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AFOQT
Test questions for the Air Force Officer Qualifing Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Force necessary to overcome gravitational force to keep the airplane flying is termed | Lift |
| Ailerons are used primarily to | Roll the airplane |
| Ailerons are located | On the outer edge of the wings |
| Pitch makes the airplane | Go up and down |
| Bank makes the airplane | Roll or turn |
| The four aerodynamic forces acting on an airplane are | Drag, lift, thrust and weight |
| An airplane wing is designed to produce lift resulting from relatively | Positive (High) air pressure below the wings surface and negative (Low) air pressure above the wings surface |
| Flight Instruments | Airspeed Indicator, Altimeter, Attitude Indicator, Veritcal Velocity Indicator |
| Engine Instruments | Tachometer, Ammeter (battery), Altimeter, Altitude in MSL |
| Attitude is indicated by the | False Horizon |
| Define Vertical Velocity | How many feet per minute climbing/diving |
| Tachometer | Engine RPMS |
| Ammeter measures what | Batter Power |
| Forces acting on an aircraft in a steady flight condition (no change in speed or flight path) | Lift equals Weight, Thrust equals Drag |
| A flashing green air traffic control signal directed to an aircraft on the surface is a signal that the pilot | Is cleared to taxi |
| Steady red light signal from the tower to aircraft approaching to land | Continue circling |
| Flashing red light signal from the tower to aircraft approaching to land | Airport is unsafe for landing |
| Propeller blades are curved on one side and flat on the other side to | Produce thrust |
| When in the down (extended) position wingflaps provide | Greater lift and more drag |
| What makes an airplane turn | Horizontal componenet of lift |
| What is one advantage of an airplane said to be inherently stable | Airplane will require less effort to control |
| If the elevator trim tabs on the airplane are lowered, the plane will tend to | Nose up |
| The pilot always advances the throttle during a | Climb |
| The pilot of an airplane can best detect the approach of a stall by the | Ineffectiveness of the ailerons and elevator |
| It is ordinarily desirable to provide an unusually long flight strip at municipal airports for the take-off of | Heavily loaded ships in still air |
| A closed runway is marked on an airfield diagram with | X X X |
| Over run is marked on an airfield diagram with | >>> |
| The rearward retarding force of airplane drag is opposed by | Thrust |
| Cowling is located | Around the engine |
| Airport taxiways are identified at night by omni directional edge lights in what color | Blue |
| If the aircraft ammeter is indicating a minus value, this means the | Generator or alternator output is inadequate |
| The angle formed by the chord of an airfoil and the direction of the relative wind is called the | Angle of attack |
| Aircraft Structure | Fuselage, Wings (w/ ailerons & flaps),Empennage (tail), Landing Gear, Power Plant |
| Empannage Parts | Fixed: Vertical stabilizer and horizontal stabilizer Moveable: Rudder, elevator, trim tabs |
| Power Plant Parts | Engine, Propeller |
| What does the cowling do | Helps cool the engine |
| Propeller creates | Thrust |
| What does the rudder do | Moves the airplane nose left and right |
| What does the elevator do | Moves airplane nose up and down |
| Atmospheric pressure | Weather changes help lift airplane, actuates some flight instruments |
| Air Density | Effects airplanes capability |
| Less dense air | reduces power, thrust and lift |
| Density | Increases with altitude |
| Increase temps | Decreases density |
| Newtons Laws of Motion 1 | Body at rest remains at rest |
| Newtons Laws of Motion 2 | Constant force creates acceleration proportional to mass |
| Newtons Laws of Motion 3 | One body exerts force on another, 2nd exerts force equal to 1st but in opposite direction |
| Magnus Effect | Low pressure upward force |
| Axes of Flight | Pitch, Roll, Yaw |
| Pitch is | Lateral Axis (thru wings) |
| What controls Nose & Tail up and down | Elevators |
| Roll is the | Longitudinal Axis (thru body) |
