Aerodynamics MCQs
Aerodynamics MCQs
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1: What is the study of how gases flow?
A. Physics of solid matter
B. Atmospheric science
C. Meteorology
D. Field of fluid dynamics
E. Chemistry
2: If the angle of attack is increased, it usually leads to an increase in what?
A. Speed
B. Lift
C. Drag
D. Drag coefficient
3: When flying straight and level, moving the control stick to the right will raise what on the right wing?
A. Flap
B. Elevator
C. Rudder
D. Aileron
4: Ailerons on each wing are used for what?
A. Make the aircraft roll
B. Aid in flight
C. Control the aircraft's attitude
D. Change the aircraft's flight path
5: What is used to make the aircraft roll?
A. Rudder
B. The wings
C. The fuselage
D. Ailerons
6: What moves to the right will raise the aileron on the right wing and lower the aileron on the left wing?
A. Control stick
B. Rudder
C. Elevator
7: What is the name of the device on the leading edge of a plane that makes the plane roll?
A. Airfoil
B. Tailfin
C. Control surfaces
D. Wing
8: On which side of the plane are the ailerons found?
A. Right
B. Left
C. Neither
D. Above the wing
9: What are the four basic types of aircraft?
A. Airplanes, jets and submarines
B. Planes, helicopters and blimps
C. Airplanes, helicopters, dirigibles and balloons
D. Airplanes, helicopters, blimps and jets
E. Airplanes, helicopters, trains and boats
10: What are blimps?
A. They are giant helium-filled balloons
B. Balloons, kites, and dirigibles are all types of blimps
C. They are made of light materials
D. They are used to carry passengers or cargo
11: What are the molecules of air called?
A. Oxygen molecules
B. Air molecules
C. Nitrogen molecules
12: What is an example of an airfoil?
A. Wing
B. Plane
C. Arrow
D. Boat
13: What do wings help an object do when it moves through the air?
A. Produce thrust
B. Produce drag
C. Stick to the air
D. Produce lift
E. Keep the object from falling
14: What's a good example of an airfoil?
A. Boat
B. Wing
C. Sail
D. Airplane
E. Plane
15: What is an example of a fluid that produces lift?
A. Blood
B. Water
C. Oil
D. Mercury
E. Air
16: What is airfoil used to describe?
A. A missile
B. A boat
C. A propeller
D. A wing
17: What is another name for an airfoil?
A. Rotor
B. Wing
C. Leaf
D. Blade
18: What does air do to a surface when air pressure is applied?
A. Bounce
B. Push
C. Neither push nor pull
D. Pull
19: What can create a force?
A. Air pushing on a surface
B. A liquid object pushing on a surface
C. A rock dropped from a high place
D. Earth's gravity
E. A solid object pulling on another object
20: To take something apart, it must first be examined and?
A. Examined
B. Inspected
C. Disassembled
D. Checked
E. Studied
21: What are the three types of aviation?
A. Air traffic controllers, pilots and aircraft mechanics
B. Military, commercial and private
C. Commercial, general and military
D. General, commercial and military
E. Airplanes, helicopters and balloons
22: What is the third type of aviation?
A. Private
B. Military
C. Commercial
23: Where does the center of gravity of an aircraft run through?
A. From the nose to the tail
B. In the middle
C. Along the length of the aircraft
D. Through the middle of the aircraft
24: Along what axis does an aircraft rotate?
A. Pitch
B. Vertical
C. Longitudinal
D. Orbit
E. Yaw
25: If two people pull on a rope in opposite directions, the resulting force is said to be what?
A. Equal
B. Unbalanced
C. Balanced
26: What do you think of when you hear the word "equilibrium"?
A. Rest
B. A state of rest
C. Opposing forces
D. Inbalance
27: What is the name of Da Vinci's book about fluid dynamics?
A. Hydrodynamica
B. Scientific Mechanics
C. Fluid Mechanics
D. Celestial Mechanics
E. Mechanics of Fluids
28: When did Boyle write Hydrodynamica?
A. 1967
B. 1751
C. 1760
D. 1738
E. 1928
29: Who explained that the faster molecules within a fluid move, the less pressure they exert on objects around them?
A. Laplace
B. Newton
C. Bernoulli
D. Galileo
30: Water exerts more pressure on what within a pond than a flowing stream?
A. Pond's bottom
B. Surface of a stream
C. Water droplets
D. Air
E. Ponds middle
31: How many sets of wings did the first airplane have?
A. Two
B. Six
C. Four
32: Two small horizontal surfaces on each side of a plane are called?
A. Stabilizer configuration
B. Wing
C. Tail configuration
D. Horizontal stabilizer
E. Wing configuration
33: What do engineers often treat the force of gravity on all parts of an object as?
A. A vector force
B. A single force
C. A universal force
34: What is an example of a single force acting on a point in an object?
A. The force of gravity
B. The force of air resistance
C. The force of an object's weight
D. The force of heat
E. The force of air pressure
35: The leading edge and the trailing edge are lines on what?
