PAMA/SAE Institute Aviation Maintenance and Production Certification

Global Challenge

Your Mission

You are an aviation maintenance professional traveling around the world on a Boeing 747. Your mission is to service the aircraft at each of its ten ports beginning in your hometown of Daytona Beach, Florida. For each question you answer correctly, you sign the log book for the next leg of the aircraft's journey.

Can you maintain your aircraft all the way around the world?

Part 1

Choose the best answer for each question.

1) When removing rivets using a twist drill and motor, what type of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is required?
ear plugs
safety glasses
safety gloves
respirator

2) What should you do if you damage a door hinge during maintenance of an aircraft?
contact manufacturer to obtain hinge damage limit
ask a coworker how to repair the hinge
enter the discrepancy in the maintenance manual
inform your supervisor about what happened

3) Which aircraft structure is built with a main spar?
wing
fuselage
rudder
aileron

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