AERODYNAMICS EXAM #8

Basic Properties of Physics

1) What forces act on an aircraft in flight?

a) Lift and thrust

b) Lift and drag
c) Lift, drag, weight
d) Lift, weight, thrust, drag

2) What is the definition of power?

a) The ability to do work

b) Work done per unit of time
c) Energy due to motion
d) Mass times acceleration

3) What force relationship must exist for an aircraft to maintain equilibrium flight?

a) Lift must equal weight

b) The sum of all forces and moments acting about the center of gravity (CG) must equal zero
c) Thrust must equal weight
d) Thrust must equal drag

4) What is the value of atmospheric pressure on a standard day?

a) 2116 lbs/ft
b) 29.92" Hg
c) 32.17 ft/sec
d) 2116 ft/lbs

5) What affect does an increase in altitude have on temperature?

a) Decreases until 25K' and then remains constant

b) Decreases until there are no molecules of air
c) Decreases until 36K' and then remains constant
d) Decreases until 0 degrees is reached

6) If you are in equilibrium flight, then you are in trimmed flight.

a) True
b) False

7) Air viscosity increases as temperature:

a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains constant

8) High density altitude will:

a) Decrease the power produced by an engine and increase the thrust produced by the propeller or jet
b) Increase the power produced by an engine and increase the thrust produced by the propeller or jet
c) Decrease the power produced by an engine and decrease the thrust produced by the propeller or jet
d) Increase the power produced by an engine and decrease the thrust produced by the propeller or jet
Airplane Terminology

9) What are the five major components of an airplane?

a) Wings, fuselage, engine, empennage, landing gear

b) Wings, cockpit, empennage, flaps, engine
c) Fuselage, rudder, empennage, ailerons, engine
d) Fuselage, empennage, engine, vertical stabilizer, rudder

10) All motion or changes in aircraftattitude occurs about which position?

a) Aerodynamic center (AC)

b) Center of pressure (CP)
c) Center of gravity (CG)
d) The cockpit

11) The fuselage construction of the T-34 is:

a) Full cantilever
b) Full monocoque
c) Semi-monocoque
d) Paper mache

12) The T-34 uses a dihedral wing to improve:

a) Visibility
b) Maneuverability
c) Appearance
d) Lateral stability

13) The wings of the T-34 are tapered:

a) On the leading edge

b) On the trailing edge
c) At the root
d) Both a and b

14) What control surfaces control roll?

a) Elevators
b) Rudder
c) Control stick
d) Ailerons

15) The apparent surface area of a wing from wing tip to wing tip is the:

a) Taper
b) Aspect ration
c) Wing area
d) Sweep angle

16) There is an inverse relationship aspect ration and wing area.

a) True
b) False
Basic Aerodynamic Principles

17) An aircraft is stabilized in level flight at six nautical miles per second ground speed with a tailwind of 100 knots.
What is the aircraft's true airspeed?

a) 460 knots
b) 360 knots
c) 260 knots
d) 160 knots

18) For a given altitude, what are the properties of the input provided by the static pressure port in the pitot-static
system?

a) The static pressure value will vary with changes in aircraft true airspeed (TAS)
b) The static pressure value will vary with changes in aircraft angle of attack (AOA)
c) The static pressure value will vary with changes in aircraft weight
d) The static pressure value will vary with changes in atmospheric abient static pressure and altitude

19) When will the value on the aircraft indicated airspeed (IAS) indicator equal the aircraft true airspeed (TAS)?

a) When static pressure at aircraft altitude is less than static pressure at sea level, on a standard day
b) When static pressure at aircraft altitude is greater than static pressure at sea level, on a standard day
c) When static pressure at aircraft altitude equals static pressure at sea level, on a standard day
d) When static pressure at aircraft altitude equals density at sea level, on a standard day

20) An aircraft is climbing at a constant 350 KIAS. What change occurs in Mach number as altitude increases?

a) Mach number increases

b) Mach number decreases
c) Mach number remains constant
d) There is no Mach number at this speed

21) Two identical aircraft are stabilized in level flight. Aircraft 1 is maintaining Mach 2 at 40,000 feet. Aircraft 2 is
maintaining Mach 2 at sea level. What can be said about their respective indicated and true airspeeds?

a) Both aircraft are maintaining the same indicated airspeed (IAS)

b) Both aircraft are maintaining the same true airspeed (TAS)
c) The aircraft flying at sea level is maintaining a greater IAS and TAS than the aircraft at 40,000 feet
d) The aircraft flying at 40,000 feet is maintaining a greater IAS and TAS than the aircraft at sea level

22) What will the result of an increase in the dynamic pressure within a closed system, according to Bernoulli's
equation?

a) A decrease in static pressure

b) An increase in total pressure
c) An increase in potential energy per unit volume
d) A decrease in total energy per unit volume

23) What type of correction must you apply to indicated airspeed (IAS) to calculate true airspeed (TAS)?

a) Temperature correction
b) Density correction
c) Pressure correction
d) Viscosity correction

24) For steady airflow:

 a) Static pressure, density, temperature, and velocity must increase
b) Static pressure, density, temperature, and velocity must remain constant
c) Static pressure, density, temperature, and velocity must decrease

Lift and Stalls

25) What is the static pressure distribution about a positively cambered airfoil at zero angle of attack in level flight?

a) The static pressure distribution is equal over all portions of the airfoil
b) The static pressure distribution is less over the upper surface of the airfoil
c) The static pressure distribution is less over the lower surface of the airfoil

26) What airfoil angle of attack setting is required to produce zero net lift on a positively cambered airfoil?

a) Positive
b) Negative
c) Zero angle of attack

27) What aerodynamic force component is always perpendicular to the relative wind?

a) Weight
b) Lift
c) Thrust
d) Drag

28) What must a pilot do to accelerate an aircraft, yet maintain a constant altitude?

a) Add thrust and decrease lift as true airspeed increases

b) Add thrust and increase angle of attack as true airspeed increases
c) Add thrust and decrease angle of attack as true airspeed increases
d) Reduce thrust and increase angle of attack as true airspeed increases

29) How do you compute the Aerodynamic Surface Area (Wing Surface Area)?

a) Divide the wingspan by average chord

b) Multiply wingspan by average chord
c) Square the average chord
d) Square the wingspan

30) What causes a stall?

a) An increase in lift caused by an increase in AOA

b) A decrease in lift caused by an increase in AOA
c) Excessive AOA
d) Both b and c

31) Which of the following are BLC devices?

a) Fixed slots and regulated slots

b) Fixed slots and automatic slots
c) Broken slots and fixed slots
d) Intermittent slots and fixed slots

32) Stall speed is the minimum _____ required to maintain level flight at C LMAX AOA.
 a) Indicated airspeed
b) Calibrated airspeed
c) True airspeed
d) Equivalent airspeed

34) Aerodynamic twist is an increase in camber from wing root to wingtip.

a) True
b) False

Drag and Wake Turbulence

35) When flying at the velocity for L / D maximum in straight and level flight:

a) Induced drag exceeds parasite drag

b) Parasite drag exceeds induced drag
c) Parasite drag equals induced drag
d) Induced drag and parasite drag will vary on the type of airplane

KEY

1) d
2) b
3) b
4) b
5) c
6) b
7) a
8) c
9) a
10) c
11) c
12) d
13) d
14) d
15) c
16) a
17) c
18) d
19) d
20) a
21) c
22) a
23) b
24) b
25) b
26) b
27) b
28) c
29) b
30) c
31) b
32) c
33) b
34) c
35) c