Aeronautical Engineering Review Course 2016

Answer Key_Aircraft Structures and Design

1. A common wing design structure especially for large commercial aircraft that uses the wing as fuel storage.
(a) dry wing design (c) wet wing design
(b) fuel wing design (d) central fuel storage

2. Are kinds of designs that incorporate various techniques to mitigate losses due to system or component failures which
includes redundancy and multiple load paths?
(a) fail safe design (c) safe life
(b) fail proof design (d) reliable design

3. Which of the following is not a primary control surface?

(a) Aileron (c) Flaps
(b) Elevators (d) Rudder

4. In aircraft zoning, zone 400 is?

(a) Left wing (c) Engine
(b) Right wing (d) Doors

5. Which of the following statement is true

(a) during straight level unaccelerated flight lift = drag.
(b) during straight level unaccelerated flight lift = thrust.
(c) during straight level unaccelerated flight lift = weight.
(d) all forces are equal.

6. It is the ability of an aircraft to maintain its flight path without the help or being controlled by the pilot.
(a) stability (c) controllability
(b) maneuverability (d) operability

7. A 500 kg load is acting in the center of a 300 ft long beam. What are the values of the reactions at both ends of the
beam?
(a) 250, 250 kg (c) 100, 400 kg
(b) 300, 200 kg (d) 200, 300 kg

8. It is type of deformation in which the material does not anymore return to its original shape.
(a) plastic deformation (c) elastic deformation
(b) yield deformation (d) fracture

9. In the stress strain diagram, the constant of proportionality E stands for?

(a) Hooke’s Law (c) Modulus of Turbidity
(b) Modulus of Rigidity (d) Young’s Modulus

10. Which of the following category is not covered by FAR Part 23?
(a) Normal (c) Commuter
(b) Utility (d) Transport

11. It is a rotational force produced on an axis by a linear force applied at a distance away from the axis.
(a) Inertia (c) Moment
(b) Equilibrium (d) Couples

12. Which of the following is not an advantage of conventional landing gear arrangement?
(a) good pilot field of view (c) better propeller clearance
(b) lighter than modern design (d) automatic positive angle of attack

13. It reduces the force required to move the primary control surfaces.
(a) Servo Tab (c) Anti-servo tab
(b) Trim Tab (d) FBW

14. States that the moment of the resultant is equivalent to the moment sum of its components
(a) State postulate (c) Varignon’s Theorem
(b) Pascal’s principle (d) Hooke’s Law

15. The CG of a helicopter is ideally located at?

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(a) Aft location of its Main rotor hub (c) forward the hub
(b) Directly in the line of axis of the hub (d) near the tail

16. The 16-ft wing of an airplane is subjected to a lift which varies from zero at the tip to 360 lb/ft at the fuselage according
to ω = 90 x1/2 lb/ft where x is measured from the tip. Compute the resultant and its location from the wing tip.
(a) 3840 lbs & 5.6 ft (c) 3040 lbs & 5.6 ft
(b) 3840 lbs & 9.6 ft (d) 3040 lbs & 9.6 ft

17. A given truss structure had been found to have three unknowns, which of the following best describes the solution.
(a) the problem is unsolvable (c) use method of joint
(b) we must make 3 independent equations (d) It is a type of indeterminate structure

18. It is the measure of the intensity of an internal load acting on a cross section of an object.
(a) force (c) strain
(b) stress (d) pressure

19. What force is required to punch a 20 mm diameter hole in a plate that is 25 mm thick? The shear strength is 350
MN/m2
(a) 345 kN (c) 221 kN
(b) 550 kN (d) 566 kN

20. It is the ratio of the lateral to the longitudinal deformation.

(a) Euler’s ratio (c) Poisson’s ratio
(b) stress to strain ratio (d) fines ratio

21. A design having their elevators in ahead of the wings and at the same time contributes to lift.
(a) Sweptback design (c) Control Canard
(b) swept front design (d) lifting canard

22. A type of design that uses skin as the primary source of structural strength.
(a) monocoque (c) cantilever
(b) semi-monocoque (d) semi-cantilever

23. The primary purpose of wing dihedral is to improve?

(a) longitudinal stability (c) vertical stability
(b) lateral stability (d) overall stability

24. During take-off roll V1 stands for?

(a) initial speed (c) decision speed
(b) take off speed (d) cruise speed

25. In biplane wing design, stagger means?

(a) longitudinal offset of the two wings relative to each other
(b) lateral offset of the two wings relative to each other
(c) vertical offset of the two wings relative to each other
(d) angle between two wings relative to each other

