1. This test is used to prepare cadets for the actual exam
AirFrames Exam
This test is used to prepare cadets for the actual exam
Please answer all questions and if you are struggling, Use ACP 33 for guildance.
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2. LO1 What is the main purpose of an aircraft's wings? - To carry Fuel
-To overcome drag
-To support engines
-To generate lift

3. LO2 When drum brakes overheat they tend to? - Dissipate -Fade
-Break up
-Burn out

4. LO3
Rather than making stressed wing skins by fastening stringers to the skin; the skin, stringers and spar flangers can all be machined from a single piece of alloy, called a:
- BILLET
-BOLTIT
-BLUETIT
-BULLET

5. LO4
The entire surfaces of foreplanes, or carnards, normally move to provide control movements. This is known as:
- All-moving
-All-taileron
-All-flying
-All-lifting

6. LO5
If we take the weight of an aircraft and divide it by the wing area, the result is known as its:
- Aspect Ratio
- Wing Stress
- Wing Loading
- Effective Weight

7. LO6
If a metal chosen for airframe construction has the same properties throughout it is said to be:
-AN ALLOY
-HOMOGENEOUS
-AL-CLAD
-HOMOGENIOUS

8. LO7
When designing an aircraft an increase in weight in one area which leads to other areas being strengthened, and therefore made more heavy, is called the?
-Weight Increase System
-Weight Spiral Deflect
-Weight Spiral effect
-Weight Spinning Effect

9. LO8 To avoid boiling at high altitude fuel in aircraft tanks is:
-VENTED
-COOLED
-PRESSURISED
-CIRCULATED

10. LO9
Which of the following parts of the airframe are powered by or use a hydraulic system?
-Flaps
-Primary Flight Control
-Braking System
-All of the above

11. LO10 The most common actuator for moving control surfaces is:
-HYDRAULIC
-PNEUMATIC
-ELECTRIC
-MANUAL

12. The Results
If you achieve 8 marks out of 10, You have Passed. Well Done!
If you have achieved below 8, revise the ACP 33 and retake the test.
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