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The term abeam refers to? - ✔✔90 degrees or 270 degrees relative to one's own ship.
The wings are ______
These are a part of an aircrafts surface that help co
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ASTB Prep Questions and answers,
100% Accurate, rated A+
The term abeam refers to? - ✔✔90 degrees or 270 degrees relative to one's own ship.
The wings are ______
These are a part of an aircrafts surface that help control what 5 things? - ✔✔-air foils
-Lift, direction, stability, thrust, propulsion
A port quartering sea would describe _______? - ✔✔Seas that are arriving at an angle on the left side of
the stern.
What is ground effect? - ✔✔When air downwash from the aircraft comes in contact with the ground
and is reflected back up to add lift to the aircraft.
"Come left/right to course" - ✔✔Make a slight change in course or heading, usually less then 15
degrees.
-An aircraft engine cawling provides what advantes? - ✔✔-It allows for cooling air to reach the power
plant
-It protects the engine from external objects
-It provides an aerodynamic union between the engine and the aircraft fuselage or wing
What is a cleat? - ✔✔A strip of wood, metal, etc. fastened across a surface to provide support and/or
footing. an example of a deck fitting.
What is a knot? - ✔✔A unit of speed measuring one nautical mile (1.15 statue miles, 1.85 km per hour)
Slanted lettering on a nautical chart indicates _____? - ✔✔Slanted lettering on a nautical chart indicates
all information about objects that are affected by tidal changes and currents.
The aerodynamic force that acts perpendicular to the direction of relative motion is ______? - ✔✔Lift
What is Bilge? - ✔✔Water that has leaked into the ship and/or waste water that can accumulate in a
holding tank or empty space until it is pumped out.
The ____ is the principal structural member that forms the centerline of the hull running from bow to
stern. - ✔✔Keel
What is a chit? - ✔✔A voucher or replacement for money or services.
A conventional fixed-wing aircraft is controlled around its longitudinal axis by means of the ______? -
✔✔Ailerons
The carrier strike group could be employed in a variety of roles, such as - ✔✔-Protection of commercial
and/or military shipping
-Protection of marine amphibious force
-Establishing a naval presence in support of national interests
What is a boatswain or bosun? - ✔✔The sailor or petty officer in charge of the deck force or a specific
section of the ship's crew
"_____" flights may have landing requirements of up to ____ft. or more and take off requirements of up
to ___ft. or more - ✔✔"wide-body" flights
-10,000 ft.
-13,000 ft.
The united nations-based organization that organizes aeronautical standards and recommended
practices concerning international air navigators and operations is ________. - ✔✔The International
Civil Aviation Organization
Air density is best described as? - ✔✔The total mass of air particles per unit of volume
What is one common way to increase lift on a wing? - ✔✔Increase camber
What were the names, in chronological order, of the three primary American manned space programs -
✔✔Mercury, Gemini, Apollo
Runway markings are ____ and may be outlined in ____ for greater visibility and contrast. - ✔✔white,
black
_______ is the instrumental indication of the dynamic pressure of the airplane during flight -
✔✔Indicated airspeed
A _______ would be an example of a deck fitting - ✔✔Cleat (a strip of wood, metal, etc. fastened across
a surface to provide support and/or footing)
centripetal most nearly means...... - ✔✔toward a center or axis
cumulus cloud is...... - ✔✔Puffy white cloud that forms from rising columns of air
-In aeronautics, the term chord refers to? - ✔✔The straight line distance between the leading edge and
the trailing edge of a wing. It helps determine the lift characteristics of an airfoil or a wing
cirriform clouds - ✔✔From Latin cirrus, "a lock of hair" they are thin and wispy and composed of ice
crystals rather than water droplets
stratiform clouds - ✔✔From Latin stratus, "spread out" they appear as grayish sheets that cover most or
all of the sky rarely being broken up into individual cloud units
cumuliform (cumulus) clouds - ✔✔massive and rounded usually with a flat base and limited horizontal
extent but often billowing upward to great heights
On an aircraft carrier brown jerseys are ________ - ✔✔Air wing plane captains, air wing line leading
petty officers
On an aircraft carrier, yellow jerseys are ________ - ✔✔Aircraft handling officers, catapult and arresting
gear officers, plane directors
Describe 3 things about a precision instrument runway - ✔✔-medium and large size airports
-usually consist of a blast pad/stopway, threshold, designator, centerline, aiming point, and touchdown
markers
-provides pilots with both horizontal and vertical guidence for instrument approaches
On an aircraft carrier, green jersey's are ______ - ✔✔-catapult and arresting gear crews
-airwing maintenance personell
-cargo handling personell
-ground support equipment troubleshooters
-hook runners
-photographer's mates
-helicopter landing signal enlisted personell
Describe 3 things about nonprecision instrument runways. - ✔✔-small to medium sized airports
-may be marked with threshold markings, designators, centerlines, and sometimes a 1,000-1,500 ft mark
known as the "aiming point"
- they provide horizontal position guidance to planes on instrument approach
Describe 4 things about visible runways - ✔✔-usually have no markings but may have threshold
markings, designators, and centerlines
-they don't provide instrument based landing procedure. pilot must be able to see it to use it.
-radio communication may be available, pilots must be self-relient
-small air strips
On a aircraft carrier white jerseys are ________ - ✔✔air wing quality control personell, squadron plane
inspectors, landing signal officer, air transfer officers, liquid oxygen crews, safety observers, medical
personell
Bravo Zulu most traditionally means ____ in the Navy. - ✔✔Well done
-Where would you find a boundery layer control device?
-What is boundery layer control? - ✔✔-The wing
-It's a system used on an aircraft wing to aid in the creation and maintenance of lift and the reduction of
parasitic drag
On an aircraft carrier, red jerseys are _______ - ✔✔Ordnance crew, crash and salvage crews, explosive
ordnance disposal
On an aircraft carrier, purple jerseys are _____ - ✔✔Aviation fuel (nicknamed grapes)
On an aircraft carrier, blue jerseys are _______ - ✔✔Plane handlers, aircraft tractor drivers, elevator
operators, messengers and phone talkers
Where would you find a boundery layer control device? - ✔✔on the wing of an aircraft. it's a system
that aids in the creation and maintenance of lift and the reduction of parasitic drag.
What are 3 types of flaps? - ✔✔Fowler flap, plain flap, split flap.
The term _____ refers to that part of a ship or island that is sheltered or away from the wind. -
✔✔Leeward
Runway lights are usually operated by the _____ or ______ - ✔✔airport, airfield control tower
What is "Pri-Fly" - ✔✔The control tower for flight operations on an aircraft carrier
Transponder codes:
loss of comms
emergency
hijacking - ✔✔-7600
-7700
-7500
What kind of runway provides pilots with both horizontal and vertical guidence for instrument
approaches - ✔✔Precision Instrument
Medium and large size airports are usually what kind of runway? - ✔✔Precision Instrument
What kind of runways have small air strips? - ✔✔Visible
What kind of runways usually have no markings but have threshold markings, designators and center
lines. - ✔✔Visible Runway
What kind of runway doesn't provide instrument based landing procedure? The pilot must be able to
see it to use it. - ✔✔Visible Runway
What kind of runway may have radio communication available? Pilots must be self relient. - ✔✔Visible
What kind of runway provides horizontal position guidance to planes on instrument approach? -
✔✔Nonprecision instrument runways.
What kind of runway may be marked with threshold markings, designators, centerlines, and sometimes
a 1,000-1,500ft mark known as the "aiming point" - ✔✔Nonprecision Instrument runways
Ailerons... - ✔✔-extend from the midpoint of the wing outward toward the tip.
-create aerodynamic forces that cause the aircraft to ro
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