AFOQT Real-World Pilot & Navigator Composite Questions
and Correct Answers 2025/2026
An airplane wing is designed to produce lift resulting from what? — correct
answer: High pressure below and low pressure above the wing.
What are the states of the four forces acting on a plane in steady flight? —
correct answer: Lift = weight, thrust = drag
A flashing green air traffic control signal directed to an aircraft on the
surface means the pilot is… — correct answer: Cleared to taxi
A steady red air traffic control signal directed to an aircraft means the pilot
should… — correct answer: Keep circling
A flashing red air traffic control signal directed to an aircraft means it is… —
correct answer: Unsafe to land
Why are propeller blades curved on one side and flat on the other? —
correct answer: To produce thrust
When in the down position, wing flaps provide what? — correct answer:
Increase drag and lift
What makes an airplane turn? — correct answer: Ailerons
What is one advantage of an airplane said to be inherently stable? —
correct answer: Less effort required to control
If elevator trim tabs are lowered, the airplane will tend to… — correct
answer: Nose up
,If elevator trim tabs are raised, the airplane will tend to… — correct
answer: Nose down
The pilot always advances the throttle during what? — correct answer:
Climbs
How can a pilot best detect the approach of a stall? — correct answer:
Ineffectiveness of the ailerons and elevator
The small hinged section on the elevator of most airplanes is known as
what? — correct answer: Trim tab
At night, airport taxiways are identified by what color lights? — correct
answer: Blue
If the ammeter shows a negative value, what does this indicate? — correct
answer: Inadequate output from the generator/alternator
A ramjet engine consists of what? — correct answer: Inlet, combustion
zone, and nozzle
For a fixed-wing aircraft, lift is generated __________ to the direction of
flight. — correct answer: Perpendicular
What is the angle formed by the chord of an airfoil and the direction of the
relative wind? — correct answer: Angle of attack
On a conventional aircraft, what controls pitch and what controls yaw? —
correct answer: Horizontal stabilizers; vertical stabilizers
What are the hinged rear sections mounted to the wing near the body that
increase wing force on takeoff/landing? — correct answer: Flaps
,What does NOT affect density altitude? — correct answer: Wind velocity
What is the degree of movement of an aircraft around its longitudinal axis
called? — correct answer: Bank
According to the venturi theory, faster airflow over a curved upper wing
surface causes… — correct answer: Decrease in pressure
What is the maneuver called where a helicopter maintains nearly
motionless flight over a point? — correct answer: Hovering
The ratio of aircraft speed to speed of sound is called what? — correct
answer: Mach number
The acceleration perpendicular to the wing is determined solely by what?
— correct answer: Bank angle
The region of altitude and airspeed in which an aircraft can operate is
called what? — correct answer: Flight envelope
The locus of points equidistant from the upper and lower surfaces of an
airfoil is called what? — correct answer: Mean camber line
What is the straight line joining the mean camber line called? — correct
answer: Wing chord
What is the point at which airflow over the wings ceases to be smooth and
lift begins to be lost? — correct answer: Aerodynamic stall
What are the two basic types of drag? — correct answer: Parasitic and
induced
, An airfoil’s efficiency at high altitudes is __________ by the __________ air
density. — correct answer: Decreased; lesser
The degree of movement of an aircraft around its lateral axis is known as
what? — correct answer: Pitch
When the flaps are extended, the camber of the wing is what? — correct
answer: Increased
A helicopter’s cyclic control changes the pitch of the main rotor blades at a
__________ in its __________. — correct answer: Selected point; circular
pathway
What phenomenon causes the body of a helicopter to turn
counterclockwise? — correct answer: Torque
Pulling back on the control column of a fixed-wing aircraft will cause the
aircraft to do what? — correct answer: Pitch up
When two propellers rotate in opposite directions arranged one behind the
other, they are known as what? — correct answer: Contra-rotating
propellers
VTOL means what? — correct answer: Vertical takeoff and landing
What do delta-wing aircraft lack? — correct answer: Horizontal stabilizer
What does VASI mean? — correct answer: Visual approach slope
indicator
What color lights indicate the upper limits of a VASI glide path? — correct
answer: Red
and Correct Answers 2025/2026
An airplane wing is designed to produce lift resulting from what? — correct
answer: High pressure below and low pressure above the wing.
