Principles of Flight
Basic Instruments
Aircraft Components
Pre-flight Inspection
Radio Communication
100
The four forces of flight are:
A. Gravity, Air, Power, Fuel
B. Weight, Lift, Thrust, Drag
C. Weight, Lift, Fuel, Drag
D. Gravity, Air, Thrust, Fuel
B. Weight, Lift, Thrust, Drag
100
According to this instrument, what airspeed is the aircraft moving at?
110 knots
100
What is the name of this aircraft control surface?
A. Elevator
B. Slats
C. Flaps
D. Ailerons
C. Flaps
100
How should an aircraft pre-flight inspection be accomplished?
A. Quick walkaround ensuring a check of the oil and fuel levels
B. Any sequence as determined by the pilot flying the aircraft
C. A thorough and systematic means as recommended by the aircraft manufacturer
D. As required by the aircraft owner
C. A thorough and systematic means as recommended by the aircraft manufacturer
100
At most airports with an Air Traffic Control Tower, initial contact while on the ground will be made via which frequency?
A. Tower Control Frequency
B. Unicom Frequency
C. Ground Control Frequency
D. Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF)
C. Ground
200
Pulling back (towards you) on the Yoke (or side stick) does what?
A. Turns the aircraft left
B. Turns the aircraft right
C. Lowers the nose of the aircraft
D. Raises the nose of the aircraft
D. Raises the nose of the aircraft
200
True or False
This instrument shows that the aircraft is in a standard right turn.
True
200
What is the name of this aircraft control surface?
A. Elevator
B. Ailerons
C. Flaps
D. Rudder
D: Rudder
200
What is the name of the white lights located on an aircraft wingtips?
A. Aeronautical Lights
B. Landing Lights
C. Strobe Lights
D. Flashers
C. Strobe Lights
200
True or False
A standard traffic pattern has right traffic.
False
300
A stall occurs when the angle of attack is?
A. Too High
B. Too Low
C. Straight
D. Relative
A. Too High
300
What altitude is this instrument displaying?
1,750 feet
300
What is the name of this aircraft component?
A. Pitot Tube
B. Stall Warning Horn
C. Air Pressure Indicator
D. Pressure Tube
A. Pitot Tube
300
A small hole drilled into an aircraft frame may be an indication of what?
A. The aircraft is not safe for flight
B. The aircraft is due for a 100 hour inspection
C. The airframe has a structural crack
D. The airframe has failed
C. The airframe has a structural crack
300
The aircraft located towards the uppermost part of the screen is on which leg of the traffic pattern?
A. Upwind
B. Base
C. Crosswind
D. Downwind
D. Downwind
400
Which of the following are indications that the aircraft is beginning to stall?
A. Sluggish flight controls
B. Buffeting
C. Audible stall warning horn
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
400
According to this instrument, what heading is the aircraft on in degrees?
90o (or 090)
400
Which of the following components aids in steering while on the ground?
A. Ailerons
B. Rudder
C. Elevator
D. Yoke (or side stick)
B. Rudder
400
What type of fuel is used in most small, piston-engine aircraft?
A. Jet A
B. 100LL
C. JP-8
D. JP-7
B. 100LL
400
Basic weather information can be gathered prior to flight via what?
A. Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF)
B. Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) Frequency
C. Automated Terminal Information Service (ATIS)
D. Federal Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) System
C. Automated Terminal Information Service (ATIS)
500
What is the name of the principle that states that an increase in the speed of a fluid occurs simultaneously with a decrease in pressure or a decrease in the fluid's potential energy? (Hint: this is also known as the "Theory of Lift")
Bernoulli's Principle
500
What is the name of this instrument?
Attitude Indicator
500
What are the three axes in which an aircraft operates?
Lateral, Longitudinal, Vertical
(Pitch, Roll, Yaw)
500
The following image shows a process known as what?
Fuel Sumping
500
In what document can the following image be found?
A. Aeronautical Map
B. Aeronautical Chart
C. Sectional Chart
D. In-Route Map
C. Sectional Chart