WorksheetsInstruments Pitot-Static - Terminology and Atmosphere
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 33mins
What is a requirement of a pitot-static system?
Air tight system, except for vents to atmosphere
Cooled pitot pressure probe
No moisture traps
What is required in a two pilot operation where they have both their own pitot-static instruments?
Two independent operating systems
One independent operating system for both systems
Only the pilot will have a pitot-static system
Which part of an instrument detects the changed in the value of a physical quantity or condition presented to it?
Detecting element
Measuring element
Coupling element
Indicating element
Which part of an instrument measures the value of the physical quantity or condition in terms of small translational or angular displacements?
Detecting element
Measuring element
Coupling element
Indicating element
Which part of an instrument exhibits the value of the measured quantity transmitted by the coupling element, by the relative position of a pointer and scale?
Detecting element
Measuring element
Coupling element
Indicating element
What term is used to refer to all elements as a composite unit and contained within the case of an instrument?
Mechanism
Operation
Mechanics
The distance between the point of operation of the measuring element and the pivoting point of the lever is called what on a lever mechanism?
Lever length
Lever angle
Rod distance
If you decrease lever length of a section gear, it will?
Increase output movement
Decrease output movement
No effect on output movement
What has the effect on the input/output relationship to change the rate of magnification since the lever angle itself changes in response to displacement of the measuring element?
Lever angle
Lever length
Lever pivot
How is contact between the rods under all operating conditions is maintained in a rod mechanism?
Hairspring
Iron core
Leaf spring
Which rod mechanism is employed in certain tyres of ASI as the stage of the coupling element?
Sine
Tangent
Double tangent
Which rod mechanism's point of contact between the two rods remains at a constant perpendicular distance from the centre of the rocking shaft?
Sine
Tangent
Double tangent
Which rod mechanism is employed where rotary motion of a shaft is to be transferred through a right angle?
Sine
Tangent
Double tangent
What is the most common method used to minimise the effects of backlash?
Coiled hairspring
Anti-backlash gear
Split single gear wheel
What can be used for the restoration of coupling and indicating elements to their original positions when the deflecting forces are removed?
Hairsprings
Jewels
Taper pin
What needs to happen to the current if the hairspring tension is increased to fully deflect the pointer?
Increased
Decreaed
No change
A thermistor usually has a very large?
Negative temperature coefficient
Positive temperature coefficient
Negative resistance
What is the effective external pressure that sealing an instrument against atmospheric effects be?
15psi
25psi
10psi
Which type of pressure can never be negative?
Absolute
Differential
Gauge
Absolute pressure minus atmospheric pressure is?
Absolute
Gauge
Differential
What is a way of reducing parallax error?
Place a mirror behind the scale
Move away from line
Place a mirror Infront of the scale
What is the internal friction in an elastic solid subjected to varying stress called?
Elastic hysteresis
Hysteresis lagging
Ferromagnetic hysteresis
What region do aircraft only fly in?
Troposphere and upper stratosphere
Troposphere
Troposphere and lower stratosphere
Which region does all weather phenomena take place in?
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
What is the rate of temperature decrease in the troposphere?
6.5 Degrees C per 1 KM
4 Degrees C per 1 KM
2 Degrees C per 1 KM
What is the lapse rate?
2 degrees C per 1000 ft
2 degrees C per 100 ft
2 degrees C per 10000 ft
In which region does the temperature increase with height?
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Exosphere
What does the maximum portion of water vapour that air can hold depends mainly on its what?
Temperature
Density
Viscosity
Humid air means?
Less dense and lighter
More dense and lighter
Less dense and heavier
The standard pressure decrease is approx?
1/2 psi every 1000ft
1/3 psi every 1000ft
1/4 psi every 1000ft
At 10,000ft atmospheric pressure is ____ that of pressure at sea level (10.1psia)
2/3
1/2
1/4
At 18,000 feet atmospheric pressure is ____ that of pressure at sea level (7.3 psia)
2/3
1/2
1/4
QFE is?
Pressure altitude
Height above sea level
Relative altitude
