AFOQT Aviation (correct answers)
Four Areodynamic forces acting on an airplane are? correct answers Drag, Lift, Thrust,
Weight
An airplane wing is designed to produce lift resulting from relatively: correct answers
Positive below the wing/Negative above the wing
Forces acting on a plane in a steady flight condition? correct 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: correct answers Cleared to taxi
Steady red light from the tower means? correct answers Keep circling
Flashing red light means? correct answers Unsafe to land
The propeller blades are curved on one side and flat on the other side to: correct
answers Produce thrust
When in the Down position position wingflaps provide? correct answers Increase drag
and lift
What makes an airplane turn? correct answers Horizontal component of lift
What is one advantage of an airplane said to be inherently stable? correct answers The
Airplane will require less effort to control.
If the elevator trim tabs on a plane are lowered, the plane will tend to? correct answers
Nose up
The pilot always advances the throttle during a: correct answers Climb
The pilot of an airplane can best detect the approach of a stall by the? correct answers
Ineffectivness of the airlerons and elevator
It is ordinarily desirable to provide an unusually long flight strip at municipal airports for
the takeoff of? correct answers Heavily loaded ships in the air
The small hinged section on the elevator of the most airplanes is known as the: correct
answers Trim Tab
At night, airport taxiways are identified by omnidirectional edge lights that are? correct
answers Blue
, If the ammeter in an aircraft shows a negative value this means: correct 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... correct answers
Expanding the gas stream through the turbine and nozzle
A ramjet engine consists of? correct answers Inlet, combustion zone and a nozzle
For a fixed wing aircraft, lift is generated _____ to the direction of flight. correct answers
Perpendicular
The angle formed by the chord of an airfoil or wing and the direction of the relative wind
is known as the: correct 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. correct 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: correct answers Fuselage
On a conventional aircraft the ____ controls pitch and ____ controls Yaw. correct
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. correct answers Flaps
What does not affect density altitude? correct answers Wind velocity
The degree of movement of an aircraft around its longitudinal axis is known as: correct
answers Bank
The Venturi theory of lift says that faster airflow over the curved upper portion of a wing
surface causes: correct 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: correct
answers Hovering
The ratio of the speed of an aircraft to the speed of sound in air around the aircraft is:
correct answers Mach Number
The acceleration experienced by the aircraft and its pilot in the direction perpendicular
to the wing is soley determined by the: correct answers Bank Angle
Four Areodynamic forces acting on an airplane are? correct answers Drag, Lift, Thrust,
Weight
An airplane wing is designed to produce lift resulting from relatively: correct answers
Positive below the wing/Negative above the wing
Forces acting on a plane in a steady flight condition? correct 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: correct answers Cleared to taxi
Steady red light from the tower means? correct answers Keep circling
Flashing red light means? correct answers Unsafe to land
The propeller blades are curved on one side and flat on the other side to: correct
answers Produce thrust
When in the Down position position wingflaps provide? correct answers Increase drag
and lift
What makes an airplane turn? correct answers Horizontal component of lift
What is one advantage of an airplane said to be inherently stable? correct answers The
Airplane will require less effort to control.
If the elevator trim tabs on a plane are lowered, the plane will tend to? correct answers
Nose up
The pilot always advances the throttle during a: correct answers Climb
The pilot of an airplane can best detect the approach of a stall by the? correct answers
Ineffectivness of the airlerons and elevator
It is ordinarily desirable to provide an unusually long flight strip at municipal airports for
the takeoff of? correct answers Heavily loaded ships in the air
The small hinged section on the elevator of the most airplanes is known as the: correct
answers Trim Tab
At night, airport taxiways are identified by omnidirectional edge lights that are? correct
answers Blue
, If the ammeter in an aircraft shows a negative value this means: correct 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... correct answers
Expanding the gas stream through the turbine and nozzle
A ramjet engine consists of? correct answers Inlet, combustion zone and a nozzle
For a fixed wing aircraft, lift is generated _____ to the direction of flight. correct answers
Perpendicular
The angle formed by the chord of an airfoil or wing and the direction of the relative wind
is known as the: correct 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. correct 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: correct answers Fuselage
On a conventional aircraft the ____ controls pitch and ____ controls Yaw. correct
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. correct answers Flaps
What does not affect density altitude? correct answers Wind velocity
The degree of movement of an aircraft around its longitudinal axis is known as: correct
answers Bank
The Venturi theory of lift says that faster airflow over the curved upper portion of a wing
surface causes: correct 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: correct
answers Hovering
The ratio of the speed of an aircraft to the speed of sound in air around the aircraft is:
correct answers Mach Number
The acceleration experienced by the aircraft and its pilot in the direction perpendicular
to the wing is soley determined by the: correct answers Bank Angle
