Aircraft Construction, repair and modification (15%)
Nitriding
1. The useful load of the aircraft consist of:
a. Crew, usable fuel, passenger and
cargo
b. Crew, usable fuel, oil and fixed
equipment
c. Crew, total fuel weight, total oil
weight, passenger and cargo
d. Crew, passenger, usable fuel, oil,
cargo and fixed equipment.
2. Yield strength, tensile strength, and hardness of
a metal increase with increasing percent cold
work; ductility
a. increases
b. decreases
c. doesn’t change
d. changes tremendously
3. The bond where electrically charged ions are
formed by the transference of valence
electrons from one atom type to another. This
type of bonding is found ceramic materials
a. ionic
b. covalent
c. dative
d. Van der Waals
4. The maximum weight of an aircraft is the
a. Empty weight plus crew, maximum
fuel, cargo and baggage.
b. Empty weight plus crew,
passengers and fixed equipment
c. Empty weight, passengers, cargo,
usable fuel
d. Empty weight and useful load
5. When an empty aircraft is weighed, the
combined net weight at the main gears is 3,540
pounds with an arm of 195.5 inches. At the nose
gear, the net weight is 2,322 pounds with an arm
of 83.5 inches. The datum line is forward of the
nose of the aircraft. What is the empty CG of the
aircraft?
a. 146.5 in
b. 155.2 in
c. 12.59 ft
d. 13.333 ft
6. Which heat-treating process of metal
produces a hard, wear-resistant surface over a
strong, tough core?
a.
b. Annealing
c. Case hardening
d. Cold working
7. Normalizing is a process of heat treating?
a. Iron based metal only
b. Aluminum alloys only
c. Both aluminum alloys and iron
based metals
d. Bronze
8. Which material cannot be heat treated
repeatedly without harmful effects?
a. Alclad alloys
b. Unclad aluminum alloys
c. 2021 aluminum alloy
d. 6061 – T9 stainless steel
9. The core material of Alclad 2024-T4 is
a. heat-treated aluminum alloy, and
the surface material is commercially
pure aluminum.
b. commercially pure aluminum, and
the surface material is heat-treated
aluminum alloy.
c. strain-hardened aluminum alloy,
and the surface material is
commercially pure aluminum.
d. Clad has the same material as the
sandwich material
10. Why is steel tempered after being hardened?
a. To relieve its internal stress
b. To lessen brittleness
c. None of the above
d. Both a and b
11. What is generally used in the construction of
aircraft engine firewalls?
a. Stainless steel.
b. Chrome-molybdenum alloy steel.
c. Magnesium-titanium alloy steel.
d. Aluminum alloy
12. Consist of a combination of materials that are
mixed together to achieve specific structural
properties.
a. Mesh wood strips
b. alloys
c. composite materials
d. honey comb materials
13. The fibers in a unidirectional material: 19. What type of corrosion attacks grain boundaries
a. Run in two directions, typically 90° of aluminum alloys which are improperly or
inadequately heat treated?
apart.
a. Filiform
b. Have strength in both directions
b. Intergranular
but not necessarily the same
c. Fretting
strength.
d. Dissimilar metal corrosion
c. Strength and stiffness is only in the
20. A primary cause of intergranular corrosion is
direction of the fiber.
a. Improper heat treatment.
d. Strength and stiffness is only in the
b. dissimilar metal contact
direction perpendicular of the
c. Improper application of primer.
fiber.
d. Outside factor
14. Describes a metal's ability to resist opposing
21. Which of these materials is the most anodic?
forces.
a. Cadmium
a. Tensile strength
b. 7075-T6 aluminum alloy.
b. Yield strength c. Silicon
c. Shear strength d. Magnesium
d. Bearing strength 22. In the four-digit aluminum index system number
15. The ability of metal to be drawn into wire stock, 2024, the first digit indicates
extrusions, or rods is called? a. The major alloying element
a. Ductility b. The number of different major
b. Malleability alloying elements used in the
c. Fusibility metal.
d. Flexibility c. The percent of alloying metal
16. Which tool can be used to determine piston pin out-of- added.
round wear? d. Thickness of the plate
a. Telescopic gauge. 23. Parts are rinsed thoroughly in hot water after
b. Micrometer caliper. they have been heat treated in a sodium and
potassium nitrate bath to
c. Dial indicator.
a. Relieve internal stress
d. Wrench
b. Prevent surface cracking
17. What two types of indicating mediums are
c. Prevent corrosion
available for magnetic particle inspection?
a. Iron and ferric oxides. d. Retard discoloration
b. High retentivity and low 24. A bolt with a single raised dash on the head is
permeability material. classified as an
a. AN corrosion-resistant steel bolt
c. Dry process materials
b. NAS standard aircraft bolt
d. Wet and dry process materials
c. NAS close tolerance bolt
18. In performing a dye penetrant inspection, d. close tolerance bolts.
the developer 25. What should be clearly indicated on the aircraft
a. seeps into a surface crack to weighing form
indicate the presence of a defect a. Minimum allowable gross weight
b. acts as a blotter to produce a b. Max allowable weight
visible indication. c. Weight of unusable fuel
c. thoroughly cleans the surface d. Weighing points
prior to inspection.
