AFOQT Online Practice Questions and Answers

A flashing green air traffic control signal directed to an aircraft on the surface is a signal that the pilot

A. Airport is unsafe for landing

B. Continue circling

C. Produce thrust

D. Is cleared to taxi

If the aircraft ammeter is indicating a minus value, this means the

A. Fixed: Vertical stabilizer and horizontal stabilizer Moveable: Rudder, elevator, trim tabs

B. Generator oralternator output is inadequate

C. Angle of attack

D. Fuselage Wings (w/ ailerons and flaps) Empennage(tail) Landing Gear Power Plant

Less dense air

A. Body at rest remains at rest

B. Increases with altitude

C. Reduces power, thrust and lift

D. Decreases density

Altimeter Purpose

A. One of most vital inst. in acft. Measures where acft is at in atmosphere presents as altitude.

B. Pressure measured, different colored arcs. White-Flap operating range Yellow-Caution range RedNever exceed speed

C. Short: 10,000's feet Middle: 1,000's feet Long: 100's feet

D. Indicates whether plane is climbing, descending or in levelflight Ex: rate of climb 500fpm

Heading Indicator (aka directional gyro)

A. Basically compass, not affected by flight.

B. Straight and Level Turns Climbs Descents

C. If aileron and rudder movements are coordinated during turn, ball remains centered.

D. Sets gyroscopic heading indicator. 30 degrees appears as 3.

As the radius of a turn decreases the

A. 270 degrees

B. Fly faster

C. Drag andlift increase

D. Positive g-forces are increased

Larger aircraft generally tend to

A. L stands for the left-hand runway at airports with two runways aligned in the same direction

B. Land on longer runways

C. Indicates the speed at which the engine crankshaft is rotating. Not a flight instrument!

D. Increase lift and drag.

The chief nutrient in lean meat is

A. Hydrogen

B. Four pairs of legs

C. Pitchblende

D. Protein

Of the following types of clouds, the ones that occur at the greatest height are A. An experimental control

B. Cirrus

C. Lowered

D. The lead absorbs the harmful radiation

Turbulence is caused by A. Faster

B. When clearing obstacles during landing

C. Greater lift and more drag

D. Convective air currents, obstructions to wind flow, wind shear