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Principles of Flight Practice Exam
Principles of Flight Practice Exam
44 Questions
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C. the change in total aeroplane lift acts aft of the centre of gravity.
D. the change in total aeroplane lift acts through the centre of gravity.
A. M= Mcrit
B. M= 0.6
C. M= 1.3
D. M= 1.0
A. Increase with increased load factor, more flaps but will not increase
due to the bank angle in a turn
B. Decrease in a forward c.g. location, higher altitude and due to the slip
stream from a propeller on an engine located forward of the wing
D. Increase with increased load factor, icing conditions and an aft c.g.
location
4. The span-wise flow on an unswept wing is from the?
A. upper surface via the leading edge to the lower wing surface.
C. upper surface via the trailing edge to the lower wing surface.
D. lower surface via the trailing edge to the upper wing surface.
D. A servo tab affects the stick force stability, whereas a trim tab does
not.
A. kg/m³
B. lb/gal
C. kg/dm²
D. psi
7. How does VMCG change with increasing field elevation and
temperature?
B. increases
C. decreases
A. 50 ft/sec at VC.
B. 66 ft/sec at VD.
D. 55 ft/sec at VB.
10. Which is one of the disadvantages of increasing the number of
propeller blades?
C. Higher tip-speed
D. Increased noise
11. Which of the following flight phenomena can only happen at Mach
Numbers above the critical Mach Number?
A. Elevator stall.
B. Dutch roll.
C. Mach buffet.
D. Speed instability.
A. Joule
B. Watt
C. Pascal
D. Newton
A. downwards.
B. upwards.
D. zero.
II. On fully hydraulic powered flight controls there is no need for trim tabs.
A. I is correct, II is incorrect.
B. I is incorrect, II is correct.
C. I is incorrect, II is incorrect.
D. I is correct, II is correct.
17. In case of supersonic flow retarded by a normal shock wave a high
efficiency (low loss in total pressure) can be obtained if the Mach number in
front of the shock is?
A. exactly 1.
C. high (supersonic).
D. lower than 1.
18. The angle of attack of a propeller blade element is the angle between
the blade element chord line and the ?
B. propeller axis.
C. propeller plane.
D. TAS vector.
A. wing axis.
B. lateral axis.
C. vertical axis.
D. longitudinal axis.
20. Which of the following statements about boundary layers is correct?
A. The turbulent boundary layer gives a lower skin friction than the
laminar boundary layer.
B. The turbulent boundary layer has more kinetic energy than the laminar
boundary layer.
C. The turbulent boundary layer will separate more easily than the
laminar boundary layer.
24. Which of the following parameters can be read from the parabolic
polar diagram of an aeroplane?
A. The aspect ratio of the wing and the induced drag coefficient.
A. 91 KCAS
B. 67 KCAS
C. 78 KCAS
D. 57 KCAS
A. 141 kt.
B. 82 kt.
C. 150 kt.
D. 122 kt.
27. The stalling speed in IAS will change according to the following
factors?
A. Will increase with increased load factor, icing conditions and more
flaps
B. May increase during turbulence and will always increase when banking
in a turn
C. Will increase during turn, increased mass and an aft c.g. location
D. Will decrease with a forward c.g. location, lower altitude and due to the
slip stream from a propeller on an engine located forward of the wing
A. angle of attack of the left wing is smaller than the angle of attack of the
right wing.
C. stall angle of attack of the left wing will be larger than the
corresponding angle for the right wing.
D. angle of attack of the left wing is larger than the angle of attack of the
right wing.
A. Shock stall.
C. Accelerated stall.
D. Deep stall.
30. An aeroplane performs a straight and level horizontal flight at the
same angle of attack at two different altitudes? (all other factors of
importance being constant, assume ISA conditions and no compressibility
effects)
31. When trailing edge flaps are extended in level flight, the change in
pitching moment, ignoring any effects on the tailplane, will be?
A. nose up.
B. zero.
C. dependent on cg location.
D. nose down.
32. The effect on static lateral stability of an aeroplane with a high wing as
compared with a low wing is?
34. Which statement about induced drag and tip vortices is correct?
A. The flow direction at the upper and under side of the wing, both deviate
in wing tip direction.
B. The wing tip vortices and the induced drag decrease at increasing
angle of attack.
D. The flow direction at the upper side of the wing has a component in
wing root direction, the flow at the underside of the wing in wing tip direction.
38. The stall speed increases, when? (all other factors of importance
being constant)
C. weight decreases.
41. A propeller is turning to the right when viewed from behind. The
asymmetric blade effect in the climb at low speed will ?
42. Within the normal operating angles of attack the centre of pressure of
a biconvex symmetrical aerofoil section?
A. Needs to be offset from the cg line of the wing for control purposes.
A. Blade angle = angle between blade chord line and propeller axis
44. Which statement is correct for a side slip condition at constant speed
and side slip angle, where the geometric dihedral of an aeroplane is
increased?
081-6250 A
Practice Exam 7 Answers
1-C
2-D
3-C
4-B
5-C
6-D
7-A
8-B
9-A
10-A
11-C
12-D
13-D
14-B
15-D
16-B
17-B
18-A
19-D
20-B
21-B
22-B
23-A
24-B
25-B
26-D
27-B
28-D
29-C
30-D
31-D
32-D
33-B
34-D
35-A
36-B
37-D
38-A
39-D
40-C
41-B
42-C
43-C
44-A