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Instrumentation QB 022-02

1 - The pressure measured at the forward-facing orifice of a pitot tube is the:

a) static pressure.
b) total pressure
c) total pressure plus static pressure.
d) dynamic pressure.
2 - A pitot blockage of both the ram air input and the drain hole with the static
port open causes the airspeed indicator to:
a) react like an altimeter.
b) read a little high.
c) read a little low.
d) freeze at zero.
3 - A pitot tube covered by ice which blocks the ram air inlet will affect the
following instrument (s):
a) altimeter only
b) airspeed indicator only.
c) vertical speed indicator only.
d) airspeed indicator, altimeter and vertical speed indicator.
4 - Which instrument does not connect to the static system?
a) Altimeter.
b) Vacuum gauge.
c) Airspeed Indicator.
d) Vertical speed indicator.
5 - The pitot tube supplies:
a) Alternate static pressure.
b) Impact pressure.
c) Dynamic pressure alone.
d) Static pressure alone.
6 - If the alternate static source is used, the resulting reading will be:
a) Too low reading of altitude.
b) Too high reading of altitude.
c) Too low reading of airspeed.
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d) No reading of airspeed.
7 - Total air pressure consists of static pressure plus:
a) Differential pressure.
b) Total pressure.
c) Dynamic pressure.
d) Still air.
8 - If the pitot tube is clogged, which instrument(s) is/are affected?
a) Altimeter only.
b) Airspeed indicator only.
c) Vertical speed indicator only.
d) Altimeter and airspeed indicator.
9 - In a non-pressurized aircraft, if one or several static pressure ports are
damaged, there is an ultimate emergency means for restoring a practically
correct static pressure intake:
a) breaking the rate-of-climb indicator glass window.
b) slightly opening a window to restore the ambient pressure in the cabin.
c) descending as much as possible in order to fly at a pressure as close
to 1013.25 hPa as possible.
d) calculating the ambient static pressure, allowing for the altitude and
QNH and adjusting the instruments.