Practice Test: Question Set - 10
1. The length of runway is increased per 300 m rise above M.S.L.
- (A) 3 %
- (B) 4 %
- (C) 5 %
- (D) 7 %
2. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- (A) Landing speed is directly proportional to the wing loading
- (B) Wing loading remaining constant, the take off distance is directly proportional to the powder loading
- (C) Neither (a) nor (b)
- (D) Both (a) and (b)
3. From the end of an instrumental runway, the approach surface rises outwards
- (A) 1 in 20
- (B) 1 in 30
- (C) 1 in 40
- (D) 1 in 50
4. Pick up the component not applicable to aeroplanes
- (A) Wings
- (B) Engines
- (C) Air screw
- (D) None of these
5. Airport elevation is the reduced level above M.S.L. of
- (A) Control tower
- (B) Highest point of the landing area
- (C) Lowest point of the landing area
- (D) None of these
6. Pick up the correct abbreviation from the following:
- (A) L.M.M. (low powered middle marker)
- (B) V.H.F. (very high frequency)
- (C) L.O.M. (low powered outer marker)
- (D) All the above
7. The best direction of a runway is along the direction of
- (A) Longest line on wind rose diagram
- (B) Shortest line on the wind rose diagram
- (C) Line clear of wind rose diagram
- (D) None of these
8. International Civil Aviation Organization (I.C.A.O.) was set up at Montreal (Canada), in
- (A) 1929
- (B) 1939
- (C) 1947
- (D) 1950
9. For the taxiways, the following statement is true
- (A) The maximum longitudinal grade is 3%
- (B) The permissible rate of change of grade is 1%
- (C) The permissible transverse grade is 1.5%
- (D) All the above
10. If the width of the approach area near the runway end is 150 m, the width of the approach area at a distance of 3 kilometers from runway end will be
- (A) 1500 m
- (B) 1200 m
- (C) 1000 m
- (D) 800 m