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2017 AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING MOCK LICENSURE EXAMINATION

AERODYNAMICS

Directions.
Using the Mark-Sense Answer Sheet, shade the letter that corresponds to your answer in each
question. Pencil (No. 2) should be used in marking your answers. Careless marking of your answer sheet
may lower the score you earn on this test.

You will have four (4) hours for this test. Work as rapidly and as accurately as you can. If you are
not sure of an answer, mark the choice which is your best guess. Only one answer should be marked for
each problem or question. Should a mistake be made, merely erase the wrong shaded letter and mark
the correct one.

You will not be given any extra test questionnaire to replace your soiled copy. It is your concern to
make your test questionnaire clean and neat.

1. An aircraft is flying straight and level with a weight of 13kN and is flying at 240 km/hr. How much
is the load factor when the aircraft banks 15o? What will be the radius of turn?
A. 1.035 / 1,707 meters
B. 1.225 / 1,805 meters
C. 1.07 / 1,800 meters
D. 1.025 / 1,700 meters

2. An airplane is flying at sea level. The static pressure is 1, 720 Pascal less than the total
pressure. What is the dynamic pressure?
A. 1,720 Pa
B. 2,170 Pa
C. 2,270 Pa
D. 1,270 Pa

3. Bernoulli’s equation in incompressible flow can be written as: (Pt = total pressure, P = static
pressure, q  dynamic pressure .

A.
Pt  P / q
B. Pt  P  q
C. Pt  P  q
D. Pt  q  P

4. The pressure entering the forward facing orifice of a pitot tube of an aircraft in flight is
A. Dynamic and static pressure.
B. Static pressure.
C. Total pressure.
D. Dynamic pressure.

5. As air enters to the restriction of a Venturi, velocity ________, static or ambient pressure
_______ and temperature ________:
A. Increases/ decreases/ decreases.
B. Decreases/ increases/ decreases.
C. Increases/ increases/ increases.
D. Decrease/ decrease/ increases.

6. Continuity equation states: If the area of a tube is increasing, the speed of the subsonic and
incompressible flow inside is ____________________.
A. increasing.
B. sonic.
C. decreasing
D. not changing.

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7. The following unit of measurement: kg.m/s2 is expressed in the SI-system as:
A. Joule
B. Watt
C. Newton
D. Pascal

8. The total pressure in incompressible flow is exactly equal to:

A. ½ρV2
B. static pressure minus the dynamic pressure.
C. static pressure plus the dynamic pressure.
D. can be measured in a small hole in a surface, parallel to the local stream.

9. Speed is said to be subsonic if:

A. M > 1.
B. M = 1.
C. M < 1.
D. M > 5.

10. States that the total energy of a particle in motion is constant at all points on its path in a steady
flow.
A. Bernoulli’s Principle
B. Law of Continuity
C. Newton’s Second Law of Motion
D. Pascal’s Law

11. The regime of flight Mach number from 0.8 up to 1.2 is called the
A. Transonic Range
B. Supersonic Range
C. Hypersonic Range
D. Subsonic Range

12. It is the ratio between the span and the chord of the wing.
A. Taper Ratio
B. Aspect Ratio
C. MAC
D. Root Chord

13. A line connecting the leading and trailing edge midway between the upper and lower
surface of an airfoil is .
A. Mean Aerodynamic Chord
B. Mean Camber Line
C. Upper Camber Line
D. Chord Line

14. The induced drag coefficient, CDi is proportional with:

A. CL (maximum)
B. CL2
C. CL
D. √𝐶𝐿

15. The induced angle of attack is the result of:

A. Downwash due to tip vortices
B. A large local angle of attack in two dimensional flow
C. Laminar Flow
D. Change in Density

16. The angle between the airplane longitudinal axis and the chord line is the:
A. Angle of Incidence
B. Glide Path Angle
C. Angle of Attack
D. Climb Path Angle

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17. Increasing dynamic pressure will have the following effect on the drag of an airplane (all other
important factors are constant):
A. This has no effect
B. The drag decreases
C. The drag increases
D. The drag is only affected by the ground speed

18. A body is placed in a certain airstream. The density of the airstream decreases to half of the
original value. The aerodynamic drag will decrease with a factor of
A. 8
B. 1.4
C. 2
D. 4

19. A body is placed in a certain airstream. The airstream velocity increases by a factor of 4. The
aerodynamic drag will increase with a factor of .
A. 12
B. 4
C. 16
D. 8

20. Which of the following will reduce induced drag?

A. Extending the Flaps
B. Low Aspect Ratio
C. Elliptical Lift Distribution
D. Flying at high angle of attack

21. Consider a convergent duct with an inlet area of 5 square meters. Air enters this duct with a
velocity of 10 meters per second and leaves the duct exit with a velocity of 30 meters per second.
What is the area of the duct exit?
A. 6.17 m2
B. 7.16 m2
C. 2.35 m2
D. 1.67 m2

22. A pressure of 2.4 lb. per sq. ft. is the same as _________ Newtons per square meter.
A. 288. 67 N/m2
B. 144.88 N/m2
C. 103.39 N/m2
D. 321.82 N/m2

23. Air at initial velocity would cause a pressure ratio of 3 across a normal shock wave at 6 km above
sea level. Find the downstream temperature.
A. 353 k
B. 256 k
C. 367 k
D. 340 k

24. A helium gas confined in a reservoir (closed tank) is accelerated to supersonic speeds through a
converging-diverging nozzle. Take the ratio of specific heats for helium gas as 1.67 and assume
the flow conditions as isentropic. Between the flow properties of this gas at the nozzle throat
(smallest section) and the reservoir. Calculate the density ratio of the gas.
A. 0.670
B. 1.67
C. 0.650
D. 1.650

25. The air pressure and density at a point on the wing of a Boeing 777 are 1.10x105 N/m2 and 1.200
kg/m3, respectively. What is the temperature at that point?
A. 519 k
B. 273 k
C. 319 k
D. 288 k

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26. Air passes a compression wave. Which of the following statements is correct?
A. The pressure increases.
B. The temperature decreases.
C. The pressure decreases.
D. The Mach number increases.

27. The line of disturbance created along the envelope of individual wavelets.
A. Mach line.
B. Normal line.
C. Horizontal line.
D. Straight line.

28. The angle which the Mach line makes with the freestream direction.
A. Deflection angle.
B. Expansion wave angle.
C. Mach angle.
D. Expansion wave angle.

29. The component of force parallel to the freestream direction ahead of the wing.
A. Axial force.
B. Drag.
C. Lift.
D. Normal force.

30. That component of force which is normal to the direction of the freestream an infinite distance
ahead of the airfoil.
A. Axial force.
B. Drag.
C. Lift.
D. Normal force

31. The airwise force resulting from the pressure distribution when the wing is at the angle of attack
at which no lift is generated.
A. Axial force.
B. Form or pressure drag.
C. Lift.
D. Normal force.

32. Which statement is correct about an expansion wave in a supersonic flow?

1). The upstream temperature of an expansion wave is higher than the downstream temperature.
2). The upstream Mach number of an expansion wave is lower than the downstream Mach
number.
A. Statement no. 1 is correct and statement no. 2 is incorrect.
B. Statement no. 1 is incorrect and statement no. 2 is correct.
C. Statement no.1 and statement no.2 are incorrect.
D. Statement no.1 and no. 2 are correct.

33. In a supersonic air stream, which of the flow properties are decreased as the fluid flows across
an expansion wave?
A. Pressure and mass density.
B. Pressure and Mach number.
C. Mass density and velocity.
D. Velocity and Mach number.

34. Speed is said to be subsonic if:

A. M > 1.
B. M = 1.
C. M < 1.
D. M > 5.

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35. Air passes a normal shock wave. Which of the following statements is correct?
A. The temperature increases.
B. The pressure decreases.
C. The temperature decreases.
D. The velocity increases.

36. The resistance, or skin friction, due to the viscosity of the air as it passes along the surfacr of a
wing is called
A. form drag
B. parasite drag
C. interference drag
D. profile drag

37. Which maximum range factor decreases as weight decreases?

A. stalling speed
B. altitude
C. airspeed
D. angle of attack

38. If the same angle of attack is maintained in ground effect as when out of ground effect, lift will
A. increase, and induced drag will increase
B. decrease and parasite drag remains unchanged
C. increase, and induced drag will decrease
D. decrease, and parasite drag will increase

39. Why frost is considered hazardous to flight?

A. frost spoils the smooth flow of air over the wings, thereby decreasing capability
B. frost slows the airflow over the airfoils, thereby increasing control effectiveness
C. frost changes the basic aerodynamic shape of the airfoils, thereby decreasing lift
D. frost decreases the stall speed of an aircraft

40. The amount of excess load that can be imposed on the wing of an airplane depends upon the
A. position of the CG
B. position of the CP
C. speed of the airplane
D. abruptness at which the load is applied

41. An aircraft takes off at 100 miles/hour with a wing span of 42 ft and an average chord of 7 feet.
Wing profile is Clark Y elliptical planform lift distribution. Determine the total drag of the aircraft
affected by it’s proximity to the ground when it is 10 feet above the runway.

Note: Clark Y profile is at the last page

Use δ = 0.248

A. 554 lbs
B. 410 lbs
C. 605 lbs
D. 441 lbs

42. Two airplanes having identical wings are flying level at 120 miles/hr.
Airfoil section is Clark Y.
W 1 = W 2 = 3,000 lbs
b1 = b2 = 36 ft.
S1 = 180 ft2
S2 = 200 ft2
At what angle of attack should aircraft 2 fly if aircraft 1 is flying at α=10 o?
Note: Clark Y profile is at the last page
A. 12o
B. 9.72o
C. 10.31o
D. 10o

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43. An aircraft powered by 80 HP engine weighs 1,500 lbs. The wing area is 294 ft 2 , the wing span is
42 ft, flat plate area is 2.0 ft2 and it is climbing at 75 MPH. If the service ceiling of this aircraft is
7,000 ft., compute the absolute ceiling if it flies with an angle of attack of 10 0. Assume SSLC,
Clark Y airfoil and Cdt = Cdpe + Cdi
Note: Clark Y profile is at the last page
A. 8,780 ft
B. 8,000 ft
C. 9,200 ft
D. 8,900 ft

44. Compute the total landing distance of an aircraft weighing 2,000 lbs with a wing area of 216 ft 2,
flat plate area of 3.8 ft2, minimum velocity of 48 miles/hr on a concrete runway with the minimum
Lift to Drag ratio at Vmin=7.76. Clark Y airfoil, AR =6 Let μ=0.5 (brakes on)
A. 1,500 ft.
B. 1,250 ft.
C. 1,230 ft.
D. 1,200 ft.

45. The chord of NACA 4418 airfoil is 72 inches. Its maximum thickness is:
A. 4.8 ft
B. 0.24 ft
C. 2.46 ft
D. 1.08 ft

46. The chord of NACA 23015 airfoil is 8 ft. Its camber is:
A. 1.92 inches
B. 14.4 inches
C. 30 inches
D. 15 inches

47. Find RN, for an airplane wing, 4 ft. chord, moving at 130 mph through standard sea level
condition.
A. 5,062,348
B. 4,960,357
C. 4,850,847
D. 4,673,908

48. An airfoil has a lift-curve slope of 0.105 per degree and angle of zero lift of -20. At what angle of
attack (in deg.) will the airfoil develop a lift of 140 lb/ft at 100 mph through a standard altitude of
10,000 ft? Assume c = 8 ft.
A. 6.83 deg.
B. 6.56 deg.
C. 6.34 deg.
D. 6.27 deg.

49. Given is a NACA 4418 airfoil with a chord of 120 centimeters. Calculate the position of camber (in
centimeters).
A. 12 cm
B. 21.6 cm
C. 4.8 cm
D. 48 cm

50. An airplane is flying at a standard altitude of 33,000 feet at 1,059 feet per second. What is the
dynamic pressure (in Newtons per square meter)?
A. 21,675 N/m2
B. 20,998 N/m2
C. 22,346 N/m2
D. 19,428 N/m2

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