BMA 6

Question 1

Aircraft piston engines are characterized by

Answer 1

high thrust to weight

Question 2

Reciprocating engines use _______to convert pressure into rotating motion.

Answer 2

Pistons

Question 3

Turbojet engines with propellers __________.

Answer 3

Turboprop

Question 4

Hybrid of turboprop / turbojet ______________________________.

Answer 4

Turbofan (modern fighter aircraft)

Question 5

Is less complex than a piston engine.

Answer 5

A turbine engine

Question 6

Speed limited by its propeller(s).

Answer 6

A turboprop aircraft

Question 7

Is quieter than a turbine engine.

Answer 7

A high bypass turbofan engine.

Question 8

General aviation aircraft run on which type of electricity?

Answer 8

DC

Question 9

Military aircraft run on which type of electricity?

Answer 9

AC

Question 10

AC Statistics

Answer 10

115 Volts and 400 Hertz

Question 11

DC Statistics

Answer 11

28 Volts

Question 12

The electrical system with constant voltage is _________.

Answer 12

Direct Current (DC)

Question 13

A ______ is used to protect aircraft electrical systems from overload.

Answer 13

Circuit breaker

Question 14

What are the gyroscopic flight instruments?

Answer 14

Attitude
Heading Indicator
Turn Coordinator

Question 15

Gyroscopic flight instrument function:

aircraft pitch, roll and orientation with respect to the horizon

Answer 15

Attitude

Question 16

Gyroscopic flight instrument function:

aircraft heading

Answer 16

Heading Indicator

Question 17

Gyroscopic flight instrument function:

rate and “quality” of the turn

Answer 17

Turn Coordinator

Question 18

What are the pitot-static flight instruments?

Answer 18

Air Speed Indicator
Vertical Speed Indicator
Altimeter

Question 19

Pitot-static flight instrument function:

aircraft’s speed by comparing static pressure to pitot pressure

Answer 19

Air Speed Indicator

Question 20

Pitot-static flight instrument function:

accurate indication of rate of change of altitude

Answer 20

Vertical Speed Indicator

Question 21

Pitot-static flight instrument function:

measures air pressure and displays the altitude of the aircraft

Answer 21

Altimeter

Question 22

If indicated airspeed (IAS) is held constant in a climb, true airspeed (TAS) will increase? (true or false)

Answer 22

True

Question 23

All aircraft flying above FL 180 in the United States will use a common altimeter setting of __________.

Answer 23

29.92 in

Question 24

What are the types of airspeed?

Answer 24

Indicated Airspeed
Calibrated Airspeed
True Airspeed
Groundspeed

Question 25

Types of Airspeed: Uncorrected airspeed read directly from an indicator

Answer 25

Indicated Airspeed (IAS)

Question 26

Types of Airspeed: IAS corrected for static source error

Answer 26

Calibrated Airspeed (CAS)

Question 27

Types of Airspeed: Corrected for density altitude and compressibility

Answer 27

True Airspeed (TAS)

Question 28

Types of Airspeed: Speed over the ground (TAS +/- winds)

Answer 28

Groundspeed

Question 29

What are the types of altitude?

Answer 29

True Altitude Absolute Altitude Indicated Altitude Pressure Altitude Density Altitude Transition Altitude

Question 30

Types of Altitude: actual aircraft's height above sea level usually expressed as MSL (mean sea level)

Answer 30

True altitude

Question 31

Types of Altitude: the height of an aircraft above the terrain over which it is flying

Answer 31

Absolute altitude

Question 32

Types of Altitude: this is the altimeter reading that corresponds to the altitude in the standard atmosphere where the pressure is the same as you are

Answer 32

Pressure altitude

Question 33

Types of Altitude: this is the uncorrected altitude read directly from the altimeter

Answer 33

Indicated altitude

Question 34

Types of Altitude: the pressure altitude corrected for temperature variations

Answer 34

Density altitude

Question 35

Types of Altitude: the altitude above which the standard altimeter setting of 29.92 will be used

Answer 35

Transition altitude