AIRPORT ENGINEERING QUIZ

Total correction for elevation, temperature and gradient for a runway should not be more than

0.35

0.15

0.2

0.25

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Assertion A : The ratio of arriving and departing aircrafts influences the airport capacity:Reason R : Landing operation is generally given priority over the taking off operation.Select your answer based on the coding system given below:

A is false but R is true

Both A and R is true and R is not the correct explanation of A

A is true but R is false

Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A

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Runway threshold is indicated by a series of parallel lines starting from a distance of

10 m from runway end

15 m from runway end

3 m from runway end

6 m from runway end

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Pick up the component not applicable to aeroplanes

None of these

Wings

Air screw

Engines

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According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (I.C.A.O.) the strength of runway pavements, have been coded by

First Seven English alphabets

First seven numbers

Last Seven English alphabets

Seven English alphabets

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The lift off distance is the distance along the centre of the runway between the starting point and

Point where air craft attains a height of 10.7 m

Point where air craft becomes air borne

End of stop-way

End of the runway

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Beaufort scale is used to determine

Direction of winds

None of these

Strength of winds

Height of air-crafts

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For night landing, the thresholds are lighted

Yellow

White

Red

Green

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For determining the basic runway length, the landing case requires that aircraft should come to a stop within p % of the landing distance. The value of p is

0.5

0.6

0.75

0.4

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The thickness design of the pavement, is decided on the load carried by

Main gears

All listed here

Nose wheel

Tail wheel

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