1. Which part(s) of a semi monocoque fuselage prevent(s) tension and compression from bending the fuselage?

A. The fuselage covering.

B. Longerons and stringers.
C. Bulkheads and skin.
2. Longitudinal (fore and aft) structural members of a semi monocoque fuselage are called
A. spars and ribs.
B. longerons and stringers.
C. spars and stringers.
3. Sandwich panels made of metal honeycomb construction are used on modern aircraft because this type of
construction
A. is lighter than single sheet skin of the same strength and is more corrosion resistant.
B. may be repaired by gluing replacement skin to the inner core material with thermoplastic resin.
C. has a high strength to weight ratio.
4. What is the purpose of the wing main spar
A- To withstand bending and torsional loads
B- To withstand compressive and torsional loads
C- To withstand bending and shear loads
5. What is the purpose of wing ribs
A- To withstand the fatigue stress
B- To shape the wing and support the skin
C- To provide local support for the skin
6. A cantilever wing …………………
A- Is extremely braced with either struts and/or bracing wires
B- Is supported at one end only with no external bracing
C- Has both an upper and lower airfoil section
7. A fail safe structure ……………………………..
1. Has a programmed inspection cycle to detect and rectify faults
2. Is changed before its predicted life is reached
3. Has redundant strength which will tolerate a certain amount of structural damage
4. Is secondary structure of no structural significance
A- 1 and 2 apply
B- 1 and 3 apply
C- 3 and 4 apply
8. What are the four typical loads on an aircraft ?
A- Tension, compression, torsion, shear
B- Tension, torsion, creep, elongation
C- Elasticity, shear, compression, torsion
9. In the construction of airframes the primary purpose of frames or formers is to ……….
A- Provide a means of attaching the stringers and skin panels
B- Oppose hoop stresses and provide shape and form to the fuselage
C- Support the wings
10. What is the purpose of stringers
A- To absorb the torsional and co;pressive stresses
B- To prevent buckling and bending by supporting and stiffening the skin
C- To support the primary control surfaces

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1- The primary purpose of the fuselage is to:
A- Provide access to the cockpit.
B- Support the wings.
C- House the crew and payload.
2- Aircraft wing construction which employs the principle of the skin taking part of the load is termed:
A- Stressed skin.
B- Semi monocoque.
C- Monocoque.
3- Which of the following statements about fuselage loading is true?
A- Frames, stringers and skin take the full load.
B- Frames and stringers take the full load. Skin is only used as a cover.
C- Skin and frames take the full load. Stringers are used to prevent skin buckling.
4- The skin of a modern pressurised aircraft:
A- Is primary load bearing structure carrying much of the structural loads.
B- Is made up of light alloy steel sheets built on the monocoque principle.
C- Provides aerodynamic lift and prevents corrosion by keeping out adverse weather.
5- Which of the following is true?
A- Aluminium alloys are used in aircraft construction because it is light, easily machined and has good wear
resistance.
B- Steel is used in aircraft because it is strong and heavy but has poor corrosion resistance.
C- Super alloys are used because of their excellent corrosion resistance.
6- On an aircraft which employs stressed skin construction:
A- Composite material should be used.
B- The skin of the airplane takes the majority of the structural load.
C- The skin of the airplane takes no part of the load.
7- Which components do a semi-monocoque fuselage consists of?
A- Metal stringers, bulkheads and fabric covering.
B- A stressed skin structure in which the skin is supported by a lightweight framework, such as longerons,
stringers and formers.
C- Steel tubing, longerons and bulkhead wires.
8- In the construction of airframes, the primary purpose of frames or formers is to:
A- Oppose hoop stresses and provide shape and form to the fuselage.
B- Provide a means of attaching the stringers and skin panels.
C- Support the wings.
9- Of a non-stressed skin type wing, the wing structure elements which take up the vertical bending stresses are:
A- Ribs.
B- Spars.
C- Skin.
10- A wing structure consists primarily of:
A- A front and rear main spar
B- A front and rear main spar with ribs and stringers
C- Ribs and stringers only
11- The Control Surfaces on a wing are usually attached to:
A- the rear spar.
B- the torque tube.
C- the main spar.

