1. Which wing shape has the greatest induced drag?
2. An aeroplane wing stalls when:
3. Yawing is movement around the ____ axis.
4. When the aircraft is in a spin, the direction of spin is most reliably found by
reference to which of the following indications?
5. If the indicated air speed of an aircraft is increased from 50 kts to 100 kts,
parasite drag will be
6. An aircraft rotates about:
7. If the control column is moved to the right, a balance tab on the left aileron
should:
8. The symbol for dynamic pressure is:
9. If the velocity of an airstream is doubled the drag coefficient will:
10. If in level flight the airspeed decreases below that for maximum lift/drag, the
effect will be that:
11. If the angle of attack and other factors remain constant, and the airspeed is
doubled, lift will be:
12. The definition of lift is:
13. What is the load factor in a 60° banked level turn? (See LAPL/PPL 080-01)
14. An aeroplane which is inherently stable will:
15. When an aircraft is in a steady climb, the aerodynamic lift is ____ the weight.
16. A pilot lowers the flaps while keeping the airspeed constant. In order to maintain
level flight, the angle of attack:
17. The stalling speed of an aircraft in straight and level flight is 60 kt, lAS. What is
its stalling speed in a level 60° banked turn?
18. Assuming that the pressure at sea level is ISA, but the temperature is 10 C
higher than ISA, the density will be:
19. An aircraft's rudder is fitted with a balance tab. Movement of the rudder bar to
the right, to yaw the aircraft to the right, will move the balance tab to the:
20. The angle of climb is proportional to:
21. If the control column is moved forward and to the left:
22. The basic stalling speed of an aeroplane is 80 knots. In a level turn with 45° angle
bank, the stalling speed is:
23. During a manoeuvre, the ailerons are deflected and returned to neutral when the
aircraft has attained a small angle of bank. If the aircraft then returns to a wings-
level attitude without further control movement, it is:
24. If the cross sectional area of an airflow is mechanically reduced:
25. An aircraft is disturbed from its flight path by a gust of wind. If it tends to return
to its original flight path without pilot intervention, the aircraft is said to possess:
26. Which flying control surface(s) give(s) longitudinal control?
27. As indicated air speed (lAS) is reduced, in order to maintain altitude, the pilot
must:
28. Considering the forces acting upon an aeroplane, at constant airspeed, which
statement is correct?
29. The purpose of a trim tab is:
30. At the stall, the Centre of Pressure moving backwards will cause the nose to
____, and the decreased lift will cause the aircraft to ____.
31. Dynamic pressure may be expressed by the formula:
32. As airspeed increases, induced drag:
33. A high wing configuration with no dihedral, compared to a low wing
configuration with no dihedral, will provide:
34. At a given indicated air speed, what effect will an increase in air density have on
lift and drag?
35. The boundary layer consists of:
36. After a disturbance in pitch, an aircraft oscillates in pitch with increasing
amplitude. It is:
37. When displacing the ailerons from the neutral position:
38. What is the approximate percentage increase of a minimum speed if an aircraft
mass is increased for 20%?
39. The maximum speed at which the aircraft can be flown with flaps extended is
called:
40. When an aircraft is disturbed from its established flight path by, for example,
turbulence, it is said to have positive stability if it subsequently:
41. The lateral axis of an aircraft is a line which:
42. The tendency of an aircraft to develop forces which restore it to its original flight
situation, when disturbed from a condition of steady flight, is known as:
43. Wing leading-edge devices such as slots, designed to allow flight at higher
angles of attack, do so by:
44. In sub-sonic airflow, as air passes through a venturi, the mass flow ____ , the
velocity ____ and the static pressure ____ .
45. The stalling speed of an aircraft, assuming weight to be constant, is a function of
the:
46. If the velocity of an air mass is increased:
47. Which of the four answer options most correctly completes the sentence?
Increasing speed also increases lift because:
48. Which flying control surface(s) give(s) control about the aircraft's normal axis?
49. At a constant angle of attack, a decrease in the airspeed of an aircraft will result
in:
50. What is the significance of the speed known as VNO?
51. A control surface may be mass balanced by:
52. If a landing is to be made without flaps the landing speed must be:
53. An aircraft is disturbed from its path by a gust of wind. Neutral stability is when,
without pilot intervention, it:
54. Loading an aircraft so that the C of G exceeds the aft limits could result in:
55. The critical angle of attack on the wing polar diagram is marked as: (See
LAPL/PPL 080-02)
57. That portion of the aircraft's total drag created by the production of lift is called:
59. The unit of force is the:
60. An aircraft has a tendency to fly right wing low with hands off. It is trimmed with
a tab the left aileron. The trim tab will:
61. Differential Ailerons' are a design feature that helps to counteract:
62. The angle of attack at which an aeroplane stalls:
64. The presence of water vapour:
65. The air pressure that acts on anything immersed in it:
66. Lowering the flaps during a landing approach:
67. A wing which is inclined downwards from root to tip is said to have:
68. As airspeed increases induced drag ____, parasite drag ____ and total drag ____.
69. When an aircraft is disturbed from its trimmed attitude by, for example,
turbulence, it is said to have neutral stability if it subsequently:
70. If the angle of attack is increased above the stalling angle:
71. Which of the answer options most correctly completes the sentence? The
amount of lift a wing produces is directly proportional to:
72. The maximum value of the coefficient of lift is found at an angle of attack of
approximately:
73. When considering the changes in density of the air with altitude, which of the
following four options is correct?
