intro test 2

1. Q: What are the four forces of flight?

A: Lift, weight, thrust, and drag.

2. Q: What is lift?

A: The force that opposes weight.

3. Q: What is weight?

A: The force of gravity pulling the aircraft downward.

4. Q: What is thrust?

A: The forward force produced by the engine and propeller.

5. Q: What is drag?

A: Air resistance opposing motion.

6. Q: What is angle of attack?

A: The angle between the wing chord line and relative wind.

7. Q: What causes an aerodynamic stall?

A: Exceeding the critical angle of attack.

8. Q: What is relative wind?

A: Airflow opposite the aircraft’s flight path.

9. Q: What is an airfoil?

A: A shape designed to produce lift.

10. Q: Can an aircraft stall at any airspeed?

A: Yes, if it exceeds the critical angle of attack.

11. Q: What do ailerons control?

A: Roll.

12. Q: What does the elevator control?

A: Pitch.13. Q: What does the rudder control?

13. Q: What does the rudder control?

A: Yaw.

14. Q: What do flaps do?

A: Increase lift and drag.

15. Q: What is the purpose of trim?

A: To reduce control pressure.

16. Q: What do spoilers do?

A: Reduce lift and increase drag.

17. Q: What is the longitudinal axis?

A: The axis running from nose to tail; roll occurs around it.

18. Q: What is the lateral axis?

A: The axis running from wingtip to wingtip; pitch occurs around it.

19. Q: What is the vertical axis?

A: The axis running vertically through the aircraft; yaw occurs around it.

20. Q: What controls the aircraft’s roll?

A: Ailerons.

21. Q: What is the purpose of the fuel system?

A: To store and deliver fuel to the engine.

22. Q: What does the oil system do?

A: Lubricates, cools, and protects engine parts

23. Q: What does the electrical system do?

A: Supplies electrical power to aircraft equipment.

24. Q: What is the purpose of landing gear?

A: To support the aircraft on the ground.

25. Q: What do magnetos do?

A: Provide ignition electricity to spark plugs.

26. Q: What does a carburetor do?

A: Mixes fuel and air.

27. Q: What is fuel injection?

A: A system that delivers fuel into the engine’s induction system.

28. Q: What happens during the intake stroke?

A: The fuel-air charge enters the cylinder.

29. Q: What happens during the compression stroke?

A: The piston compresses the fuel-air charge.

30. Q: What happens during the power stroke?

A: Combustion drives the piston downward.

31. Q: What happens during the exhaust stroke?

A: Burned gases leave the cylinder.

32. Q: What is carburetor ice?

A: Ice that restricts airflow through the carburetor.

33. Q: What is detonation?

A: Abnormal, rapid combustion of the remaining fuel-air mixture.

34. Q: What is preignition?

A: The fuel-air mixture ignites before the spark plug fires.

35. Q: What is vapor lock?

A: Fuel vapor interferes with fuel delivery.

36. Q: What does the airspeed indicator measure?

A: Indicated airspeed.

37. Q: What pressures does the airspeed indicator use?

A: Pitot pressure and static pressure.

38. Q: What does the altimeter measure?

A: Altitude based on barometric pressure.

39. Q: What pressure does the altimeter use?

A: Static pressure.

40. Q: What does the vertical speed indicator (VSI) show?

A: Rate of climb or descent.

41. Q: What pressure does the VSI use?

A: Static pressure.

42. Q: What does the attitude indicator show?

A: Aircraft pitch and bank relative to the horizon.

43. Q: What does the heading indicator show?

A: Aircraft heading.

44. Q: What does the turn coordinator show?

A: Turn direction and rate, with an indication of coordination.

45. Q: What does the magnetic compass show?

A: Magnetic heading.

46. Q: What does the pitot tube measure?

A: Ram air pressure.

47. Q: What does the static port measure?

A: Ambient atmospheric pressure.

48. Q: What happens if the static port becomes blocked?

A: The altimeter freezes, the VSI reads zero, and the airspeed indicator becomes inaccurate.

49. Q: What happens if the pitot tube and drain become blocked?

A: The airspeed indicator may behave like an altimeter.

50. Q: What are gyroscopic instruments used for?

A: Indicating aircraft attitude, heading, or turning motion.

51. Q: What does ARROW stand for?

A: Airworthiness, Registration, Radio station license, Operating limitations, Weight and balance.

52. Q: What is an airworthiness certificate?

A: A document showing the aircraft meets applicable airworthiness requirements.

53. Q: What is an aircraft registration certificate?

A: A document identifying the registered aircraft.

54. Q: Is a radio station license always required for domestic U.S. flights?

A: No, it is generally required for certain international operations.

55. Q: What are operating limitations?

A: Rules and restrictions for operating the aircraft.

56. Q: What is weight and balance information used for?

A: Ensuring the aircraft is loaded within approved limits.

57. Q: What does POH stand for?

A: Pilot’s Operating Handbook.

58. Q: What does AFM stand for?

A: Airplane Flight Manual.

59. Q: What information is found in the POH or AFM?

A: Procedures, limitations, and performance information.

60. Q: What are aircraft maintenance records?

A: Records of inspections, repairs, and maintenance.

61. Q: What is an Airworthiness Directive (AD)?

A: A legally enforceable requirement to correct an unsafe condition.

62. Q: How often is an annual inspection required?

A: Every 12 calendar months for applicable aircraft.

63. Q: When is a 100-hour inspection required?

A: For certain aircraft used in commercial passenger operations or flight instruction for hire, subject to exceptions.

64. Q: What is FAA Form 8710-1?

A: An Airman Certificate and/or Rating Application.

65. Q: What force opposes lift?

A: Weight.

66. Q: What force opposes thrust?

A: Drag.

67. Q: Which flight control is operated with foot pedals?

A: Rudder.

68. Q: Which flight control is operated by moving the stick left or right?

A: Ailerons.

69. Q: Which flight control is operated by moving the stick forward or backward?

Elevator

70. Q: What is the purpose of the ignition system?

A: To ignite the fuel-air mixture.

71. Q: What powers magnetos independently of the aircraft battery

A: Their own engine-driven magnetic generation system.

72. Q: What does the induction system supply to the engine?

A: Air, and in many systems a fuel-air mixture.

73. Q: What is the purpose of the exhaust system?

A: To route burned gases away from the engine.

74. Q: What does an engine tachometer indicate?

A: Engine rotational speed, usually in RPM.

75. Q: What does an oil pressure gauge indicate?

A: Engine oil pressure.76.

76. Q: What does an oil temperature gauge indicate?

A: Engine oil temperature.

77. Q: What does a manifold pressure gauge measure?

A: Absolute pressure in the engine's intake manifold.

78. Q: What is the purpose of carburetor heat?

A: To help prevent or remove carburetor ice.

79. Q: What is the purpose of a fuel selector?

A: To select the fuel tank supplying the engine.

80. Q: Why is proper weight and balance important?

A: It keeps the aircraft within safe operating limits.

81. Q: What is indicated airspeed?

A: Airspeed shown on the airspeed indicator.

82. Q: What is the purpose of the attitude indicator?

A: To show the aircraft’s attitude relative to the horizon.

83. Q: What is the purpose of the heading indicator?

A: To provide a stable heading reference.

84. Q: What does the inclinometer ball help show?

A: Whether a turn is coordinated, slipping, or skidding.

85. Q: What does the magnetic compass use to determine direction?

A: Earth’s magnetic field.

86. Q: What is a pitot-static system?

A: A system that supplies pressure information to flight instruments.

87. Q: What is a static pressure error?

A: An error caused by the static pressure sensed differing from the true ambient pressure.

88. Q: What is the purpose of an aircraft checklist?

A: To help ensure required procedures are completed.

89. Q: Why must pilots follow aircraft operating limitations?

A: To operate within approved safety limits.

90. Q: Where should pilots find aircraft-specific operating speeds?

A: In the aircraft’s applicable POH or AFM.

91. Q: What is induced drag?

A: Drag associated with producing lift.

92. Q: What is parasite drag?

A: Drag from the aircraft moving through the air, including form and skin-friction drag.

93. Q: What generally happens to induced drag as airspeed decreases in level flight at a constant weight?

A: It generally increases.

94. Q: What generally happens to parasite drag as airspeed increases?

A: It increases.

95. Q: What is adverse yaw?

A: Yaw opposite the intended direction of roll caused by unequal drag on the wings.

96. Q: What is a coordinated turn?

A: A turn with balanced forces and no noticeable slipping or skidding.

97. Q: What is the purpose of secondary flight controls?

A: To improve lift, drag, or control forces and aircraft handling.

98. Q: What is density altitude?

A: Pressure altitude corrected for nonstandard temperature.

99. Q: How can high density altitude affect aircraft performance?

A: It reduces engine, propeller, and wing performance.

100. Q: What is the most important rule when studying aircraft-specific procedures and limitations?

A: Use the correct aircraft POH or AFM and follow your flight instructor’s guidance.