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1. Under what airworthiness requirement the Structure of structural strength should be met?
 EASA Certification Specification 25 (Section 1) Subpart C

2. In a semi-monocoque fuselage design, primary bending loads are absorbed by what

structural member?
 Longerons

3. The shear load on a reinforced, shell-type fuselage is primarily carried by what structural
component(s)?
 Skin

4. The three groups of aircraft structures are

 Primary, Secondary, Tetriary structure

5. Where on an aircraft is fuselage station 0 (zero) usually located?

 At or near the nose of the aircraft

6. A colour used to identify secondary structure, it will be?

 Yellow/Hatched

7. Precise points systems are to be used on an aircraft

 Frames stations, water lines & buttock lines

8. Engine loads, stresses, and vibrations are transmitted to an aircraft structure by what
parts?
 Engine mount’s, nacelle

9. Drain valves are normally closed by

 Cabin air pressure

10. The load imposed on the wings during flight acts primarily on what structural member(s)?
 Spar

11. Lateral stations (wing station) have station zero at the

 Centre line

12. What is the main purpose of stringers in the semi-monocoque design?

 For shape attachment of the skin

13. What is the primary function of the stabilizers?

 To keep the aircraft flying straight and level

14. The measurement of the fuselage perpendicular to horizontal plane measured in inches
from bottom of the fuselage is
 Waterline

15. One of the advantages of the semi-monocoque construction is that it

 Share the loads

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16. The various parts of the aircraft airframe are maintained at the same potential by
 Bonding

17. Where on the aircraft is FS 245, RWS 45?

 245 inches from the datum line of the aircraft, and 45 inches from the centerline of
the right wing

18. The purpose doublers or waffles inside of fuselage skin are used to
 Stop or retard the growth of a crack that may begin to propagate in the skin

19. Some transport aircraft have a cabin floor vents to

 Equalize pressure the loss of a cargo compartment to the floor area

20. What class of fire zone in which a crew member could enter to fight a fire?
 Class B

21. In the truss type construction, the framework usually constructed and connected by
 Steel tube & bolted

22. The purpose doublers or waffles inside of fuselage skin are used to
 Stop or retard the growth of a crack that may begin to propagate in the skin

23. Blowout panels are fitted to pressurized aircraft to

 Prevent differential pressure

24. Which of the following auxiliary flight control surfaces are used for the purpose of
shortening the landing and takeoff runs?
 Wing flap

25. The pilot has under estimated his altitude and must climb to get over a mountain. Which of
the following actions should be taken?
 Pull back the coloumb

26. Leakage of pressurized fuselage can be set by pressure cabin is

 Controlled leakage

27. What parts of an aircraft wing transmit the load from the skin covering to the spars?
 Ribs

28. What is the purpose of the false spar in some aircraft wings?
 To support the aileron & flaps

29. What component is used to hold the arresting hook in the down position to prevent it from
bouncing when it strikes the carrier deck?
 Hook latch mechanism

30. Most large transport aircraft upper skins are

 7075

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31. On a mono-spar wing, what gives the wing its profile contour?
 Ribs

32. What is a cantilever wing?

 No external supporting struts

33. Longitudinal members with connecting to the bulkheads give contour to the design for
integral wing tank is
 Box beam wing

34. Which of the following terms identifies the rear edge or surface of the airfoil?
 Trailing edge

35. Flapper valves are used in fuel tanks to

 Act as check valves

36. The four main structural items making up a horizontal stabilizer are
 Spars, rib, stinger, skin panels

37. An elevator provides control about the

 Lateral axis

38. Stabilizer attached to the center tail of fuselage by mean

 Spars

39. What type of landing gear is designed with the main landing gear located behind the center
of gravity?
 Tricycle gear

40. What is attached to the rear of the vertical stabilizer?

 Rudder

41. The purpose of the vertical fin is to provide

 Directional (yaw) stability

42. What part of an air-oil shock strut controls the rate of flow of the fluid between the piston
and cylinder?
 The metering pin

43. Ailerons, elevators, and rudders make up what group of aircraft control surfaces?
 Primary control surfaces

44. Which of the following types of flaps operates on tracks and rollers?
 Fowler

45. When the nose gear shock strut is fully extended, the wheel and axle assembly is aligned in
the straight ahead position by which of the following components?
 Centering cams

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46. The method employed to mass balance control surfaces is to

 Attach weights forward of the hinge line

47. A 'frise' aileron is incorporated to

 Equalize aileron drag in turn

48. The shimmy damper on a nose landing gear assembly prevents the nosecwheel from
shimmying during takeoff and landing by
 Metering fluid through a small orifice between two cylinders of the chambers

