Aeronautical Engineering Chapter 2 Key Elements That Icao Uses Categorize Types Aircraft Include How Lift Whether

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Chapter 2 Aircraft

Which of the following is NOT a category of aircraft according to ICAO?

A) Airplane

B) Rotorcraft

C) Glider kite

D) Captive balloon

E) They are all

categories of aircraft

Which of these is NOT a force related to aircraft flight?

A) Lift

B) Drag

C) Thrust

D) Weight

E) Rotor

What is the role of the horizontal stabilizer on an airplane?

A) To control pitch

B) To control roll

C) To control yaw

D) To decrease drag

E) None of the other

answers are correct

On a plane, the vertical stabilizer is tasked with

A) Stabilizing pitch

B) Stabilizing yaw

C) Stabilizing roll

D) Stabilizing drag

E) Preventing stall

Which of these is not a ‘stroke’ inside a piston engine?

A) Exhaust stroke

B) Compression

stroke

C) Decompression

stroke

D) Power stroke

E) Intake stroke

5b. In a piston engine of a small aircraft, which stroke closes the intake valve and increases the density of the

fuel and air mixture?

A) Intake stroke B) Compression stroke C) Depression stroke D) Power stroke E) Exhaust stroke

Which of these is NOT a type of jet engine?

A) Turbo Jet

B) Turbo Fan

C) Turboshaft

D) Turboprop

E) Turbo Rotor

Which of the following is NOT required to maintain Air Worthiness?

A) ICAO approval in

accordance with

Annex 8

B) Periodic

inspection and

maintenance

C) A lack of

compliance with an

Airworthiness

Directive

D) Certified

maintenance

E) All must be

obtained to maintain

air worthiness

Which airline manufacturer originally named their aircraft, in part, based on projected passenger capacity?

A) Boeing

B) Airbus

C) Bombardier

D) Embraer

E) None of these

answers are correct

Which company below is NOT involved in Commercial Space?

A) Virgin Galactic

B) Space-X

C) Blue Horizon

D) S3

E) They are all

involved in

commercial space

10.

Which is not usually an aircraft stressor?

A) ATC Error

B) Environmental

C) Design limitations

D) Human error

E) Deterioration of

materials

10b.

Which of these is NOT a likely aircraft stressor

A) Pressure forces

B) Structural weak

points

C) Corrosion

D) Human error

E) They are all

likely aircraft

stressors

12.

Which of the following statements is NOT true of AMMTEs?

A) They ensure that

stresses are managed

so they do not impact

the airworthiness of

an aircraft

B) They work in

every sector of the

aviation industry

C) They manage

servicing,

maintaining and

overhauling

airframes and other

components

D) They follow a

preventative

schedule for

maintenance and

handle unscheduled

maintenance

E) All of these

statements are

correct

13.

Which of the following statements is true of AMMTEs?

A) Some are licensed

B) All are licensed

C) None are licensed

D) They must speak

English

E) They can all

approve a

maintenance release

14.

If a scheduled plane can’t fly due to maintenance issues, an airline’s first response is likely to

A) Bring in its waiting

back-up plane

B) Try to find

another airline to fly

the passengers

C) Try to find an LRU

to fix the problem

D) Reschedule the

flight for the next

day and hope the

plane works

tomorrow

E) Cancel the flight

and tell the

passengers to find

their own way out of

town

15.

Key elements that ICAO uses to categorize types of aircraft include:

A) How lift is

achieved

B) Whether engines

provide power

C) Whether wings

are fixed or rotate

D) Aircraft weight

E) A, B, & C

16.

If the elevator is pitched up, the nose of an airplane will…

A) Pitch upwards

B) Pitch downwards

C) Not respond to

yaw controls

D) Accelerate

E) All of the answers

provided are correct

17.

Which of these statements is NOT true of jet engines?

A) The hot air leaving

the combustion

chamber powers the

turbines that

continue to spin the

compressor

B) The air inlet sucks

in air with a

compressor

C) The burning gases

inside the jet engine

blast out through the

nozzle

D) A compressor

consisting of spinning

blades, raises the

pressure of the air

E) Compressed air is

mixed with fuel,

then ignited with an

electric spark

18.

If an A380 owned by American Airlines crashes in Canada, which of the following is NOT true of the

investigation?

A) The United States

will be involved

B) France will be

involved

C) Canada will be

involved

D) All three

countries can pass

off responsibility for

the investigation to

ICAO

E) Additional

countries could be

involved in the

investigation

19.

