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Total questions: 127

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Date
1.

Which kind of plane movement is being shown in this picture?

a)

roll

b)

pitch

c)

yaw

2.

Which kind of plane movement is being shown?

a)

roll

b)

pitch

c)

yaw

3.

Which part of the airplane controls the roll of an airplane?

a)

ailerons

b)

elevators

c)

rudders

4.

Which part of the plane controls the pitch of the plane?

a)

ailerons

b)

elevators

c)

rudders

5.

Which part of the plane is responsible for the yaw movement?

a)

ailerons

b)

elevators

c)

rudder

6.

This images shows

a)

roll

b)

pitch

c)

yaw

d)

lift

e)

thrust

7.

This image shows

a)

roll

b)

pitch

c)

yaw

d)

lift

e)

thrust

8.

This image shows

a)

roll

b)

pitch

c)

yaw

d)

lift

e)

thrust

9.

___________ is controlled by the rudder

a)

roll

b)

pitch

c)

yaw

10.

___________ is controlled by the horizontal stabilizer (on the tail)

a)

roll

b)

pitch

c)

yaw

11.

___________ is controlled by the ailerons

a)

roll

b)

pitch

c)

yaw

12.

Which does NOT impact a plane turning

a)

roll

b)

pitch

c)

yaw

13.

A plane cannot take off or land without adjusting

a)

roll

b)

pitch

c)

yaw

14.

Which movement would allow you to turn the plane upside down while still flying forward?

a)

roll

b)

pitch

c)

yaw

15.

The elevators control

a)

roll

b)

pitch

c)

yaw

16.

Which airplane motion is controlled by the elevators?

a)

Roll

b)

Pitch

c)

Yaw

17.

Which airplane motion is controlled by the rudder?

a)

Roll

b)

Pitch

c)

Yaw

18.

Which airplane motion is controlled by the ailerons?

a)

Roll

b)

Pitch

c)

Yaw

19.

The force created by an airfoil moving through the atmosphere

a)

Lift

b)

Weight

c)

Thrust

d)

Drag

20.

The forwards force of the propeller

a)

Lift

b)

Weight

c)

Thrust

d)

Drag

21.

The force of gravity on an airplane

a)

Lift

b)

Weight

c)

Thrust

d)

Drag

22.

An aircraft's tail group. Includes the rudder, elevators, horizontal and vertical stabilizers

a)

Wing

b)

Fuselage

c)

Empennage

d)

Horizontal stabilizer

e)

Vertical stabilizer

23.

An aircraft's tail group. Includes the rudder, elevators, horizontal and vertical stabilizers

a)

Wing

b)

Fuselage

c)

Empennage

d)

Horizontal stabilizer

e)

Vertical stabilizer

24.

The main lifting surface of an airplane

a)

Wing

b)

Fuselage

c)

Empennage

d)

Horizontal stabilizer

e)

Vertical stabilizer

25.

The main lifting surface of an airplane

a)

Wing

b)

Fuselage

c)

Empennage

d)

Horizontal stabilizer

e)

Vertical stabilizer

26.

An aircraft's main body structure housing the flight crew, passengers, and cargo

a)

Wing

b)

Fuselage

c)

Empennage

d)

Horizontal stabilizer

e)

Vertical stabilizer

27.

Supports the aircraft when it is not in the air, allowing it to take off, land, and taxi on the ground without damage

a)

Trailing edge

b)

Leading edge

c)

Airfoil

d)

Landing gear

e)

Propeller

28.

The shape of the wing when looking at its profile

a)

Trailing edge

b)

Leading edge

c)

Airfoil

d)

Landing gear

e)

Propeller

29.

The shape of the wing when looking at its profile

a)

Trailing edge

b)

Leading edge

c)

Airfoil

d)

Landing gear

e)

Propeller

30.

A device for propelling an aircraft that has blades on an engine-driven shaft and that, when rotated, produces thrust

a)

Trailing edge

b)

Leading edge

c)

Airfoil

d)

Landing gear

e)

Propeller

31.

The angle between the airfoil and the direction of airflow

a)

Center of mass

b)

Center of lift

c)

Angle of attack

32.

The angle between the airfoil and the direction of airflow

a)

Center of mass

b)

Center of lift

c)

Angle of attack

33.

