HAL PRAVARA AVIATION INSTITUTE NASHIK

GAS TURBINE ENGINE Module 15a

2nd Session 2021 5th October 4:05pm
written by Assar Noaman
Q1) Thrust produced by turbojet in determined by

a) Changing momentum of air

b) Momentum of fuel
c) Force caused by diffrence in pressure across exhaust multiply by area of
nozzel
d) All

Q2) Thrust produced by turbo jet or turbofan engine

a) Changing momentum of air

b) Momentum of fuel
c) Force caused by diffrence in pressure across exhaust multiply by area of
nozzel
d) All

Q3) The rotor shaft provide matching surface for oil seal in earing housing
machine surface is called

a) Land groove
b) Land
c) Seal groove

Q4) Kiddie fire detection system

a) Wires are imbeded in inconnel tube with eutic core matrial

b) Special core material is imbeded in inconel tube filled with thermister core
material
c) Eutic salt is imbeded in inconnel tube
Q5) Disadvantage of air turbine starter

a) High volume airflow of air turbine pressure 50psi

b) Low volume pressure at 100psi
c) Low volume airflow at desired pressure
d) High volume air at near sealand

Q6) Disadvantage of afterburner

a) High fuel consumption heat produced at exist nozzel

b) Operate for short period of time only
c) Gives only 50% power increases

Q7) Cross feed valve

a) Enable engine fuel feed from one tank

b) As in (a) fuel transfer between tank
c) Fuel feed to LH engine from LH tank and RH engine from RH tank of valve in
open

Q8) Starter equiped with an output splince shaft having a shear section that
permit the shaft to shear if :

a) Torque to engine during starting cycle is excessive

b) Torque to engine during starting cycle is less
c) Speed to engine during starting cycle is less
d) Speed to engine during starting cycle is excessive

Q9) Diffuser section

a) Decreases airflow velocity

b) Increases the airflow pressure
c) Increases airflow velocity
d) Both a and b

Q10) Aircraft having afterburner then which type of exhaust nozzle used

a) Divergent duct
 b) Convergent Duct
c) Variable Geometric duct

Q11) Function of turbine is to convert Kinetic energy into Mechanical energy to

a) Provide combustion
b) Drive compressor and accessories
c) Genrates power , Drive compressor and accessories

Q12) Diethylene glycol solution work as a

a) Fuel anti microbes

b) Fuel Antifreeze
c) Fuel Anti corossion

Q13) Purity issue that is unique related to gas turbine engine

a) Chlorine and sulpher

b) Water fuel consuming
c) Solid particles

Q14) MTCS

a) Type of seal used in some turbine engine is corbon seal

b) Carbon seal are spring loaded
c) As in (b) carbon seal rest against a surface to creeate as seal bearing cavity

Q15) Aniticing air is taken from

a) LP compressor
b) HP compressor
c) Air conditioning air

Q16) air for turbine blade cooling and wheel cooling

a) Fan discharge air

b) HP compressor
c) Atmosphere air
Q17) Mark the most appropiate answer regarding turboprop

a) Turboprop engine usually have extra stages of compressor to drive

proppeller
b) Turboprop engine usually drive extra stages of RGB to drive propeller
c) Turboprop has extra stages of turbine to drive propeller

Q18) MTCS

a) Turboprop engine have two turbine mechanically connected

b) In free turbine two stages are connected to two independent shaft
c) As in (b) one shaft turns the engine compressor and another shafy turns
propeller through RGB

Q19) Engine presserved for 7days

a) Only All aperatures need to be blanked

b) Engine to be rotated as per manufacture

Q20) Thrust Specific Fuel Consumption

a) Fuel consumed in lb/hrs divided by thrust produced in lb

b) Fuel consumed in kg/hrs divided by thrust produced in lb
c) consumed in hrs/lb divided by thrust produced in lb

Q21) MTCS

a) Vibration transmitter is an electromechanical device

b) Vibration transmitter is installed in engine case and electrical signal
transmitted through amplifier
c) Vibration transmitter doesn’t need electrical conection

Q22) In beta range of through quadrant the propeller blade angle is no governed
by governor but controlled by

a) Propeller Governor
b) Propeller control lever
c) Propeller Power lever
Q23) MTCS

a) A characteristics of turboprop is that change in power lever is not related

to engine speed but to TIT
b) During flight propeller maintains constatnt blade angle

Q24) a turboshaft engine made up of two part assemblies the gas genrator and

a) Compressor Section
b) Power Section
c) Turbine Section

Q25) Turboshaft engie used in

a) Helicopter
b) APU
c) Both

Q26) Freewheeling clutch or overrunning clutch

a) Allow engine rotor to rotates when engine shutdown occures

b) Prevent rotor to rotates after engine shutdown

Q27) MTICS

a) The main radii for bend in wire groups must not less than 10 times the
outside diameter
b) Normally wire groups should not exceed ½ inch deflection between support
point by blend force
c) A wire bundle must not have more than 80 wires and bundle size 2.5inch

