Practice ATP interview #1

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When are outboard ailerons normally used?

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When are inboard ailerons normally used?

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Which of the following is considered a primary flight control?

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Which of the following is considered an auxiliary flight control?

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What is the purpose of an anti-servo tab?

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What is the purpose of a servo tab?

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Which is a purpose of leading-edge flaps?

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What is a purpose of flight spoilers?

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Which is a purpose of leading-edge slats on high-performance wings?

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Which direction from the primary control surface does an anti-servo tab move

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What effect does an increase in airspeed have on a coordinated turn while maintaining a constant angle of bank and altitude?

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What is the effect on total drag of an aircraft if the airspeed decreases in level flight below that speed for maximum L/D?

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What is load factor?

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What affects indicated stall speed?

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If no corrective action is taken by the pilot as angle of bank is increased, how is the vertical component of lift and sink rate affected?

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Why must the angle of attack be increased during a turn to maintain altitude?

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How can the pilot increase the rate of turn and decrease the radios at the same time?

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What is the relationship of the rate of turn with the radios of turn with a constant angle of bank but increasing airspeed?

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Upon which factor does wing loading during a level coordinated turn in smooth air depend?

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If an aircraft with a gross weight of 2,000 pounds were subjected to a total load of 6,000 pounds in flight, the load factor would be:

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Airflow separation over the wing can be delayed by using vortex generators:

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What is the safest and most efficient takeoff and initial climb procedure in a light, twin-engine airplane?
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What performance should a pilot of a light, twin-engine airplane be able to maintain at Vmc?

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What criteria determines which engine is the "critical" engine of a twin-engine airplane?

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What effect, if any, does altitude have on Vmc for an airplane with unsupercharged engines?

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Under what condition should stalls never be practiced in a twin-engine airplane?

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What does the blue radial line on the airspeed indicator of a light, twin-engine airplane represent?

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Identify the type stability if the aircraft attitude remains in the new position after the controls have been neutralized

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What is a characteristic of longitudinal instability?

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Describe dynamic longitudinal stability

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What is the reason for variations in geometric pitch along a propeller or rotor blade?

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Identify the type stability if the aircraft attitude tends to return to its original position after the controls have been neutralized.

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What flight condition should be expected when an aircraft leaves ground effect?

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What characteristic should exist if an airplane is loaded to the rear of its CG range?

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What will be the ratio between airspeed and lift if the angle of attack and other factors remain constant and airspeed is double? lift will be

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What true airspeed and angle of attack should be used to generate the same amount of lift as altitude is increased?

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What are some characteristics of an airplane loaded with the CG at the aft limit?

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By changing the angle of attack of a wing, the pilot can control the airplane's

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The primary purpose of high-lift devices is to increase the:

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Within what Mach range does transonic flight regimes usually occur?

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What is the primary function of the leading edge flaps in landing configuration during the flare before touchdown?

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What is the highest speed possible without supersonic flow over the wing?

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What is the free stream Mach number which produces first evidence of local sonic flow?

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At what Mach range does the subsonic flight range normally occur?

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What is the principal advantage of a sweepback design wing over a straightwing desing?

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What is the result of a shock-induced separation of airflow occurring symmetrically near the wing root of a sweptwing aircraft?

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What is one disadvantage of a sweptwing design?

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What is the condition known as when gusts cause a sweptwing-type airplane to roll in one direction while yawing in the other?

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What is the movement of the center of pressure when the wingtips of a sweptwing airplane are shock-stalled first?

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For a given angle of bank, the load factor imposed on both the aircraft and pilot in a coordinated constant-altitude turn

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Practice ATP interview #1

When are outboard ailerons normally used?

When are inboard ailerons normally used?

Which of the following is considered a primary flight control?

Which of the following is considered an auxiliary flight control?

What is the purpose of an anti-servo tab?

What is the purpose of a servo tab?

Which is a purpose of leading-edge flaps?

What is a purpose of flight spoilers?

Which is a purpose of leading-edge slats on high-performance wings?

Which direction from the primary control surface does an anti-servo tab move

What effect does an increase in airspeed have on a coordinated turn while maintaining a constant angle of bank and altitude?

What is the effect on total drag of an aircraft if the airspeed decreases in level flight below that speed for maximum L/D?

What is load factor?

What affects indicated stall speed?

If no corrective action is taken by the pilot as angle of bank is increased, how is the vertical component of lift and sink rate affected?

Why must the angle of attack be increased during a turn to maintain altitude?

How can the pilot increase the rate of turn and decrease the radios at the same time?

What is the relationship of the rate of turn with the radios of turn with a constant angle of bank but increasing airspeed?

Upon which factor does wing loading during a level coordinated turn in smooth air depend?

If an aircraft with a gross weight of 2,000 pounds were subjected to a total load of 6,000 pounds in flight, the load factor would be:

What is the safest and most efficient takeoff and initial climb procedure in a light, twin-engine airplane?
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