Aerospace Engineering Final Exam 2018-2019

If the lift and weight of an aircraft are equal strength, the aircraft will _______ in flight.

• drag

• be unacclerated

• stall

• be accelerated

The strength of the torque created by each object on the airplane is referred to as its _______

• reference datum

• moment

• point of balance

• weight limit

The concept of a net force allows us to take ________ on a object and add them together

• all of the forces

• the results of various motions

• the various states of rest and unrest

• the net values between force and drag

The largest biplanes ever constructed were the___________________

• World War I bomber planes

• World War II fighter planes

• World War II bombers planes

• World War fighter planes

An aerospace engineer must have a solid background in________________

• Physics, chemistry and mathematics

• mechanical design

• fluid dynamics and thermodynamics

• All of the above

The _________of the an airplane can change any time that weight is added or removed from the aircraft.

• velocity

• roll

• maneuverability

• center of gravity

As the pressure at the earth's surface varies from day to day, the _________ has a knob that allows for calibrating to the weather conditions.

• Temperature

• Altimeter

• Moment

• Design

Normal air contains _________ nitrogen and __________oxygen

• 78 Percent , 21 Percent

• 40 Percent, 70 percent

• 12 Percent, 89 Percent

• 99 Percent , 1 Percent

Who was/were the first to fly untethered, in free flight?

• Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier

• Father Francisco de Lana Terzi

• Jacques Charles

• Marquis D' Arlandes and Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier

Stability in roll is referred to as__________________

• lateral stability

• pitch stability

• directional stability

• horizontal stability