BIMAN BANGLADESH AIRLINES LTD.

BANGLADESH AIRLINES TRAINING CENTRE

Time: 45 min Full Marks: 10

Date: 08.12.2019 Pass Marks: 7
Course : Cadet Pilot’s Aircraft General & ATPL
Subject: Principles of Flight Examination
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(0.25 Marks X 40 MCQ = 10 Marks)
01. Charles law demonstrates relationship of perfect gas:
a) Pressure & Temperature only
b) Temperature, Pressure & Volume
c) Temperature & Volume only
d) Pressure & Volume only

02. The speed of sound:

a) Is dependent upon the True Air Speed and the Mach number of the aircraft
b) Is inversely proportional to the absolute temperature
c) Is proportional to the square root of the absolute temperature of the air
d) Is directly proportional to the True Air Speed of the aircraft

03. Mach number is:

a) The aircraft True Air Speed divided by the local speed of sound
b) The speed of sound in the ambient conditions in which the aircraft is flying
c) The True Air Speed of the aircraft at which the relative airflow somewhere on the aircraft
first reaches the local speed of sound
d) The Indicated Air Speed divided by the local speed of sound sea level

04. When a volume of air passes over an aerofoil, the pressure at the point of maximum velocity is -
a) The highest
b) The lowest
c) Has no effect.
d) Both high and low

05. An aerofoil section is designed to produce lift resulting from a difference in the:
a) negative air pressure below and a vacuum above the surface.
b) vacuum below the surface and greater air pressure above the surface.
c) higher air pressure below the surface and lower air pressure above the surface.
d) higher air pressure at the leading edge than at the trailing edge.

06. Why does increasing speed also increase lift?

a) The increased impact of the relative wind on an aerofoil's lower surface creates a greater
amount of air being deflected downward.
b) The increased speed of the air passing over an aerofoil's upper surface decreases the static
pressure, thus creating a greater pressure differential between the upper and lower
surface.
c) The increased velocity of the relative wind overcomes the increased drag.
d) Increasing speed decreases drag.
07. The angle of attack of an aerofoil section directly controls:
a) amount of airflow above and below the section.
b) angle of incidence of the section.
c) distribution of positive and negative pressure acting on the section.
d) the angle relative to the horizontal datum
08. The landing gears in modern aircraft are retracted - into the structure to reduce:
a) Parasite Drag
b) Induced drag
c) Weight
d) Speed
09. Drag which depends on Aspect ratio is-
a) Wave drag
b) Skin friction drag.
c) Parasite drag
d) Induced drag.
10. For an aerofoil, the most efficient angle of attack is
a) -4°
b) 0°
c) 3°
d) 16°
11. Which of the following is most useful in case you use a flap while landing:
a) increased lift only
b) decreased stalling speed only.
c) increased drag
d) increased lift and decreased stalling speed
12. Increased Chamber and wing area are the properties of
a) Plain Flap
b) Slotted Flap.
c) Split Flap.
d) Fowler Flap
13. Drag will be less and lift higher for a wing with a –
a) high aspect ratio
b) low aspect ratio
c) long chord.
d) Short chord

14. To maintain altitude, what must be done as Indicated Air Speed (IAS) is reduced:
a) Decrease angle of attack to reduce the drag.
b) Increase angle of attack to maintain the correct lift force.
c) Deploy the speed brakes to increase drag.
d) Reduce thrust.
15. What will be the ratio between airspeed and lift if the angle of attack and other factors remain
constant and airspeed is doubled. Lift will be:
a) Two times greater.
b) Four times greater.
c) The same.
d) One quarter.
16. What true airspeed and angle of attack should be used to generate the same amount of lift as
altitude is increased:
a) A higher true airspeed for any given angle of attack.
b) The same true airspeed and angle of attack.
c) A lower true airspeed and higher angle of attack.
d) A constant angle of attack and true air speed.

17. By changing the angle of attack of a wing, the pilot can control the aeroplane's:
a) Lift and airspeed, but not drag.
b) Lift, gross weight, and drag.
c) Lift, airspeed, and drag.
d) Lift and drag, but not airspeed.

18. How does the wake turbulence vortex circulate around each wingtip, when viewed from the
rear:
a) Inward, upward, and around the wingtip.
b) Counterclockwise.
c) Outward, upward, and around the wingtip.
d) Outward, downward and around the wingtip.

