Aviation Test 2 |Questions and Answers
1. Signed into law in October 1978, the Airline Deregulation Act introduced unrestricted fare and route
competition. The airline industry was re-regulated in 2001. True or false.: false
2. Which pair is an example of a legacy air carrier and a low cost carrier?: -
American Airlines and Southwest Airlines
3. What is load factor?: Number of passengers aboard an airliner as a percentage of seats available
4. Who is considered the "Father of Airline Deregulation"?: Alfred Kahn
5. Which of the following was NOT an objective of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB)?: Insure competition
between the airlines
6. Who was the dominant figure that shaped the early course of US commercial air transport?: Walter F. Brown
7. How did the US government financially support the first airlines?: Through airmail contracts
8. Which was the world's first scheduled airline?: St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line
9. What is the purpose of a business jet?: Transport business people at a time convenient to their needs
10.What is commonly accepted definition of a Very Light Jet (VLJ)?: Jet aircraft weighing less than 10,000 pounds
certificated for single pilot operations
11.What is the commonly accepted definition of a Regional Jet (RJ)?: Small jet with less than 70 seats
12.Which of the following is classified as a super-jumbo jet or very large aircraft?: Airbus 380
13.What is a medical danger associated with long range flights?: Deep vein thrombosis
14.Which of the following is history's best selling airplane?: Boeing 737
15.Who operates Airbus?: Consortium of French, German, Spanish, and U.K. companies
16.The advent of jetliners in the late 1950s changed the face of air travel more than any other single
technological innovation since the Wright Brothers. True or False.: True
17.Which of the following is NOT an advantage of pressurized aircraft?: Fly over the weather
18.What tends to accelerate technology?: War
19.Which was the first airliner to combine all-metal construction, retractable landing gear, and variable pitch
propellers?: Boeing 247
20.Which timeframe is considered to be the most innovative period in aviation history due to the many
improvements in commercial airliners?: 1930s
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1. Signed into law in October 1978, the Airline Deregulation Act introduced unrestricted fare and route
competition. The airline industry was re-regulated in 2001. True or false.: false
2. Which pair is an example of a legacy air carrier and a low cost carrier?: -
American Airlines and Southwest Airlines
3. What is load factor?: Number of passengers aboard an airliner as a percentage of seats available
4. Who is considered the "Father of Airline Deregulation"?: Alfred Kahn
5. Which of the following was NOT an objective of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB)?: Insure competition
between the airlines
6. Who was the dominant figure that shaped the early course of US commercial air transport?: Walter F. Brown
7. How did the US government financially support the first airlines?: Through airmail contracts
8. Which was the world's first scheduled airline?: St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line
9. What is the purpose of a business jet?: Transport business people at a time convenient to their needs
10.What is commonly accepted definition of a Very Light Jet (VLJ)?: Jet aircraft weighing less than 10,000 pounds
certificated for single pilot operations
11.What is the commonly accepted definition of a Regional Jet (RJ)?: Small jet with less than 70 seats
12.Which of the following is classified as a super-jumbo jet or very large aircraft?: Airbus 380
13.What is a medical danger associated with long range flights?: Deep vein thrombosis
14.Which of the following is history's best selling airplane?: Boeing 737
15.Who operates Airbus?: Consortium of French, German, Spanish, and U.K. companies
16.The advent of jetliners in the late 1950s changed the face of air travel more than any other single
technological innovation since the Wright Brothers. True or False.: True
17.Which of the following is NOT an advantage of pressurized aircraft?: Fly over the weather
18.What tends to accelerate technology?: War
19.Which was the first airliner to combine all-metal construction, retractable landing gear, and variable pitch
propellers?: Boeing 247
20.Which timeframe is considered to be the most innovative period in aviation history due to the many
improvements in commercial airliners?: 1930s
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