If an airplane's weight is greater than its lift, the airplane will

a)

turn right

b)

turn left

c)

ascend (climb higher)

d)

descend (drop toward Earth)

34.

If an airplane's lift is greater than its weight, the airplane will

a)

turn left or right

b)

maintain its altitude (stay at the same height)

c)

gain altitude (rise)

d)

descend (drop toward Earth)

35.

When lift and weight are equal, a plane will

a)

turn left or right

b)

stay at the same height

c)

ascend (rise)

d)

descend (drop)

36.

Bernoulli's Principle as it applies to an airplane's wings creates

a)

drag

b)

thrust

c)

lift

d)

weight

37.

The weight force of an airplane is because of

a)

air resistance

b)

gravity

c)

wind

d)

the power of the engine

38.

The up or down movement of an airplane's nose is

a)

pitch

b)

roll

c)

yaw

39.

The left to right movement of an airplane's nose is

a)

pitch

b)

roll

c)

yaw

40.

The rotation when one wing is raised and the other wing is lowered is

a)

pitch

b)

roll

c)

yaw

41.

Which force slows the plane down?

a)

drag

b)

thrust

c)

lift

d)

weight

42.

Which force moves the plane forward?

a)

drag

b)

thrust

c)

lift

d)

weight

43.

Which force counters weight (or moves the plane up)?

a)

drag

b)

thrust

c)

lift

d)

weight

44.

Which flight pulls a plane down to the ground?

a)

drag

b)

thrust

c)

lift

d)

weight

45.

How many forces of flight affect an airplane?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

5

d)

8

46.

How many forces of flight affect an airplane?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

5

d)

8

47.

Which airplane part is shown as "B"?

a)

a. Rudder

b)

b. Aileron

c)

c. Elevator

48.

Which airplane part is shown as "A"?

a)

a. Rudder

b)

b. Aileron

c)

c. Elevator

49.

Which airplane part is shown as "B"?

a)

a. Rudder

b)

b. Aileron

c)

c. Elevator

50.

Which airplane part is shown as "A"?

a)

a. Rudder

b)

b. Aileron

c)

c. Elevator

51.

Which airplane part controls roll?

a)

a. Ailerons

b)

b. Wings

c)

c. Elevators

d)

d. Rudder

52.

Which two airplane parts used to help control the airplane's motion are located near the back of the plane?

a)

a. Aileron and flap

b)

b. Rudder and elevator

c)

c. Flap and rudder

d)

d. Rudder and aileron

53.

What motion does pitch produce?

a)

a. Swinging right and left

b)

b. Up and down

c)

c. Turning over to the left or right

54.

What motion does yaw produce?

a)

a. Swinging right and left

b)

b. Up and down

c)

c. Turning over to the left or right

55.

Which airplane part is shown as "C"?

a)

a. Rudder

b)

b. Elevator

c)

c. Aileron

56.

When one wing is raised and the other is lowered.

a)

Pitch

b)

Roll

c)

Yaw

57.

If the pilot pushes the control stick forward, what will the airplane do?

a)

Point down

b)

Point up

c)

Roll right

d)

Roll left

58.

If the pilot pushes the control stick forward, what will the airplane do?

a)

Point down

b)

Point up

c)

Roll right

d)

Roll left

59.
Which force pushes up on an airplane?
a)
drag
b)
lift
c)
thrust
d)
weight
60.
Which force is pulling an airplane toward the center of the earth?
a)
drag
b)
lift
c)
thrust
d)
weight
61.
What force is moving the airplane forward?
a)
drag
b)
lift
c)
thrust
d)
weight
62.
What force is pushing the airplane backward?
a)
drag
b)
lift
c)
thrust
d)
weight
63.
What is it called when an airplane dips one wing down while the other wing goes up?
a)
dive
b)
pitch
c)
roll
d)
yaw
64.
What is it called when an airplane nose moves up or down?
a)
dive
b)
pitch
c)
roll
d)
yaw
65.
What is it called when an airplane nose turns left or right?
a)
dive
b)
pitch
c)
roll
d)
yaw
66.

The RUDDER is located on the...

a)

...on the EMPENNAGE.

b)

...on the FUSELAGE.

c)

...on the WING.

d)

...on the POWERPLANT.

