Written Test
Written Test
Written Test
189. QDM is the starting point, aircraft to the station and magnetic.
190. QDR is the station to the aircraft and magnetic.
191. Tracking is to follow the path (radio track/radial).
192. Intercepting is to change/intercept the path (radio track/radial).
193. Homing is technique used with radio aid to fly to station.
194. Holding is a maneuver designed to delay an aircraft already in flight while keeping it within a specified airspace.
195. Approach is an act or instance of approaching a runway to land.
196. DME stand for Distance Measuring Equipment.
197. NDB stand for Non Directional Beacon.
198. Frequency range for NDB is 190 kHz to 535 kHz.
199. VOR stand for VHF Omni-directional Range.
200. Frequency range for VOR is 108.0 MHz to 117.95 MHz
201. PAPI stand for Precision Approach Path Indicator.
202. VASI stand for Visual Approach Slope Indicator.
203. Mention and describe pointed part of this flight instrument
The TO-FROM indicator. This arrow will point up, or towards the
daircraft, when flying TO the VOR station. The arrow reverses
direction, points downward, when flying away FROM the VOR
CDI, or Course Deviation Indicator. This needle swings left or right
indicating the direction to turn to return to course.
204. Mention 6 basic flight instrument Altimeter, Vertical Speed Indicator, Directional Gyro Indicator, Indicated Airspeed,
Turn and Bank Indicator, Artificial Horizon.
205. Explanation the working principal of VSI is as the aircraft climbs, the diaphragm contracts and the pressure drops faster
than the case pressure can escape through the restrictor, resulting in climb indications; the reverse is true during
descent. If level flight is resumed, pressure equalizes in the case and diaphragm within six to nine seconds and the
pointer returns to zero rate of climb.
206. Explanation the working principal of ASI is measure the difference between static pressure (usually from a sensor not
in the airstream) and dynamic pressure (called the stagnation pressure received from an aircraft's pitot tube -- which is
in the airstream). When the aircraft is not moving, the pressures are equal (and the airspeed is zero).
207. Mention two flight instrument that used vacuum system Artificial Horizon & Directional Gyro Indicator.
208. DME is a transponder-based radio navigation technology that measures slant range distance by timing the propagation
delay of VHF or UHF radio signals.
209. GPS stand for Global Positioning System.
210. RADAR stand for Radio Detecting and Ranging.
211. RBI stand for Relative Bearing Indicator.
212. RMI stand for Radio Magnetic Indicator.
213. HSI stand Horizontal Situation Indicator.
214. CANPA stand for Constant Angle Non-Precision Approach.
215. VDP stand for Visual Descent Point.
216. MEA is the altitude for an en route segment that provides adequate reception of relevant navigation facilities and ATS
communications, complies with the airspace structure and provides the required obstacle clearance.
217. MOCA is the lowest published altitude in effect between radio fixes on VOR airways, off-airway routes, or route
segments which meets obstacle clearance requirements for the entire route segment and which assures acceptable
navigational signal coverage only within 25 statute (22 nautical) miles of a VOR.
218. MORA is values clear all reference points by 1000' in areas where the highest reference points are 5000' MSL or lower.
Route MORA values clear all reference points by 2000' in areas where the highest reference points are 5001' feet MSL
or higher.
219. Grid MORA is provides terrain and man-made structure clearance within the section outlined by latitude and longitude
lines. The Grid MORA value clears all terrain and man-made structures by 1000ft in areas where the highest elevations
are 5000ft MSL or lower and by 2000ft in areas where the highest elevations are 5001ft MSL or higher.
220. MHA is the lowest altitude prescribed for a holding pattern that assures navigational signal coverage, communications,
and meets obstacle clearance requirements.
221. MSA is the lowest altitude which may be used which will provide a minimum clearance of 300 m (= 1000ft) above all
objects located in the area contained within a sector of a circle of 46 km (=25 NM) radius centered on a radio
navigation aid.
222. Transition altitude is the altitude at or below which the vertical position of an aircraft is controlled by reference to
altitudes.
