AVSC 3300 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Axial-flow compressors are less fuel efficient than Centrifugal-flow compressors. -
Correct Answers -False
The core of the gas turbine that generates expanding gases required to produce thrust
is known as? - Correct Answers -The Gas Generator
Why is the core of the turbine engine known as the Gas Generator? - Correct Answers -
It generates the expanding gases required to produce thrust
What do Gas turbine engines share jet propulsion principles with? - Correct Answers -
Party balloons that have been inflated and released
What is the forward-most compressor of a dual-compressor engine referred to as? -
Correct Answers -The low-pressure compressor
What is used to accelerate the velocity of the high-energy gases escaping from the gas
generator? - Correct Answers -The nozzle
In an axial-flow compressor section of a turbine engine, what helps to direct and
compress the flow of air? - Correct Answers -Stator vanes
If an aircraft has an inoperative component or system, what will the MEL direct the flight
crew to consider? - Correct Answers -Any operating procedures, maintenance
procedures, placards, and duration limits that are necessary to be legal for flight
What book contains items that are allowed to be inoperative on a given aircraft while it
is still considered airworthy? - Correct Answers -The Minimum Equipment List
What is an MMEL? - Correct Answers -A Master Minimum Equipment List is a list of
equipment on an aircraft type
What are the set of wheels called that are driven by the exhaust gases in the turbine
section of a turbine engine? - Correct Answers -Turbines
, The principle, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, comes from what
historical figure? - Correct Answers -Isaac Newton
An axial-flow compressor is made up of an alternating series of _____. - Correct
Answers -Rotating rotor blades and stationary stator vanes
For large turbine engines what drives the starter motors? - Correct Answers -High
pressure air
What were the earliest jet engine types? - Correct Answers -Turbojets
Direct drive turboprop engines offer more immediate power response when power
levers are increased. - Correct Answers -True
_____turboprop engine's propeller is not connected directly to the engine core, but
derives its torque from the power section added to the basic engine core after the
turbine section.v - Correct Answers -A free-turbine
How are jet engines rated, with regards to output? - Correct Answers -Pounds of thrust
How is bypass air measured on turbofan engines? - Correct Answers -Pounds per
second
A_____engine produces thrust solely by the high acceleration of air as it passes
through and exhausts the core of the engine. - Correct Answers -Turbojet
The non-mechanical connection between engine core and propeller driveshaft, on a
free-turbine turboprop, is known as_____. - Correct Answers -Fluid coupling
On a turbofan engine_____produces a great deal of thrust due to the highly efficient
design of the turbofan blades. - Correct Answers -Bypass air
In a_____turboprop engine, the propeller is driven directly from the compressor shaft
through a reduction gear assembly. - Correct Answers -Direct Drive
What phrase us used to describe the completion of an electrical circuit that runs through
the metal structure of an aircraft? - Correct Answers -Ground
At approximately what psi do most hydraulic systems run on large turbine aircraft? -
Correct Answers -3000 psi
What devices or systems are powered by high pressure bleed air on a turbine aircraft?
Mark all that apply - Correct Answers -Anti-ice
Pressurization
Engine Starters
Air Cycle Machines
ANSWERS
Axial-flow compressors are less fuel efficient than Centrifugal-flow compressors. -
Correct Answers -False
The core of the gas turbine that generates expanding gases required to produce thrust
is known as? - Correct Answers -The Gas Generator
Why is the core of the turbine engine known as the Gas Generator? - Correct Answers -
It generates the expanding gases required to produce thrust
What do Gas turbine engines share jet propulsion principles with? - Correct Answers -
Party balloons that have been inflated and released
What is the forward-most compressor of a dual-compressor engine referred to as? -
Correct Answers -The low-pressure compressor
What is used to accelerate the velocity of the high-energy gases escaping from the gas
generator? - Correct Answers -The nozzle
In an axial-flow compressor section of a turbine engine, what helps to direct and
compress the flow of air? - Correct Answers -Stator vanes
If an aircraft has an inoperative component or system, what will the MEL direct the flight
crew to consider? - Correct Answers -Any operating procedures, maintenance
procedures, placards, and duration limits that are necessary to be legal for flight
What book contains items that are allowed to be inoperative on a given aircraft while it
is still considered airworthy? - Correct Answers -The Minimum Equipment List
What is an MMEL? - Correct Answers -A Master Minimum Equipment List is a list of
equipment on an aircraft type
What are the set of wheels called that are driven by the exhaust gases in the turbine
section of a turbine engine? - Correct Answers -Turbines
, The principle, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, comes from what
historical figure? - Correct Answers -Isaac Newton
An axial-flow compressor is made up of an alternating series of _____. - Correct
Answers -Rotating rotor blades and stationary stator vanes
For large turbine engines what drives the starter motors? - Correct Answers -High
pressure air
What were the earliest jet engine types? - Correct Answers -Turbojets
Direct drive turboprop engines offer more immediate power response when power
levers are increased. - Correct Answers -True
_____turboprop engine's propeller is not connected directly to the engine core, but
derives its torque from the power section added to the basic engine core after the
turbine section.v - Correct Answers -A free-turbine
How are jet engines rated, with regards to output? - Correct Answers -Pounds of thrust
How is bypass air measured on turbofan engines? - Correct Answers -Pounds per
second
A_____engine produces thrust solely by the high acceleration of air as it passes
through and exhausts the core of the engine. - Correct Answers -Turbojet
The non-mechanical connection between engine core and propeller driveshaft, on a
free-turbine turboprop, is known as_____. - Correct Answers -Fluid coupling
On a turbofan engine_____produces a great deal of thrust due to the highly efficient
design of the turbofan blades. - Correct Answers -Bypass air
In a_____turboprop engine, the propeller is driven directly from the compressor shaft
through a reduction gear assembly. - Correct Answers -Direct Drive
What phrase us used to describe the completion of an electrical circuit that runs through
the metal structure of an aircraft? - Correct Answers -Ground
At approximately what psi do most hydraulic systems run on large turbine aircraft? -
Correct Answers -3000 psi
What devices or systems are powered by high pressure bleed air on a turbine aircraft?
Mark all that apply - Correct Answers -Anti-ice
Pressurization
Engine Starters
Air Cycle Machines
