Basic Maneuvers

Question 0

What is the safety related advantage of keeping your eyes primarily focused outside the cockpit?

Answer 0

Allows the pilot to avoid obstacles and other aircraft.

Question 1

During straight and level flight, what is the primary visual reference used for maintaining altitude and heading?

Answer 1

The natural horizon.

Question 2

True/False. To maintain straight and level flight, you normally need to make a continuous series of small adjustments in pitch and bank.

Answer 2

False. You can use the trim tab in order to assist in maintaining a constant pitch attitude.

Question 3

What is the primary reason for making trim adjustments?
A. To correct heading
B. To change pitch attitude.
C. To relieve control pressure.

Answer 3

C. To relieve control pressures

Question 4

How can you determine the magnitude of a deviation from your desired heading and altitude?

Answer 4

By cross checking your flight instruments. Heading and altitude indicators.

Question 5

Which type of climb speed results in the greatest gain in altitude in the shortest distance?

Answer 5

Best angle-of-climb speed, Vx

Question 6

Which type of climb speed provides the most gain in altitude in the least amount of time?

Answer 6

Best rate-of-climb speed, Vy.

Question 7

True/False. As the pitch attitude is increased and the airspeed decreases, left-turning tendencies become less pronounced.

Answer 7

False. They become more pronounced.

Question 8

Would you expect a need for a decrease or increase of right rudder pressure as the aircraft accelerates during level off?

Answer 8

Decrease and possible use of left rudder.

Question 9

What percentage of your vertical speed is normally used to determine the lead for level off?

Answer 9

10% of f.p.m.

Question 10

True/False. You can control your rate of descent with pitch attitude.

Answer 10

True. Pitch should also be used in conjunction with decreasing the power.

Question 11

Will a cruise descent result in a higher or lower ground speed than a typical descent used to approach a landing?

Answer 11

Higher ground speed. You will be descending slower across a longer distance.

Question 12

During a 500 f.p.m. descent, you have been instructed to level off at 4,000 MSL. What altitude should you begin your level off?

Answer 12

Same as a climb. 10%.

Question 13

True/False. You can decrease your descent rate by lowering the flaps.

Answer 13

False. Using flaps increase your descent rate while not increasing your airspeed.

Question 14

Would a power increase during a constant airspeed, power-on descent require you to raise or lower the nose to maintain airspeed?

Answer 14

Increase the nose attitude. Decrease attitude as you decrease power.

Question 15

Turns are divided into three classes or types. What are the classes of turns and how many degrees of bank are associated with each?

Answer 15

Shallow turn - a turn of less than approximately 20 degrees of bank.
Medium turn - a turn between approximately 20 degrees and 45 degrees of bank.
Steep turn - a turn of approximately 45 degrees of bank or more.

Question 16

True/False. During a level turn, you maintain the same amount of aileron deflection through out the turn.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

What determines how far an airplane rolls?

Answer 17

The ailerons.

Question 18

You are in a climbing turn to the right, using a 30 degrees angle of bank, and have been directed to rollout on heading of 090 degrees. On what heading should you begin your rollout?

Answer 18

15 degrees. Leading your roll out heading by one half your bank angle is a good rule of thumb for initial training.

Question 19

How can you compensate for the increased rate of descent you experience in a descending turn, as opposed to a straight descent?

Answer 19

Using power. Higher rate of descent = lower power.

Lower rate of descent = higher power.