67.
WHAT ARE THE FOUR FORCES AFFECT THINGS THAT FLY?
a)
Gravity, Thrust, Drag, Loss
b)
Gravity, Friction, Drag, Lift
c)
Gravity, Thrust, Drag, Lift
d)
None of the above
68.
WHAT ARE THE FOUR FORCES AFFECT THINGS THAT FLY?
a)
Gravity, Thrust, Drag, Loss
b)
Gravity, Friction, Drag, Lift
c)
Gravity, Thrust, Drag, Lift
d)
None of the above
69.
___________ is the study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air. 
a)
Gravity
b)
Drag
c)
Thrust
d)
Aerodynamics
70.
__________ is the act of moving or pushing an object forward.
a)
Gravity
b)
Propulsion
c)
Drag
d)
Friction
71.
__________ is the act of moving or pushing an object forward.
a)
Gravity
b)
Propulsion
c)
Drag
d)
Friction
72.

Which is not a force of flight?

a)

lift

b)

weight

c)

thrust

d)

drag

e)

trying really hard

73.

Which is a push or a pull on an object?

a)

lift

b)

gravity

c)

force

d)

drag

74.

The force of gravity, a downward force.

a)

weight

b)

lift

c)

drag

d)

thrust

75.

The force that propels a flying machine in the direction of motion.

a)

weight

b)

lift

c)

thrust

d)

drag

76.

The force that acts opposite to the direction of motion.

a)

weight

b)

lift

c)

thrust

d)

drag

77.

Which part of an airplane provides the lift?

a)

wing

b)

engine

c)

wheels

78.

The part of an airplane that provides the thrust.

a)

wings

b)

engine

c)

wheels

79.

Which force acts in opposite of thrust?

a)

weight

b)

lift

c)

drag

d)

thrust

80.

Which force works opposite of lift?

a)

weight

b)

lift

c)

drag

d)

thrust

81.

As you increase speed of a plane, the lift will ___________.

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

stop

d)

remain the same

82.

What part of the plane generates lift?

a)

wings

b)

tail

c)

engine

d)

landing gear

83.

As the plane slows down, lift _________________.

a)

increases

b)

decreases

c)

stops

d)

remains the same

84.

This "force" acting on an airplane allows the plane to go UP

a)

weight

b)

lift

c)

drag

d)

thrust

85.

In order for the plane to go "UP" it must over come and be greater than this "opposite" force...

a)

weight

b)

lift

c)

drag

d)

thrust

86.

This force acting on a plane resists forward movement

a)

weight

b)

lift

c)

drag

d)

thrust

87.

The arrow under the plane represents?

a)

lift

b)

drag

c)

weight

d)

thrust

88.

The arrow in front of the plane represents?

a)

lift

b)

drag

c)

weight

d)

thrust

89.

In order for a plane to rise in the air, it must overcome or be greater than this arrow?

a)

arrow in front

b)

arrow above

c)

arrow below

d)

arrow behind

90.
The faster a fluid moves, the lower the pressure is in the moving fluid compared to the fluid not moving as fast. This is called
a)
Archimedes' Principle
b)
Bernoulli's Principle
c)
Pascal's Principle
d)
Vice Principle Snyder
91.
The faster a fluid moves, the lower the pressure is in the moving fluid compared to the fluid not moving as fast. This is called
a)
Archimedes' Principle
b)
Bernoulli's Principle
c)
Pascal's Principle
d)
Vice Principle Snyder
92.
Whose Principle is used to describe why flight is possible?
a)
Newton
b)
Descartes
c)
Bernoulli
d)
Pascal
93.
Whose Principle is used to describe why flight is possible?
a)
Newton
b)
Descartes
c)
Bernoulli
d)
Pascal
94.
Air travels  ______________ over the top of a wing.
a)
faster
b)
slower 
c)
doesn't move at all
d)
the same speed as
95.
Air travels  ______________ over the top of a wing.
a)
faster
b)
slower 
c)
doesn't move at all
d)
the same speed as
96.
Air travels  ______________ over the top of a wing.
a)
faster
b)
slower 
c)
doesn't move at all
d)
the same speed as
97.
Due to Bernoulli's principle, the pressure is ____ above an airplane's wing than below it.
a)
Lower
b)
Higher
98.
Bernoulli's principle creates ___ in airplanes
a)
Drag
b)
Lift
c)
Weight
d)
Friction
99.
Air travels  ______________ over the top of a wing.
a)
faster
b)
slower 
c)
doesn't move at all
d)
the same speed as
100.

