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Module 8 Basic Aerodinamics Test Answers

This document contains 20 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of basic aerodynamic concepts. The key concepts covered include the four forces acting on an aircraft, lift and weight, stability, boundary layers, effects of humidity on takeoff, pressure and velocity distributions over an airfoil, angles of attack and incidence, center of gravity, center of pressure, wing slats, swept wings, and how centers of pressure change with angle of attack and airspeed. The questions assess understanding of fundamental aerodynamic principles governing how aircraft fly.

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Module 8 Basic Aerodinamics Test Answers

This document contains 20 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of basic aerodynamic concepts. The key concepts covered include the four forces acting on an aircraft, lift and weight, stability, boundary layers, effects of humidity on takeoff, pressure and velocity distributions over an airfoil, angles of attack and incidence, center of gravity, center of pressure, wing slats, swept wings, and how centers of pressure change with angle of attack and airspeed. The questions assess understanding of fundamental aerodynamic principles governing how aircraft fly.

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MODULE 8- BASIC AERODYNAMIC TEST ANSWER

1. Which of the four forces act on an aircraft?


a) Lift, gravity, thrust and drag x
b) Weight, gravity, thrust and drag
c) Lift, weight, gravity and drag

2. Which of the following is true?


a) Lift acts at right angles to the wing chord line and weight acts vertically down
b) Lift acts at right angles to the relative airflow and weight acts vertically down x
c) Lift acts at right angles to the relative air flow and weight acts at right angles to
the aircraft centre line

3. An aircraft, which is longitudinally stable, will tend to return to level flight after a
movement about which axis?
a) Pitch x
b) Roll
c) Yaw

4. The relationship between induced drag and airspeed is


a) directly proportional to the square of the speed
b) inversely proportional to the square of the speed x
c) directly proportional to speed

5. What is Boundary Layer?


a) Separated layer of air forming a boundary at the leading edge
b) Turbulent air moving from the leading edge to trailing edge
c) Sluggish low energy air that sticks to the wing surface and gradually gets faster
until it joins the free stream flow of air x

6. On a very humid day, an aircraft taking off would require


a) a shorter take off run
b) a longer take off run x
c) humidity does not affect the take off run

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7. For a given aerofoil production lift, where
P = pressure and V = velocity:

a) P1 is greater than P2, and V1 is greater than V2


b) P1 is less than P2 and V1 is greater than V2
c) P1 is greater than P2, and V1 is less than V2 x

8. When does the angle of incidence change?


a) When the aircraft attitude changes
b) When the aircraft is ascending or descending
c) It never changes x

9. The optimum angle of attack of an aerofoil is the angle at which


a) the aerofoil produces maximum lift
b) the aerofoil produces zero lift
c) the highest lift/drag ratio is produced x

10.The angle at which the chord line of the aerofoil is presented to the airflow is
known as
a) angle of attack x
b) angle of incidence
c) resultant

11.Stability of an aircraft is
a) the tendency of the aircraft to stall at low airspeeds
b) the tendency of the aircraft to return to its original trimmed position after having
been displaced. x
c) the ability of the aircraft to rotate about an axis

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12.Bernoulli's equation shows that
a) at constant velocity the kinetic energy of the air changes with a change of height
b) with a change in speed at constant height both kinetic and potential energies
change
c) with a change in velocity at constant height the static pressure will change x

13.The airflow behind a normal shockwave will


a) always be subsonic and in the same direction as the original airflow x
b) always be supersonic and in the same direction as the original airflow
c) always be subsonic and deflected from the direction of the original airflow
14.The C of G moves in flight. The most likely cause of this is
a) movement of passengers
b) movement of the centre of pressure
c) consumption of fuel and oils x

15.The C of P is the point where


a) all the forces on an aircraft act
b) the three axis of rotation meet
c) the lift can be said to act x

16.When a leading edge slat opens, there is a gap between the slat and the wing.
This is
a) to allow it to retract back into the wing
b) to allow air through to re‐energize the boundary layer on top of the wing x
c) to keep the area of the wing the same

17.If the wing tips stall before the root on a swept wing aircraft, the aircraft will
a) roll
b) pitch nose up x
c) pitch nose down

18.As the angle of attack decreases, what happens to the centre of pressure?
a) It moves forward
b) It moves rearwards x
c) Centre of pressure is not affected by angle of attack decrease

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19.The power required in a horizontal turn
a) is greater than that for level flight at the same airspeed x
b) must be the same as that for level flight at the same airspeed
c) is less than that for level flight at the same airspeed

20.As the angle of attack of a wing is increased in level flight


a) the C of G moves aft and the C of P forward
b) the C of P and transition point move forward x
c) the C of P moves forward and the stagnation point aft over the upper surface

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