Aerodynamics MCQ
1. What is the purpose of research?
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A carefully planned and performed investigation, searching for previously unknown facts
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2. What is an example of a carefully planned and performed investigation?
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3. In what area of aviation is reconnaissance called "flying over and looking closely at"?
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4. What is reconnaissance in aviation?
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To fly over and look closely at an area below
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5. What can be used to pull objects closer to the Earth?
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The force of gravity
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6. What does gravity pull objects closer to?
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7. What can be controlled through changes to the propellers speed?
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The amount of thrust
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8. What does the propeller create by biting into the air?
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9. What does pressure mean?
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When you stand, your feet put pressure on the ground
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10. What do you think of when you think of standing?
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11. How is pitch measured?
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A rotational motion
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12. What is the payload of an airplane?
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The load carried by an aircraft that includes passengers and cargo
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13. What is the payload of an aircraft?
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Passengers and cargo
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14. Besides cargo, what is carried by an aircraft?
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Passengers
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15. Opposing forces are pushing or pulling in what direction?
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The opposite
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16. What do opposing forces do?
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Pushing or pulling in the opposite direction
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17. What is the charter of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
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To expand frontiers in air and space
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18. When was NASA created?
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19. What was the name of the governmental agency that oversaw aeronautics research?
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National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
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20. When was NACA's name changed to NASA?
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21. Most aircraft built today have only one set of?
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22. What characteristics define an aircraft as a monoplane?
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Only one set of wings
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23. Which type of aircraft has only one set of wings?
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Monoplanes
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24. What type of engineers create a model of an aircraft to put in a wind tunnel?
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Wind tunnel engineers
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25. What is the axis of motion a roll is about?
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Longitudinal axis
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26. What is a motion in the longitudinal axis?
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27. What opposes weight force in a design of an airplane?
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28. What does the wings create lift with?
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Weight force
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29. What is the leading edge of an airplane normally thicker than?
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The trailing edge
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30. What is a motion around the lateral axis?
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31. What is another word for landing gear?
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Undercarriage
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32. What does a retractable landing gear reduce?
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33. Jet engine works by creating a high?
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34. What do pilots use to measure and observe their altitude?
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35. What can an engineer offer as a hypothesis?
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That a particular wing shape will not create enough lift to enable an airplane to fly
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36. How can an engineer test his or her hypothesis?
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Using one or more of the tools of aeronautics
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37. How many times the speed of sound is Hyper-X faster than?
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38. What is the name of the speed greater than five times the speed of sound?
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Hypersonic
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39. What is the part of the airplane to which the empennage and wings are attached?
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The fuselage
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40. How fast can the X-29 travel?
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Over one and one-half (1 1/2) times the speed of sound
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41. How is the X-29 an example of a supersonic jet?
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Forward sweep wings
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42. What is an example of a supersonic jet that has forward sweep wings?
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The X-29 aircraft
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43. What can be measured by a force?
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A push or a pull
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44. What does air refer to as a type of fluid?
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45. Flight simulation is used to investigate how an aircraft responds to a pilot's movement of what?
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The controls
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46. What is the name of the usage of a flight simulator to investigate how an aircraft responds to a pilot's movement of the controls?
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Flight simulation
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47. Who controls airport safety?
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48. What department is responsible for the FAA?
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Department of Transportation
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49. What would you call a set of controlled procedures designed to test an idea or hypothesis?
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A flight simulation engineer will design an experiment
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50. What kind of person would design an experiment to test whether or not a pilot can control an airplane with a new wing design?
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Flight simulation engineer
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51. What does a flight simulation engineer design an experiment to test?
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Whether or not a pilot can control an airplane
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52. An airplane will normally have what type of engines?
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Jet engines or engines that drive one or more propellers
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53. What does a plane use to create energy?
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Combustion
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54. The horizontal and vertical stabilizers are parts of what?
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The empennage
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55. What part of the tail are pitch controls?
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Horizontal
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56. What are sleek planes designed to reduce?
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Drag force
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57. How is an aircraft designed to reduce its drag?
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Streamlined
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58. In the image above, where do the wings connect to the fuselage?
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59. What is a sweepback wing also known as?
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60. What type of wing is the XB-70A?
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61. What term describes the process of slowing down an airplane?
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Decelerates
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62. What does an airplane do to slow down?
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Decelerates and rolls to a stop
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63. What does an engineer in a wind tunnel collect data about?
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How much lift is created by a certain wing shape
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64. What are the two parts of a control that can cause an airplane to roll or pitch?
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Ailerons and elevators
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65. What are the main types of control surfaces?
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Ailerons, elevators and rudders
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66. What can a computer be programmed to do?
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Perform complicated tasks
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67. What is the name of the science of using supercomputers to solve complex mathematical equations?
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68. What does the term "commercial aviation" describe?
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The business of operating aircraft that carry passengers by commercial companies
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69. What does the flight crew do in the cockpit?
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Flying the aircraft
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70. Where does a flight crew perform their job?
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In the front of the airplane
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71. What is the leading edge of an airfoil called?
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72. The leading edge and the trailing edge are lines on what?
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73. What is an example of a single force acting on a point in an object?
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The force of gravity
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74. What do engineers often treat the force of gravity on all parts of an object as?
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A single force
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75. Two small horizontal surfaces on each side of a plane are called?
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Tail configuration
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76. How many sets of wings did the first airplane have?
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77. Water exerts more pressure on what within a pond than a flowing stream?
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Pond's bottom
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78. Who explained that the faster molecules within a fluid move, the less pressure they exert on objects around them?
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Bernoulli
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79. When did Boyle write Hydrodynamica?
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80. What is the name of Da Vinci's book about fluid dynamics?
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Hydrodynamica
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81. What do you think of when you hear the word "equilibrium"?
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A state of rest
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82. If two people pull on a rope in opposite directions, the resulting force is said to be what?
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83. Along what axis does an aircraft rotate?
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Longitudinal
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84. Where does the center of gravity of an aircraft run through?
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From the nose to the tail
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85. What is the third type of aviation?
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86. What are the three types of aviation?
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General, commercial and military
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87. To take something apart, it must first be examined and?
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88. What can create a force?
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Air pushing on a surface
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89. What does air do to a surface when air pressure is applied?
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90. What is another name for an airfoil?
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91. What is airfoil used to describe?
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92. What is an example of a fluid that produces lift?
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93. What's a good example of an airfoil?
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94. What do wings help an object do when it moves through the air?
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Produce lift
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95. What is an example of an airfoil?
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96. What are the molecules of air called?
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Air molecules
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97. What are blimps?
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They are giant helium-filled balloons
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98. What are the four basic types of aircraft?
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Airplanes, helicopters, blimps and jets
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99. On which side of the plane are the ailerons found?
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100. What is the name of the device on the leading edge of a plane that makes the plane roll?
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Control surfaces
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101. What moves to the right will raise the aileron on the right wing and lower the aileron on the left wing?
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Control stick
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102. What is used to make the aircraft roll?
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103. Ailerons on each wing are used for what?
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Make the aircraft roll
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104. When flying straight and level, moving the control stick to the right will raise what on the right wing?
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105. If the angle of attack is increased, it usually leads to an increase in what?
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106. What is the study of how gases flow?
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Field of fluid dynamics
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