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AFOQT AVIATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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AFOQT AVIATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSFour Areodynamic forces acting on an airplane are? - Answers -Drag, Lift, Thrust,
Weight
An airplane wing is designed to produce lift resulting from relatively: - Answers -Positive
below the wing/Negative above the wing
Forces acting on a plane in a steady flight condition? - Answers -Lift equals weight and
thrust equals drag
A flashing green air traffic control signal directed to an aircraft on the surface is a signal
that the pilot is: - Answers -Cleared to taxi
Steady red light from the tower means? - Answers -Keep circling
Flashing red light means? - Answers -Unsafe to land
The propeller blades are curved on one side and flat on the other side to: - Answers -
Produce thrust
When in the Down position position wingflaps provide? - Answers -Increase drag and lift
What makes an airplane turn? - Answers -Horizontal component of lift
What is one advantage of an airplane said to be inherently stable? - Answers -The
Airplane will require less effort to control.
If the ammeter in an aircraft shows a negative value this means: - Answers -Output from
the alternator or generator output is inadequate
The thrust of a turbojet is developed by compressing air in the inlet and compressor,
mixing the air with fuel and burning it in the combustor and... - Answers -Expanding the
gas stream through the turbine and nozzle
A ramjet engine consists of? - Answers -Inlet, combustion zone and a nozzle
For a fixed wing aircraft, lift is generated _____ to the direction of flight. - Answers -
Perpendicular
The angle formed by the chord of an airfoil or wing and the direction of the relative wind
is known as the: - Answers -Angle of attack
Pilot tubes furnish data to an instrument that is used by aircraft pilots in about the same
way that a ________ is used by and automobile driver. - Answers -Speedometer
, The part of the aircraft that holds the cargo, fuel and passengers- as well as providing a
base for the other aircraft parts- is known as the: - Answers -Fuselage
On a conventional aircraft the ____ controls pitch and ____ controls Yaw. - Answers -
Horizontal stabilizers and Vertical Stabilizers
______ are additonal hinged rear sections mounted to the wing near the body that are
deployed downward on takeoff and landing to increase the amount of force produced by
the wing. - Answers -Flaps
What does not affect density altitude? - Answers -Wind velocity
The degree of movement of an aircraft around its longitudinal axis is known as: -
Answers -Bank
The Venturi theory of lift says that faster airflow over the curved upper portion of a wing
surface causes: - Answers -Decreased pressure according to Bernoulli's equation
The maneuver in which a rotary wing aircraft is maintained in nearly motionless flight
over a ground reference point at a constant altitude and heading is known as: - Answers
-Hovering
The ratio of the speed of an aircraft to the speed of sound in air around the aircraft is: -
Answers -Mach Number
The acceleration experienced by the aircraft and its pilot in the direction perpendicular
to the wing is soley determined by the: - Answers -Bank Angle
the flight envelope of the aircraft is: - Answers -The region of altitude and airspeed in
which it can be operated.
The locus of points equidistant from the upper and lower surfaces of an airfoil is called
the: - Answers -Mean camber line
The straight line joining the mean camber line is called: - Answers -Wing chord
A ________ is the point at which the airflow over the wings ceases to be a smooth flow
and the wing starts to lose lift - Answers -Aerodynamic stall
The tow basic types of drag are : - Answers -Parasitic and induced
An airfoil's efficiency, either a wing or a rotor blade, is ______ at high altitudes by the
_____ air density. - Answers -Decreased, lesser
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