AIRPLANE UPSET RECOVERY (AIRBUS)

Question 1

An excessive or inappropriate control input that overshoots the desired response can:

A) Startle the pilot

B) Produce a critical energy state

C) Lead to another upset

D) All are Correct

Answer 1

D) All are Correct

Question 2

The tendency of many pilots is to react:

A) Without analyzing the condition

B) Without recovering from the situation

C) Without the AFM

D) All Answers Are Correct

Answer 2

A) Without analyzing the condition

Question 3

Upsets are caused by:

A) Environmental induced actions

B) System anomalies

C) Pilot error

D) All Answers Are Correct

Answer 3

D) All Answers Are Correct

Question 4

Turbulence is caused by:

A) Jetstreams

B) Convective activity

C) Mountain wave effect

D) All Answers Are Correct

Answer 4

D) All Answers Are Correct

Question 5

At a very low speed, an aircraft wing will produce:

A) Lift

B) Some limited aileron control until the stall

C) Eventually inadequate lift to support the weight of the aircraft

D) All Answers Are Correct

Answer 5

D) All Answers Are Correct

Question 6

Thunderstorms can occur from the surface to over:

A) 80,000ft

B) 25,000ft

C) 45,000ft

D) 60,000ft

Answer 6

A) 80,000ft

Question 7

Energy state is defined as:

A) The amount of static energy

B) The amount of dynamic energy

C) The amount of potential energy

D) The amount of total energy

Answer 7

D) The amount of total energy

Question 8

Clear air turbulence is referred to as

A) A microburst

B) High-level turbulence

C) Static turbulence

D) Mechanical turbulence

Answer 8

B) High-level turbulence

Question 9

Present training for upset training does not:

A) Teach the procedures to recover from an upset

B) Teach you to recognize the actual problem or “feel” of an upset

C) Teachs you to use the AOA indicator to recover

D) All Answers Are Correct

Answer 9

B) Teach you to recognize the actual problem or “feel” of an upset

Question 10

The three basic recovery actions include which of the following:

A) Asses the energy state

B) Arrest the flight path divergency

C) All are correct

D) Recover to stabilized flight

Answer 10

C) All are correct

Question 11

Stored energy can be traded for:

A) All are correct

B) Kinetic energy

C) Altitude

D) Airspeed

Answer 11

A) All are correct

Question 12

Each automated system on an aircraft has certain:

A) Limitations built into the system

B) Fuses that control the electrical load

C) A backup function

D) All Answers Are Correct

Answer 12

A) Limitations built into the system

Question 13

An indication of an upset conditions is:

A) Bank angle more than 45 degrees

B) 10 degrees nose high attitude

C) Pitch attitude of less than 25 degrees nose high

D) All Answers Are Correct

Answer 13

A) Bank angle more than 45 degrees

Question 14

Turbulence is a type of:

A) Environmentally induced condition

B) Pilot error

C) System error

D) All Answers Are Correct

Answer 14

A) Environmentally induced condition

Question 15

Inattention or distraction from primary flight duties can cause:

A) Pilot induced upsets

B) Clear air turbulence

C) Flaps problems

D) Gear extensio

Answer 15

A) Pilot induced upsets

Question 16

At or near the critical angle of attack, the flight controls:

A) Become more sensitive

B) Become more powerful

C) Become less effective

D) Become more effective

Answer 16

C) Become less effective

Question 17

Flight at extremely high speeds:

A) Has the same symptoms as slow speed flight

B) Can cause excessive negative G-forces

C) Can lead to structural failure

D) All Answers Are Correct

Answer 17

C) Can lead to structural failure

Question 18

In a nose-low upset condition, the airspeed is generally:

A) Increasing

B) Decreasing

C) All are correct

D) Stalls

Answer 18

A) Increasing

Question 19

A leading cause of fatalities and hull losses in the last two decades is:

A) Loss of control in flight

B) Engine failures

C) Loss of navigational capabilities

D) All Answers Are Correct

Answer 19

A) Loss of control in flight

Question 20

Performing upset training in lighter aircraft is:

A) Very effective

B) A vehicle to reproduce the actual dynamic  forces

C) Not effective because the dynamic forces are too light

D) All Answers Are Correct

Answer 20

C) Not effective because the dynamic forces are too light