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12- On a non-stressed skin type wing, the wing structure elements which take up the vertical bending moments
Mx are:
A- the ribs.
B- the skin.
C- the spars.
13- A lightening hole in a rib:
A- provide a means of passing cables and controls through a pressure bulkhead.
B- lightens and stiffens the structure.
C- prevents lightning strikes damaging the fuselage.
14- What is the purpose of the stiffeners which are riveted to the upper and lower skin panels of the wing torsion
box?
A- To increase the bending stiffness of the wing.
B- To prevent buckling of the skin panels.
C- To increase the torsional stiffness of the wing.
15- What is the purpose of the wing main spar:
A- To withstand bending and torsional loads.
B- To withstand compressive and torsional loads.
C- To withstand compressive and shear loads.
16- A " slot" on a wing is?
A- A split flap along the leading edge of the wing.
B- A leading edge device that causes some of the high energy air to flow over the upper surface of the wing.
C- A leading edge flap.
17- When do you say that an aircraft has a cantilever wing?
A- When the wing is attached to the lower part of the fuselage.
B- When the wing is attached to the fuselage at or near one end only.
C- When the wing is supported by braces or strut, linked to the fuselage.
18- What is the purpose of wing ribs:
A- To shape the wing and support the skin.
B- To withstand the fatigue stresses.
C- To provide local support for the skin.
19- The component of an aircraft wing which can be considered to be the primary structural member is called:
A- the rib.
B- the main spar.
C- the control surface spar.
20- In a stressed skin airframe structure for a pressurised aircraft:
A- The rivets and skin are under tensile loads.
B- The rivets are under shear loads and the skin is under tensile loads.
C- The rivets and skin are under compressive loads.
21- On an aircraft, the Kruger flap is a:
A- trailing edge flap.
B- leading edge flap close to the wing tip.
C- leading edge flap close to the wing root.
22- What are the most frequent used materials in a monocoque or semi-monocoque structure?
A- Aluminum or magnesium alloy.
B- Wood.
C- Steel.

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23- A framework of truss type fuselage is used in:
A- Heavy wide bodied subsonic turbo-fan aircraft
B- Light training aircraft mainly
C- Supersonic aircraft
24- A semi-monocoque fuselage has………... in the longitudinal direction. Together with the frames, they
resist…………….... moments and axial forces. The skin panels are loaded mainly in……………...
A- Stringers, bending, buckling.
B- Bars, buckling, bending.
C- Stringers, bending, shear.
25- Aircraft structures consists mainly of:
A- Aluminum sheets and rivets with titanium or steel materials at points requiring high strength.
B- Magnesium alloy sheets with aluminum rivets and titanium or steel at points requiring high strength.
C- Aluminum alloy sheets and rivets with titanium or steel materials at points requiring high strength.
26- What is the purpose of the stringers?
A- To support the primary control surfaces.
B- To prevent buckling and bending by supporting and stiffening the skin.
C- To absorb the torsional and compressive stresses.
27- Clad aluminum alloys are used in aircraft because they
A- can be heat treated much easier than the other forms of aluminum.
B- are less subject to corrosion than uncoated aluminum alloys.
C- are stronger than unclad aluminum alloys.
28- Under certain conditions, type A rivets are not used because of their
A- low strength characteristics.
B- high alloy content.
C- tendency toward embrittlement when subjected to vibration.
29- Sandwich panels made of metal honeycomb construction are used on modern aircraft because this type of
construction
A- is lighter than single sheet skin of the same strength and is more corrosion resistant.
B- may be repaired by gluing replacement skin to the inner core material with thermoplastic resin.
C- has a high strength to weight ratio.
30- The safe-life of an aircraft is predicated on which of the following? Select the correct answer.
A- The Number of flying hours elapsed
B- The number of pressurization cycles elapsed
C- A and B
31- Select which of the following design philosophies are used by designers to minimise the effects of metal
fatigue and corrosion?
A- Fail-safe philosophy or damage-tolerant structures
B- Monocoque Structures
C- Semi-monocoque structures
32- Which philosophy adhears to the concept whereby no single structure supports the entire load?
A- Monocoque structure
B- Fail-safe structure
C- Semi-monocoque structure

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33- Monocoque originates from the Greek and French words respectively meaning?
A- Single shell
B- Egg shell
C- Bird shell
34- What was added to a purely monocoque structure to support larger more and powerful aircraft?
A- Frames
B- Skin
C- Longerons
35- The pressure is contained within the fuselage by two ___________ _______________
A- Pressure bulkheads
B- Spars
C- engines
36- Cabin floors are normally constructed of a ____________ design
A- Honeycomb
B- Web
C- Skin and ribs
37- The stress that resists a force that tends to pull something apart.
A- Tension
B- Compression
C- Shear
38- A fuselage frame is usually constructed of steel tubing welded together is called …
A- Monocoque
B- Truss type
C- Semi-monocoque
39- the stress that resists the force tending to cause one layer of a material to slide over an adjacent layer is ,,
A- tension
B- torsion
C- shear
40- What is the major type of damage to aluminum structures that is caused by exposure to the weather?
A- Bending
B- Fatigue
C- Corrosion
41- Which of the five stresses is the most common cause of rivet failure?
A- Torsion
B- Shear
C- Tension
42- Tension is the stress of
A- twisting
B- crush or compression
C- elongating or stretch
43- Shear stress is described as
A- pulling forces
B- compressing forces
C- slip away under the action of forces

