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SUBJECT: AERODYNAMICS
1. The angle of attack is the angle between:
a) The chord line of the wing and the direction of the airflow
b) the chord line of the wing and the horizontal
c) the chord line of the wing and the direction of the relative airflow
d) no correct answer.
2. In a certain measured of the wing span, if the wing area is decreased, the aspect ratio of
thewing is:
a) increase
b) decrease
c) decrease and increase depends on the design factor.
d) No change.
3. Most of the aircraft flies at the region of:
a) troposphere
b) stratosphere
c) mesosphere
d) exosphere.
4. In the tropopause ISA condition, if the OAT reads 50° C, you can write as:
a) ISA-6.5° C
b) ISA + 6.5° C
c) ISA-50° C
d) ISA + 50° C
5. Equivalent Air Speed (EAS) is 90 KT; this means:
a) 90 KT corrected by the instrument error.
b) 90 KT corrected by position, compression and instrument error
c) same as 90 KT at sea level
d) No correct answer.
6. Which one is correct for the drag:
a) Induced drag will increase if the speed of the aircraft increase
b) Induced drag will decrease if the speed of the aircraft increase
c) Profile drag will decrease if the speed of the aircraft is increase
d) Answer 'a' and 'b' are correct.
7. The device below that is not used as a high lift devices is:
a) Krueger flap
b) Slat
c) Spoiler
d) Leading edge drop
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8. Which one below is/are influence the climb angle?
a) Weight
b) Drag
c) Thrust
d) All above anwers are correct.
9. The angle of glide is affected by:
a) weight
b) drag
c) lift
d) both drag and lift
10. If an object traveling exactly at the speed of sound it would be moving:
a) Far ahead the pressure wave.
b) Ahead the pressure wave.
c) Behind the pressure wave
d) Along the pressure wave.
11. Using flap (flap extended) in an airplane, will:
a) Increase the lateral stability.
b) Decrease the lateral stability
c) No effect on stability
d) Reduce the pitch stability.
12. Dutch roll is combination movement of:
a) Pitching, yawing, and rolling.
b) Rolling and pitching.
c) Rolling and yawing
d) Pitching and yawing
13. Dutch rollcan be overcome by:
a) Lift dumper.
b) Yaw dumper.
c) Spoiler.
d) Spoiler used as aileron functions.
14. .An airplane at a gross weight of 72,553 pounds is flying in equilibrium straight and level
atcruise. The tail down force in this condition is 5,016 pounds. The lift required to fly in
thiscondition is:
a) 67,537 pounds.
b) 77,553 pounds.
c) 78,891 pounds.
d) 77,569 pounds.
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15. A Zephyr twin weighing 5,000 pounds is making a turn of 30° bank and 250 knots. A
jetlinerweighing 250,000 pounds is also turning in a of 30° bank and 250 knots. Which
one of thefollowing statement below would be true comparing turn radius of two
airplanes?
a) The jetliner would have the radius of turn approximately 5 times that of the Zephyr.
b) The turn radius would be the same.
c) The heavier airplane would have a turn radius as a function of the square of weight
ratio.
d) No correct answer.
16. Suppose the lift has to produce to make turn is 30,000 pounds for the weight of
15,000pounds, the airplane turn:
a) 45° bank with load factor of 1.5
b) 45° bank with load factor of 3.75
c) 60° bank with ultimate load factor load factor.
d) 60° bank with load factor of 2.0
17. The airplane reach the Critical Mach number, if it gets:
a) M = 1.00
b) M - 0.98
c) M = 1.20
d) No correct answer.
18. Vortex generator is used in _______________________________ flight regimes.
a) Subsonic.
b) Transonic.
c) Supersonic.
d) No correct answer
19. Which one has an advantage to the speed record (in transonic flight)?
a) Warm day.
b) Cold day
c) Both answer 'a' and 'b' has the same record speed.
d) Tropopause altitude.
