Flight Instruments

Question 1

How should a pilot determine the direction of bank from an attitude indicator.

Answer 1

By the relationship of the miniature airplane to the deflected horizon bar.

Question 2

Glass cockpit aircraft refer to

Answer 2

aircraft with both digital and limited number of analog instruments.

Question 3

To receive accurate indications during flight from a heading indicator, the instrument must be

Answer 3

periodically realigned with the magnetic compass as the gyro precesses.

Question 4

A turn coordinator provides an indication of the

Answer 4

movement of the aircraft about the yaw and roll axes.

Question 5

The pitot system provides impact pressure for which instrument?

Answer 5

Airspeed indicator.

Question 6

If the pitot tube and outside static vents become clogged, which instruments would be affected?

Answer 6

The altimeter, airspeed indicator, and vertical speed indicator.

Question 7

Which instrument will become inoperative if the pitot tube becomes clogged?

Answer 7

Airspeed.

Question 8

Which instrument(s) will become inoperative if the static vents become clogged?

Answer 8

Airspeed, altimeter, and vertical speed.

Question 9

3 hands on an altimeter.

Answer 9

Small hand: 10000s
Fat hand: 1000s
Long hand: 100s

Question 10

What is true altitude?

Answer 10

The vertical distance of the aircraft above sea level.

Question 11

What is absolute altitude?

Answer 11

The vertical distance of the aircraft above the surface.

Question 12

What is pressure altitude?

Answer 12

The altitude indicated when the barometric pressure scale is set to 29.92.

Question 13

Altimeter setting is the value to which the barometric pressure scale of the altimeter is set so the altimeter indicates

Answer 13

true altitude at field elevation.

Question 14

Under what condition is indicated altitude the same as true altitude?

Answer 14

When at sea level under standard conditions.

Question 15

If it is necessary to set the altimeter from 29.15 to 29.85, what change occurs?

Answer 15

700-foot increase in indicated altitude.

Question 16

If a pilot changes the altimeter setting from 30.11 to 29.96, what is the approximate change in indication?

Answer 16

Altimeter will indicate 150 feet lower.

Question 17

If a flight is made from an area of low pressure into an area of high pressure without the altimeter setting being adjusted, the altimeter will indicate

Answer 17

lower than the actual altitude above sea level.

Question 18

If a flight is made from an area of high pressure into an area of lower pressure without the altimeter setting being adjusted, the altimeter will indicate

Answer 18

higher than the actual altitude above sea level.

Question 19

How do variations in the temperature affect the altimeter?

Answer 19

Pressure levels are raised on warm days and the indicated altitude is lower than true altitude.

Question 20

Under what condition will true altitude be lower than indicated altitude?

Answer 20

In colder than standard air temperature.

Question 21

Which condition would cause the altimeter to indicate a lower altitude than true altitude?

Answer 21

Air temperature warmer than standard.

Question 22

What is an advantage of an attitude indicator that is displayed digitally?

Answer 22

The horizon line extends all the way to the edges of the PFD.

Question 23

The Air Data Computer or ADC

Answer 23

combines data from the pitot-static sensors and temperature sensors.

Question 24

During flight, when are the indications of a magnetic compass accurate?

Answer 24

Only in straight-and-level unaccelerated flight.

Question 25

In the Northern Hemisphere, a magnetic compass will normally indicate a turn toward the north if

Answer 25

an aircraft is accelerated while on an east or west heading. (ANDS) Accelerate North Decelerate South

Question 26

In the Northern Hemisphere, the magnetic compass will normally indicate a turn toward the south when

Answer 26

the aircraft is decelerated while on a west heading.

Question 27

In the Northern Hemisphere, if an aircraft is accelerated or decelerated, the magnetic compass will normally indicate

Answer 27

correctly when on a north or south heading.

Question 28

In the Northern hemisphere, a magnetic compass will normally indicate initially a turn toward the west if

Answer 28

a right turn is entered from a north heading. NO (North Opposite)

Question 29

In the Northern Hemisphere, a magnetic compass will normally indicate initially a turn toward the east if

Answer 29

a left turn is entered from a north heading.

Question 30

What should be the indication on the magnetic compass as you roll into a standard rate turn to the right from a south heading in the Northern Hemisphere?

Answer 30

The compass will indicate a turn to the right, but at a faster rate than is actually occurring.

Question 31

Deviation in a magnetic compass is caused by the

Answer 31

magnetic fields within the aircraft distorting the lines of magnetic force.

Question 32

Deviation error of the magnetic compass is caused by

Answer 32

certain metals and electrical systems within the aircraft.