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44- The main forces on an aircraft structure are
A- tension, compression, torsion and strain
B- tension, compression, torsion and shear
C- tension, compression, twisting and shear
45- a sandwitch structure is ………
A- a structure consisting of plate material and a core material together making a sandwitch
B- a method for constructing components in which parts are bonded together like sandwitches
C- another word for composite structure
46- a so called “false spar” is …………….
A- An auxiliary spar which connects to the main spar
B- A spar that does not run all the way to the tip of the wing
C- A perpendicular connection between two or more main spars
47- The torsion strength of a material is ………………….
A- its resistance to twisting or torque
B- its resistance to compression
C- its resistance to expansion
48- The skin of an aircraft is not stiff enough to keep its shape under loading conditions. For that reason it is
stiffened with stringers. Which statement about stringers is not true?
A- The combination of skin and stringers can be reolaced by a sandwitch structure
B- Frames in the aircraft fuselage sre in fact stringers in cicumferential direction
C- Stringers are extruded profiles that are riveted on a thin skin sheet
49- Which statement regarding the skin of a modern airlines is true?
A- The aircraft skin only carries the air forces that work on the ouside of the aircraft
B- The aircraft skin carries part of all the forces that work on the aircraft
C- The aircraft skin is mainly there to preserve the aerodynamic shape of he aircraft; the largest forces are
carried by the frames and stiffeners
50- Composite materials are now relatively common-place in airframe structures. Which statement is true about
composite?
A- They have a high resistance to RADAR and Radio Signals
B- Damage is not immediately obvious and they require specialist Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)
techniques to find damaged sections
C- They have very high electrical screening
51- What are the four typical loads on an aircraft ?
A- Tension, torsion, creep, elongation
B- Elasticity, shear, compression, torsion
C- Tension, compression, torsion, shear
D- Compression, buckling, elasticity, shear
52- _______ is where the materials natural in-built elasticity enables it to stretch when under load.
A- Creep
B- Crop
C- bending
53- A material can return to normal after it has been deformed due to its elasticity.
A- True
B- False
54- Select one of the factors affecting Creep ?
A- The duration of the load applied
B- Buckling of the material
C- Shear
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 D- Strength of the material
55- The safe-life of an aircraft is predicated on which of the following?
A- The Number of flying hours elapsed and number of landings
B- The number of pressurisation cycles elapsed
C- A and B
56- Select which of the following design philosophies are used by designers to minimise the effects of metal
fatigue and corrosion?
A- Fail-safe philosophy or damage-tolerant structures
B- Monocoque Structures
C- Semi-monocoque structures
57- Fail-safe structures enable aircraft parts to be produced lighter
A- True
B- False
58- Which philosophy adhears to the concept whereby no single structure supports the entire load?
A- Damage tolerant structure
B- Fail-safe structure
C- Semi-monocoque structure
59- Monocoque originates from the Greek and French words respectively meaning?
A- Single shell
B- Egg shell
C- bird shell
60- What was added to a purely monocoque structure to support larger and more powerful aircraft?
A- Frames
B- Skin
C- Longerons
61- As a result of aircraft pressurisation, the aircraft's hull will start to lengthen and expand similar to a blown-up
balloon. This is called longitudinal and hoop stresses respectively.
A- True
B- False
62- The pressure is contained within the fuselage by two ___________ _______________
A- Pressure bulkheads
B- Main longerons
C- Skin panels
63- Cabin floors are normally constructed of a ____________ design
A- Honeycomb
B- Birdnest
C- Honey sandwitched panels
64- The cargo area in a transport aircraft is normally not pressurised.
A- True
B- False
65- Regulation dictates that flight-deck windows are able to withstand the impact from a ____kg bird strike.
A- 4
B- 2
C- 6
66- Direct vision windows double as an escape for crew during an emergency.
A- True
B- False

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67- The construction of an aircrafts wing is centred around a main member. What is that member called?
A- Rib
B- Frame
C- Spar
68- A torsion box is used in an aircraft’s wing to provide rigidity.
A- True
B- False
69- __________________ is the deformation of a material or substances.
A- Tension
B- Strain
C- Torsion.
70- Name the stress that resists a force that tends to pull something apart.
A- Compression
B- Shear
C- Tension
71- Name the stress which is a combination of compression and tension
A- Bending
B- Tension
C- Torsion.
72- Longerons are supported by other longitudinal members called
A- Formers
B- Frames
C- Stringers
73- Vertical structural members are referred to as bulkhead, frames and ____________________
A- Frames
B- Formers
C- Stringers