| What controls the Wings up and down | Ailerons |
| Yaw is | Vertical Axis (up and down) |
| Wings side to side | Rudder |
| State how the Rudder controls the aircraft | Push left pedal, rudder moves left, moves tail to right and nose to the left. |
| Name the Secondary Flight Controls | Flaps, leading edge devices, spoilers and trim devices |
| Trim Systems | Relieve pilot of the need to maintain constant pressure on flight controls |
| Altimeter Purpose | One of most vital inst. in acft. Measures where acft is at in atmosphere presents as altitude. |
| Altimeter Hands | Short: 10,000's feet, Middle: 1,000's feet, Long: 100's feet, Vertical Speed Indicator |
| VSI or VVI | Indicates whether plane is climbing, descending or in level flight Ex: rate of climb 500fpm Airspeed Indicator |
| Turn Indicators | Like a "level", if ball is uncentered aerodynamic forces are unbalanced. |
| Attitude Indicator | Miniture airplane and horizon bar. Indicates attitude of airplane relative to the true horizon. |
| Heading Indicator (aka directional gyro) | Basically compass, not affected by flight. |
| Turn Indicator | If aileron & rudder mvmnts are coordinated during turn, ball remains centered. |
| Magnetic Compass | Sets gyroscopic heading indicator. 30 degrees appears as 3. |
| Basic Flight Maneuvers | Straight & Level Turns, Climbs, Descents, |
| Rudder moves | airplanes nose left and right |
| Aileron moves | Airplane wing |
| Elevator control moves | airplane nose up and down |
| Flying by attitude | visually establishing airplanes attitude with reference to natural horizon |
| Trim | Used to relieve all possible control pressures held after desired altitude has been attained |
| Level Turns | All 4 primary ctrls used (ailerons, elevator, throttle & rudder) |
| 3 Types Level Turns | Shallow 20 degrees,Medium 20-45 degrees, Steep 45+ degrees |
| Empannage (cabin) | not considered a major component of an aircraft structure |
| Moving the control wheel or stick to the right will cause the right aileron to | Rotate forward |
| If the control wheel or stick is moved forward | Airspeed will increase |
| Aircraft pitch will change | If the left rudder is pressed then the aircraft will Yaw |
| Mach refers to | Speed of Sound |
| As the radius of a turn decreases the | positive g-forces are increased |
| As altitude increases in order to maintain the same amount of lift an aircraft must | fly faster |
| If a pilot is instructed to land on Rwy 27 using a straight approach, the heading should be | 270 degrees |
| When flaps are extended | Drag and lift increase |
| Which two flight controls are used to control the rate of a turn | Elevator and ailerons |
| An aircraft on a heading of 325 is flying | Northwest |
| Under normal VFR conditions how much of a pilots attention should be focused on cockpit instruments | 10% |
| Large yellow X's painted on the end of the runway indicate | closed runway |
| The axis which extends lengthwise thru the fuselage from the nose to tail is | longitudinal axis |
| The transponder code which indicates an in-flight emergency is | 7700 |
| The ctrl system used primarily to relive the pilot from having to maintain constant pressure on the flight controls is the | Trim |
| Drag (during climb) requires increase in thrust. | Need sufficient thrust to continue climb |
| Climb Types | Normal, Best rate of climb (Vy), Best angle of climb (Vx) |
| An aircraft instructed to land on Rwy 23L would establish an approach heading of | 230 degrees |
| The four aerodynamic forces acting on an airplane are | Drag, lift, thrust, weight |
| Moving the control stick to the right or left affects which aircraft controls | ailerons |
| The tachometer | is not a flight instrument |
| Flaps are generally used | during takeoff,during landings |
| A flashing green air traffic control signal directed to an aircraft on the surface is a signal that the pilot | is cleared to taxi |
| In creating lift | the air moving over the wing moves faster than the air moving under the wing |
| The propeller blades are curved on one side and flat on the other to | produce thrust |
| On the ground, an aircraft is steered by | pushing the rudder peddles |
