EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
\.Theory of Flight: The four forces - ANSWERS✔-Lift, Gravity, Thrust, and Drag
\.Lift - ANSWERS✔-upward force
\.Gravity (or weight) - ANSWERS✔-downward force
\.Thrust - ANSWERS✔-forward force
\.Drag - ANSWERS✔-resisting force
\.In order to take off, the aircraft's __ and __ must be sufficient to overcome its
__and __. - ANSWERS✔-thrust, lift, weight, and drag
\.The pilot guides and controls the aircraft by controlling its pitch, roll, and yaw via
the control surfaces. These include the __ , __ , and __. - ANSWERS✔-ailerons,
elevators, and rudder
, \.To land, an aircraft's __ must be reduced safely below its __, as its lift is reduced
to levels less than its __. - ANSWERS✔-thrust, drag, weight.
\.Fuselage (body) - ANSWERS✔-a rigid structure on which the aircraft
components, e.g., wing, tail, engine, etc., are mounted
\.Nose - ANSWERS✔-the forward section of an aircraft. It includes the flightdeck
where the captain and first officer sit
\.Nacelle - ANSWERS✔-the protective covering surrounding the aircraft engine
\.Aileron - ANSWERS✔-hinged portion on the trailing edge of the wing. It raises
and lowers to
control the rolling motion of the aircraft.
\.Flaps - ANSWERS✔-hinged portion of the wing
located on the trailing (back) edges, covering the section of the wing from the
fuselage to the aileron. Flaps provide additional lift to compensate for the slower
air speeds associated with landing.
\.Elevators - ANSWERS✔-moveable control surfaces hinged to the horizontal
stabilizer, which control pitch or position of the nose of the aircraft relative to the
horizon