AVweb Quiz #175: Back To Flight School

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Sep. 3, 2012

Interactive Quiz #175:
Back To Flight School

"For of all sad words of tongue or pen the saddest are these:" Back To School! (With apologies to John Greenleaf Whittier's "Maud Muller," 1854) Break's over, kids; time to review what you might've forgotten over the summer. This quiz will count toward your final grade. (Includes results of last month's reader survey on whether a multi-engine rating is worth pursuing.)

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the questions as best you can, then click on the "Score my quiz answers" button to see your score and read the explanations. If you don't like your score the first time around, you can change some of your answers and resubmit. To get the most out of this quiz, we suggest you keep trying until you get a perfect score.

NOTE: When more than one answer is true, only the most complete, correct answer will be scored as correct. The answers are assumed to apply within the United States unless otherwise noted.

1. Those of us old enough to remember the lyrics to The Trogg's 1966 musically challenged hit, "Wild Thing," may recall the refrain, "You move me." Little did we realize this long-forgotten rock band was referring to air traffic ground movements and not some gastrointestinal reaction to the song. Check out this moving NOTAM: Ailerona IA (Ailerona Muni) [IA66]: Sep NOTAM #999: Taxiway F NON-movement area between taxiway D and approach end runway 36 effective from Sep 29th, 2012 at 06:23 PM UTC (1209291823) - Sep 31st, 2012 at 11:59 PM UTC (1209312359). Complete this thought: A non-movement area is a portion of the airfield over which ATC ... (Think about ground control, and complete the line with the best choice.)
a. Exercises no control of traffic
b. Exercises positive control of traffic
c. Does not permit aircraft movement
d. Does not permit vehicular non-aircraft movement

2. Unless otherwise published, all ground-control frequencies begin with what three numerals?
a. 123
b. 121
c. 122
d. 118
e. I II I

3. You've just landed at an airport served by a control tower. In the absence of ATC instructions (after "cleared to land ..."), the aircraft is expected to exit the runway at the nearest taxiway or runway intersection using normal braking.
a. True
b. False

4. Similar scenario as the previous question. You're rolling out after landing, except this time Tower tells you to turn at a specific intersection and to contact Ground control. No other taxi instructions are issued. After turning as instructed, you're expected to: (Complete the line with the best choice.)
a. Cross the hold-short line.
b. Stop at the hold-short line.
c. Hold short of the parallel taxiway.
d. Stop on the runway.

5. Once aloft, wind affects an aircraft's movement across the ground, including how far it'll glide should the propeller stop moving. Fill in the blanks from this Airplane Flying Handbook statement: "With a tailwind, the airplane will glide farther because of the (_____) (_____)." (Fill in the blanks with the best choice.)
a. Higher airspeed
b. Lower drag
c. Greater lift
d. Higher groundspeed

6. When there's insufficient movement of air across an airplane's wing, a stall is likely. Recovery includes a forward movement on the elevator control. The amount of forward movement varies, but if the pilot applies a strong enough forward movement on the elevator control, this will create a negative load and hasten the stall recovery.
a. True
b. False

7. Fill in the blank: "A (_____) is a combination of forward movement and sideward (with respect to the longitudinal axis of the airplane) movement, the lateral axis being inclined and the sideward movement being toward the low end of this axis (low wing)."
a. Slip
b. Skid
c. Slide
d. Shimmy

8. As the FAA stumbles to rewrite outdated knowledge exams in a no-pilot-left-behind effort to make sure instructors teach to the test, let's go above the ordinary with a basic question: According to the Pilot/Controller (P/C) Glossary, which term best describes a "phenomena resulting from the passage of an aircraft through the atmosphere."
a. Jet blast
b. Propwash
c. Wake turbulence
d. Air pocket

9. As an airfoil passes through the air in flight, it produces lift, drag and rotating vortices. This vortex circulation is (_____), (_____) and (_____) the wing tips when viewed from either ahead or behind the aircraft.
a. Inward, downward and around
b. Outward, upward and around
c. Outward, downward and around
d. Outward, upward and inward

10. Scenario: You're IFR, flying heading 090 in smooth air in the northern hemisphere. Your airplane is white with blue trim and you're listening to a Cubs game on your ADF while navigating via the GPS. "Sure would hate to lose that ADF," you remark to your sleeping passenger, just as ATC asks you to increase speed. Before you advance the power, you say to the passenger, "Watch the magnetic compass. It now reads 090, but as the airplane accelerates, the compass card should momentarily move to a (_____) heading."
a. South
b. North
c. East
d. West

11. Survey Results: In Brainteaser 174, we asked you to tell us whether a multi-engine rating is worth pursuing (assuming it isn't a requirement for whatever career you're planning). The results are in, and one choice was preferred three-to-one over the other. Click answer a to find out which one:
a. Choose this answer and then on the results page you can click to reader's opinions about single v. multi.
b. Don't select this answer, even if you don't intend to look at the survey results. It is here for technical reasons, so that your final quiz score will be accurate.

12. Bonus Video: The Brainteaser author, Paul Berge, recently narrated an aviation promotional video called Above The Ordinary. Click on answer a to view this moving trip above the ordinary in a CAF P-51 Mustang.
a. Choose this answer and then on the results page you'll be able to click to the Above The Ordinary video.
b. Don't select this answer unless you're merely ordinary, even if you don't intend to watch the video. It is here for technical reasons, so that your final quiz score will be accurate.

If you enjoyed taking this interactive quiz and would like to see more like it, go to the AVweb Brainteaser page. And if you thought it was unfair, confusing, or a waste of time, we'd like you to tell us that, too. And if you have an idea for a subject that you think would make a good future Brainteaser quiz, be sure to let us know.

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Interactive Quiz #175:Back To Flight School

Interactive Quiz #175:
Back To Flight School