| Depressing the left rudder pedal would move the tail of the aircraft | right |
| An aircraft on a heading of 300 degrees is heading | Northwest |
| Supersonic means | Faster than the speed of sound |
| What is the standard weight for gasoline used in aircraft | 6lbs/gal |
| The pilot of an airplane can best detect the approach of a stall by the | ineffectiveness of the ailerons and elevator |
| What makes an airplane turn | horizontal component of lift |
| Larger aircraft generally tend to | land on longer runways |
| For runway 23L, what does the L indicate | L stands for the left-hand runway at airports with two runways aligned in the same direction |
| Tachometer | indicates the speed at which the engine crankshaft is rotating. Not a flight instrument! |
| Flaps | Increase lift and drag. |
| Compass headings | 360 North, 90 East, 180 South,270 West |
| Northwest Heading | Falls between 270 and 360 degrees |
| Inverse Operation | Subtraction & Division |
| Prime Number | Whole # which can be divided by itself and 1,2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 |
| Addition Answer | Sum |
| Subtraction Answer | Remainder |
| Multiply Answer | Product |
| Division Answer | Quotient |
| Factors | #s that can be multiplied resulting in a while number Ex: 2 X 3 = 6 |
| Composit Number | Whole # that can be divided evenly by itself and 1 AND by at least one other whole # Ex: 4 6 8 10 15 27 |
| Order of Operations | "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally" |
| Combine Like Terms 2x + 4x | 6x |
| Convert F to C | C=5/9(F-32) |
| Convert C to F | F=9/5C+32 |
| 1 acre = ___sq ft | 43,560 sf |
| Area of a rectangle | Length X Width |
| An eclipse of the sun throws the shadow of the | moon on the earth |
| Substances that hasten a chemical reaction without themselves undergoing change are called | Catalysts |
| Lack of iodine is often related to what disease | Goiter |
| Under natural conditions, large quan of organic matter decay therefore | soils maintain their fertility |
| The thin layer that forms the front of the eyeball is called the | Cornea |
| The most likely reason why dinosaurs became extinct was that they | Failed to adapt to a changing environment |
| Which of the following is a chemical change | Burning one pound of coal |
| A person with high blood pressure should | avoid salt |
| The chief nutrient in lean meat is | Protein |
| Spiders can be distinguished from insects by the fact that spiders have | four pairs of legs |
| An important ore of uranium is called | Pitchblende |
| Of the following the lightest element known on earth is | hydrogen |
| Of the following gases in the air, the most plentiful is | nitrogen |
| The time it takes for light from the sun to reach the earth is approximately | 8 minutes |
| Of the following types of clouds, the ones that occur at the greatest height are | Cirrus |
| New drug test. Group A takes drug. Group B takes sugar pill. Group B called | An experimental control |
| After adding salt to water, the freezing point of the water is | lowered |
| Radium is stored in lead containers because | the lead absorbs the harmful radiation |
| The type of joint that attaches the arm to the shoulder blade is the | Ball and socket |
| Limes were eaten by British sailors in order to prevent | Scurvy |
| The time that it takes for the Earth to rotate 45 degrees is | 3 hours |
| Of the following planets, the one that has the shortest revolutionary period around the sun is | Mercury |
| What is the negative particle taht circles the nucleus of the atom | Electron |
| In the International System of Units, a measurement for mass is a | kilogram |
| What is energy called that is derived from teh Earth's internal heat? | Geothermal |
| Compouds that include fat and oils found in foods and the human body are | Lipids |
| Resistance is the tendency for a material to oppose the flow of electrons and is measured in | OHMS |
| In order for a lunar eclipse to take place the | earth's axis of rotation must point toward the moon |
| A scientist who studies animals would be called a | zoologist |
| A group of tissues in the human body which work together is | Organ |