A. Airfoil
B. Airplane
C. Blade
D. Cutting edge
E. Wing
36: What is the leading edge of an airfoil called?
A. Rear
B. Front
C. Wingtip
D. Top
37: Where does a flight crew perform their job?
A. In the front of the airplane
B. In the cockpit
C. In the back of the airplane
38: What does the flight crew do in the cockpit?
A. Checking the instruments
B. Monitoring the aircraft's systems
C. Flying the aircraft
D. Talking to the passengers
E. Navigating the aircraft
39: What does the term "commercial aviation" describe?
A. The type of aircraft that is most commonly used for commercial purposes
B. The use of aircraft for advertising purposes
C. The business of operating aircraft that carry passengers by commercial companies
D. The use of aircraft for transporting cargo
E. The use of aircraft for transporting passengers
40: What is the name of the science of using supercomputers to solve complex mathematical equations?
A. CFD
B. Chaos theory
C. Geometry
D. Algebra
E. Fractals
41: What can a computer be programmed to do?
A. Play simple games
B. Generate random numbers
C. Learn new things
D. Perform complicated tasks
E. Process information
42: What are the main types of control surfaces?
A. Paddles, joysticks and yokes
B. Ailerons, elevators and rudders
C. Trim tabs, ailerons and elevators
D. Rudder, ailerons and elevators
43: What are the two parts of a control that can cause an airplane to roll or pitch?
A. Rudder and ailerons
B. Rudder and elevators
C. Elevators and rudder
D. Ailerons and elevators
44: What does an engineer in a wind tunnel collect data about?
A. How a turbine will perform in various wind speeds
B. The aerodynamics of an airplane
C. How much power is produced by a wind turbine
D. How much lift is created by a certain wing shape
45: What does an airplane do to slow down?
A. Flies upside down
B. Flaps to adjust the wings' angle of attack
C. Increases airspeed
D. Decelerates and rolls to a stop
46: What term describes the process of slowing down an airplane?
A. Transitions
B. Arrests
C. Decelerates
D. Descending
E. Descends
47: What type of wing is the XB-70A?
A. Delta
B. Aileron
C. Winglet
D. Jet
48: What is a sweepback wing also known as?
A. Rectangle
B. Winglet
C. Flaperon
D. Triangle
E. Aileron
49: In the image above, where do the wings connect to the fuselage?
A. Outward
B. Downward
C. Leftward
D. Upward
50: How is an aircraft designed to reduce its drag?
A. Large and tall
B. Streamlined
C. Covered in wings
D. Bulky
E. Sleek
51: What are sleek planes designed to reduce?
A. Fuel usage
B. Drag force
C. Noise
52: What part of the tail are pitch controls?
A. Horizontal
B. Vertical
53: The horizontal and vertical stabilizers are parts of what?
A. The tail
B. The wings
C. The empennage
D. The fuselage
54: What does a plane use to create energy?
A. Wind
B. Wind turbines
C. Combustion
D. Solar panels
E. Solar
55: An airplane will normally have what type of engines?
A. Jet engines or engines that drive one or more propellers
B. Two engines that drive all propellers
C. Two jet engines
D. One engine that drives all propellers
E. Two propellers
56: What does a flight simulation engineer design an experiment to test?
A. Whether or not an airplane will crash
B. How well a pilot can land an airplane
C. Whether or not a plane can fly
D. Whether or not a pilot can control an airplane
E. Whether or not air traffic controllers are able to keep airplanes on schedule
57: What kind of person would design an experiment to test whether or not a pilot can control an airplane with a new wing design?
A. Mechanical engineer
B. Flight simulation engineer
C. Aerospace engineer
D. Control engineering student
58: What would you call a set of controlled procedures designed to test an idea or hypothesis?
A. A scientific method is the foundation of all experimentation
B. A flight simulation engineer will design an experiment
C. A hypothesis is a conjecture or suggestion about the nature of the world
D. A test subject is a control in an experiment
E. A test is an evaluation of whether a particular idea holds water
59: What department is responsible for the FAA?
A. Department of Transportation
B. Department of the Interior
C. Department of Commerce
D. Department of Energy
60: Who controls airport safety?
A. The FAA
B. The airport authority
C. The airports
D. The airlines
61: 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?
A. Simulator sickness
B. Flight training
C. Flight test
D. Flight simulation
62: Flight simulation is used to investigate how an aircraft responds to a pilot's movement of what?
A. The aircraft's fuselage
B. The aircraft's engines
C. The passengers
D. The aircraft
E. The controls
63: What does air refer to as a type of fluid?
A. Solid
B. Gas
C. Liquid
64: What can be measured by a force?
A. Distance of objects
B. Mass
C. Force of gravity
D. A push or a pull
65: What is an example of a supersonic jet that has forward sweep wings?
A. The F-117 Nighthawk
B. The B-2 Spirit bomber
C. The Concorde
D. The X-29 aircraft
E. The B-2 Spirit
66: How is the X-29 an example of a supersonic jet?
A. Forward sweep wings
B. Variable geometry wings
C. Sonic booms
D. Rearward sweep wings
67: How fast can the X-29 travel?