19. In theory, if the airspeed of an airplane is doubled while in level flight, parasite drag will become:
a) twice as great.
b) half as great.
c) four times greater.
d) one quarter as much.

20. As airspeed decreases in level flight below that speed for maximum lift/drag ratio, total drag of an
aeroplane:
a) decreases because of lower parasite drag.
b) increases because of increased parasite drag.
c) increases because of increased induced drag.
d) decreases because of lower induced drag.

21. Which statement is true relative to changing angle of attack?

a) A decrease in angle of attack will increase pressure below the wing, and decrease drag.
b) An increase in angle of attack will decrease pressure below the wing, and increase drag.
c) An increase in angle of attack will increase drag.

22. Thrust must be greater than Drag during –

a) Gliding
b) Diving
c) Climbing
d) All of the above

23. If the angle of attack is increased above the stalling angle:

a) lift and drag will both decrease.
b) lift will decrease and drag will increase.
c) lift will increase and drag will decrease.
d) lift and drag will both increase.
24. Slots increase the stalling angle of attack by:
a) Increasing leading edge camber.
b) delaying separation.
c) Reducing the effective angle of attack.
d) Reducing span-wise flow.
25. In straight and level flight, the forces acting on an aircraft are in a state of -
a) Equilibrium
b) Instability
c) More thrust than drag
d) More lift than weight
26. When the control wheel is pulled back, the trailing edge of an elevator moves:
a) Upwards
b) Downwards
c) Horizontally backwards.
d) Upward and downward
27. To bank an aeroplane to the right, the aileron on the right wing moves -
a) Upwards
b) Downwards
c) Spanwise
d) Chordwise.
28. The advantage of dihedral wing over anhedral is that it gives
a) Lateral stability
b) Directional stability
c) Longitudinal stability
d) Vertical Stability
29. The aircraft can be said to be directionally stable if –
a) C.G. is forward to C.P.
b) C.P. is forward to C.G.
c) C.P. is over the C.G.
30. If an aircraft does not fly along a straight line but moves slowly up and down, it is said to have-
a) Dead beat static stability
b) Static and dynamic stability
c) Static stability and dynamic instability
d) Static stability and neutral dynamic stability
31. After a disturbance in pitch an aircraft oscillates in pitch with increasing
amplitude. It is:
a) statically and dynamically unstable.
b) statically stable but dynamically unstable.
c) statically unstable but dynamically stable.
d) statically and dynamically stable.
32. Longitudinal stability is given by:
a) the fin.
b) the wing dihedral.
c) the horizontal tailplane.
d) the ailerons.
33. An aircraft is constructed with dihedral to provide:
a) lateral stability about the longitudinal axis.
b) longitudinal stability about the lateral axis.
c) lateral stability about the normal axis.
d) directional stability about the normal axis.

34. Lateral stability is reduced by increasing:

a) Anhedral.
b) Dihedral.
c) Sweepback.
d) Fuselage and fin area.
35. The longitudinal static stability of an aircraft:
a) is reduced by the effects of wing downwash.
b) is increased by the effects of wing downwash.
c) is not affected by wing downwash.
d) is reduced for nose up displacements, but increased for nose down
displacements by the effects of wing downwash.

36. For an aircraft climbing at a constant IAS the Mach number will:
a) increase.
b) decrease.
c) remain constant.
d) initially show an increase, then decrease.
37. As air flows through a shockwave:
a) static pressure increases, density decreases, temperature increases.
b) static pressure increases, density increases, temperature increases.
c) static pressure decreases, density increases, temperature decreases.
d) static pressure decreases, density decreases, temperature decreases.
38. The critical Mach. No. is the Mach. No. of aircraft at which the value of the speed of airflow
becomes equal to M=1.
a) at all point over the aerofoil
b) at point of maximum camber over the aerofoil
c) at the trailing edge the aerofoil
d) at the leading edge of the aerofoil

39. Shock waves normally form first:

a) on the maximum thickness of an aerofoil.
b) at all places on an aerofoil simultaneously.
c) only at the trailing edge
d) only at the leading edge.

40. When supersonic air flow through a venturi reaches the restriction:
a) pressure decreases
b) velocity increases.
c) density increases
d) density decreases.