Quiz - Gulf Air Academy

NUMERICAL REASONING APTITUDE TESTS FOR PILOTS (#9)

1) What is 20 / 0.8 = ?

a) 25

b) 18

c) 4

d) 0.4

2) Calculate 179 x 86 = ?

a) 15,284

b) 15,394

c) 15,356

d) 15,424

3) If 5 apples cost 75p, how many can be bought for £2.70? (Assuming they can be bought singly).

a) 16

b) 22

c) 18

d) 20

4) Part of an aircraft’s cargo hold consists of the following dimensions. Calculate the area of the wall in square meters.

a) 87 meters squared

b) 83 meters squared

c) 85 meters squared

d) 79 meters squared

5) A car left Cambridge at 07:18 and arrived at Gatwick, travelling a distance of 180 miles at 11:06 am. What was the average speed in miles per hour (pick the closest answer)?

a) 43 mph

b) 45 mph

c) 49 mph

d) 47 mph

6) A 737 flies 930 miles in 75 minutes. How many miles does it fly in 4 hours 45 minutes assuming as constant speed?

a) 3534

b) 3548

c) 3368

d) 3552

7) If you travel 1248 miles, how much fuel will you need if you burn 4500 kgs per hour and are travelling at 720 mph?

a) 7800 kgs

b) 6800 kgs

c) 7200 kgs

d) 7400 kgs

8) An airline is selling tickets for its A380 service. The airline sells 40% of the seats and still has 420 seats remaining. How many seats were being sold originally?

a) 588

b) 672

c) 600

d) 700

9) The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero?

a) 0

b) 1

c) 10

d) 19

10) What is 65% of 380?

a) 245

b) 247

c) 249

d) 251

11) What is 7 cubed?

a) 343

b) 347

c) 345

d) 349

12) X squared=289 What is X?

a) 13

b) 19

c) 17

d) 15

13) A man exchanges 368 pounds for dollars at an exchange rate of 1 pound=1:72 dollars. How many dollars does he get in return? (answer to the nearest dollar)

a) 626

b) 633

c) 619

d) 623

14) What is the value of X?

a) 14

b) 17

c) 19

d) 13

15) If an aircraft was cruising at an altitude of 39,000 ft and descended to an altitude 11,000 ft in 20 minutes, what was its average rate of descent?

a) 1250 fpm

b) 1600 fpm

c) 1650 fpm

d) 1400 fpm

16) How many minutes is 2 days 17 hours and 46 minutes?

a) 4246

b) 3946

c) 3928

d) 3958

17) If it’s 17:00 UTC and Dubai is UTC + 5 and 7 hours behind Sydney, what is the local time in Sydney?

a) 03:00

b) 15:00

c) 04:00

d) 05:00

18) If an aircraft departed an airfield and headed directly south for 16 miles and then turned onto a heading of 270 degrees for 12 minutes at an average speed of 80 miles per hour, how many miles is it (in a straight line) from its original destination?

a) 16

b) 23

c) 18

d) 26

19) How many nautical miles can an aircraft travel if it is carrying 2880 kgs of fuel and burns 240 kgs an hour averaging a speed of 375 knots?

a) 4,250 NM

b) 3,800 NM

c) 4,450 NM

d) 4,500 NM

20) Given that you had 25 minutes to answer 20 questions on this test paper, on average, how much time did you have per question?

a) 1m 20s

b) 1m 10s

c) 1m 15s

d) 1m 12s

1) What forces must you understand in order to safely fly an aircraft?

a. Lift, weight, thrust, and drag

b. Lift, acceleration, mass, and drag

c. Weight, acceleration, velocity, and drag

d. Acceleration, lift, thrust, and velocity

2) What is the type of force that deals with an object moving through the air or air moving around an object?

a. Aerodynamic

b. Lift

c. Thrust

d. Velocity

3) What did the Wright Brothers spend so much time researching?

a. Aircraft's speed and direction

b. Wing's density and velocity

c. Wing's shape and size

d. Aircraft thrust and drag

4) Why should a pilot fly at a different airspeed for any given angle of attack to maintain lift in higher altitudes?

a. The air is more dense

b. The air is less dense

c. The air is warmer

d. The air is more humid

5) What should the pilot adjust to maintain lift on a dry day in the middle of winter compared to how he or she would fly on a humid day in the middle of summer?

a. Nothing

b. Fly at a lesser velocity

c. Fly at a greater velocity

d. Decrease your angle of attack

6) Why is weight always directed toward the center of the Earth?

a. Because of the force of acceleration

b. Because of the force of gravity

c. Because the force of lift

d. Because the friction of drag

7) What is NOT an aerodynamic force?

a. Lift

b. Drag

c. Weight

d. Mechanical

8) The motion of the airplane through the air depends on the relative strength and direction of the ______.

a. Wind

b. Four forces

c. Angle of attack

d. Aircraft velocity

9) What happens when the four forces are not in balance?

a. The aircraft cruises at constant velocity

b. The aircraft accelerates in the direction of the largest force

c. The aircraft decelerated rapidly while losing cabin pressure

d. More vertices will form

10) What do you need to do to maintain a constant airspeed?

a. Decrease thrust

b. Decrease lift

c. Increase angle of attack

d. Maintain equal lift and weight

11) What do you need to do to maintain a constant altitude?

a. Decrease thrust

b. Decrease lift

c. Increase angle of attack

d. Maintain equal lift and weight

e. Maintain equal thrust and drag

12) Suppose a pilot is flying a Boeing 787 on a routine commercial flight to Washington, DC. Suddenly varied current of air flowing over the airplane's tail and wings interact. What is the pilot experiencing?

a. Interference drag

b. Skin friction drag

c. Loss of thrust

d. Increase of gravity

13) Air foils generate most of an airplane's lift.

a. True

b. False

14) Gravitational forces are mechanical forces.

a. True

b. False

15) The engine's job is to provide thrust and to provide lift for the aircraft.

a. True

b. False

16) If you reduce your engine power while in level flight, your thrust increases.

a. True

b. False

17) Induced drag results from an airfoil developing lift.

a. True

b. False

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