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Aircraft Maintenance Practice Test: Autopilot
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An autopilot is a device that controls the path of an aircraft, spacecraft, or marine craft without human intervention.: It can follow a flight plan, stabilize speed and height, and manage the aircraft's heading.

Aircraft Maintenance Practice Test: Autopilot
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20 Questions

1. Which of the following category may also be referred to as “zero-zero”?
2. What is the full form of SAS?
3. The autopilot is often used in conjunction with the __________
4. An autopilot controlled landing on a runway is known as a __________ landing.
5. Autopilot system is used to control the __________ of an aircraft.
6. A single axis autopilot controls an aircraft in the __________ axis only.
7. In CWS mode, pilot controls the autopilot through inputs on the __________
8. The MD-11 which uses a constant CWS in roll.
9. CAT IIIa permits pilots to land with a decision height as low as 25 feet.
10. The fail-operational autopilot is a __________ channel system.
11. Autopilot is mostly an integral component of a __________
12. What is the full form of CWS?
13. Which of the following is used on the Boeing 777?
14. When was the first autopilot developed?
15. A two axis autopilot controls an aircraft in the pitch and yaw axis.
16. Not all passenger aircraft flying today have an autopilot system.
17. Which of the following is the most common type of SAS?
18. Autopilots in modern complex aircraft are __________ axis.
19. Which of the following category permits pilots to land with a decision height of 200 feet?
20. Autopilot on airplanes maybe colloquially referred to as __________

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