AFOQT Aviation Info Hard

At night, airport taxiways are identified by omnidirectional edge lights that are _________ in color.

1. Red
2. White
3. Alternating red and white
4. Blue
5. Green

A runway with the Approach Lighting System (ALS) would show an incoming pilot

1. A pair of synchronized flashing lights at the runway threshold.
2. A series of lightbars and/or strobe lights extending outward from the runway approach end.
3. White elevated lights running the length of the runway on both sides.
4. White lights embedded in the runway centerline at 50 foot intervals
5. Unidirectional blue lights

A ramjet engine consists of

1. An intake, a compressor, a combustion chamber, and an outlet.
2. An inlet, a turbine, a compressor, and a nozzle.
3. An intake, a compression chamber, and a nozzle
4. An inlet, a combustion zone, and a nozzle.
5. An inlet, a compression chamber, a turbine, and a nozzle.

The angle formed by the chord of an airfoil or wing and the direction of the relative wind is known as the

1. Critical angle.
2. Stall angle.
3. Angle of pitch.
4. Delta angle.
5. Angle of attack.

Pitot tubes furnish data to an instrument that is used by aircraft pilots in about the same way that a(n) _____ is used by an automobile driver.

1. Pressure transducer
2. Odometer
3. Speedometer
4. Tachometer
5. Ohmmeter

The part of an airplane that holds the cargo and/or passengers, as well as providing a base for the other aircraft parts, is known as the

1. Fuselage.
2. Empennage.
3. Cargo Compartment.
4. Cockpit array.
5. Static line.

On a conventional fixed-wing aircraft, the ________ maintain(s) pitch and the _________ maintain(s) yaw.

1. Elevators, rudder
2. Horizontal stabilizers, vertical stabilizer
3. Rudder, elevators
4. Trim tabs, wing flaps

The flight envelope of an aircraft is

1. The airspeed at which it achieves takeoff.
2. The region of altitude and airspeed in which it can be operated.
3. The volume of air it displaces in flight.
4. The envelope containing the aircraft registration documents.
   1. The geographical are covered by the officially filed flight plan.

The locus of points equidistant from the upper and lower surfaces of an airfoil is called the

1. Angle of attack.
2. Leading airfoil edge.
3. Upper camber measurement.
4. Mean camber line.
5. Wing chord.

An airfoil's efficiency, either a wing or a rotor blade, is _________ at high altitudes by the _________ air density.

1. Increased, lesser.
2. Increased, greater.
3. Decreased, lesser.
4. Decreased, greater.
5. Increased, stable.

A helicopter's cyclic control is a mechanical linkage used to change the pitch of the main rotor blades

1. All at the same time.
2. At a selected point in its circular pathway.
3. Proportionate to the engine rpm's.
4. In conjunction with the desired speed.
5. For vertical flight only.

When the rotor blades of a helicopter are spinning fast enough in a clockwise direction to generate lift, a phenomenon known as _______ causes the body of the helicopter to have a tendency to turn in a counter-clockwise direction.

1. Centrifugal force.
2. Centripetal force.
3. Lateral roll.
4. Torque.
5. Autorotation.

Delta wing aircraft have a wing in the form of a triangle, named after the Greek uppercase letter delta, and no

1. Vertical stabilizer.
2. Flaps.
3. Horizontal stabilizer.
4. Stabilizing canard.
5. Ogival structure.

The Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI) is a system of lights designed to provide visual descent guidance information to the pilot during a runway approach. The system uses _______ lights to indicate the upper limits of the glide path and _______ lights for the lower limits.

1. Red, white.
2. White, red.
3. Blue, white.
4. Red, green.
5. Green, red.

Moving the control column or joystick to the left or right affects the _______ rather than indicating the

1. Angle of pitch, angle of attack.
2. Angle of bank, rate of roll.
3. Rate of roll, angle to which the aircraft will roll.
4. Degree of bank, relative airspeed.
5. Degree of roll, angle of yaw.