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WorksheetsPLTW - Section 1 Practice Test
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
1. During the Instant Design Challenge, your team used the Design Process to create a paper airplane.
Identify the step of the Design Process that matches the following task—The team had to take design considerations into account, such as how far the plane should fly and where it should land.
Define a Problem
Generate Concepts
Design a Solution
Build and Test
Evaluate Solution
As they create new airplane designs, aerospace engineers document their work.
Why is such documentation important? Select all that apply.
To provide future historians artifacts to exhibit in museums.
To know what worked and continue improving those designs.
To avoid making the same mistakes again.
To provide managers records for evaluating the progress of their workers.
Pet Widgets, Inc. has designed a new dog harness as an accessibility tool for people with visual impairments to work with guide dogs. Research among guide dog owners shows that they require a harness that:
Is a bright color
Has a sturdy walking handle
Has a sign that informs others that the animal is a service dog.
Guide dog owners also prefer that the harness be comfortable for their animals and have a small pouch for holding items, such as keys and cell phones.
Which of the following designs best meets the design requirements?
Design A
Design B
Design C
Design D
When forming a team to solve a design challenge, why is it important to establish team norms before starting to work? Select all that apply.
To encourage productivity of the team
To decide who should do most of the work due to prior experience
To define how the team will function
To ensure that all team members are treated with respect and have a voice
Match the camber with to corresponding description.
Symmetrical Camber
Low Camber
High Camber
Describe what happens to an airplane in flight when drag is greater than thrust.
Plane rises
Plane descends
Plane accelerates
Plane slows
Which of Newton’s Laws of Motion explains what is happening in this statement—An airplane accelerates because of the force of thrust.
Newton’s First Law
Newton’s Second Law
Newton’s Third Law
Which of Newton’s Laws of Motion explains what is happening in this statement—An airplane was at rest on the runway, waiting in line for the planes ahead of it to take off. The pilot turns on the jet engines and the plane begins moving forward on the runway. The plane changed from a state of rest to being in motion as a result of the force of thrust.
Newton’s First Law
Newton’s Second Law
Newton’s Third Law
A military cargo plane is loaded with the maximum weight allowable for the flight. The cargo is heavier than what the pilot usually carries, so the pilot adjusts as follows:
The pilot flies slower to create less thrust and less lift
The pilot flies slower to create more thrust and more lift
The pilot flies faster to create less thrust and less lift
The pilot flies faster to create more thrust and more lift
Name the motion illustrated by the aircraft image.
Pitch
Yaw
Roll
Bend
Name the motion illustrated by the aircraft image.
Pitch
Yaw
Roll
Bend
Which action creates a difference in the lift on each wing, causing the plane to roll?
Moving the rudder left or right
Raising or lowering the elevators
Decreasing engine thrust
Raising one aileron and lowering the other aileron
When is a pilot likely to lower the elevators on an airplane?
When ascending to a higher altitude
When descending to a lower altitude
When taking off
After takeoff, when climbing and turning
Examine the data in the chart. The flight distance from Reno, Nevada to Bozeman, Montana is 534 NM.
Which planes have sufficient range to fly between the two cities without refueling?
None of the planes
The Eclipse plane
Eclipse, Pilatus, and King Air planes
All four planes
The F-22 Raptor flies at 1301 kts.
How long would it take to fly from San Diego to Seattle, a distance of 1091 NM?
Use the formula: Time (hours) = Distance (NM) / Speed (kts)
Over 1 hour
Under 20 minutes
Under 30 minutes
Between 45 minutes and 1 hour
A dispatcher is planning visual indicators and checkpoints for a 200-nautical-mile flight from El Paso, Texas to Albuquerque, New Mexico. A Google satellite terrain map will be used to select the checkpoints.
Use the Google satellite terrain map below to determine visual checkpoints that would be useful for the pilot:
The bodies of water near Truth or Consequences
US25
Gila National Forest
What time does the flight from Las Vegas (LAS) to Phoenix (PHX) take off?
08:45
10:55
10:00
12:00
1. Refer to the charts below to answer the questions that follow about crew scheduling:
Who will be the Captain of this flight?
M. Lewis
G. Gonzalez
S. Hill
None of these choices will work for captain.
Who will be the Captain of this flight? Who will be the first officer for this flight?
H. Sanchez
T. Morris
J. Reed
None of these choices will work for first officer.
Who will be the flight attendants for this flight? (Choose two)
C. Ross
P. Henderson
L. Jenkins
D. Ford
Match the airfoil to the correct description.
High Camber
Low Camber
Symmetrical
Match the air foil to the accurate description.
High Camber
Low Camber
Symmetrical
Low Camber airfoils have__________?
Low Lift & High Drag
High Lift & Low Drag
Low Lift and Low Drag
High Camber air foils have___________?
Low lift & Low Drag
High Lift & High Drag
High Lift & Low Drag
Low Lift & High Drag
Symmetrical air foils have _________________.
High Stability
Low Stability
High Lift
High Drag
