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Instruments Pitot-Static - Terminology and Atmosphere

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a requirement of a pitot-static system?

a)

Air tight system, except for vents to atmosphere

b)

Cooled pitot pressure probe

c)

No moisture traps

2.

What is required in a two pilot operation where they have both their own pitot-static instruments?

a)

Two independent operating systems

b)

One independent operating system for both systems

c)

Only the pilot will have a pitot-static system

3.

Which part of an instrument detects the changed in the value of a physical quantity or condition presented to it?

a)

Detecting element

b)

Measuring element

c)

Coupling element

d)

Indicating element

4.

Which part of an instrument measures the value of the physical quantity or condition in terms of small translational or angular displacements?

a)

Detecting element

b)

Measuring element

c)

Coupling element

d)

Indicating element

5.

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?

a)

Detecting element

b)

Measuring element

c)

Coupling element

d)

Indicating element

6.

What term is used to refer to all elements as a composite unit and contained within the case of an instrument?

a)

Mechanism

b)

Operation

c)

Mechanics

7.

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?

a)

Lever length

b)

Lever angle

c)

Rod distance

8.

If you decrease lever length of a section gear, it will?

a)

Increase output movement

b)

Decrease output movement

c)

No effect on output movement

9.

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?

a)

Lever angle

b)

Lever length

c)

Lever pivot

10.

How is contact between the rods under all operating conditions is maintained in a rod mechanism?

a)

Hairspring

b)

Iron core

c)

Leaf spring

11.

Which rod mechanism is employed in certain tyres of ASI as the stage of the coupling element?

a)

Sine

b)

Tangent

c)

Double tangent

12.

Which rod mechanism's point of contact between the two rods remains at a constant perpendicular distance from the centre of the rocking shaft?

a)

Sine

b)

Tangent

c)

Double tangent

13.

Which rod mechanism is employed where rotary motion of a shaft is to be transferred through a right angle?

a)

Sine

b)

Tangent

c)

Double tangent

14.

What is the most common method used to minimise the effects of backlash?

a)

Coiled hairspring

b)

Anti-backlash gear

c)

Split single gear wheel

15.

What can be used for the restoration of coupling and indicating elements to their original positions when the deflecting forces are removed?

a)

Hairsprings

b)

Jewels

c)

Taper pin

16.

What needs to happen to the current if the hairspring tension is increased to fully deflect the pointer?

a)

Increased

b)

Decreaed

c)

No change

17.

A thermistor usually has a very large?

a)

Negative temperature coefficient

b)

Positive temperature coefficient

c)

Negative resistance

18.

What is the effective external pressure that sealing an instrument against atmospheric effects be?

a)

15psi

b)

25psi

c)

10psi

19.

Which type of pressure can never be negative?

a)

Absolute

b)

Differential

c)

Gauge

20.

Absolute pressure minus atmospheric pressure is?

a)

Absolute

b)

Gauge

c)

Differential

21.

What is a way of reducing parallax error?

a)

Place a mirror behind the scale

b)

Move away from line

c)

Place a mirror Infront of the scale

22.

What is the internal friction in an elastic solid subjected to varying stress called?

a)

Elastic hysteresis

b)

Hysteresis lagging

c)

Ferromagnetic hysteresis

23.

What region do aircraft only fly in?

a)

Troposphere and upper stratosphere

b)

Troposphere

c)

Troposphere and lower stratosphere

24.

Which region does all weather phenomena take place in?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

25.

What is the rate of temperature decrease in the troposphere?

a)

6.5 Degrees C per 1 KM

b)

4 Degrees C per 1 KM

c)

2 Degrees C per 1 KM

26.

What is the lapse rate?

a)

2 degrees C per 1000 ft

b)

2 degrees C per 100 ft

c)

2 degrees C per 10000 ft

27.

In which region does the temperature increase with height?

a)

Mesosphere

b)

Thermosphere

c)

Exosphere

28.

What does the maximum portion of water vapour that air can hold depends mainly on its what?

a)

Temperature

b)

Density

c)

Viscosity

29.

Humid air means?

a)

Less dense and lighter

b)

More dense and lighter

c)

Less dense and heavier

30.

The standard pressure decrease is approx?

a)

1/2 psi every 1000ft

b)

1/3 psi every 1000ft

c)

1/4 psi every 1000ft

31.

At 10,000ft atmospheric pressure is ____ that of pressure at sea level (10.1psia)

a)

2/3

b)

1/2

c)

1/4

32.

At 18,000 feet atmospheric pressure is ____ that of pressure at sea level (7.3 psia)

a)

2/3

b)

1/2

c)

1/4

33.

QFE is?

a)

Pressure altitude

b)

Height above sea level

c)

Relative altitude