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Aviation Research Certification Quiz

1. A new generation of bigger (800 - 900 passenger) jetliners would:
A. reduce the total number of aircraft in the sky.
B. require the construction of longer runways.
C. increase the amount of driving required for passengers to get to suitable airports.
D. all of the above

2. Increasing the amount of smaller commercial aircraft flying directly from one small airport to another would:
A. decrease air traffic at major metropolitan airports.
B. increase the flow of traffic through airline hubs.
C. allow for more direct routing of passengers to their final destinations.
D. A and C

3. The "hub-and-spoke" system:
A. will integrate thousands of smaller underused airports.
B. has solved the increased traffic burdens on the National Airspace System.
C. was developed jointly by NASA and the FAA.
D. has contributed to long waits and congestion at airports.

4. The "Freeflight" system:
A. requires aircraft to follow specially designated airways.
B. would allow aircraft to fly directly to their destination airport.
C. provides no-cost air travel for diadvantaged passengers.
D. would require the construction of longer runways.

5. Aircraft engine emissions affect the atmosphere by
A. increasing the amount of cirrus clouds.
B. increasing the amount of ozone in the upper atmosphere.
C. decreasing the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
D. B and C

6. Aircraft engine emissions at high altitudes decrease the amount of high-altitude:
A. dilithium.
B. tritium.
C. ozone.
D. cirrus clouds.

7. Nitogen oxides:
A. produce smog.
B. are used to counter the depletion of high-altitude ozone.
C. are a new cleaner-burning fuel for jet engines.
D. are the primary by-product of digesting airline food.

8. A NASA technology goal is to:
A. reduce future aircraft noise levels by 10dB within 10 years.
B. reduce future aircraft noise levels by 20dB within 25 years.
C. increase future aircraft noise levels by 10dB within 10 years.
D. A and B

9. Over the past 20 years, the major accident rate for worldwide commercial aviation has:
A. decreased sharpley.
B. increased sharpley.
C. remained nearly constant.
D. been kept secret.

10. The total number of air traffic accidents per year has:
A. shown an increasing trend.
B. shown a decreasing trend.
C. remained nearly constant.
D. fluctuated randomly.

11. Which of the following are contributing factors to major accidents?
A. Bad weather
B. Icing
C. Human Error
D. All of the above

12. NASA aviation safety programs include:
A. mandatory centrifuge training for pilots.
B. increasing the number of crew in the cockpit.
C. developing full-scale simulation facilities.
D. A and C

13. Hazardous runway incursions over the last several years have:
A. been virtually eliminated.
B. have decreased by more than 50 percent.
C. have increased by more than 50 percent.
D. been impossible to track.

14. Wingtip vortices are:
A. especially dangerous for smaller aircraft.
B. generally stronger when generated by larger aircraft.
C. a limiting factor in aircraft spacing.
D. all of the above

15. Poor weather conditions typically result in:
A. a decrease in landings on closley spaced parallel runways.
B. an increase in landings on intersecting runways.
C. relaxing of noise control regulations.
D. all of the above.

16. NASA research on thunderstorm hazards involve:
A. ground-based monitoring of lightning strikes.
B. aircraft-based monitoring of lightning strikes.
C. space-based monitoring of lightning strikes.
D. all of the above

17. Safe, affordable, and easy-to-use personal aircraft could provide the benefit of:
A. increasing traffic through airline hubs.
B. increasing usage of designated airways.
C. decreasing typical inter-city travel time.
D. all of the above

18. Differential GPS (DGPS):
A. is not as accurate as GPS.
B. makes use of signals from GPS satellites and the International Space Station.
C. makes use of signals from GPS satellites and a ground station.
D. A and B

19. The National Airspace System is currently:
A. working at beyond its optimal capacity.
B. working at optimal capacity.
C. working at below its optimal capacity.
D. only in the planning stages.

20. NASA has established a goal to:
A. substantially decrease aircraft emissions of nitrogen oxides.
B. increase the production of nitrogen oxides.
C. find new sources of nitrogen oxides.
D. B and C

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