Q28) Cooling air through larger holes cools the combustion chamber upto

a) 3500 F
b) 2500 F
c) 1500 F
d) 2000 F
Q29) Can type combustion chamber air enters through

a) Air inlet duct

b) Air outlet duct
c) Combustion chamber inlet duct
d) Diffusor inlet duct

Q30) Blending of turbine blade is done ( refer EASA 21.11 )

a) To maintain turbine blade if within limit

b) Chemically treated

Q31) Presserved engine protective envelop partially sealed

a) Pressure
b) Vaccum

Q32) APU load compressor providing

a) Pnumatic power
b) Electric power
c) Both

Q33) APU is used for

a) Pnumatic power
b) Elctrical power
c) Both

Q34) APU is used for

a) Engine starting only on ground

b) Electric power for engine start only
c) Engine starting on ground as well as in air

Q35) Which of the following is not function of centrifugal switch in APU

a) Contol starting ignition circuit

b) Governed speed in diraction circuit
 c) Over speed protection circuit
d) Switching ciruit

Q36) Uninstalled engine stored humidity checked

a) After 24hrs to ensure is not turned to pink

b) After 24hrs to ensure is not turned to blue
c) Before 24hrs to ensure is not turned to pink
d) Before 24hrs to ensure is not turned to Blue

Q37) Halon 1301 also known as

a) Freon
b) Freon R134
c) Freon 13TM

Q38) Control of GTE

a) Required more than 1 control per engine

b) Throttle control lever located in cockpit
c) Engine start lever and start switch control engine air inlet duct
d) Engine air inlet controlled by lever on instrument panel

Q39) The choice of configuration of entrance to duct is located

a) Length of inlet duct

b) Location of engine
c) Type of entrance duct

Q40) Bellmouth inlet is usually installed in engine undergoing

a) Test
b) Perfomance testing on engine
c) Testing in test cell
d) Performance test on test cell

Q41) Blow in door installed within centrifugal compressor admit air during
 a) Inflight emergency
b) Ground operation
c) By vaccum pressure

Q42) During speed axial flow compressor connected rotates at

a) HP compressor moves faster

b) LP compressor moves faster
c) HP and LP compressor moves with same speed

Q43) MTICS

a) Oil seal may be lybrenth or thread seal type usually pressurised to minimized
oil leakage along the shaft
b) Lybrenth seal usually pressuerized but helical seal depend solely upon never
threading
c) Both type of seal must be pressurised to prevent oil leakage

Q44) After Burner is used to increases

a) Heat
b) Fuel flow
c) Thrust

Q45) Turbine nozzle diphagram

a) Aerofoil section staionary ring located immediately forward of turbine

wheel
b) Located after compressor
c) Lcated middle of compressor
d) Located forward of combustion chamber

Q46) Noise supressor used in GTE supplies the noise upto

a) 10 - 15db
b) 20 - 25db
c) 25 - 30db
d) 30 - 50db
Q47) During compressor wash

a) Only compressor is washed

b) Engine gas path is washed
c) Only front stages of compressor washed

Q48) Noise produced can be reduced by

a) Decreasing the temprature of exhaust gases

b) Increasing the exhaust mixing area
c) Both

Q49) FCU Senses many input parameter as power lever , compressure inlet
pressure , Engine RPM Burner pressure and

a) EGT
b) Compressor discharge pressure
c) Turbine discharge pressure

Q50) MTCS refer Treager pg no. 348

a) Ball thrust bearing is designed for thrust load in both direction

b) Self aigning earing are recomonded for radial and small lad in one direction
load only
c) Spherical roller thrust bearing carry heavy thrust load or combined loads

Q51) Hot Steaking is a term associated to

a) Fuel pump
b) Fuel nozzle
c) Oil pump

Q52) Speed of impulse turbine increased

a) No change in impulse force

b) Impulse force increases
c) Temprature of trbine increases
Q53) Engine starting electric circuit

a) Need not to be relative relay

b) Provide power for ignition
c) Supply is manually connected to engine throttle
d) Starter motor is cooled by water

Q54) Subsonic inlet duct

a) Increases pressure
b) Velocity decreases
c) Velocity increases
d) Both a and b

Q55) MTCS

a) Synthetic oil property is not same as mineral oil

b) Synthetic oil don’t have any effect on paint and other solvent
c) Synthetic oil is hygroscopic in nature

Q56) Cool down period for APU

a) Shutdown to next start time

b) Time before shutdown the APU
c) Both

Q57) Starter used for small turbine engine starting

a) Electric starter
b) Electric starter with series winding
c) Electric starter with shunt winding

