Aircraft Systems
National Airspace
Aerodynamics
Weather
Weight and Balance
100

What are the 4- cycles of the power plant?

What is

Intake, Compression, Power, Exhaust 

(Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow)

100

What is one acronym used to remember special use airspace?

What is

MCPRAWN; WCRAMP?

100

What is the Angle of Attack?

What is 

the angle between relative wind and chord line?

100

What causes changes in air pressure?

What is 

unequal heating?

100

What is a datum?

What is 

the point from which arm measurements are taken from?

200

Where do spark plugs get their electrical power from?

What are 

Magnetos?

200

What is the VFR weather minimum in Class Bravo?

What is 

3 sm and Clear of Clouds?

200

What axis does the airplane roll around?

What is 

the longitudinal axis?

200

Maximum downdrafts experienced in a microburst may be as strong as?

What is 

6000 fpm?


200

How do you find the moment of an object?

What is 

Arm x Weight?

300

How does the airspeed indicator work?

What is 

comparing RAM air with static air?

300

What is the lowest you can fly over a wilderness area?

What is 

2000 AGL?

300

What are the 2 main principles responsible for lift?

What is Bernoulli's Principle and Newton's 3rd Law?

300

What is the most dangerous type of structural icing?

What is 

Clear ice?

300

How much does 1 gallon of 100LL weight?

(Avgas)

What is 

6lbs?

400

What are the 4 jobs of oil?

What is 

Cools, Cleans, Lubricates and Seals

400

What equipment is required to enter Class Charlie airspace?

What is 

2-way radio, transponder, ads-b

400

When are wingtip vorticies the most severe?

What is 

heavy, clean, slow 

light quartering tailwind 

(either is accepted)

400

What are the 3 ingredients of a thunderstorm?

What is 

sufficient moisture, unstable air, lifting action?

400

If my moment is 7980, and my weight is 84, what is my arm?

What is 

95in?

500

What fuel system is more susceptible to icing and why?

What is the

Carburetor due to venturi causing high velocity, low pressure which decreasing temperature  

500

What are the 4 altitudes that Class Echo begins at?

What is

Surface; 700 AGL; 1,200 AGL; 14,500 AGL?

500

What are the 4 turning tendencies?

What is 

Torque, P-factor, gyroscopic precession, spiraling slipstream?

500

What are the 4 characteristics of stable air? 

(Viz, clouds, turbulence, precip)

What is 

Bad visibility, stratiform clouds, little-no turbulence, steady precip?
500

What are the characteristics of a forward CG?

(stall recovery, stall speed, fuel efficiency, cruis speed, stability)

What is 

Better stall recovery, higher stall speed, less fuel efficient, slower cruise, more stable