flight that the
airport is unsafe and not to land is a(n):\n\n- alternating red and green\n- flashing green\n-
flashing red\n- steady green\n- steady red correct answers flashing red

Airport runway lights used to illuminate the runway are:\n\n- blue\n- green\n- red\n- white\n-
yellow correct answers white

Which type of rope is the strongest?\n\n- cotton\n- hemp\n- manila\n- nylon\n- sisal correct
answers nylon

An unlighted buoy, used to mark the LEFT side of a channel when facing inland, is called a:\n\n-
bell buoy\n- can buoy\n- nun buoy\n- spar buoy\n- whistle buoy correct answers can buoy

The International Date Line is located at:\n\n- the 0 meridian\n- the 180th meridian\n- the
celestial meridian\n- Greenwich, England\n- the prime meridian correct answers the 180th
meridian

The Beaufort scale is generally used at sea in estimating:\n\n- wind direction\n- wind speed\n-
atmospheric pressure\n- relative humidity\n- water depth correct answers wind speed

When a person is reported overboard, the action to take first is to:\n\n- bring the ship to a halt\n-
track the person with a pair of binoculars\n- throw life buoys over at once\n- turn the ship around
180 degrees\n- reduce the ship's speed correct answers throw life buoys over at once

At sea, the time zones are generally bands of longitude:\n\n- 7 1/2 degrees in width\n- 15 degrees
in width\n- 24 degrees in width\n- 30 degrees in width\n- 45 degrees in width correct answers 15
degrees in width

Which of the following is NOT considered to be an "aid to navigation"?\n\n- buoys\n- fog
signals\n- lightships\n- loran\n- mountain peaks correct answers mountain peaks

,Fog is generally formed when:\n\n- cold air moves over cold water\n- cold air moves over hot
water\n- colder air moves over warmer water\n- warm air moves over warm water\n- warmer air
moves over colder water correct answers warmer air moves over colder water

An unlighted buoy, used to mark the RIGHT side of a channel when facing inland, is called a:\n\
n- bell buoy\n- can buoy\n- gong buoy\n- nun buoy\n- spar correct answers nun buoy

Ships or boats are steered by one or more rudders at the stern. The faster the vessel is moving:\n\
n- the GREATER the pressure against the rudder and the QUICKER the turning effect\n- the
GREATER the pressure against the rudder and the SLOWER the turning effect\n- the LESS the
pressure against the rudder and the QUICKER the turning effect\n- the LESS the pressure
against the rudder and the SLOWER the turning effect\n- none of the above correct answers the
GREATER the pressure against the rudder and the QUICKER the turning effect

What do the terms PORT, STARBOARD, FORE, and AFT mean?\n\n- left, right, up, and down\
n- right, left, above, and below\n- left, right, in front, and behind\n- right, left, behind, and in
front\n- left, right, above, and beyond correct answers left, right, in front, and behind

On an aircraft carrier deck, what color shirt would a plane handler or tractor driver wear?\n\n-
green\n- blue\n- purple\n- yellow\n- red correct answers blue

The angle between the chord line of a wing or airfoil and the direction of the relative wind or
airflow is called the:\n\n- angle of pitch\n- degree of roll\n- angle of deflection\n- angle of attack\
n- degree of yaw correct answers angle of attack

A wall or vertical surface within a ship is called a:\n\n- bulkhead\n- bilgeway\n- gangway\n-
keel\n- frame correct answers bulkhead

A conventional fixed-wing aircraft is controlled around its longitudinal axis by means of the:\n\
n- ailerons\n- elevators\n- rudder\n- trim tab\n- flaps correct answers ailerons

Two statute miles are equal to:\n\n- 2.0 nautical miles\n- 1.74 nautical miles\n- 2.3 nautical
miles\n- 2.3 knots\n- 2.0 knots correct answers 1.74 nautical miles

The altimeter typically shows the height of the aircraft above a particular pressure level in:\n\n-
feet\n- hundreds of feet\n- thousands of feet\n- hundreds of meters\n- thousands of meters correct
answers thousands of feet

The time of 7 PM would be expressed using the 24-hour clock as:\n\n- 0700\n- 1400\n- 1700\n-
1900\n- none of the above correct answers 1900

When a pilot pulls back on the control stick, the elevators will:\n\n- extend\n- retract\n- move
upward\n- move downward\n- assume a neutral position correct answers move upward

, The order given to the helmsman to align the rudder with the keel of the ship is:\n\n- "Ease the
rudder."\n- "Rudder amidships."\n- "Steady as you go."\n- "Align your rudder."\n- "Steady the
rudder." correct answers "Rudder amidships."

If one end of a runway was numbered 09, what number would designate the other end of the
same runway?\n\n- 90\n- 27\n- 18\n- 10\n- 36 correct answers 27

The coordinates of latitude and longitude are used to express _______ in _______.\n\n-
direction, degrees\n- position, degrees\n- distance, time\n- location, meridians\n- heading, mils
correct answers position, degrees

Which of the following engines could operate outside the earth's atmosphere?\n\n- jet engine\n-
turbofan engine\n- rocket engine\n- four-stroke diesel engine\n- two-stroke gasoline engine
correct answers rocket engine

The bridge of a ship is where:\n\n- all orders and commands affecting the ship originate\n- the
lookout is assigned\n- the captain has his quarters\n- the ship's officers meet and consume their
meals\n- the superstructure and the mast are joined together correct answers all orders and
commands affecting the ship originate

Which of the following is a flight instrument?\n\n- tachometer\n- fuel flow indicator\n- control
column\n- trim tab\n- altimeter correct answers altimeter

The tailhook of a carrier-borne aircraft is used to:\n\n- catch one of four arresting cables
stretched across the deck\n- position the aircraft on the deck for launch\n- engage with the
catapult T-bar before launch\n- stabilize the aircraft on the deck elevator\n- designate to the
bridge when an aircraft is ready for launch correct answers catch one of four arresting cables
stretched across the deck

VFR stands for:\n\n- Velocity Flight Resistance\n- Venturi Flight Resonance\n- Vertical Flight
Rules\n- Visual Flight Rules\n- Visual Front Resolution correct answers Visual Flight Rules

A nautical mile is approximately:\n\n- 1760 yards\n- 5280 feet\n- 6076 feet\n- 7676 feet\n- 9082
feet correct answers 6076 feet

The four aerodynamic forces acting on an aircraft in flight are:\n\n- gravity, lift, thrust, and
friction\n- lift, weight, thrust, and drag\n- velocity, drag, lift, and thrust\n- lift, weight, velocity,
and drag\n- attitude, pitch, lift, and drag correct answers lift, weight, thrust, and drag

A flashing green air traffic control directed to an aircraft on the ground is a signal that the pilot:\
n\n- should radio the tower\n- should stop taxiing\n- should hold his position\n- has clearance to
take off\n- has clearance to taxi correct answers has clearance to taxi

The Latin phrase "Semper Paratus" is the motto of the:\n\n- U.S. Navy Submarine Service\n-
U.S. Marine Corps\n- U.S. Marine Air Wing\n- U.S. Coast Guard\n- U.S. Air Force Air Combat
Command correct answers U.S. Coast Guard

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