Q58) small engine where compression ratio is not a factor

a) Centrifugal Compressor
b) Axial Flow Compressor
c) Centrifugal Axial Flow compressor
Q59) Better atomization and uniform spray pattern type of fuel nozzle is used

a) Simplex
b) Duplex
c) Spill type
d) Both b and c

Q60) Constant delivery pump plunger type pump consist of

a) A rotor , piston, angled combated

b) Gears , Special valve , gear casing
c) Same as positive displacement pump

Q61) MTCS

a) Bearing cooled by atmospheric air

b) For bearing cooling it is good practice to have double skinned housing
c) As in (b) Cooling air is fed into intermediate
d) All

Q62) High thermal efficiency depend upon

a) Turbine cooling
b) Uncontrolled expansion and contraction rate
c) Compressor pressure ratio

Q63) Foaming of oil prevented by

a) Derator
b) Baffle
c) Pressure filter

Q64) Function of dearator refer EASA 10.11

a) Prevent oil foaming

b) Separates the air mixed in return oil

Q65) Regarding turboprop gearbox

 a) Two stage epycyclic gearbox
b) Multi stage epycyclic gearbox
c) Three stage epycyclic gearbox
d) Four stage epycyclic gearbox

Q66) In can type combustion chamber primary air enter

a) Air enter through individual can

b) Air passes between cans and outer casing
c) Air passes outside the outer casing

Q67) MTCS

a) Crystal type vibration transmitter is used in multi spool engine

b) A multiple selector switch is located in circuit

Q68) MTCS

a) Forward engine mounts take vertical , side and axial loads

b) Aft engine mounts takes vertical side and side loads only
c) Engine mount vibration isolates accommodate thermal expansion of engine
without applying axial loads to engine flange

Q69) All the component of jet engine work together to convert fuel energy into

a) Heat
b) Mass of Airflow
c) Momentum of air

Q70) Corrugated noise suppressor suppress the noise

a) After the exhaust area

b) Regarding velocity of exhaust gases
c) Both a and b

Q71) Turboprop 100% propulsive efficiency can be obtained by flying an aircraft

at equal to
 a) Speed of sound
b) Exhaust gas pressure
c) Exhaust Gas Velocity

Q72) Advantage of axial flow compressor

a) Low cost
b) High pressure rise per stages
c) Low frontal area

Q73) Monitoring wash of compressor is done by

a) Engine run with only starter to between 10 to 25% RPM

b) Engine run with only ignition to between 10 to 25% RPM
c) Engine run with only starter to between 30 to 35% RPM
d) Engine run with only ignition to between 30 to 35% RPM

Q74) Demineralised water compressor wash

a) Deposite accumulates on engine internal gas path component such as

compressor and turbine
b) Detoriates engine performance
c) Compressor wash must be performance to remove dirt and contamination
d) All

Q75) Undercurrent relay in electric starter

a) Under current relay stop the start sequence when starting power is not
sufficient

Q76) Where physical sepration of fuel lines from electrical wiring conduit is
impractical

a) Locate the feul lines above the electric wires bundle

b) Locate the feul lines below the electric wires bundle
c) Locate the feul lines on the electric wires bundle
Q77) An oil inlet temprature indicator frequently provided to show temprature of
oil

a) As it enters the oil cooler

b) As it enters the pressure pump
c) As it enters the returs line

Q78) False fire warning may be cause by

a) Improper tightning of connector

b) Dirt accumulation on detector
c) Hose wiring between detector and indicator
d) All

Q79) Noise acaustic panel used on engine are used as

a) Nosie absorbing material convert acaustic energy into heat

b) Acaustic panel used for nonveg baking
c) Acaustic panel protect engine from atmosphere

Q80) Approved fuel additives are given in

a) Operational manual
b) Type certificate data sheet
c) Both a and b

Q81) Engine pressure ratio is depend as pressure at engine inlet to

a) Pressure at combustion exit

b) Pressure at turbine exit
c) Temprature at turbine exit
d) Pressure at compressor exit

Q82) When an engine has been oprated above approx 85% RPM for periods
exceeding 1minute during the 5 minute period of shutdown , it is recommended
below 85% RPM or idle for period of

a) 2 minute
 b) 1 minute
c) 5 minute
d) 3 minute

Q83) Primary cause of Turbine blade susceptible to damage because

a) Extream temprature
b) High Speed Operation
c) High rotational speed and centripital

Q84) Educator in APU is used for

a) APU cooling
b) APU oil cooling
c) APU gearbox

Q85) To minimize the ingestion of runway debris some turbojet engine are
equipped with

a) Engine air inlet vortex creator

b) Engine air inlet vortex destroyer
c) Engine air inlet screen

Q86)low volatity of fuel is desirable

a) To resist vapour lock and evapration of fuel in aircraft fuel tank

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