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Aerospace Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Powerplant
Helicopter
Fuselage
Aspect Ratio
2. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Center of Gravity
Wing Planform
Lapse Rate
Space Shuttle
3. Design machines that fly.
Drag
Aerospace Engineer
High hypersonic
Weight
4. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Seaplane
Vertical Axis...
Aeronautics
Pitch
5. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Pitch
Subsonic
Empennage
Dihedral
6. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Angle of Attack
Rudder
Glider
Airplane
7. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Slogan
Boundary Layer
Wing Planform
Dihedral
8. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Static Stability
Subsonic
Aerodynamics
Rocket
9. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Sailplane
Aileron
Maneuverability
Launch
10. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Wash In/Wash Out
Dihedral
Boundary Layer
Lateral Axis...
11. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Stall
Rocket
Taper
Airplane
12. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Helicopter
High hypersonic
Reynolds Number
Longitudinal Axis...
13. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Cockpit
Aeronautics
Lateral Axis...
Taper
14. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Lapse Rate
Aileron
Leading Edge
Thrust
15. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Aerospace Engineer
Longitudinal Axis...
Weight
Helicopter
16. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
High hypersonic
Vertical Axis...
Hypersonic
Drones
17. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Taper
Aspect Ratio
Space Shuttle
Vertical Axis...
18. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Space Shuttle
Horizontal Stabilizer
Sailplane
Dihedral
19. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Vertical Axis...
Helicopter
Lift
Rudder
20. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Powerplant
Infomercial
Aileron
Helicopter
21. Aircraft stability is the characteristic of an airplane in flight that causes it to return to a condition of equilibrium - or steady flight - after it is disturbed.
Stability
Wash In/Wash Out
Space Shuttle
Maneuverability
22. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Leading Edge
Glider
Airfoil
Weight
23. A built in twist in the wing so that the trailing edge at the wingtip is raised (Wash out) or lowered (Wash in). This significantly affects the slow flight and stall characteristics of the wing.
Dihedral
Center of Gravity
Wash In/Wash Out
Static Stability
24. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Wash In/Wash Out
Airship
Drones
Controllability
25. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Angle of Attack
Jingle
Aerodynamics
Powerplant
26. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Drag
Horizontal Stabilizer
Glider
Subsonic
27. To set or thrust in motion.
Trailing Edge
Maneuverability
Launch
M
28. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Slogan
High hypersonic
Roll
Dihedral
29. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
Storyboard
M
Supersonic
Aerospace Engineer
30. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Airfoil
Airship
Rocket
Empennage
31. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Sailplane
Boundary Layer
Longitudinal Axis...
Slogan
32. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Glider
Leading Edge
Wash In/Wash Out
Infomercial
33. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Powerplant
Roll
Glider
Wing Planform
34. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Seaplane
Aspect Ratio
Aerospace Engineer
Hypersonic
35. A structure that creates up and down forces at the tail to keep the fuselage aligned in pitch with the relative wind. The structure itself is horizontal while the forces it creates are vertical.
Dihedral
Dynamic Stability
Hypersonic
Horizontal Stabilizer
36. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Aspect Ratio
Taper
Dynamic Stability
Airship
37. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Powerplant
Maneuverability
Wing
Infomercial
38. Control surfaces attached to the trailing edge of the wing extending outward from the fuselage to the midpoint of each wing. Flaps can increase the lifting efficiency of the wing and decrease stall speed.
Aerospace
Leading Edge
Lateral Axis...
Flaps
39. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Aeronautics
Subsonic
Static Stability
Sailplane
40. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Dynamic Stability
Vertical Axis...
Slogan
Center of Gravity
41. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Drag
Fuselage
Script
Pitch
42. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Wing Span
Subsonic
Lift
Trailing Edge
43. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Center of Gravity
Subsonic
Fuselage
Angle of Attack
44. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Stability
Static Stability
Aeronautics
Hypersonic
45. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Empennage
Hot Air Balloon
Cockpit
46. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Taper
Trailing Edge
Thrust
Keel Effect
47. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.
Hot Air Balloon
Lift
Sailplane
Drag
48. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Aileron
Static Stability
Jingle
Pitch
49. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Boundary Layer
Aerospace
Trailing Edge
Reynolds Number
50. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Rocket
Lift
Center of Gravity
Drones