FlashcardsAviation Maintenance Technician Flashcards
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This 89-card flashcard set covers the core knowledge areas for aviation maintenance technician (A&P) certification, including electrical resistance, aircraft documentation and drawings, weight and balance procedures, hydraulic systems, FAA regulations and airworthiness directives, and aerodynamic principles. Use it for comprehensive exam preparation or ongoing professional reference.
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- What is meant by resistance in an electrical circuit?
- What is the basic unit of electrical resistance?
- What 4 things affect the resistance of an electrical conductor?
- How can you tell the resistance of a composition resistor?
- What formula is used to find resistance when voltage and current is known?
- What is meant by impedance?
- In what unit is impedance measured?
- How is resistance calculated in a series circuit?
- What is the total resistance of three 12-Ohm resistors connected in series?
- What is the total resistance of three 12-ohm resistors connected in parallel?
- How much current flows through each of three resistors connected in parallel if the total current is 3-amps?
- What is the function of a current limiter?
- How many views can there be on an orthographic drawing?
- How many views are used to show most objects in an aircraft drawing?
- Where is the title block normally located on an aircraft drawing?
- How can you know if the aircraft drawing you are using is the most current version of the drawing?
- What is a detail drawing?
- What is an assembly drawing?
- What is an installation drawing?
- What type of drawing is most helpful in troubleshooting a system?
- What is a block diagram?
- How are dimensions shown on an aircraft drawing?
- What is the purpose of a centerline on an aircraft drawing?
- Where would an aviation mechanic find aircraft electrical schematics?
- Why is it necessary to consider the category under which an aircraft is licensed when computing its weight and balance?
- Where do you find the leveling means that are specific to a particular aircraft?
- What must be done with tare weight when an aircraft is weighed?
- Why are the distances of all items installed in an aircraft measured from the datum when computing weight and balance?
- Where is the maximum allowable gross weight of an aircraft found?
- Is there a federal regulation requiring that all Private aircraft be reweighed periodically?
- What must be done to find the empty weight of an aircraft if it has been weighed with fuel in its tanks?
- How do you find the empty weight and empty weight center of gravity of an airplane if there are no weigth and balance records available?
- Of what material are most low-pressure rigid fluid lines made?
- Is the size of a rigid fluid line determined by its outside or its inside diameter?
- What is the difference between the flare angle for aircraft and automotive fittings?
- Where are the quick-disconnect fluid line couplings normally used in an aircraft hydraulic system?
- Is the size of a flexible hose determined by its inside or outside diameter?
- Who is authorized to perform a 100-hour inspection on an aircraft?
- Who is authorized to perform an annual inspection on an aircraft?
- Can a certificated A&P mechanic supervise an unlicensed person as the unlicensed person performs a 100-hour inspection on an aircraft?
- Who is authorized to rebuild an aircraft engine and issue a zero-time maintenance record?
- Which FAR specifies required maintenance records?
- Are instructions included in the federal regulation's mandatory or optional?
- Who is authorized to approve an aircraft for return to service after a major repair
- Who is authorized to perform preventative maintenance on an aircraft that is not flown under part 121, 127, 129, 135?
- Who is authorized to approve an aircraft for return to service after a minor alteration has been performed on the airframe?
- What is the minimum age for an aviation mechanic certifiicate?
- How many months of practical experience is needed to qualify for the aviation mechanic certificate with both airframe and powerplant ratings?
- What can be used in place of the 30 months of experience to qualify to take the mechanics test?
- What certificate and ratings are required for a mechanic to perform an 100-hour inspection and approve the aircraft for return to service?
- What certificate and ratings are required for a mechanic to perform an annual inspection and approve to return to service?
- What is done with A/C maintenance records that include the current status of the applicable Airworthiness directives when the aircraft is sold
- What is a Type Certificate Data Sheet?
- What are aircraft specifications?
- What document specifies the type of fuel that should be used in an airplane?
- Why is it necessary to refer to the TCDS for an airplane when conducting a 100-hour inspection?
- What FAA publication describes methods of nondestructive testing?
- What is the purpose of an AD?
- What is the first step in the issuance of an AD?
- How is information on an AD disseminated ?
- What type of AD may be adopted without an NPRM?
- How is information on an emergency AD sent to the owner or operator of an affected aircraft or other product?
- Where can you find a list of all the AD’s that apply to aircraft, engines, propellers or appliances?
- How can you get information on subscribing to the airworthiness directives?
- Is it mandatory that the information in an AC be complied with?
- With which part of 14 CFR 43.13-1b associated?
- May all of the information in AC 43.13-1b be used as approved data?
- What is the purpose of general aviation airworthiness alerts?
- What formula is used to find the amount of work done when an object is moved across a floor?
- What determines the mechanical advantage of an arrangement of ropes and pulleys?
- What determines the mechanical advantage of a gear train?
- What is meant by relative wind with regard to an airfoil?
- What is meant by mean aerodynamic cord? (MAC)
- What is meant by the angle of attack?
- What is meant by the critical angle of attack?
- What is meant by the stagnation point of an airfoil?
- What is the difference between velocity and speed?
- What is meant by air density?
- What is meant by weight?
- What is meant by thrust?
- What is drag?
- What is meant by autorotation in a helicopter?
- What is the dissymmetry of lift produced by a helicopter rotor?
- What is meant by a blade stall of a helicopter rotor?
- What is meant by translational lift in a helicopter?
- What is meant by ground effect in helicopter flight?
- What are the different types of human error?
- What is the difference between an active error and a latent error?
- What are the different levels of consequences of human error?
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