49. Jet engines are usually mounted by

 Forged mount and bolted to aircraft forged structure

50. A pylon structural member supports the

 Spars

51. Engine loads, stresses, and vibrations are transmitted to an aircraft structure by what
parts?
 Engine mount and nacelles

52. The material of the firewall for engine nacelles is

 Stainless steel or titanium

53. The engine cowlings are held in open position by

 Forward and aft hold open rods

54. What the purpose of fire wall in the nacelle?

 Separates the engine compartment from the rest of the aircraft

55. What is the most common type of landing gear used on aircraft to reduce drag?
 Retractable

56. Shock encountered during landing roll of an aircraft is absorbed by

 Nitrogen and hydraulic fluid

57. What the purpose of the torque links on the landing gear strut
 Maintain correct wheels aligment

58. The purpose of Fuse plugs in aircraft tires are

 For over pressure protection

59. What is the purpose of the passenger doors

 Permit normal or emergency entrance into or exit from the aircraft

60. In the ATA 100 zonal system the passenger entry door will have a designation of
 800

61. Where is the fuselage station number 540 located?

 540 inch aft of zero or fixed reference line

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62. What purpose does the wing to the aircraft fuselage fairing?
 Streamlined flow free of air

63. Longitudinal fuselage members attached at each end to adjacent near frames of the
window are
 Intercostal

64. An extruded or rolled aluminium channel section that runs the length of the fuselage is
 Stringers

65. Panels that are attached to the aircraft by quick release fasteners are
 Tertiary structure

66. Where is Water Line “0” located?

 Is a fixed number located below fuselage

67. Which part of an aircraft structure that keep pressurize of the aircraft?
 Aft and forward pressure bulkheads

68. The spars are designed with extra strength which of the following forces?
 Bending

69. What the purpose of the differential ailerons?

 To prevent adverse jaw

70. The fundamental wing construction base on

 Mono spar, multi spars, and box beam

71. The empennage of the aircraft consists of which of the following sections
 Vertical and horizontal stabilizer, tail cone, rudder & elevator

72. The ailerons control what motion of the aircraft?

 Roll

73. In a monocoque structure, which component carries the major loads?

 Skin

74. What the purpose of structural identification system?

 Used to determine a particular structure location in an aircraft

75. Trim tabs are secondary flight control surfaces that are recessed into the trailing edges of
which of the following components?
 Ailerons, elevator, rudder

76. Chord of the wing is measured from

 Leading edge to trailing edge

77. The flight control surfaces on a simple wing include what controls?
 Ailerons & trailing edge flaps

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78. Elevators are used to control what aspects of flight?

 Motion about the lateral axis

79. An aircraft's integral fuel tank is

 A part of the aircraft structure

80. Type of flaps which hinged at the bottom part of the wing permitting to be lowered from
the fixed top surface is
 Split flap

81. The landing gear side brace is hinged at the over-center for which of the following reasons
 To permit the gear extension

82. The passenger doors that closed from the outside called
 Non plug type

83. A bonded waffle doublers, as well as acting as a skin strengthener, also acts as a
 Stopper

84. How is passenger door pressure loads transmitted to the fuselage structure?
 By door stop

85. Which of the following type of flap can produce greater lift?
 Fowler flaps

86. What the principle of the “Safe life” design on the aircraft structure?
 The major structural elements are replaced after a fix number of flight cycle

87. What the basis “Safe life” design?

 Fatigue analysis

88. What the principle of the “Fail safe “design on the aircraft structure?
 If one member of a complex structure fails, some other members carries the
additional load of the fail member

89. The specific period of time that the component or system not to fail base on fatigue
analysis is known as
 Safe life

90. If the resulting component operates at stresses above the fatique strength, it said to be
 Life limited

91. What the advantage using composite material?

 High strength per weight ratio

92. The skin of a cantilever wing is fastened to which of the following structural components?
 All of the above

93. Where is the rudder control surfaces located?

 Vertical stabilizer

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94. A pylon structural member supports the

 Engine

95. Engine mounts must capable carrying loads

 Vertical, side, thrust and torque loads

96. A partition within the aircraft's structure is called a

 Bulkhead

97. In a truss type structure, which component carries the majority of the loads?
 Both tension and compression

98. A fire will be completely confined or completed with fire resistant material is
 Class D compartment

99. Which parts of the aircraft are classified secondary structures?

 The airframe are highly stressed but if damaged will not cause failure of the aircraft

100. Aerodynamic balancing of flight controls is achieved by?

 Providing a portion of the control surface ahead of the hinge point

GOOD LUCK

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