To be considered airworthy, a plane must

A) Be type certified

B) Have drawings

submitted to its

regulatory body

C) Have a certificate

of airworthiness

D) A & C

E) A, B, & C

20.

If my plane is marked with JA8089, I know that

A) My plane is

registered in

Indonesia

United States

B) My plane is

registered in the

C) My plane is an

Airbus model

D) My plane is not

registered in Canada

E) C & D

21.

If my company’s aircraft was in a hangar and its engine was removed for repair, the maintenance work

environment would be labeled as

A) Shop

B) Line

C) Base

D) Hangar

E) Non-airworthy

22.

A commuter flight from Ottawa to Toronto, flown by Westjet (Canada based) in a Boeing 737, carrying

passengers from Canada, the United States, Germany and Indonesia. In this case, the United States is

A) The State of

Registry and The

State of Occurrence

B) The State of the

Operator and the

State of Design

C) The State of

Manufacturer and

the State of the

Operator

D) The State of

Design and the State

of Manufacturer

E) The State of

Registry and the

State of

Manufacturer

23.

Under the ICAO definition of aircraft, which of these would be lighter than air powered

aircraft?

A) A Boeing 737

B) The Goodyear

Blimp

C) An Ornithopter

D) A Blackhawk

helicopter

E) All of these

would qualify

24a.

What overcomes weight to keep an airplane in the air?

A) Lift

B) Thrust

C) Drag

D) Altitude

E) None of the

above

24b.

Which force of flight is most directly a result of wing shape?

A) Lift

B) Drag

C) Thrust

D) Weight

E) Rotor

25.

On an airplane, what part of the structure controls the pitch?

A) Horizontal

stabilizer

B) Vertical

stabilizer

C) Aileron

D) Cockpit

E) Elevator

26.

An Aircraft is Airworthy if…

A) It has a type

certificate

B) It has been

approved by ICAO

C) It has passed

crash worthiness

testing

D) It has been

granted a

currently valid

certificate of

airworthiness

E) All of the above

27.

MEL is an acronym used in aircraft maintenance, it stands for:

A) Maximum

Electrical Load

B) Maximum

Exhaust Level

C) Minimum

Equipment List

D) Minimum

Emergency Line

Load

E) None of these

Chapter 2 Aircraft

Case Study

The case of China Airlines 611 demonstrates most clearly that:

A) Scheduled

maintenance can

prevent accidents

B) All aircraft

repairs should be

examined and

approved by

certified

individuals and

examined at

regular intervals

C) ICAO is sometimes

required to step in as

the investigating body

in an accident when

dictated by difficult

international politics

D) Pilot error can

lead to devastating

consequences,

especially when

there is a failure in

one of the engines

of an aircraft

E) Boeing needed to

update its structural

repair manual to include

dealing with metal fatigue

In the accident of Air Midwest Flight 5481, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) identified two

factors (maintenance, weight and balance calculation) that contributed to the accident. It was found out that

one of the cables that connected the pilot’s controls to the elevator had been improperly adjusted by

maintenance. Which one is correct about elevator adjustment?

A) Improper

adjustment

limited the

elevator’s

horizontal

movement

B) Improper

adjustment limited

the elevator’s

vertical movement

C) Improper

adjustment limited

the elevator’s yaw

movement

D) Improper

adjustment limited

the elevator’s both

vertical and

horizontal

movement

E) None of these

Following the accident of China Airlines, the FAA subsequently issued an AD that all Boeing 747 aircraft in the

United States should be visually inspected for cracks. What can be implied from the above statement?

A) Aircraft

operators don’t

have to abide by

the ADs

B) ICAO is the only

authority to issue

ADs

C) CAAs have the

authority to issue

ADs

D) ADs are not

mandatory

directives

E) None of these

During the accident of Air Midwest Flight 5481, just after take-off from Charlotte, the nose pitched up

dangerously high causing the airflow over the wing to be disrupted and the aircraft to stall. What would be the

correct control input (and associated movement of the elevator) to correct the situation?

A) Elevator – Up

Yoke – Back

B) Elevator –

Neutral

Yoke – Neutral

C) Elevator – Down

Yoke – Back

D) Elevator – Down

Yoke – Forward

E) Elevator – Up

Yoke – Forward

During the accident of Air Midwest Flight 5481, the aircraft was tail-heavy and outside of its safe CG range.

Which authority specifies aircraft’s safe CG range?

A) CAA

B) Pilot

C) State of operator

D) ICAO

E) Manufacturer