74. Following re-trimming for straight and level flight, in an aircraft with a C of G
near its forward limit, and an elevator fitted with a conventional trim-tab:
75. A moving mass of air possesses kinetic energy. An object placed in the path of
such a moving mass of air will be subject to:
76. Longitudinal stability is given:
77. By design, the centre of pressure on a particular aircraft remains behind the
aircraft's C of G. If the aircraft is longitudinally stable and is displaced in pitch,
nose down, by turbulence:
78. Which of the following four options describes the consequence of taking off with
the manufacturer's recommended take-off flap setting selected?
79. With the flaps lowered, the stalling speed will:
80. In straight and level flight, the free stream airflow pressure, compared to that
flowing under the wing, is:
81. The air flow over the wing's upper surface in straight and level flight, when
compared with the airflow that is unaffected by the wing, will have:
82. An aileron could be balanced aerodynamically by:
83. Full flaps should be selected when:
85. A positively cambered aerofoil starts to produce lift at an angle of attack of
approximately:
86. Approximately for what percent will the stall speed increase if wing loading
increases by 15%?
87. On an aerofoil section, the force of lift acts perpendicular to, and the force of
drag acts parallel to, the:
88. An aircraft wing is constructed with positive dihedral in order to give:
89. What is the maximum allowed bank angle when flying an aircraft with limiting
load factor of +2,5 G? (See LAPL/PPL 080-01)
90. With a forward centre of gravity, an aircraft will have:
91. If the Angle of Attack is increased beyond the Critical Angle of Attack, the wing
will stall:
92. The maximum value of the coefficient of lift is found:
93. A typical stalling angle of attack for an aircraft wing is:
94. The airspeed at which a pilot will not yet overstress the airframe of an aircraft by
momentarily up-deflecting the elevator is:
95. Fixed trim tabs on ailerons:
97. The purpose of a spring-bias trim system is
98. Stability around the normal axis:
99. On an aircraft with a simple trim tab incorporated into a control surface, when
the surface is moved, the tab remains in the same position relative to the:
100. An imaginary straight line running from the midpoint of the leading edge of an
aerofoil to its trailing edge, is called the:
101. The dynamic pressure exerted on an aircraft's frontal surface is equal to:
102. When the control column is pushed forward, a balance tab on the elevator:
103. If an aircraft is flown at its design manoeuvring speed VA:
104. If the aircraft weight is increased, without change of C of G position, the stalling
angle attack will:
105. The angle of attack is the angle between the:
106. The reason for washout being designed into an aircraft wing is to:
107. In a climb at a steady speed, the thrust is:
108. Controls are mass balanced in order to:
109. The maximum gliding distance from 6.000 feet, for an aircraft in clean
configuration, with a lift/drag ratio of 8:1, is approximately 8 nautical miles. If
flaps are deployed:
110. What must be the relationship between the forces acting on an aircraft in flight,
for that aircraft to be in a state of equilibrium?
111. The part that gives most of the directional stability for an aircraft is:
112. If an airplane weights 3.000 pounds, what approximate weight would the airplane
structure be required to support during a 20° banked turn while maintaining
altitude? (See LAPL/PPL 080-01)
113. The smooth flow of air, where each molecule follows the path of the preceding
molecule, is a definition of:
114. The primary and secondary effects of applying the left rudder alone are
115. The angle of attack for a minimum drag on the wing polar diagram is marked as:
(See LAPL/PPL 080-02)
116. The maximum allowable airspeed with flaps extended (VFE) is lower than
cruising speed because:
117. The phenomenon of flutter is described as:
118. In straight and level powered flight the following principal forces act on an
aircraft:
119. When considering air:
1. Air has mass.
2. Air is not compressible.
3. Air is able to flow or change its shape when subject to even small pressures.
4. The viscosity of air is very high.
5. Moving air has kinetic energy.
120. Relative airflow is ____ and ____ the movement of the aircraft.
121. If an airplane weights 4.600 pounds, what approximate weight would the airplane
structure be required to support during a 50° banked turn while maintaining
altitude? (See LAPL/PPL 080-01)
122. If the centre of gravity (C of G) of an aircraft is found to be within limits for take-off:
123. Dynamic pressure equals:
124. What is the maximum allowed bank angle when flying an aircraft with limiting
load factor of +3,8 G? (See LAPL/PPL 080-01)
125. An aft centre of gravity will give:
126. When flaps are lowered the stalling angle of attack of the wing
127. When the C of G is close to the forward limit:
128. The purpose of an anti-balance tab is to:
129. The maximum angle of climb of an aeroplane is determined by:
130. A control surface may have a mass balance fitted to it, in order to: