Aviation and Aerospace Engineering Mock 2024

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The magnetic compass in an aircraft shows its

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A checklist is used before take-off mainly to

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Satellites used for GPS navigation help receivers to find

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The first person to fly in space was

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Carbon-fibre composites are used in modern aircraft mainly because they are

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An aircraft maintenance engineer must be licensed to

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The person who flies a drone from the ground is the

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The four forces acting on an aircraft in flight are lift, weight, thrust and

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The force produced by the engines that moves an aircraft forward is

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The cross-sectional shape of a wing is called an

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The control surfaces on the trailing edge of the wings that make the aircraft roll are the

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The main body of an aircraft is the

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The "black box" flight data recorder is used to

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The layer of the atmosphere in which most weather occurs is the

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The first powered, controlled aeroplane flight was made in 1903 by

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Aircraft structures often use aluminium alloys because they are

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Avionics refers to

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The main international airport in Ghana is

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An autopilot system

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Air traffic controllers

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A UAV is commonly called a

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The part of a jet engine where fuel is burned is the

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Propellers produce thrust by

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Winglets on wing tips mainly reduce

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The tail section of an aircraft, including the fin and tailplane, is the

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The housing around an aircraft engine is the

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The emergency locator transmitter (ELT) helps rescuers by

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A turboprop engine uses a gas turbine to drive

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Air pressure at sea level is about

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The International Space Station orbits the earth in about

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First-person view (FPV) flying uses

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For an aircraft to climb steadily, lift must be

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The angle between the wing chord and the oncoming airflow is the

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Bernoulli's principle states that as the speed of a fluid increases, its pressure

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The rudder controls movement about the

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A jet engine works on the principle of

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A satellite in geostationary orbit takes how long to orbit the earth?

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Ghana's first satellite, launched in 2017, was

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In Ghana, drones have been used to deliver

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In the International Standard Atmosphere, sea-level temperature is

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Cumulonimbus clouds are dangerous to aircraft because they produce

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A headwind during take-off

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Standard sea-level pressure is about

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Increasing the speed of airflow over a wing

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A stall occurs when

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Flaps on a wing are used to

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A turbofan engine is common on

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A rocket engine can work in space because it

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The airspeed indicator works using

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The attitude indicator shows