223. Transition level is the lowest flight level available for use above the transition altitude.
224. Mention three types of aircraft’s fuselage
a. Truss or framework type
b. Monocoque Construction
c. Semi-Monocoque Construction
225. Angle of attack is the angle between the chord of an airfoil and the direction of the surrounding undisturbed flow of
gas or liquid.
226. Angle of incidence is the angle between the chord line of the wing where the wing is mounted to the fuselage, and a
reference axis along the fuselage (often the direction of minimum drag, or where applicable, the longitudinal axis).
227. Wing Span is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip.
228. Based on wing location to fuselage, wing type of Cessna 172 is high wing.
229. Hypoxia is deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching the tissues
230. Hyperventilation is a condition in which you suddenly start to breathe very quickly.
231. Mention 3 primary flight controls control yoke, rudder pedals, and throttle controls.
232. Heading is a direction or bearing of the aircraft.
233. Track is actual path traveled over ground.
234. Course is intended path of travel that have been calculated taking into consideration winds, variation and declination.
235. Drift is the angle between the aircraft heading and the aircraft track.
236. Wind correction angle is the angle between the course (CRS) and the heading (HDG) that is required for the aircraft to
track that course when there is wind.
237. True north is the direction along the earth's surface towards the geographic North Pole.
238. Magnetic north is the direction in which the north end of a compass needle or other freely suspended magnet will
point in response to the earth's magnetic field.
239. Variation is the angle on the horizontal plane between magnetic north and true north.
240. Deviation is compass error caused by magnetized iron within an aircraft.
241. Indicated airspeed is the airspeed read directly from the airspeed indicator on an aircraft, driven by the pitot-static
system.
242. Calibrated airspeed is indicated airspeed corrected for instrument and position error.
243. Equivalent airspeed is the airspeed at sea level in ISA at which the dynamic pressure is the same as the dynamic
pressure at the true airspeed and altitude at which the aircraft is flying.
244. True airspeed is the speed of the aircraft relative to the air mass in which it is flying.
245. Ground airspeed is an aircraft's speed relative to the ground.
246. Speed which indicated at airspeed indicator is Indicated airspeed
247. Knots means a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile (1.852 km) per hour, approximately 1.151 mph.
248. 1 statute miles (SM) equal 1.60934 km.
249. 1 nautical miles (NM) equal 1.852 km.
250. 1 feet equal 0.3048 m
251. Equator is an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern
and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.
252. Meridian is an imaginary line forming a great circle that passes through the Earth's North and South geographic poles.
253. In an hour, an aircraft flying on ground speed of 120 knots can reach 222.24 nm.
254. ADF stand for Automatic Direction Finder.
255. SID stand for Standard Instrument Departure.
256. STAR stand for Standard Terminal Arrival.
257. FAF stand for Final Approach Fix.
258. Mention 4 flight instruments Altimeter, Vertical Speed Indicator, Directional Gyro Indicator, and Indicated Airspeed.
259. Mention 4 navigation instruments Non Directional Beacon, VHF Omnidirectional Range, Distance Measurement
Equipment, and Global Positioning System.
260. Mention 4 engine instruments Oil Pressure, Oil Temperature, Cylinder Head Temperature and Exhaust Gas
Temperature.
261. Mention 3 flight instruments using pitot-static system Indicated Airspeed, Vertical Speed Indicator, and Directional
Gyro Indicator.
262. Mention 2 flight instruments using vacuum system Directional Gyro Indicator and Artificial Horizon
263. Mach number is the ratio of the speed of a body to the speed of sound in the surrounding medium.
264. Indicated altitude is altitude indicated on the altimeter in your airplane.
265. True altitude is the actual elevation above mean sea level.
266. Absolute altitude is the height of the aircraft above the terrain over which it is flying.
267. Pressure altitude is the altitude above or below the standard 29.92″ Hg standard datum plane.
268. Density altitude is pressure altitude corrected for temperature.
269. Radio altimeter is an airborne electronic device capable of measuring the height of the aircraft above terrain
immediately below the aircraft.
270. Encoding altimeter is the aircraft altitude to the radar of the attached radar beacon system.
271. 1007 mb is equal to 29.73669 InHg.