| What is an insect scientist called | Entomologist |
| A "dalton" is a unit of measurement for measuring | mass |
| The adult human of average age and size has approximately how many quarts of blood | 6 |
| The smallest of the FORMED elements of the blood are the | platelets |
| Polaris is | North Star |
| A fish breathes with | Gills |
| The type of element an atom is is determined by | the number of protons |
| Seasons are caused primarily by | the Earth's tilting on its axis |
| Planets in our solar system rotate | counter clockwise |
| A common name for sodium chloride (NaCI) is | salt |
| Animals that eat plants AND other animals are called | omnivores |
| Which planet in the solar system has the least surface gravity | Pluto |
| How many legs does an arachnid have | 8 |
| A herpetologist would be primarily concerned with the study of | retiles |
| Excepting the three tiny bones in each ear, how many bones are there in a normal adult skeleton | 200 |
| An elephant can not | jump |
| Blood is returned to the heart through tubes called | veins |
| What kind of bird can build a nest which weighs more than a ton | Bald eagle |
| Paleontologist studies | Dinasours |
| Which panet in our solar system hast he shortest year | Mercury |
| Chloroplasts are found in which type of cells | Plant Cells |
| Your forearm contains two bones. The ulna and | Radius |
| Which planet in our solar system has the longest day | Venus |
| Which of the Earth's NATURAL elements has the highest atomic number | Uranium |
| The lowest or most narrow level of the classification of organisms is called | Species |
| Water freezes at what temperature | 0 degrees C |
| WIs burning charcoal in your BBQ a chemical reaction | yes |
| Where are electrons found in an atom | in orbital layers around the nucleus |
| H2O is the chemical formula for | water and ice |
| What percentage of elements are metals | 75% |
| How many meters are there in one kilometer | 1,000 |
| An oxide is formed when an element is chemically combined with what type of specific element | Oxygen |
| A very strong acid would have a pH closer to | 1 |
| Carbon has an atomic number of 6. How many protons would the element contain? | 6 |
| Elements with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons are called | isotopes |
| What percentage of the worlds population lives in the United States? | 6 percent |
| Which is the deepest ocean | Pacific Ocean |
| Which of the planets in our solar system has the most known moons | Jupiter |
| What does the color of a start signify | surface temperature |
| What planet does the moon named Io orbit | Jupiter |
| Cloroplasts | help plant cells turn sunlight into energy for the plant |
| Lanthanum | has a higher atomic number than uranium but is not a NATURAL element |
| Nitrogen | Makes up 78% of the gases in the air |
| Jupiter | Has 60 known moons |
| Pacific Ocean | averages about 4,000 meters deep |
| Star color | Blue stars are hotter than red stars |
| Pentagon have ___ sides | 5 sided polygon |
| Hexagon have ___ sides | 6 sided polygon |
| Octagon have ___ sides | 8 sided polygon |
| Decagon have ___ sides | 10 sided polygon |
| Triangle have ___ sides | 3 sided polygon |
| Quadrilateral have ___ sides | 4 sided polygon |
| Polygon | closed-in shape, made up of 3 or more straight lines. |
| Equilateral Triangle | All 3 sides are equal, the angles of all 3 sides are 60 degrees each |
| Isosceles Triangle | 2 sides have equal length, and whose opposing sides haev equal angles |
| Scalene Triangle | A triangle all 3 sides and all 3 angles are unequal |
| Acute Triangle | All 3 angles are less than 90 degrees |
| Obtuse Triangle | 1 angle is greater than 90 degrees |
| Right Triangle | Triangle with a 90 degree right angle. |
| Hypotenuse | Longest side of a right triangle. Other sides are called LEGS |
| Concurrent Triangles | Triangles which are identical. |
| Similar Triangles | Triangles same shape but not same size. |
| Special Lines | Indicate altitudes, medians and angle bisections (dashed line you create solving problem) |
| Quadrilateral | Polygon with 4 sides. Sum always measures 360 degrees. |
