Home / Civil Engineering / Airport Engineering :: section-3

Civil Engineering :: Airport Engineering

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

  2. A.

     Seven English alphabets

    B.

     Last Seven English alphabets

    C.

     First Seven English alphabets

    D.

     First seven numbers

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


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

  4. A.

     Seven English alphabets

    B.

     Last Seven English alphabets

    C.

     First Seven English alphabets

    D.

     First seven natural numbers

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  5. The length of runway under standard conditions is 2000 m. The elevation of airport site is 300 m. Its reference temperature is 33.05°C. If the runway is to be constructed with an effective gradient of 0.25 percent, the corrected runway length will be

  6. A.

     2500 m

    B.

     2600 m

    C.

     2700 m

    D.

     2800 m

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  7. The runway length after correcting for elevation and temperature is 2845 m. If the effective gradient on runway is 0.5 percent then the revised runway length will be

  8. A.

     2845 m

    B.

     2910 m

    C.

     3030 m

    D.

     3130 m

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  9. Pick up the component not applicable to aeroplanes

  10. A.

     Wings

    B.

     Engines

    C.

     Air screw

    D.

     None of these

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  11. From the end of an instrumental runway, the approach surface rises outwards

  12. A.

     1 in 20

    B.

     1 in 30

    C.

     1 in 40

    D.

     1 in 50

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  13. If the monthly mean of average daily temperature for the hottest month of the year is 25°C and the monthly mean of the maximum daily temperature of the same month of the year is 46°C, the airport reference temperature is

  14. A.

     32°C

    B.

     35.5°C

    C.

     48°C

    D.

     25°C

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  15. The main disadvantage of angle nose out parking configuration of aircraft is that the

  16. A.

     Aircraft rear loading door is far away from terminal building

    B.

     Hot blast is directed towards the terminal building

    C.

     Overall apron area required is more

    D.

     All the above

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  17. As per ICAO recommendation, the rate of change of longitudinal gradient per 30 m length of vertical curve for A and B type of airports is limited to a maximum of

  18. A.

     0.1 %

    B.

     0.2 %

    C.

     0.3 %

    D.

     0.4 %

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  19. According to I.C.A.O. all markings on the runways are painted white and on taxiways

  20. A.

     Black

    B.

     Red

    C.

     Yellow

    D.

     Green

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum