Aircraft Parts Multiple Choice Quiz PDF

Multiple Choice 1) What are the five major structural units or assemblies of an aircraft? Answer: Fuselage, Wings, Empennage, Powerplant, Landing gear 2) Which part of the aircraft generates the lifting force needed for flight? Answer: Wings 3) What is the purpose of the empennage? Answer: To help...

Multiple Choice 1) What are the five major structural units or assemblies of an aircraft? Answer: Fuselage, Wings, Empennage, Powerplant, Landing gear 2) Which part of the aircraft generates the lifting force needed for flight? Answer: Wings 3) What is the purpose of the empennage? Answer: To help with stability 4) Which flight control surface is attached to the outboard trailing edges of each wing? Answer: Ailerons 5) What effect does moving the ailerons have on the aircraft? Answer: Rotate around the longitudinal axis 6) What is the purpose of wing ribs? Answer: To give the wing its cambered shape 7) Which of the following is NOT a major structural unit or assembly of an aircraft? Answer: Cockpit 8) What is the purpose of the landing gear Answer: To support the weight of the aircraft 9) Which flight control surface is attached to the trailing edge of the vertical stabilizer? Answer: Rudder 10) What type of construction uses formers, frame assemblies, and bulkheads to give shape to the fuselage?Answer: Monocoque 11) What are the three main structural designs of aircraft fuselage? Answer: Truss, Semi-monocoque, Monocoque 12) Which part of the aircraft is the central body that holds passengers and cargo? Answer: Fuselage 13) What is the purpose of the ailerons? Answer: To rotate the aircraft around the longitudinal axis 14) What is the purpose of the rudder? Answer: To rotate the aircraft around the vertical axis 15) Which of these is part of the empennage: Answer: Elevator 16) From the picture below, what is the component identified by the arrow? Answer: Flaps 17) From the picture below, what is the component identified by the arrow ? Answer: Engine 18) From the picture, what is the component identified by the arrow? Answer: Ailerons 19) What is another name for this part of the aircraft? Answer: Empennage 20) Which part of the aircraft is the central body that holds passengers and cargo? Answer: Fuselage