| Parallelogram | Quadrilateral whose opposing sides are parallel to each other. Opposite sides are also equal. |
| Rectangle | All angles are 90 degrees. |
| Square | All four sides are equal in length |
| Rhombus | All four sides equal but 2 are slanted |
| Trapezoid | two sides parallel but two are not |
| Circle | 360 degrees |
| Circumfrance is | the length around a shape |
| Diameter | line going across the circle, 1/2 circle |
| Radius | 1/4 circle, 1/2 diameter |
| Perimeter | Sum of the length of all sides |
| Pythagorean Theorem | hypotenuse (long line) equal to sum of the square of the legs c2=a^2+b^2 |
| Diameter of Circle | pi (3.14 or 22/7 or 3 1/7) |
| Circumference of Circle equals | pi X diameter or pi X radius X2 |
| Area of Rectangle or Square | Length X Width |
| Area of Parallelogram | Base X Height |
| Area of Triangle | 1/2 base length X Height |
| Area of Circle | pi X radius squared |
| Volume | inside of 3 dimensional objects (instead of area on flat objects) |
| Rectangle Volume | L X W X H |
| Cube/Square Volume | 1 side cubed (s3) |
| Cylinder Volume | Base X Height |
| In chemistry, what are alpha particles | helium nuclei |
| A dalton is a unit of measure for | mass |
| The adult human of average age and size has approximately how many quarts of blood | 6 |
| The smallest of the FORMED elements of the blood are the | platelets |
| Polaris is | North Star |
| The lightest element found on Earth is | hydrogen |
| A fish breathes with | gills |
| The time it takes for light from the sun to reach the earth is approx. | 8 minutes |
| The type of element an atom is determined by is | number of protons |
| Seasons are caused primarily by | Earth's tilting on its axis |
| Planets in our solar system rotate | counterclockwise |
| Which planet has the shortest revolutionary period around the sun | Mercury |
| The Baume scale is used to measure | specific gravity |
| The Antoine equation is used to | estimate the vapor pressures of pure liquids or solids |
| Surplus red blood cells are stored in what organ | Spleen |
| What region of brain influences body temp, metabolism etc | hypothalamus |
| What causes the stars to twinkle | turbulent air |
| Electrons which move thru an electric circuit as current have a | negative charge |
| Fire is a form of | energy |
| Rust is caused by a chemical reactinon known as | oxidation |
| When heat is transferred through a solid the process is called | conduction |
| The time it takes the earth to rotate 45 degrees is | 3 hours |
| At higher altitudes, water boils | at a lower temperature |
| What is the name for the negative particle which circles the nucleus of the atom | electron |
| When entering a climb from level flight, the weight of the acft | results in increased drag |
| Turbulence is caused by | convective air currents, obstructions to wind flow, wind shear |
| A minimally safe airspeed descent is principally used | when clearing obstacles during landing |
| When in the down (extended) position, wing-flaps provide | greater lift and more drag |
| An aircraft must travel __________ at 10,000ft than at 1,000ft | faster |
| Are flaps a primary flight control | No |
| When a flt is identified as "heavy" it means | more than 250,000 pounds of gross weight |
| What does the term yaw mean | directional turning from the tail section |
| The IFF on a military aircraft | indicates whether an aircraft is an enemy or ally |
| The line on an airspeed indicator to warn that operating above the indicated level is danderous is colored | red |
| When taking off into a headwind, the result will be | shorter takeoff distance and increased climb angle |
| If the elevator tabs on a plane are lowered, the plane will tend to | nose up |
| If one end of a rwy is number 27, what will the other end be | 09 |
| Flaps are generally used | during takeoff and landing |
| Air moving over the wing | moves faster than the air moving under the wing |
| What is the standard wight for gasoline in the acft | 6lbs/gal |
| Area of Rectangle | Length x Width |
| Area of Square | Side Squared |
| Volume of Rectangle | Length x Height x Width |
| Volume of Cube | Side Cubed |
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