Practice ATP interview #1

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ATP question
Jose Brid
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Frage 1

Frage
When are outboard ailerons normally used?
Antworten
  • Low-speed flight only
  • High-speed flight only
  • Low-speed and high-speed flight

Frage 2

Frage
When are inboard ailerons normally used?
Antworten
  • Low-speed flight only
  • High-speed flight only
  • Low-speed and high-speed flight

Frage 3

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Which of the following is considered a primary flight control?

Frage 4

Frage
Which of the following is considered an auxiliary flight control?

Frage 5

Frage
What is the purpose of an anti-servo tab?
Antworten
  • Move the flight controls in the event of manual reversion
  • Reduce control forces by deflecting in the proper direction to move a primary flight control
  • Prevent a control surface from moving to a full-deflection position due to aerodynamic forces

Frage 6

Frage
What is the purpose of a servo tab?
Antworten
  • Move the flight control in the event of manual reversion
  • Reduce control forces by deflecting in the proper direction to move a primary flight control
  • Prevent a control surface from moving to a full-deflection position due to aerodynamic forces

Frage 7

Frage
Which is a purpose of leading-edge flaps?
Antworten
  • Increase the camber of the wing
  • Reduce lift without increasing airspeed
  • Direct airflow over the top of the wing at high angle of attack

Frage 8

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What is a purpose of flight spoilers?
Antworten
  • Increase the camber of the wing
  • Reduce lift without increasing airspeed
  • Direct airflow over the top of the wing at high angles of attack

Frage 9

Frage
Which is a purpose of leading-edge slats on high-performance wings?
Antworten
  • Decrease lift at relative slow speeds
  • Improve aileron control during low angles of attack
  • Direct air from the high pressure area under the leading edge along the top of the wing

Frage 10

Frage
Which direction from the primary control surface does an anti-servo tab move
Antworten
  • Same direction
  • Opposite direction
  • Remains fixed for all positions

Frage 11

Frage
What effect does an increase in airspeed have on a coordinated turn while maintaining a constant angle of bank and altitude?
Antworten
  • The rate of turn will decrease resulting in a decreased load factor
  • The rate of turn will increase resulting in a increased load factor
  • The rate of turn will decrease resulting in no changes in load factor

Frage 12

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What is the effect on total drag of an aircraft if the airspeed decreases in level flight below that speed for maximum L/D?
Antworten
  • Drag increases because of increased induced drag
  • Drag increases because of increased parasite drag
  • Drag decreases because of lower induced drag

Frage 13

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What is load factor?
Antworten
  • Lift multiplied by the total weight
  • Lift subtracted from the total weight
  • Lift divided by the total weight

Frage 14

Frage
What affects indicated stall speed?
Antworten
  • Weight, load factor, and power
  • Load factor, angle of attack, and power
  • Angle of attack, weight, and air density

Frage 15

Frage
If no corrective action is taken by the pilot as angle of bank is increased, how is the vertical component of lift and sink rate affected?
Antworten
  • Lift increases and the sink rate increases
  • Lift decreases and the sink rate decreases
  • Lift decreases and the sink rate increases

Frage 16

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Why must the angle of attack be increased during a turn to maintain altitude?
Antworten
  • Compensate for loss of vertical component of lift
  • Increase the horizontal component of lift equal to the vertical component
  • Compensate for increase in drag

Frage 17

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How can the pilot increase the rate of turn and decrease the radios at the same time?
Antworten
  • Steepen the bank and increase airspeed
  • Steepen the bank and decrease airspeed
  • Shallow the bank and increase airspeed

Frage 18

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What is the relationship of the rate of turn with the radios of turn with a constant angle of bank but increasing airspeed?
Antworten
  • Rate will decrease and radios will increase
  • Rate will increase and radios will decrease
  • Rate an radios will increase

Frage 19

Frage
Upon which factor does wing loading during a level coordinated turn in smooth air depend?
Antworten
  • Rate of turn
  • Angle of bank
  • True airspeed

Frage 20

Frage
If an aircraft with a gross weight of 2,000 pounds were subjected to a total load of 6,000 pounds in flight, the load factor would be:
Antworten
  • 2Gs
  • 3Gs
  • 9Gs

Frage 21

Frage
Airflow separation over the wing can be delayed by using vortex generators:
Antworten
  • Directing high pressure air over the top of the wing or flap through slots and making the wing surface smooth
  • Directing a suction over the top of the wing or flap through slots and making the wing surface smooth
  • Making the wing surface rough and/or directing high pressure air over the top of the wing or flap through slots

Frage 22

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What is the safest and most efficient takeoff and initial climb procedure in a light, twin-engine airplane? Accelerate to
Antworten
  • Best engine-out, rate-of-climb airspeed while on the ground, then lift off and climb at that speed
  • Vmc, then lift off at that speed and climb at maximum angle-of-climb airspeed
  • An airspeed slightly above Vmc, then lift off and climb at the best rate-of-climb airspeed

Frage 23

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What performance should a pilot of a light, twin-engine airplane be able to maintain at Vmc?
Antworten
  • Heading
  • Heading and altitude
  • Heading, altitude, and ability to climb 50 ft/min

Frage 24

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What criteria determines which engine is the "critical" engine of a twin-engine airplane?
Antworten
  • The one with the center of thrust closest to the center line of the fuselage
  • The one designated by the manufacturer which develops most usable thrust
  • The one with the center of thrust farthest from the center line of the fuselage

Frage 25

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What effect, if any, does altitude have on Vmc for an airplane with unsupercharged engines?
Antworten
  • None
  • Increases with altitude
  • Decreases with altitude

