What altitude is displayed on the aircraft altimeter - Answers -Pressure
What occurs as a result of a forward center of gravity - Answers -Difficulty applying
upward pitch
What type of environmental condition yields the greatest aircraft performance - Answers
-Sea level and cold
Describe how to recover from a stall - Answers -Decrease pitch and increase power
Dead reckoning navigation involves - Answers -Utilizing a previously known position
and using time/distance equations to estimate present position
The rudder controls - Answers -Yaw
What effect do the flaps have on landing distance? - Answers -Decrease
When the aircraft yoke or control wheel is moved to the right what happens to the right
aileron? - Answers -Moves upward
How does ice accumulated on the aircraft's wings affect the stall speed - Answers -
Increase
What conditions are conducive to fog formation - Answers -Low 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 - Answers -Climb
What is an example of induced drag - Answers -An 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? - Answers -Air pressure is lower above the wings
and higher below the wings
Which components increase the pitch of an airplane - Answers -The elevators along the
lateral axis
How does air density affect the performance of an airplane - Answers -High air density
increases engine performance
, What considerations do aircraft manufacturers address when selecting materials for a
fuselage - Answers -The weight and strength of a material
The amount of lift generated is dependent on the difference between the camber line
and the____ - Answers -Chord line
If an engine produces 3500 pounds of thrust and travels at 500 mph, what is the thp? -
Answers -4666.67
This functional landing gear style is helpful when landing on non paved runways -
Answers -Tail wheel
The main and tail portions of this landing gear style are positioned along the longitudinal
axis - Answers -Tandem
What type of aircraft has the most severe wake turbulence - Answers -Heavy, slow,
gear up, flaps up
What must be done to maintain altitude in a turn? - Answers -Increase pitch
What flight control is used to mitigate adverse yaw in a turn - Answers -Rudder
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 - Answers -30 miles
In calm winds, what happens to fuel consumption as the aircraft climbs - Answers -
Decreases
What effect does a tailwind have on takeoff distance - Answers -Increases
What is the best airspeed for maximum fuel endurance - Answers -Maximum lift and
lowest drag known as L/D max
When is the magnetic compass most accurate - Answers -Straight and level flight
An aircraft has a ground speed of 120 knots. How long will it take to travel 20 NM -
Answers -10 minutes
Consider an object acted on by two forces. Is F1 and F2 are equal, which statement is
true? - Answers -The 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? - Answers -The force decreases by a factor of 16
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