d. None of the above
26. The CG range of a single-rotor helicopter is c. Molybdenum steel alloy,
a. Much greater than aircraft containing 1% Molybdenum and
b. Almost the same as most aircrafts 30% Carbon
c. Is limitless d. Chromium steel alloy, containing
d. More restricted than for airplanes 0.10% Chromium and 30% Carbon
27. Repeatedly applying mechanical force to most metals 33. Major alloying element of a 4024 aluminum
such as rolling, hammering, bending, or twisting com- alloy
monly results in a condition known as
a. Manganese
a. tempering or drawing.
b. Copper
b. stress corrosion cracking
c. Silicon
c. case hardening
d. Magnesium
d. cold working, strain, or work 34. Aluminum Alloy 2117 rivets are heat treated
hardening. a. by the manufacturer and requires
28. The principal advantage of extrusion process heat treatment before being
compared to other cold working techniques is? driven.
a. Workability b. by the manufacturer and do not
b. Flexibility require heat treatment before
c. Time being driven.
d. Cooling process c. and should be placed in the
29. Copper alloy that contains TIN. elevated temperature before being
a. Brass driven.
b. Bronze d. and should be stored in freezers to
c. Beryllium lower their temperature, hence
d. Inconel softening them prior installation
30. It is the high strength direction due to the 35. Placing a piece of cloth around a stainless steel
straightness of the fibers. control cable and running it back and forth over
a. Fiber the length of the cable is generally a satisfactory
b. Warp method of
c. Pre-preg a. inspecting for broken strands.
d. Comb b. inspecting for wear or corrosion
c. identifying the material
31. Solid rivets are classified according to what
three factors?? composition of the cable
a. Corrosion resistance, strength, d. testing for electrical resistance or
alloy conduction of the cable
b. Alloy, length, shape 36. In aircraft zoning system, what is the major zone
c. Material, head style, diameter for the Empennage / Stabilizers?
d. Size, material, and head shape
a. Zone 400
32. SAE 5130 indicates
a. Chromium-Vanadium steel, b. Zone 800
containing 1% Chromium- c. Zone 700
Vanadium combination and 0.30% d. Zone 300
Carbon 37. A rivet with the code number MS20426 has
b. Chromium steel alloy, containing what type of rivet head?
1% Chromium and 0.30% Carbon a. Countersunk
b. Flat
c. Round
d. Universal
38. Select the preferred drawing for proper
countersinking.
a. 2
b. 1
c. 3
d. None of the above
39. What is the purpose of refrigerating 2017 and
2024 aluminum alloy rivets after heat
treatment?
a. To accelerate age hardening.
b. To retard age hardening.
c. To increase the hardness of their
material property
d. To relieve their internal stresses
40. These longitudinal members of the semi-
monocoque fuselage serve for stiffening the
metal skin and prevent it from bulging or
buckling under severe stresses.
a. fuselage formers
b. stringers
c. gussets / gusset plates
d. fuselage floor beam
41. A design or repair philosophy which relies upon
a duplication of certain structural members to
ensure that if one member failed, the other
would assume the load of the failed member.
a. splice repair design
b. damage tolerance
c. fail-safe
d. safe life
42. The purpose of the developer as used in the
liquid penetrant inspection is:
a. to add finish / color to the material
b. to show defects / cracks in a
material
c. to fill a crack and solidify in it
d. to penetrate the material cracks
and propagate it further
43. Which of the following materials maybe
inspected using the magnetic particle inspection
method?
1. Magnesium alloys
2. Aluminum alloys
3. Iron alloys
4. Copper alloys
5. Zinc alloy
a. 3
b. 1,2,4,5
c. 2,3
d. 1,2,3
44. Corrosion occurs between two dissimilar metals
makes electrical contact with the presence of an
electrolyte
a. fretting corrosion
b. galvanic corrosion
c. filiform corrosion
d. stress cracking corrosion
45. Clad aluminum alloys are used in aircraft
because they
a. can be heat treated much easier
than the other forms of aluminum
b. are stronger than unclad aluminum
alloys
c. are less subject to corrosion than
uncoated aluminum alloys.
d. have high electrical resistance to
prevent lightning strikes on aircraft
in-flight
46. How is tempering (heat treatment) carried out?
a. by heating a material to a
temperature below the critical
point for a particular period of
time
b. by removing the material from the
furnace / heat source / flame
c. by hitting / hammering the
material during the hardening
process to increase its hardness
d. by putting the material
immediately to water / oil / liquid
solution after removing it from
heat
47. Which part(s) of a semi-monocoque fuselage
prevent(s) tension and compression from
bending the fuselage?
a. Bulkheads and skin
b. Longerons and stringers
c. Bulkheads and former
d. Fuselage covering
48. Compute for the radius, whereas the sheet
metal shown below has been perpendicularly
bent.
a. 5/16 inches
b. 3/32 inches
c. 5/32 inches
d. 3/16 inches
49. Which of the following need not be considered
when determining minimum rivet spacing?
a. rivet length
b. rivet diameter
c. thickness of the material to be
fastened
d. type of the material to be riveted
50. Drawn below is a basic layout for a repair
consisting of a bend and a standard rivet
fastener joining two sheets of metal.
Considering rivet sizing, distance requirements
and bending principles – compute for L.
a. 0.75 ” ± 0.02 ”
b. 0.43 ” ± 0.02 ”
c. 0.55 ” ± 0.02 ”
d. 0.66 ” ± 0.02 ”