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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Casey get down from the top of the plane?
(a) She slides down the wing.
(b) She climbs down scaffolding.
(c) She jumps onto a tarp.
(d) She is pushed off.

2. What does the JAA press release say?
(a) N-22s have been approved for further travel.
(b) It is ordering all N-22s to be grounded,
(c) It is refusing to certify N-22s.
(d) Norton aircraft is under investigation for installing fraudulant parts.

3. What caused the accident of the N22 being covered on television?
(a) A engine explosion.
(b) Slat deployment.
(c) A malfunction of autopilot.
(d) Pilot error.

4. Who does Marder rely on to deal with the press?
(a) Casey.
(b) Norton's Press Department.
(c) Bob Richman.
(d) He always handles the press himself.

5. During the second phase of the investigation, what does Casey decide to focus on?
(a) The autopilot mechanism.
(b) The air traffic controller's statement.
(c) The passenger interviews.
(d) The pilot's statements.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jennifer Malone looking for a new story?

2. In reviewing the tapes between the pilot and air traffic control, what does Casey and her team notice about the pilot?

3. In the morning meeting, Casey and the investigative team discuss a plane that never flew again because of one accident. What plane was this?

4. What part of the N-22 does Casey want to tear apart but can't because of time restrictions?

5. How many people died on the troubled flight being investigated by Norton Aircraft?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Casey discover as she studies sheets of data from the faulty data recorder?

2. Explain what happened to the young American parents and their infant daughter during the troubled flight.

3. What reason does Richman give for racking up so much travel time while working for the marketing department?

4. Why is Jennifer Malone trying to get a story about the N-22 incident?

5. Explain why Casey ends up on top of an airplane that is being constructed in one of Norton's hangers.

6. What does the DC-10 incident have to do with the N-22 investigation?

7. Explain what the JAA press release says.

8. In the meeting on Tuesday, what does Casey learn about the idea that turbulence caused the trouble on Flight 545?

9. Why does Casey's secretary Norma tell Casey to be careful around Richman?

10. Why is uncommanded slat deployment thought to be a possibility for the trouble experienced on the flight?

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