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Aviation Exam|77 CompleteQuestions and Answers
The ________ pilot certificate requires the fewest number of flight hours - -
Sport
- What type of certificate must a pilot obtain in order to fly for a commercial
airline? - -Airline transport pilot certificate
- With respect to the certification of aircraft, which are the categories of
aircrafts - -Normal, utility, acrobatic
- For FAA aircraft certification purposes, how are aircraft categorized? - -
Based on the function
- Which of these best describes an airplane? - -A heavier-than air aircraft
that is driven by engines and has fixed wings
- What type of designs can engineers use to make a stealth fighter more
difficult to detect? - --use sharp angles in the design of the fuselage
- keep bombs inside the aircraft
- mix cold air with hot exhaust
- What type of missions does the Boeing 747 fly? - -- passenger transport
-cargo transport
-firefighting
- With respect to the certification of aircraft, which are classes of aircraft? - -
Airplane, rotorcraft, glider
- What characteristics do aircraft designers look for when choosing
materials? - -Crack resistant, heat resistant, corrosion resistant
- In order for the aviation industry to survive,_________ must be the primary
concern - -Safety
- Which metal is most likely to be used for landing gear assemblies? - -Steel
- The use of the fire-resistant fabrics on passenger airliners is required by
_________ - -The FAA
- Using strong materials in the design and construction of a drone can pose
a problem because ____________. - -They are often heavier
, - Which of the following are reasons why composite construction materials
are used to build aircraft? - -They are lightweight and they are durable
- How does an aircraft collision avoidance system work? - -It warns the pilot
when other aircrafts are in the vicinity
- A __________ is a turbine engine that uses its rotational energy to turn a
propeller - -Turboprop
- Which of the following is part of the empennage of a fixed-wing aircraft? -
-Rudder, vertical stabilizer, horizontal stabilizer
- Which of the following are composite materials and used in the production
of aircraft? - -Carbon fiber and fiber glass
- Viscosity is a fluid's resistance _____________. - -Flow
- What are the standard temperature and pressure values for sea level? - -
15 degrees C 29.92 Hg
- Knowing the pressure altitude is important to aircraft performance because
it can be used as a tool to arrive at _______ - -Density altitude
- Pressure altitude corrects the difference between _________ and standard
pressure - -Barometric pressure
- Which factor would tend to increase the density altitude at a given airport?
- -Increase in ambient pressure
- Which combination of atmospheric conditions will reduce takeoff and climb
performance? - -High temperature, high relative humidity, and high density
altitude
- Which statement is true about an object moving through a fluid? - -Fluid
friction increases as the objects velocity increaaes
- The magnus effect occurs because a spinning object drags the air around
it. The air being dragged by the object interacts with the surrounding air to
create regions of ________. - -High and low pressurw
- An airport has an elevation of 1,700 feet. A density altitude of 2,200 feet
means that an aircraft will perform as if it is __________ above sea level - -
2,200 feet
- Which of these factors has the smallest effect on air density? - -Humidity
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