Written Test Flashcards
What documents must the pilot carry on board at all times?
A - Airworthiness Certificate R - Registration Certificate R - Radio Operator License O - Pilot Operating Handbook W - Weight and Balance Report J - Journey Log L - Licenses Pilot/Medical I - Insurance proof
When operating in accordance with VFR, aircraft shall be flown…
With visual reference to the ground or water.
A private pilot may conduct a flight without visual reference to the ground or water if?
Endorsed for instrument flight.
Except for taking off or landing, an aircraft can not be flown over an airport at a height less than?
2000ft AGL.
If you suspect a possible collision you should?
Alter course to the right.
When on final, right of way is given to?
Airplanes at a lower altitude.
All facts relating to maintenance, repairs, etc. must be recorded where?
Aircraft Technical Log.
A tear in the skin of a monocoque fuselage will?
Maybe affect the stress capabilities of the structure.
A device fitted to a control surface to relieve control pressure is called?
A trim tab.
Ratio of the actual load acting on the wings to the gross weight of the airplane is called?
Load factor.
Va (maneuvering speed) is used in what conditions?
Severe turbulence.
Torsion stress is caused by?
Twisting.
Five principal factors affecting the amount of lift and drag on an aircraft?
- AoA
- Airfoil shape
- Wing area
- Airspeed
- Air density
When an aircraft is flying in straight and level flight what forces balance each other?
Lift equals weight and drag equals thrust
The relative wind has an affect on the?
AoA.
When AoA increases to the point where the wing stalls, the center of pressure will?
Move forward than reward.
What is profile drag?
Form drag plus skin friction.
The best lift/drag ratio is achieved when?
Gliding for maximum range.
When in ground affect, what is reduced?
Induced drag.
When using flaps for certain takeoffs, they change the wing how?
Increase the upper camber to produce more lift.
The motion of an aircraft about its normal axis is known as?
Yawing.
A mass of streamlined shape fitted in front of the hinge of a control surface is incorporated to?
Counteract flutter.
An aircraft that exhibits positive stability on the longitudinal axis and neutral stability on the lateral axis would correct?
A pitch displacement but would require positive correction of roll.
Lateral stability is improved by?
Dihedral wings.
In climbing an aircraft into wind you should recognize which condition exists in regards to lift performance?
The angle of climb is increased.
An aircraft at 40 degrees bank flying 100MPH versus an aircraft at 40 degrees bank flying 150MPH will?
Have a greater rate of turn and smaller radius of turn.
If a thin coating of frost or light snow has formed on the wings of an aircraft, it will do what to the wings?
Disturb airflow over the wings thereby reducing lift.
An aircraft stalls at 60 indicated knots at sea level, what speed does it stall at at 10000ft?
60 indicated knots.
An aircraft flying at 10000ft ASL in the Altimeter Setting Region should have its altimeter set to?
The altimeter setting of the nearest aerodrome.
What is the standard temperature lapse rate?
1.98 Degrees Celsius.
Can you land at night at an aerodrome with inoperative runway lights?
No.
When is a landing light required for night flying?
When carrying passengers.
If the pitot tube becomes blocked, inaccurate readings will be caused in what instruments?
ASI.
In a reciprocating engine on a four stroke cycle, during the compression stroke the valves will be?
Closed.
In a piston engine, the camshaft rotates at what rate against the crankshaft?
Half the speed of the crankshaft.
The volume of the cylinder at the bottom of the compression stoke compared to the volume at the top of the stroke is called?
The compression ratio.
When adding oil what type should be used?
Only the same type of oil.
After oil dilution has occurred (fuel leaking and mixing with the oil in the crankcase) the engine should be?
Be run at high temperature for sufficient time to boil off the fuel before departing on next flight.
Use of gasoline with a lower octane rating may cause?
Detonation.
Fuel is drawn from the carburetor float chamber into the engine by means of?
Venturi effect.
At cruise power above 5000ft, the engine should be learned to “lean best power” to achieve what?
Economy of fuel consumption.
Carburetor ice may be detected by?
Decrease in manifold pressure (RPM drop).
A device that uses the energy of hot exhaust gases to supply the engine with dense air at high altitude is called a?
Turbocharger.
When the magneto switch is in the OFF position, the primary magneto circuit is?
Grounded to the airframe.
If one magneto of a dual ignition system failed completely, it would case a?
RPM drop of about 50-100RPM.
Coarse (high) pitch is used for?
Cruise flight.
In an airplane fitted with a constant speed propeller, any adjustment of the throttle
Is registered on the manifold pressure gauge.
Before engaging the starter to warm up the engine, the prop should be?
Pulled through several times to loosen congealed oil and to partially prime the engine.
If your airplane has a max AoA at 82knots but the POH suggests climbing at 87kt, the most probably reason for this is?
To obtain better cooling of the engine.
What is the most commonly recommended practice for preventing condensation in the fuel tanks?
Fill each fuel tank after every flight.
A layer of dark cloud from which continuous rain or snow falls is called?
Nimbostratus. Nimbo meaning precipitation, stratus meaning uniform, horizontally stacked, low level base.
When flying through a layer of nimbostratus you encounter sudden sever turbulence. The most probably cause is?
Embedded towering cumulus or cumulonimbus. These clouds being formed by atmospheric convection.
The tropopause (area between troposphere and stratosphere) layer is lower where?
Over the north pole than over the equator.
The clouds which appear in sequence in advance of an approaching warm front are?
Cirrus, cirrostratus, altostratus, nimbostratus.
A low pressure area is?
A region of relatively low pressure with the lowest pressure at the center.
A steep pressure gradient indicates?
Strong winds.
An aircraft is flying at 10000ft on a track of 200 degrees. To maintain track the pilot is holding a heading of 185 degrees. An area of low pressure exists where?
Ahead of the airplane.
At night as the sides of the hills or mountains cool, the air in contact with them tends to become denser and blows down the slope into the valley. This wind is called a?
Katabatic wind.
If you were flying on a westerly heading and encountered a range of mountains lying in a north south-line and if you attempted to fly through a saddle on a west heading with the wind from the west, you would expect?
To lose altitude rapidly on the east side of the saddle.
Lenticular clouds (lens-shaped clouds) are usually associated with?
A mountain wave.
What is a mountain wave?
Oscillating airflow on the downwind side of a mountain or peak due to disturbance in airflow caused by a mountain or peak.
A sudden or violent change in wind speed or direction that can impose sever penalties on an airplanes performance is called?
Wind shear.
When saturated air is forced to rise, the expansion of the rising air causes it to cool. This cooling is called?
Adiabatic cooling.
What is the dry lapse rate?
3 degrees Cecilius per 1000ft.
The amount of water that a given volume of air can contain at a given temperature is governed by?
The temperature.
At times, air at higher altitude may be warmer than the air below it, this is called?
An inversion.
