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AFCS Chapter A

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fixed Wing Aircraft Controls: The Throttle is used for which Movement of Axis?

a)

Rotation around Lateral

b)

Acceleration along Longitudinal

c)

Rotation around Vertical

d)

Rotation around Longitudinal

2.

Coriolis: If the reference frame moves in a clockwise rotation in the ______, the force acts to the ______ of the motion of the object.

a)

Southern Hemisphere, Left

b)

Northern Hemisphere, Right

c)

Southern Hemisphere, Right

3.

Coriolis force is greatest at the _____

a)

Equator

b)

Poles

c)

North Pole

4.

Name the turbulence? created when an aircraft flies into its own pressure wave.

a)

Wind Shear

b)

Frontal

c)

Impact

d)

Mechanical

5.

Fixed Wing Aircraft Controls - Centre Stick movement Left & Right causes what Movement of Axis?

a)

Rotation around Lateral

b)

Rotation around Vertical

c)

Rotation around Longitudinal

d)

Acceleration along Longitudinal

6.

Which best describes Frontal Turbulence?

a)

Uneven convective currents caused by the heating of the lower atmosphere

b)

air near the surface of the Earth flows over obstructions, such as bluffs, hills, mountains or buildings

c)

caused by the abrupt wind shift between warm and cold air masses

7.

Rotary Wing Aircraft Controls: The Collective Lever is used for which movement of Axis?

a)

Rotation around Lateral

b)

Rotation Around Longitudinal

c)

Vertical

d)

Acceleration along Vertical

8.

Name the Turbulence: irregular flow caused when two adjacent air masses going in different directions intersect with each other?

a)

Mechanical

b)

Wind Shear

c)

Frontal

d)

Impact

9.

Eötvös Phenomenon, when an aircraft travels eastbound, its velocity is _____ the Earth’s rotational speed leading to an increase in _____, and therefore a reduction in the _____.

a)

Subtracted, Centrifugal Force, Centripetal Force

b)

added to, Centrifugal Force, Centripetal Force

c)

Added to, Centripetal Force, Centrifugal Force

10.

Rotary Wing Aircraft Controls: Rudder Pedals are used for which Movement of Axis?

a)

Vertical

b)

Rotation around Lateral

c)

Rotation around Longitudinal

d)

Acceleration along Vertical

11.

Thermal Turbulence - occurs in the lower atmosphere when surfaces are heated unevenly which crete convective currents

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE