DGCA PAPER II

Aircraft General Engineering And Maintenance Practices

(October Session 2011)
1. In four stroke engine spark plug fires 7. In spark testing which steel gives off
in long, straight shafts having a few
a. 4 revolutions of crank shaft white sprigs
b. 2 revolutions of crank shaft a. Wrought iron
c. revolutions of crank shaft b. Cast iron
d. 360 degree revolution of crank c. Low carbon steel
shaft
8. T6 in heat treatment indicates
2. Before storing aircraft in hanger a.
a. Fuel tank should be fully b. T indicates heat treatment and 6
filled indicates hardness state
b. Fuel tank should be half filled c.
c. Fuel tank should be empty
d. Fuel tank should have residual
fuel 9. Heat treatment of aluminum consists
of
a. Solution heat treatment
3. Jacking procedure of aircraft b. Precipitation Heat Treatment
a. Minimum 4 jacking points are c. Annealing
provided d. All of the above
b. The legs of the jacks should
be checked to see that they
will not interfere with the 10. If distance of cg from datum is 160
operations to be performed and of leading edge of MAC is 140
after the aircraft is jacked. and length of MAC is 100. Find MAC
%
c.
a. 20%
d. All of the above
b. 50%
c. 75%
4. fires in flammable petroleum
products or other flammable or 11. If the input of half wave rectifier is
combustible liquids, greases, 240 V and transformer has a step
solvents, paints, etc. is classified as down ratio of 8:1, what is the output
a. class A fire rms value?
b. class B fire a. 42.2 V
c. class C fire
b. 30V
c.
5. towing speed should not be more
than
12. 2Mb in computer is equivalent to
a. 10km/hr
a. 2 X 220
b. 20 km/hr
b. 2 X 210
c. 50 km/hr
c. 2 X 25
d. Not to exceed wing walkers
d. 2 X 21
speed

13. Frequencies used in ultrasonic are in

6. Sparking testing is most common
the frequency range of
means of identifying
a. 100 KHz to 5 MHz
a. Ferrous alloys only
b. 200 KHz to 5 MHz
b. Nonferrous alloys only
c. 500 KHz to 10 MHz
c. ..

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14. Electro static is dangerous if above 19. Rivnut is

a. 1000 V a. Hollow blind rivet
b. 100 V b. A nut
c. 200 V c.
d. 500 V

20. DE multiplexer is
15. Static discharge is by a. Output is same as multiplexer
a. High voltage level b. Output is opposite of multiplexer
b. High current level c.
c. Low current level

21. Airfoil design is of

16. In the circuit shown in the figure, a. Wing, turbine blades
calculate the value of value of b. Nose section of fuselage
unknown resistor R when the current c. Elevator, ailerons
in branch OC is zero. d. All of the above

22. cable of medium flexibility and is

used for trim tab controls, engine
controls, and indicator controls is
a. 7 X 7
b. 7 X 19
c. 1 X 7

a. 4.5 V 23. Which of them is a 5 layer device

b. 6V a. Diac
c. 9V b. Triac
d. 12 V c. Variac

17. Find the Ceq of the circuit shown in 24. SCR consists of
the fig. all capacitances are in a. 3 terminals
microfarad b. As in a and middle one is forward
biased
c. As in a and middle one is reverse
biased
d.

25. Convert C5F2 to binary

a. 4.4 microf a. 1100 0101 1111 0010
b. 4.5 microf b. 0010 1111 0101 1100
c. 6 microf c. 0010 1001 0111 1100

18. 240 on capacitor indicates 26. Convert octal code 3574 to binary
a. 240 microf a. 011 101 111 100
b. 240 picof b. 100 111 101 011
c. 240000 f c. 111 101 011 111

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33. In capacitor if t is the thickness of the
27. Current in inductor dielectric slab, capacitance increases
a. Lags voltage by /2 with
b. Inductance is directly proportional a. t increases
to frequency b. t reduces
c. c.
d. All of the above

34. MTCS
28. A metal which can be hammered, a. turboprop engine requires lengthy
rolled, or pressed into various shapes runway than piston engine of
without cracking, breaking, or same power
leaving some other detrimental effect, b. turbojet has more weight than
is said to be piston engine of same power
a. Malleable c. turbofan required short
b. Ductility runway as compare to
c. Elasticity turbojet
d. all of the above
29. Austenite is
a. The name given to steel when it is
35. clipper circuit is used
heated above the critical range,
a. to get a desired wave form
consists of a solid solution of
b. as in a and requires a battery
cementite in gamma iron.
source to select a dc voltage level
b.
c. as in a and requires a transistor
c.
d.