Frage 26

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Under what condition should stalls never be practiced in a twin-engine airplane?
Antworten
  • With one engine inoperative
  • With climb power on
  • With full flaps and gear extended

Frage 27

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What does the blue radial line on the airspeed indicator of a light, twin-engine airplane represent?
Antworten
  • Maximum single-engine rate of climb
  • Maximum single-engine angle of climb
  • Minimum controllable airspeed for single-engine operation

Frage 28

Frage
Identify the type stability if the aircraft attitude remains in the new position after the controls have been neutralized
Antworten
  • Negative longitudinal static stability
  • Neutral longitudinal dynamic stability
  • Neutral longitudinal static stability

Frage 29

Frage
What is a characteristic of longitudinal instability?
Antworten
  • Pitch oscillations becoming progressively greater
  • Bank oscillations becoming progressively greater
  • Aircraft constantly tries to pitch down

Frage 30

Frage
Describe dynamic longitudinal stability
Antworten
  • Motion about the longitudinal axis
  • Motion about the lateral axis
  • Motion about the vertical axis

Frage 31

Frage
What is the reason for variations in geometric pitch along a propeller or rotor blade?
Antworten
  • It permits a relatively constant angle of attack along its length when in cruising flight
  • It prevents the portion of the blade near the hub or root from stalling during cruising flight
  • It permits a relatively constant angle of incidence along its length when in cruising flight

Frage 32

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Identify the type stability if the aircraft attitude tends to return to its original position after the controls have been neutralized.
Antworten
  • Positive dynamic stability
  • Positive static stability
  • Neutral dynamic stability

Frage 33

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What flight condition should be expected when an aircraft leaves ground effect?
Antworten
  • An increase in induced drag requiring a higher angle of attack
  • A decrease in parasite drag permitting a lower angle of attack
  • An increase in dynamic stability

Frage 34

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What characteristic should exist if an airplane is loaded to the rear of its CG range?
Antworten
  • Sluggish in aileron control
  • Sluggish in rudder control
  • Unstable about the lateral axis

Frage 35

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What will be the ratio between airspeed and lift if the angle of attack and other factors remain constant and airspeed is double? lift will be
Antworten
  • The same
  • Two times greater
  • Four times greater

Frage 36

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What true airspeed and angle of attack should be used to generate the same amount of lift as altitude is increased?
Antworten
  • The same true airspeed and angle of attack
  • A higher true airspeed for any giving angle of attack
  • A lower true airspeed and higher angle of attack

Frage 37

Frage
What are some characteristics of an airplane loaded with the CG at the aft limit?
Antworten
  • Lowest stall speed, highest cruise speed, and least stability
  • Highest stall speed, highest cruise speed, and least stability
  • Lowest stall speed, lowest cruise speed, and highest stability

Frage 38

Frage
By changing the angle of attack of a wing, the pilot can control the airplane's
Antworten
  • Lift, gross weight, and drag
  • Lift, airspeed, and drag
  • Lift and airspeed, but not drag

Frage 39

Frage
The primary purpose of high-lift devices is to increase the:
Antworten
  • L/Dmax
  • Lift at low speeds
  • Drag and reduce airspeed

Frage 40

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Within what Mach range does transonic flight regimes usually occur?
Antworten
  • .50 to .75 Mach
  • .75 to 1.20 Mach
  • 1.20 to 2.50 Mach

Frage 41

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What is the primary function of the leading edge flaps in landing configuration during the flare before touchdown?
Antworten
  • Prevent flow separation
  • Decrease rate of sink
  • Increase profile drag

Frage 42

Frage
What is the highest speed possible without supersonic flow over the wing?
Antworten
  • Initial buffet speed
  • Critical Mach number
  • Transonic index

Frage 43

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What is the free stream Mach number which produces first evidence of local sonic flow?
Antworten
  • Supersonic Mach number
  • Transonic Mach number
  • Critical Mach number

Frage 44

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At what Mach range does the subsonic flight range normally occur?
Antworten
  • Below .75 Mach
  • From .75 to 1.20 Mach
  • From 1.20 to 2.50 Mach

Frage 45

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What is the principal advantage of a sweepback design wing over a straightwing desing?
Antworten
  • The Critical Mach number will increase significantly
  • Sweepback will increase changes in the magnitude of force coefficients due to compressibility
  • Sweepback will accelerate the onset of compressibility effect

Frage 46

Frage
What is the result of a shock-induced separation of airflow occurring symmetrically near the wing root of a sweptwing aircraft?
Antworten
  • A high-speed stall and sudden pitchup
  • A severe moment or "tuck under"
  • Severe porpoising

Frage 47

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What is one disadvantage of a sweptwing design?
Antworten
  • The wing root stalls prior to the wingtip section
  • The wingtip section stalls prior to the wing root
  • Severe pitchdown moment when the center of pressure shifts forward

Frage 48

Frage
What is the condition known as when gusts cause a sweptwing-type airplane to roll in one direction while yawing in the other?
Antworten
  • Porpoise
  • Wingover
  • Dutch roll

Frage 49

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What is the movement of the center of pressure when the wingtips of a sweptwing airplane are shock-stalled first?
Antworten
  • Inward and aft
  • Inward and forward
  • Outward and forward

Frage 50

Frage
For a given angle of bank, the load factor imposed on both the aircraft and pilot in a coordinated constant-altitude turn
Antworten
  • Is directly related to the airplane's gross weight
  • Varies with the rate of turn
  • Is constant
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