20. If the air passes through the Shockwave, the following will increase:
a) Pressure
b) Temperature
c) Density
d) All above anwers are correct.
21. A speed regime by 0.8 to 1.2 Mach No. is ...
a) Subsonic
b) Supersonic
c) Hypersonic
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d) Transonic
22. Location of Longitudinal, Lateral & Vertical axis intersection is ...
a) Center of Pressure
b) Roll Center Line
c) Center of Gravity
d) Yaw Center Line
23. If an aircraft has Lift-X at 150 Kt, what the amount of lift at 300 Kt?
a) 5 x Lift-X
b) 4 x Lift-X
c) 2 x Lift-X
d) 3 x Lift-X
24. If a pilot has body weight of 70 Kg making 60° Angle of Bank in flight will...
a) Experiencing 113 Kg Load
b) Experiencing 140 Kg Load
c) Experiencing 91 Kg Load
d) Experiencing 70 Kg Load
25. One of Spoiler function ...
a) Direct Pitch control
b) Direct Yaw control
c) Direct Roll control
d) Not direct control, due to not part of primary flight control
26. It is not part of propeller driven aircraft benefits;...
a) Good low speed handling characteristics
b) Shorter Take off distance compared to jet engine aircraft
c) Shorter landing distance compared to jet engine aircraft
d) Economic cruising at transonic regime
27. The basic statement of Trailing Edge flap design ...
a) Decrease Angle of Attack, Decrease Lift
b) Increase Angle of Attack, Increase Lift
c) Increase Angle of Attack, Decrease Lift
d) Decrease Angle of Attack, Increase Lift
28. It is not part of induced drag reduction;...
a) Increase wing span
b) Adding winglet
c) Increase speed
d) Reduce power
29. The basic statement of slat design ...
a) Decrease Angle of Attack, Decrease Lift
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b) Increase Angle of Attack, Increase Lift
c) Decrease Angle of Attack, Increase Lift
d) Increase Angle of Attack, Decrease Lift
30. A high wing aircraft compared to low wing aircraft, which one is more stable?
a) Low wing aircraft
b) High wing aircraft
c) No difference in stability
d) Unable to be compared
31. Your aircraft performance capability is expressed by ...
a) Ground envelope
b) Flight envelope
c) Flight cruise regime
d) V-n diagram
32. It is part of parasite drag increment;...
a) Increase speed
b) Increase wing span
c) Adding winglet
d) Reduce power
33. When an aircraft in flight is displaced from its original flight path by wind gust then return toits
original position and steady is part of...
a) Positive dynamic stability
b) Negative static stability
c) Positive static stability
d) Negative dynamic stability
34. Thisis a phenomenon on which high pressure area below the wing gives additional Lift force
a) Coanda effect
b) Ground effect
c) Roll effect
d) Yaw effect
35. Maximum range can be achieved by ...
a) Fly at minimum drag speed
b) Fly at maximum thrust speed
c) Fly at maximum Lift systems
d) Fly at maximum Lift/Drag ratio speed
36. Maximum endurance can be achieved by ...
a) Fly at minimum drag speed
b) Fly at maximum thrust speed
c) Fly at maximum Lift/Drag ratio speed
d) Fly at maximum Lift systems
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37. This not part of results if we fly passing VMO or MMO ...
a) Possible of structural damage
b) Possible of structural failure
c) Possible of positive dynamic stability
d) Possible of flutter development
38. Absolute ceiling is...
a) 100 ft/minute climbs
b) 500 ft/minute climbs
c) 750 ft/minute climbs
d) 0 ft/minute climbs
39. What the best airfoil type to be used on transonic regime?
a) Low speed airfoil
b) Supercritical airfoil
c) Supersonic airfoil
d) Hypersonic airfoil
40. What the principle design of servo tab?
a) Fixed setting on its control surface
b) Ground setting on its control surface
c) Moves opposite direction from its control surface
d) Moves equal direction from its control surface
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