30. Mark the correct statement regarding

36. Thermal runaway
precipitation heat treatment
a. Should be avoided
a. To obtain the maximum strength
b. Occurs in transistors..
in aluminum , they must be either
c. Causes permanent damage
naturally aged or precipitation
d. All of the above
hardened
b.
37. Thyractron is
a. SCR
31. Data transfer in computer is by
b. Transistor
a. Series bus
c.
b. Parallel bus
d.
c. Data bus
d. ARINC 429 bus
38. In oxygen system
a. Gaseous oxygen is chemically
32. Speed of induction motor is increased
stable and is nonflammable.
when
b. Combustible materials ignite more
a. Number of poles is increased
rapidly and burn with greater
b. Number of poles is reduced
intensity in an oxygen rich
c.
atmosphere
d. All of the above
c. Liquid oxygen causes severe
frostbite if it comes in contact with
the skin.
d. All of the above

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percentage of __________ is
39. Which is an excellent material to use present
with phosphate ester base hydraulic a. Magnesium
fluid. b. Copper
a. Butyl c. Manganese
b. Neoprene d. Chromium
c. Buna n
d. Buna s
47. 33xx indicates in wrought aluminum
indicates
40. Yellow color stands for a. Copper
a. Hydraulic b. Manganese
b. Lubrication c. Magnesium
c. Coolant d. Silicon

41. Illustrated parts catalog shows which 48. The resistance of Manganin
drawing a. increases with increase in
a. Orthographic temperature
b. Exploded view diagram b. change very little as the
c. temperature changes
c. decreases with increase in
temperature
42. Pulse echo method can detect which
defects
a. Welds flaw 49. brazing flux is
b. Surface crack a. tin and lead
c. Subsurface defect b. tin, lead and silver
d. All of the above c.
d.

43. Internal flaws in composite are

detected by 50. Soft brazing temperature is
a. Coin tap test a. 200c to 400c
b. Laser holography b. 400c to 600c
c. Ultrasonic c. 600c to 850c
d. All of the above
51. PCB can be repaired by
44. Corrosion along grain boundaries is a. Soldering only
called b. With a bare wire that can be
a. Intergranular corrosion shorted across the damage
b. Crevice corrosion c. No repair can be done on PCB
c. Galvanic corrosion
52. We can get vastly superior product
45. Turnbuckle has groove or knurl on than iron
a. Right hand side a. If carbon is added to iron, in
b. Left side percentages ranging up to
c. No such hard and fast rule approximately 0.5 percent.
b. If carbon is added to iron, in
percentages ranging up to
46. Aluminum is more susceptible to approximately 1 percent.
corrosion when substantial