272. Known ground speed is 100 knots, bank to make rate one turn is approximately 15°.
273. Type of VSI which has no lag is called Instantaneous Vertical Speed Indicator.
274. If pitot tube clogged but static vent open, ASI will be under read.
275. If pitot tube open but static vent clogged, ASI will be over read.
276. If pitot tube and static vent are clogged, ASI will be freeze and no longer operate.
277. If static vent clogged, altimeter will be freeze on whatever altitude at which the blockage occurred
278. If static vent clogged, VSI will be show zero climb or descent.
279. There are 7 layers in the atmosphere, mention in order from the surface
a. Troposphere
b. Stratosphere
c. Mesosphere
d. Thermosphere
e. Exosphere
f. Ionosphere
g. Magnetosphere
280. Explanation of QNH is the altimeter sub-scale setting to obtain elevation when on the ground.
281. Explanation of QFE is atmospheric pressure at aerodrome elevation (or at runway threshold).
282. Explanation of QNE is barometric pressure used for standard altimeter.
283. We know that low level clouds stretched from surface to 6.500 ft, mention some type of low level clouds cumulus,
cumulonimbus, stratocumulus and stratus.
284. We know that medium level clouds stretched from surface to 6.500 ft to 23.000 ft, mention some type of medium
level clouds altostratus and altocumulus.
285. We know that high level clouds stretched from surface to 23.000 ft to 45.000 ft, mention some type of high level
clouds cirrus, cirrocumulus and cirrostratus.
286. Cloud ceiling is the height above the ground or water of the base of the lowest layer of cloud below 6 000 metres (20
000 feet) covering more than half the sky.
287. RVR stand for Runway Visual Range.
288. Explanation of RVR is the range over which the pilot of an aircraft on the center line of a runway can see the runway
surface markings or the lights delineating the runway or identifying its center line.
289. Explain sky cover cloud code and their value SKC = sky clear; FEW = 1 to 2 oktas; SCT = 3 to 4 oktas; BKN = 5 to 7 oktas;
OVC = 8 oktas; NSC = nil significant cloud; CAVOK = ceiling and visibility okay.
290. Refer to wind charts below, its wind velocity and direction is 090°/65kts.
3. A turn indicator is built around a gyroscope with: (Note: the degree(s) of freedom of a gyro does
not take into account its rotor spin axis)
4. The error in altimeter readings caused by the variation of the static pressure near the source is
known as:
A) instrument error
B) hysteresis effect
C) position pressure error
D) barometric error
6.Large transport aeroplane hydraulic systems usually operate with a system pressure of
approximately:
A) 3000
B) 2000
C) 1000
D) 5000
A) an artificial horizon
B) a directional gyro
C) a turn indicator
D) a gyro-magnetic compass
10. During an acceleration phase at constant altitude, the resetting principle of the artificial horizon
results in the horizon bar indicating a:
A) constant attitude
B) nose-down attitude
C) nose-up attitude
D) nose-down followed by a nose-up attitude
11. two degrees of freedom, whose axis is oriented and continuously maintained to local vertical by
an automatic erecting system
A) DGI
B) artificial horizon
C)turn indicator
D)RIMC
14.On a Lambert conformal conic chart, with two standard parallels, the
quoted scale is correct:
A) along the two standard parallels
B) in the area between the standard parallels
C) along the parallel of origin
15. On which of the following chart projections is it NOT possible to represent the north or
south poles?
a) Lamberts conformal
b) Direct Mercator
c) Transverse Mercator
d) Polar stereographic
16. An aircraft DME receiver does not lock on to its own transmissions reflected from the
ground because:
17. Which of the following frequency-bands is used by the Loran C navigation system?
A) 978 - 1213 MHz.
B) 10.2 - 13.6 kHz.
C) 90 - 110 kHz.
D) 1750 - 1950 kHz.
18. An NDB transmits a signal pattern in the horizontal plane which is:
A) a beam rotating at 20 Hz
B) bi-local circular
C) a cardioid balanced at 30 Hz
D) omnidirectional