26. In biplane wing design, decalage means.

(a) longitudinal offset of the two wings relative to each other
(b) lateral offset of the two wings relative to each other
(c) vertical offset of the two wings relative to each other
(d) angle between two wings relative to each other

27. Which of the following wing geometry and/or design is best to reduce the adverse effect of supersonic and transonic
flow.
(a) wing dihedral (c) anhedral
(b) swept back (d) taper

28. Under FAR part 23, the Gust velocity at 50,000 ft is?

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(a) 20 fps (c) 15 fps

(b) 25 fps (d) 30 fps

29. One way of reducing radar detection in most military aircraft is?
(a) reducing RCS (c) using composite materials
(b) Flying at higher altitudes (d) using enamel paints

30. The CG of an aircraft must be located at?

(a) Aft of its Center of pressure (c) aft of the aerodynamic center
(b) forward of its center of pressure (d) forward the aerodynamic center

31. It is the engine whose failure would most adversely affect the performance or handling abilities of an aircraft.
(a) engine inoperative (c) critical engine
(b) left engine (d) ETOPs

32. It is also known as asymmetric blade effect.

(a) critical mass effect (c) C-Factor
(b) P-factor (d) engine inoperative

33. A wing design of monoplane where it is raised clear above the top of the fuselage.
(a) mid wing (c) parasol
(b) sesquiplane (d) inverted parasol

34. Vmu stands for?

(a) maximum unstick speed (c) maximum upturn speed
(b) minimum unstick speed (d) minimum upturn speed

35. Assume that a 20-mm-diameter rivet joins the plates that are each 110 mm wide. The allowable stresses are 120 MPa
for bearing in the plate material and 60 MPa for shearing of rivet. Determine the minimum thickness of each plate.
(a) 6.5 mm (c) 7.85 mm
(b) 7.22 mm (d) 8.32 mm

36. The most efficient way to create lift on a fixed wing is to use?
(a) wing taper (c) elliptical wing
(b) wing tip (d) vortex generator

37. To counter torque of the helicopter main rotors, the following design can be used except?
(a) tail rotor (c) coaxial rotor
(b) tandem rotor (d) meshing rotor

38. VS0 stands for

(a) stalling speed clean configuration (c) stalling speed specific configuration
(b) stalling speed landing configuration (d) minimum landing speed

39. VY stands for?

(a) best rate of climb speed (c) best angle of climb speed
(b) best angle of attack speed (d) best landing speed

40. ATA 28 is?

(a) Hydraulic Power (c) Flight Controls
(b) Fuel (d) Landing gears

41. The Federal Aviation Regulations are under what CFR?

(a) 12 CFR (c) 15 CFR
(b) 14 CFR (d) 13 CFR

42. One way of reducing radius of turn is to?

(a) increase airspeed (c) decrease bank angle
(b) increase bank angle (d) increase thrust

43. The maximum take-off weight of commuter category under FAR 23 is?
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(a) 12,500 lbs (c) 22,000 lbs

(b) 19,000 lbs (d) 17,500 lbs

44. One hand fire extinguisher must be located on the following except?
(a) pilot compartment (c) lavatory
(b) galley (d) baggage compartment

45. The following are phases of design except?

(a) conceptual (c) detailed
(b) preliminary (d) specific

46. It is an axis in the cross section of a beam (a member resisting bending) or shaft along which there are no longitudinal
stresses or strains.
(a) axial axis (c) lateral axis
(b) neutral axis (d) vertical axis

47. During takeoff in a space ship, an 80-kg astronaut is subjected to an acceleration equal to 5 times the pull of the
earth's standard gravity. If the takeoff is vertical, what force does he exert on the seat?
(a) 4707 N (c) 3500 N
(b) 5000 N (d) 4325 N

48. A stone is dropped down a well and 5 sec later, the sounds of the splash is heard. If the velocity of sound is 1120
ft/sec (341.376 m/s), what is the depth of the well?
(a) 254 ft (c) 287 ft
(b) 353 ft (d) 422 ft

49. A stone is thrown from rest vertically upward and return to earth in 10 sec. How high did it go?
(a) 122.6 m (c) 111.6 m
(b) 134.6 m (d) 104.6 m

50. Determine the resultant of the concurrent force shown.

(a) 422 lbs (c) 512 lbs
(b) 486 lbs (d) 499 lbs

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