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c. If Nickel 3.50%, chromium 1.55%
is present
d.
53. Test for demagnetization of parts
a. It consists of placing a suitable
magnetic compass in a position
away from all stray magnetic
influence and slowly rotating at a
position along the east/west axis
of the compass.
b. It consists of placing a suitable
magnetic compass in a position
away from all stray magnetic
influence and slowly rotating at a
position along the north/south
axis of the compass.
c. As in b and
d. As in a and if deflection of
compass needle more than 1
will require the component to
be demagnetized again and
test repeated.
54. Which resistor has the smallest
possible size
a. Wire wound resistor
b. Carbon composition resistor
c.
d.
55. While selecting a capacitor check for
a. Voltage
b. Size
c.
d.
56. Screws are manufactured under
a. Class 1 fit
b. Class 2 fit
c. Class 3 fit
d. Class 4 fir
57. Metal tubings are sized by
a. Inside diameter in increment of
1/16 inch
b. Inside diameter in increment of
1/32 inch
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c. Outside diameter in
increment of 1/16 inch
d. Outside diameter in increment of
1/32 inch
58. Flexible hoses are used where
a. connect moving parts with stationary parts
b. locations subject to vibration and where a
great amount of flexibility is needed.
c. It can also serve as a connector in metal
tubing systems.
d. All of the above
59. Stringers, bulkhead, skin, rivet and
extruded section are made from
a. Cast aluminum alloy
b. Wrought aluminum alloy
c. Pure aluminum
60. Files used for filing internal angles,
clearing out corners, and filing taps
and cutters
a. Triangular
b. Triangular and three square
c. Knife
d.
61. Hydraulic Ground Power Units can
be used for
Drain the aircraft hydraulic
systems.
Filter the aircraft system hydraulic
fluid.
Refill the aircraft system with
clean fluid and check the aircraft
hydraulic systems for operation
and leaks.
All of the above
62. Leveling of aircraft is carried out by
a. Placing spirit level at the pilot seat
b. Placing spirit level at..
c. Placing a plumb bob..
d.
63. If rf and af is present, it can be
filtered using
a. LPF
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b. HPF c. Both
c.
d. filter
70. Highest tensile strength is of which
composite
64. In 3 star connection a. Fiberglass
a. Voltage of line is equal to voltage b. Aramid
of phase c. Carbon/graphite
b. Line current = 3 phase current d. Boron
c. Line current = phase current
d. Line voltage= 3 phase voltage
71. 18-8 is composed of
a. 18% nickel and 8% chromium
65. Two input bubbled AND gate is b. 18% chromium and 8% nickel
a. OR gate c. ..
b. AND gate d. ..
c. NAND gate
d. NOR gate
72. Parco-lubrizing is a chemical
treatment applicable to
66. Slots provided on the armature are a. Aluminum and magnesium parts
not parallel but are staggered at an b. Iron and steel parts
angle to provide c. ..
a. Safety d. ..
b. Reduce the humming noise
c. Stability..
d. .. 73. In oil and chalk process pupose of
French chalk is
a. Penetrant
67. In transformers a low current is b. Absorbtion by chalk of fluid
provided to the primary in starting c. Developer
a. To overcome iron losses d. All of the above
b. To overcome copper losses.
c. .
d. . 74. Voltage is defined as the
a. Force required to change an
electrical power
68. Compensating winding are b. Force required to move a current
a. Connected in series with the c. Force required to move an
armature winding electric charge
b. Connected in parallel with the d. .
armature winding
c. Connected in series with the
armature winding and aids the 75. Damaged internal threads can be
flux of armature repaired by
d. Connected in parallel with the a. Replacement bushing method
armature winding and opposes the b. helicoil
flux of armature c. Acres sleeve
d. All of the above

69. In generator frequency depends upon

the 76. Which battery is not affected by high
a. Revolutions per minute discharge rate
b. Number of poles a. Lead acid battery

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b. Nickel cadmium battery 83. The is amplified in transistor because
c. Secondary battery of
d. a. High AC input resistance
b. Increasing Rc
c. High AC output resistance
77. Damaged rivets can be removed by d.
a. Drive or drift punch
b. Prick punch
c. Hollow punch
d. Both a and b

78. Value of induced emf depends upon

a. Number of wires moving through
magnetic field
b. Strength of magnetic field
c. Speed of rotation
d. All of the above

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80. In a circuit a power of 300watt is

present and has a voltage of 120 volts,
what is the current flowing in the
circuit
a. 2.5 A
b. 3.5 A
c. 4.5 A
d. .

81. If the peak value is 100 volts then at

an angle of 30 what is the
instantaneous value
a. 50 V
b. 100 V
c. 150 V
d. 200 V

82. ICs can be checked by

a. ON/OFF state
b. Logic 0 and logic 1
c. As in (a) and.
d. Both a and b

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