A. 1.5 times the speed of sound
B. Over one and one-half (1 1/2) times the speed of sound
C. Twice the speed of sound
D. Three and one-half (3 1/2) times the speed of sound
E. 5 times the speed of sound
68: What is the part of the airplane to which the empennage and wings are attached?
A. The wing
B. The tail
C. The wings
D. The fuselage
69: What is the name of the speed greater than five times the speed of sound?
A. Mach 5
B. Ultrasonic
C. Supersonic
D. Hypersonic
70: How many times the speed of sound is Hyper-X faster than?
A. Twice
B. Five
C. Ten
71: How can an engineer test his or her hypothesis?
A. Using one or more of the tools of aeronautics
B. Running a study
C. By constructing a model of the system under study
D. Using a control group
E. By performing experiments
72: What can an engineer offer as a hypothesis?
A. That a particular wing shape will create too much lift and cause the airplane to fly uncontrollably
B. That a particular wing shape will create more lift than is necessary
C. That a particular wing shape will not create enough lift to enable an airplane to fly
D. That adding more engines will enable an airplane to fly
E. That a particular wing shape is best for aircraft flying
73: What do pilots use to measure and observe their altitude?
A. Radar
B. Instruments
C. A sextant
D. A radar
74: Jet engine works by creating a high?
A. Velocity
B. Pressure
C. Temperature
75: What does a retractable landing gear reduce?
A. Maintenance
B. Landing distance
C. Cost
D. Drag
E. Weight
76: What is another word for landing gear?
A. Tires
B. Wheels
C. Ailerons
D. Undercarriage
E. Skis
77: What is a motion around the lateral axis?
A. Roll
B. Yaw
C. Pitch
78: What is the leading edge of an airplane normally thicker than?
A. The tips of the wings
B. The trailing edge
C. The fuselage
D. The middle of the wing
E. The wing root
79: What does the wings create lift with?
A. Jet engines
B. Weight force
C. Surface tension
D. Air pressure
80: What opposes weight force in a design of an airplane?
A. Drag
B. Thrust
C. Wings
D. Lift
E. Air resistance
81: What is a motion in the longitudinal axis?
A. Yaw
B. Pitch
C. Roll
82: What is the axis of motion a roll is about?
A. Longitudinal axis
B. Centrifugal axis
C. Transverse axis
D. Parabolic axis
E. Angular velocity
83: What type of engineers create a model of an aircraft to put in a wind tunnel?
A. Aerospace engineers
B. Aircraft designers
C. Mechanical engineers
D. Wind tunnel engineers
84: Which type of aircraft has only one set of wings?
A. Quadcopters
B. Helicopters
C. Monoplanes
D. Multiplanes
E. Triplanes
85: What characteristics define an aircraft as a monoplane?
A. Cannot exceed a certain weight
B. Only one set of wings
C. They can fly using only one wing
D. Cannot fly upside down
E. They have a single engine
86: Most aircraft built today have only one set of?
A. Propellers
B. Engines
C. Wings
D. Rudder
87: When was NACA's name changed to NASA?
A. 1958
B. 1958-1961
C. 1967
D. 1959
88: What was the name of the governmental agency that oversaw aeronautics research?
A. Committee on Aeronautical Research
B. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
C. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
D. National Research Council
89: When was NASA created?
A. 1966
B. 1871
C. 1946
D. 1958
E. 1957
90: What is the charter of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
A. To develop American technology in space exploration
B. To advance American aeronautical engineering
C. To expand frontiers in air and space
D. To safeguard America's leadership in space technology
91: What do opposing forces do?
A. Creating something new
B. Destroying something old
C. Pushing or pulling in the opposite direction
D. Attract or repel each other
E. Interact with one another
92: Opposing forces are pushing or pulling in what direction?
A. The opposite
B. South
C. The same
D. North
93: Besides cargo, what is carried by an aircraft?
A. Cargo
B. Fuel
C. Passengers
94: What is the payload of an aircraft?
A. A missile
B. Bombs
C. Passengers and cargo
D. Fuel
95: What is the payload of an airplane?
A. The weight of an aircraft
B. The fuel used by an airplane
C. A metal or plastic tube extending the full length of an aircraft
D. The load carried by an aircraft that includes passengers and cargo
E. The air that a plane needs to travel through
96: How is pitch measured?
A. A vibratory motion
B. A rotational motion
C. A linear motion
D. Intensity
E. Frequency
97: What do you think of when you think of standing?
A. Stability
B. Standing in line
C. A feeling of accomplishment
D. Pressure
E. Support
98: What does pressure mean?
A. It takes effort to breathe under high pressure
B. A lot of people are saying that something is too heavy for you to lift
C. When you stand, your feet put pressure on the ground
D. Pressure makes diamonds form
E. A machine applies pressure to a material
99: What does the propeller create by biting into the air?
A. Drag
B. Thrust
C. Noise
D. Air resistance
100: What can be controlled through changes to the propellers speed?
A. The angle of attack
B. The direction of the propellers
C. The amount of thrust
D. The speed of the propellers
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