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Tech Gen QB Chapter 1.2
Tech Gen QB Chapter 1.2
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1. When considering air:
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1 - air has mass.
2 - air is not compressible.
3 - air is able to flow or change its shape when subject to even small pressures.
4 - the viscosity of air is very high.
5 - moving air has kinetic energy.
a. 1, 2, 3 and 5.
b. 2, 3 and 4.
c. 1 and 4.
d. 1, 3, and 5.
2. Why do the lower layers contain the greater proportion of the whole mass of the
atmosphere?
3. With increasing altitude, up to about 40 000 ft, the characteristics of air change:
a. 3 and 4.
b. 1, 2 and 3.
c. 2 and 4.
d. 1 and 4.
a. 2, 4 and 5.
b. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
c. 1, 3 and 5.
d. 1 and 5.
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a. 4 only.
b. 4 and 5.
c. 5 only.
d. 2, 3 and 5.
1 - Temperature, pressure and density are constantly changing in any given layer of
the actual atmosphere.
2 - A requirement exists for a hypothetical ’standard’ atmosphere.
3 - The values given in the International Standard Atmosphere exist at the same
altitudes in the actual atmosphere.
4- The International Standard Atmosphere was designed for the calibration of
pressure instruments and the comparison of aircraft performance calculations.
a. 1, 2 and 3.
b. 2, 3 and 4.
c. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
d. 1, 2 and 4.
1 - The temperature lapse rate is assumed to be uniform at 2°C per 1000 ft (1.98°C)
up to a height of 11 000 ft.
2 - Sea level temperature is assumed to be 15°C.
3 - Sea level static pressure is assumed to be 1.225 kg/m3.
4 - Sea level density is assumed to be 1013.25 hPa.
a. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
b. No statements are correct.
c. 1, 3 and 4.
d. 2 only.
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9. A moving mass of air possesses kinetic energy. An object placed in the path of
such a moving mass of air will be subject to which of the following?
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a. Dynamic pressure.
b. Static pressure.
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c. Static pressure and dynamic pressure.
d. Dynamic pressure minus static pressure.
12. A tube facing into an airflow will experience a pressure in the tube equal to:
a. static pressure.
b. dynamic pressure.
c. static pressure plus dynamic pressure.
d. the difference between total pressure and static pressure.
a. a static source.
b. pitot pressure.
c. a pitot and a static source.
d. pitot, static and density.
15. The deflection of the pointer of the Airspeed Indicator is proportional to:
a. dynamic pressure.
b. static pressure.
c. the difference between static and dynamic pressure.
d. static pressure plus dynamic pressure.
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a. 1 only.
b. 2 and 3.
c. 3 and 4.
d. 1 and 4.
a. is dependent upon the True Airspeed and the Mach number of the aircraft.
b. is inversely proportional to the absolute temperature.
c. is proportional to the square root of the absolute temperature of the air.
d. is directly proportional to the True Airspeed of the aircraft.
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21. An aircraft’s critical Mach number is:
a. the speed of the airflow when the aircraft first becomes supersonic.
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b. the speed of the aircraft when the airflow somewhere reaches the speed of
sound.
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c. the Indicated Airspeed when the aircraft first becomes supersonic.
d. the aircraft’s Mach number when airflow over it first reaches the local speed
of sound.
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