Cargo Loading Quiz

Choose which option applies the best for cargo loading:

• Large cargo is best loaded in pallets.

• Containers need their own manifest, while pallets don't.

• Bulk cargo needs less personnel to be loaded.

• Containers can be used only in cargo aircraft, while pallets can also be used in passenger aircraft.

There are some pallets with a tare weight of 160 kg that are loaded onto a pair of ground supports. What is the implication of this?

• The total weight of the loaded pallets will be increased by 160 kg.

• Each ground support will carry a weight of 160 kg.

• The ground supports will be unloaded with a tare weight of 160 kg.

• The total weight of the loaded pallets will be reduced by 160 kg.

Which statement about palletised cargo is true?

• It consists of multiple cargo boxes on pallets stored in the cargo holds.

• It comprises passenger baggage on pallets which is stored in cargo holds.

• It is not used anymore because of the lack of protection.

• It can be loaded without any specific loading equipment.

Which of the following statements about cargo handling is correct?

• Containers provide better protection than pallets against damage to the cargo items.

• Containers can be used only in cargo aeroplanes, while pallets can also be used in passenger aeroplanes.

• Pallets offer better protection than containers against damage to the aeroplane caused by cargo items.

• Containers have a lighter weight structure when compared to pallets with the same floor dimension.

Which of the following methods would be best suited for the transport of unconventional cargo?

• Large and irregularly shaped cargo should be loaded as palletised cargo.

• Large and irregularly shaped cargo can only be loaded in cargo-only aircraft.

• Large and irregularly shaped cargo is ideally stored as bulk cargo.

• Large and irregularly shaped cargo can best be loaded in Containers.

The floor contact area of a container which is loaded into your aircraft is 0.12 m². The maximum permissible floor load of the cargo compartment is 700 kg/m². The maximum allowed mass of the container is:

• 84 kg

• 58 kg

• 169 kg

• 139 kg

The baggage compartment of a particular aircraft is 1.2 m wide by 1.4 m long and has a maximum floor loading of 500 kg per square metre. What is the maximum capacity of the baggage compartment limited by maximum floor load only?

• 840 kg

• 192 kg

• 1300 kg

• 298 kg

The floor of the main cargo hold is limited to 4000 N/m². It is planned to load a cubic container each side of which measures 0.5 m. Its maximum gross mass must not exceed (assume g=10 m/s):

• 100 kg

• 1000 kg

• 5000 kg

• 500 kg

The floor limit of an aircraft cargo hold is 5000 N/m². It is planned to load-up a cubic container measuring 0.4 m of side. Its maximum gross mass must not exceed (assume g = 10 m/s²):

• 80 kg

• 320 kg

• 800 kg

• 32 kg

The baggage compartment of a particular helicopter is 2.2 m wide by 1.4 m long and has a maximum floor loading of 480 kg per square metre. What is the maximum capacity of the baggage compartment limited by maximum floor load only?

• 1478 kg

• 133 kg

• 156 kg

• 1728 kg