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Helicopter Technology

Quiz Number:  19
Course Name:  Industrial Technology/Engineering
Quiz N0. = 19
Teacher:  Ed Schmidt
Teacher's Home Page:  http://www.oocities.org/Baja/2140/ENG.htm
Teacher's Email:  schmidte@putnam.k12.il.us

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No. of Questions= 19 ,Pass mark is - 70 %.

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1.  Which of these is a current use of a helicopter:

a) air ambulance
b) pilot rescue
c) anti-tank gunship
d) police surveillance
e) all of the above
2.  The Helicopter flies by replacing the fixed wings of the "normal" aeroplane with a set of:

a) rotating wings
b) oscillating wings
c) gyro wings
d) torque wings
e) none of these
3.  A typical helicopter posesses two sets of:

a) fuel tanks
b) rotors
c) wings
d) canards
e) none of these
4.  The rotor disk provides lift for the helicopter:

a) true
b) false
5.  The tail rotor is in the nose of the helicopter:

a) true
b) false
6.  The tail rotor is used as an anti-torque rotor:

a) true
b) false
7.  For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction....this is ________ third law:

a) Bells
b) Sikorskys
c) Newtons
d) NASA's
e) Jeffersons
8.  The pilot has how many controls to fly the helicopter:

a) 3
b) 4
c) 6
d) 1
e) 2
9.  The cyclic stick and rudder pedals are 2 of the copters controls:

a) true
b) false
10.  The cyclic stick controls the angle of the main rotor:

a) true
b) false
11.  The collective pitch lever increases and decreases the amount of power to the tail rotor:

a) true
b) false
12.  Temperature, humidity and altitude can all affect the helicopters performance:

a) true
b) false
13.  Wood blades create less vibration than metal blades:

a) true
b) false
14.  Some helicopters use between 65 and 70 gallons of fuel per hour:

a) true
b) false
15.  Turbine engines are cheaper than piston engines:

a) true
b) false
16.  The Greek word for spiral is helix:

a) true
b) false
17.  The Greek word for wing is flapius:

a) true
b) false
18.  The Chinese were some of the first to develop the idea of rotary-wing flight:

a) true
b) false
19.  Leonardo Da Vinci designed a flying spiral back in the 1400's:

a) true
b) false




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