What are the states of the four forces acting on a plane in steady flight? —
correct answer: Lift = weight, thrust = drag
A flashing green air traffic control signal directed to an aircraft on the
surface means the pilot is… — correct answer: Cleared to taxi
A steady red air traffic control signal directed to an aircraft means the pilot
should… — correct answer: Keep circling
A flashing red air traffic control signal directed to an aircraft means it is… —
correct answer: Unsafe to land
Why are propeller blades curved on one side and flat on the other? —
correct answer: To produce thrust
When in the down position, wing flaps provide what? — correct answer:
Increase drag and lift
What makes an airplane turn? — correct answer: Ailerons
What is one advantage of an airplane said to be inherently stable? —
correct answer: Less effort required to control
If elevator trim tabs are lowered, the airplane will tend to… — correct
answer: Nose up
,If elevator trim tabs are raised, the airplane will tend to… — correct
answer: Nose down
The pilot always advances the throttle during what? — correct answer:
Climbs
How can a pilot best detect the approach of a stall? — correct answer:
Ineffectiveness of the ailerons and elevator
The small hinged section on the elevator of most airplanes is known as
what? — correct answer: Trim tab
At night, airport taxiways are identified by what color lights? — correct
answer: Blue
If the ammeter shows a negative value, what does this indicate? — correct
answer: Inadequate output from the generator/alternator
A ramjet engine consists of what? — correct answer: Inlet, combustion
zone, and nozzle
For a fixed-wing aircraft, lift is generated __________ to the direction of
flight. — correct answer: Perpendicular
What is the angle formed by the chord of an airfoil and the direction of the
relative wind? — correct answer: Angle of attack
On a conventional aircraft, what controls pitch and what controls yaw? —
correct answer: Horizontal stabilizers; vertical stabilizers
What are the hinged rear sections mounted to the wing near the body that
increase wing force on takeoff/landing? — correct answer: Flaps
,What does NOT affect density altitude? — correct answer: Wind velocity
What is the degree of movement of an aircraft around its longitudinal axis
called? — correct answer: Bank
According to the venturi theory, faster airflow over a curved upper wing
surface causes… — correct answer: Decrease in pressure
What is the maneuver called where a helicopter maintains nearly
motionless flight over a point? — correct answer: Hovering
The ratio of aircraft speed to speed of sound is called what? — correct
answer: Mach number
The acceleration perpendicular to the wing is determined solely by what?
— correct answer: Bank angle
The region of altitude and airspeed in which an aircraft can operate is
called what? — correct answer: Flight envelope
The locus of points equidistant from the upper and lower surfaces of an
airfoil is called what? — correct answer: Mean camber line
What is the straight line joining the mean camber line called? — correct
answer: Wing chord
What is the point at which airflow over the wings ceases to be smooth and
lift begins to be lost? — correct answer: Aerodynamic stall
What are the two basic types of drag? — correct answer: Parasitic and
induced
, An airfoil’s efficiency at high altitudes is __________ by the __________ air
density. — correct answer: Decreased; lesser
The degree of movement of an aircraft around its lateral axis is known as
what? — correct answer: Pitch
When the flaps are extended, the camber of the wing is what? — correct
answer: Increased
A helicopter’s cyclic control changes the pitch of the main rotor blades at a
__________ in its __________. — correct answer: Selected point; circular
pathway
What phenomenon causes the body of a helicopter to turn
counterclockwise? — correct answer: Torque
Pulling back on the control column of a fixed-wing aircraft will cause the
aircraft to do what? — correct answer: Pitch up
When two propellers rotate in opposite directions arranged one behind the
other, they are known as what? — correct answer: Contra-rotating
propellers
VTOL means what? — correct answer: Vertical takeoff and landing
What do delta-wing aircraft lack? — correct answer: Horizontal stabilizer
What does VASI mean? — correct answer: Visual approach slope
indicator
What color lights indicate the upper limits of a VASI glide path? — correct
answer: Red
