Astb Aviation/nautical Information Test (Anit)
[Comprehensive]
Tetraethyl
lead (TEL) is
used
principally as
an additive
that:
- absorbs
moisture in
gasoline
- decreases
viscosity of increases gasoline antiknock quality
gasoline
- has a low
antiknock
quality
- increases
gasoline
antiknock
quality
- increases
volatility of
gasoline
Standard weights have been established for numerous
items used in weight and balance computations. The
standard weight for gasoline used in an airplane is:
- 6 lbs./US gal 6 lbs./US gal
- 7.5 lbs./US gal
- 8.35 lbs./US gal
- 10 lbs./US gal
- 15 lbs./US gal
The pitot is an important component in measuring:
airspeed
- airspeed
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- altitude
- direction
- fuel pressure
- oil pressure
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):
- alternating red and green flashing red
- flashing green
- flashing red
- steady green
- steady red
Airport runway lights used to illuminate the runway are:
- blue
- green white
- red
- white
- yellow
Which type of rope is the strongest?
- cotton
- hemp nylon
- manila
- nylon
- sisal
An unlighted buoy, used to mark the LEFT side of a channel
when facing inland, is called a:
- bell buoy
can buoy
- can buoy
- nun buoy
- spar buoy
- whistle buoy
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The International Date Line is located at:
- the 0 meridian
- the 180th meridian the 180th meridian
- the celestial meridian
- Greenwich, England
- the prime meridian
The Beaufort scale is generally used at sea in estimating:
- wind direction
- wind speed wind speed
- atmospheric pressure
- relative humidity
- water depth
When a person is reported overboard, the action to take
first is to:
- bring the ship to a halt throw life buoys over
- track the person with a pair of binoculars at once
- throw life buoys over at once
- turn the ship around 180 degrees
- reduce the ship's speed
At sea, the time zones are generally bands of longitude:
- 7 1/2 degrees in width
- 15 degrees in width 15 degrees in width
- 24 degrees in width
- 30 degrees in width
- 45 degrees in width
Which of the following is NOT considered to be an "aid to
navigation"?
mountain peaks
- buoys
- fog signals
- lightships
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- loran
- mountain peaks
Fog is generally formed when:
- cold air moves over cold water
warmer air moves
- cold air moves over hot water
over colder water
- colder air moves over warmer water
- warm air moves over warm water
- warmer air moves over colder water
An unlighted buoy, used to mark the RIGHT side of a
channel when facing inland, is called a:
- bell buoy
nun buoy
- can buoy
- gong buoy
- nun buoy
- spar
Ships or boats are steered by one or more rudders at the
stern. The faster the vessel is moving:
- the GREATER the pressure against the rudder and the
the GREATER the
QUICKER the turning effect
pressure against the
- the GREATER the pressure against the rudder and the
rudder and the
SLOWER the turning effect
QUICKER the turning
- the LESS the pressure against the rudder and the
effect
QUICKER the turning effect
- the LESS the pressure against the rudder and the
SLOWER the turning effect
- none of the above
What do the terms PORT, STARBOARD, FORE, and AFT
mean?
left, right, in front,
- left, right, up, and down and behind
- right, left, above, and below
- left, right, in front, and behind
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