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Aerospace Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • 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 rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.






2. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.






3. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.






4. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.






5. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.






6. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.






7. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.






8. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.






9. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.






10. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.






11. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.






12. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects






13. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.






14. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.






15. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.






16. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.






17. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.






18. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.






19. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.






20. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.






21. 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.






22. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.






23. 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.






24. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.






25. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.






26. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.






27. The study or practice of travel through the air.






28. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.






29. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.






30. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.






31. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.






32. 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.






33. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.






34. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.






35. To set or thrust in motion.






36. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.






37. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.






38. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.






39. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.






40. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.






41. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.






42. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.






43. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.






44. Design machines that fly.






45. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.






46. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.






47. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.






48. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.






49. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.






50. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.