Red = incorrect

Blue = correct
When attempting to start a engine which has been over-primed or flooded:
The mixture should be in the full lean position and the engine cranked with the magnetos initially in the
of position, and then turned to both after the engine has turned over a few times
Mixture control in idle-cut
After starting a engine black smoke is seen coming from the exhaust. This indicates:
That oil is slipping past the piston rings and is being burnt in the combustion chamber
That fuel is being burnt
Tyre creep may be expected to occur:
During taxying with under inflated tyres
An oil pressure gauge is usually located in the oil line of a wet sump system:
Between the pressure relief valve and the sump
Before the engine
After the oil pump and before the engine
The effects of slats is to:
Allow the aeroplane to fly at a lower angle of attack and a lower airspeed
As altitude is decreased the capsule inside an altimeter will:
Expand, causing the instrument to show a decrease in altitude
Contract, showing a decrease in altitude
In some magneto ignition systems an impulse coupling is used as a method of:
Producing a strong advanced spark during the low RPM of engine start
Boosting ignition power during start with current from the battery
Creates a strong current to create a spark and retards the spark to allow burning mixture to drive
crankshaft in the right direction
The purpose of the engine driven vacuum pump used in an aircrafts gyroscopic instrument system is to:
Pump high pressure air through small jets onto the gyro rotor
To suck low pressure air through small jets onto the gyro rotor
A manually operated primer pump should always be used to prime a cold engine for start because:
The primmer is more effective than the throttle accelerator pump and will pump more fuel into the
venturi as a result
The primer is more effective than the throttle accelerrator pump and will pump more fuel into the
cylinder as a result
Control of the precession of the gyro in a turn indicator is achieved by:
Having a high rotor speed
Low RPM needle
An aircraft engine is designed to operate on a specific octane rating. Using fuel of a higher octane than
recommended may result in:
Pre-ignition
Fouling of spark plugs, lead deposits, high fuel consumption
An aircraft engine is designed to operate on a specific octane ration. Using fuel of a lower octane than
recommended may result in:
Detonization
A shimmy in the nose-wheel whilst taxying indicates that:
The nose-wheel tyre pressure is too low
The nose-wheel is out of balanced

If the alternate static vent, located in the aircrafts cockpit, is opened in flight in response to a blocked
external static vent, the altimeter will:
Remain unaffected unless the aircraft is pressurised
overead
During the initiation of a climb the accelerometer in an instantaneous vertical speed indicator (IVSI)
will:
Cause a rapid increase in static pressure in the instrument case
In a piston engine, the piston will have passed BDC and be moving towards TDC during:
Compression and power strokes
Compression and exhaust stroke
The operating principle of a DC generator is that it:
uses a communicator to convert DC into AC
Uses a comnutator to create DC
Compass deviation in a particular aircraft:
Is a fixed value for each heading
Is not a fixed value for each heading
A semi-monocoque fuselage design is one in which:
Aluminium tubing is used to create the shape whilst the stressed skin carries part of the load
Aluminium alloy is used to create a streamlined shape, giving strength and rigidity and the outer skin
supports some of the load
The correct level of electrolyte in a lead acid battery should be maintained by the addition of:
Hydraulic acid
Sulphuric acid
True airspeed is:
Calibrated, or rectified airspeed corrected for position error
One of the benefits of the DC generator is that it:
Will continue to produce power at low speeds
An operational advantage of the alternator is that it:
Will generate a DC supply without using a rectifier
Lighter, constant electrical voltage output even at low RPM, easier to maintain
During a decent the pressure inside the case of a vertical speed indicator (VSI) will:
Increase at the same rate as the pressure within the capsule
Decrease at the same rate as the pressure within the capsule
The most likely cause of the extension of an oleo in an undercarriage leg is:
Excessive hydraulic fluid and low air pressure
An accelerator pump is often incorporated in a carburettor in order to:
Increase the fuel supply to the carburettor during high power operation
Prime the engine with fuel for cold starts by pumping the throttle
Give extra spurt of fuel as throttle is opened rapidly
The needle of a turn co-ordinator shows:
The angle of bank
Rate of turn
calibrated or rectified airspeed is:

Indicated airspeed corrected for temperature

If, during level flight, the static vent becomes blocked the ASI reading will:
Slowly increase
Remain the same
An aircraft engine is designed to operate on a specific octane rating. Using fuel of a higher octane than
recommended may result in:
Running on too lean a mixture
Over-speeding of vacuum driven gyro rotor is prevented by:
A pressure relief valve which is located after the vacuum pump
A pressure relief valve which is located before the vacuum pump
In a vertical speed indicator (VSI):
Direct static pressure is fed to the capsule and the inside of the case
Ideally the direction indicator (DI) should be re-aligned with the magnetic compass
Just prior to take of and then left alone
Before taxying and take off and every 15min during flight
During a rapid climb in an aircraft a simple pressure altimeter will tend to indicate:
An altitude higher than where it actually is
A low pressure filter is usually incorporated in a hydraulic system between:
The pump and the accumulator
Resevior and pump
In a simple airspeed indicator:
Pilot pressure is fed to the instrument case
The purpose of a torgue link on a nose wheel shock strut assembly is to:
Eliminate nose wheel shimmy
Ignition of the fuel/ air mixture in a four stroke piston engine occurs during the:
Induction stroke
compression
A left-zero ammeter is incorporated in an electrical system to:
Indicate the charged condition of the battery
To indicate the output of the alternator
The operating principle of a DC generator is that it:
Uses a communicator to convert DC into AC
If the speed of a aeroplane fitted with a fixed pitch propeller decreases, but the throttle setting remains
constant the RPM will:
Remain the same
Reverse current flow from the battery to the alternator is prevented by:
Reverse current relay
Diode
Calibrated or rectified airspeed is:
Indicated airspeed corrected for density
An operational problem of the conventional VSI which does not occur in the instantaneous VSI is:
Acceleration error
Lag

A shimmy in the nosewheel whilst taxying indicates that:

The nosewheel is out of balance
True airspeed is:
Calibrated or rectified airspeed corrected for position error
One of the benefits of the DC generator is that it:
Will continue to produce power at low speeds
During a decent the pressure inside the case of a vertical speed indicator (VSI) will:
Increase at the same rate as the pressure within the capsule
Increase at a faster rate as the pressure within the capsule
The most likely cause of the over extension of an oleo in an undercarriage leg is:
Excessive hydraulic fluid and low pressure
An accelerator pump is often incorporated in a carburettor in order to:
Increase the fuel supply to the carburettor during high power operation
Prime the engine with fuel for cold starts by pumping the throttle
The supply of electrical power to the engine starter motor is a function of:
The alternater switch in the cockpit
Battery
In a Tuss, or Girder type fuselage the main structural component is a:
Former
longeron
During a rapid climb in an aircraft a simple pressure altimeter will tend to indicate:
An altitude higher than where it actually is
An altitude lower than where it actually is
Application of carburettor heat will allow:
Unfiltered air from outside the engine compartment to flow through the carburettor venturi
Unfiltered air from a jacket around the exhaust to flow through the carburettor venturi
In a simple airspeed indicator:
Pitot pressure is fed to the instrument case
The purpose of a torque link on a nosewheel shock strut assembly is to:
Eliminate nosewheel shimmy
Ignition of the fuel/air mixture in a four stroke piston engine occurs during the:
Induction stroke
Compression
An accumulator is incorperated in a hydraulic system inorder to:
Prevent pressure from exceeding the system limit
The effects of magnetic dip in a compass is reduced by:
Suspending the magnet just below a low pivot point
Suspending a magnet just below a high pivot point
The pressure altitude at airfield is the altitude indicated on the altimeter with the subscale set to:
The purpose of the engin driven vacuum pump used in an aircraft gyroscopic instrument system is to:
Ensure the pressure inside the instrument case is more than the atmospheric pressure
During the engine run up, prior to take off, a reading of 2 inches of mercury is indicated on a gyro

suction gauge. This means that the gyro instruments:

Will not function at all
Unreliable
With reference to the attitude indicator or artificial horison, as an aircraft changes its pitch attitude or
bank:
A gyro remains at right angles to aircraft lateral axcis
Vertical axis
The gyro suction gauge will indicate to the pilot that the normal vaccuum systems pressure:
Is more than atmospheric pressure
Lower than atmospheric pressure
During flight the gyro in a direction indicator aligns itself with:
The for and aft axis of aircraft
Horizontal axis
The basic principle of operation of airspeed indicator is to meassure the differential between:
Delayed pitot pressure in capsule and normal pitot pressure in the case
Pitot and static pressure
An aircraft maintains a constant heading 360(M) in the SH using a magnetic compass. If airspeed is
increased from 90kts to 110kts the compass would:
Show a turn to east
Show a turn to west
Do nothing
A symptom of hydraulicing or hydraulic lock, in a piston engine is that the:
Engine requires excessive priming before it will start
The ignition timing of a piston engine:
Will automatically advance as RPM increases
Stay the same
The voltemeter may be incorperated in an electrical system to:
Indicate flow of current form alternator
Indicate voltage
When the axis of a gyro rotor of an air driven artificial horison is in the vertical:
The for and aft port vanes are open and the lateral port vanes are closeed