The body of the plane is called the

a)

flaps

b)

fuselage

c)

landing gear

101.

The wheels of a plane are called the

a)

landing gear

b)

wheels

c)

fuselage

102.

The _______________ moves left and right to control the left or right movement of the plane

a)

rudder

b)

tail

c)

fin

103.

The controlling surface that regulates an aircraft's roll.

a)

Aileron

b)

Rudder

c)

Wing

d)

Flaps

104.

The __________ can be raised or lowered to change the direction of the plane's nose

a)

elevator

b)

fin

c)

fudder

105.

A controlling surface on an aircraft's tail that regulates yaw.

a)

Aileron

b)

rudder

c)

wing

d)

Flaps

106.

The major horizontal surface on an airplane that provides lift.

a)

Aileron

b)

rudder

c)

wing

d)

Flaps

107.

The _______________ is the main body of an airplane.

a)

cockpit

b)

window

c)

emmpennage

d)

fuselage

108.

The __________is a part of an airplane that produces much of an airplane’s total lift when air flows over it.

a)

aileron

b)

wing

c)

elevator

d)

rudder

109.

The horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer, rudder and elevator together are called the “_______________.”

a)

flaps

b)

empennage

c)

wings

d)

fuselage

110.

The horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer, rudder and elevator together are called the “_______________.”

a)

flaps

b)

empennage

c)

wings

d)

fuselage

111.

compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft

a)

Elevators

b)

propeller/turbine engine

c)

cockpit

d)

fuselage

112.

The controlling surface that regulates an aircraft's roll.

a)

Aileron

b)

Rudder

c)

Wing

d)

Flaps

113.

part on a plane's tail that makes the plane go up and down

a)

Elevators

b)

propeller/turbine engine

c)

fuselage

d)

cockpit

114.

A controlling surface on an aircraft's tail that regulates yaw.

a)

Aileron

b)

rudder

c)

wing

d)

Flaps

115.

An ____________is a vehicle for traveling through the air, and includes lighter-than-air vehicles such as balloons and also vehicles without fixed wings, such as helicopters.

a)

Aircraft

b)

Aerodynamic

c)

Aerostatic

d)

Airlift

116.

The elevator controls “_____________,” or the up-and-down motion of the airplane’s nose.

a)

flaps

b)

lift

c)

pitch

d)

yaw

117.

The ____________ is powered by an engine (usually just behind the propeller) and the propeller blades create __________to move an airplane forward.

a)

thrust, propeller

b)

lift,drag

c)

propeller, thrust

d)

thrust, drag

118.

Things at rest stay at rest, things in motion stay in motion

a)

Newton's First Law of Motion

b)

Newton's Second Law of Motion

c)

Newton's Third Law of Motion

119.

for every action there is an equal or opposite reaction

a)

Newton's First Law of Motion

b)

Newton's Second Law of Motion

c)

Newton's Third Law of Motion

120.

for every action there is an equal or opposite reaction

a)

Newton's First Law of Motion

b)

Newton's Second Law of Motion

c)

Newton's Third Law of Motion

121.

Things at rest stay at rest, things in motion stay in motion

a)

Newton's First Law of Motion

b)

Newton's Second Law of Motion

c)

Newton's Third Law of Motion

122.
Whose Principle is used to describe why flight is possible?
a)
Newton
b)
Descartes
c)
Bernoulli
d)
Pascal
123.

What did Amelia Earhart attempt to do, but died trying?

a)

Flying across the Atlantic Ocean

b)

Flying across the Pacific Ocean

c)

Flying around the world

d)

Fly over the north and south poles

124.
What can a glider fly without?
a)
wings
b)
force
c)
engine
d)
aircraft
125.

The Wright brothers' names were....

a)

Orson and Welles

b)

Orville and Wilbur

c)

Otto and Karl

d)

Olio and Stanlio

126.

Why were the Wright brothers famous?

a)

They invented the first aeroplane.

b)

They were famous writers.

c)

They invented the first spaceship.

127.

Which year did the first flight take place?

a)

2000

b)

1903

c)

1867

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