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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. What makes Casey rule out pilot error as the cause of the troubled flight before she even inspects the aircraft?
(a) The flight data recorder shows no pilot error.
(b) Pilot error does not fit in with the chain of events.
(c) The pilot personally received training at Norton Aircraft.
(d) The co-pilot confirms the pilot's story.

2. How many people died on the troubled flight being investigated by Norton Aircraft?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 47.
(d) 120.

3. Who does Richman meet with several times a day?
(a) Jennifer Malone.
(b) Executives from China.
(c) Edgarton.
(d) Marder.

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

5. What do Casey and Kenny Burne find as they further investigate the N-22 from Flight 545?
(a) Another data voice recorder.
(b) The American passenger's laptop.
(c) More counterfeit parts.
(d) Another video camara.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Casey feel may be the key to figuring out what happened on Flight 545?

3. How long had it been since the Norton Aircraft had had trouble with slat deployment?

4. When the flight began to experience trouble, what did a young married father drop?

5. Why does Casey take a copy of the tape to the audio interpretation lab?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what the JAA press release says.

2. When Casey and Bob Richman board the N-22 what do they observe?

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

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

5. What does Casey find Bob Richman doing that further adds to her suspicions of him?

6. Why does the air traffic controller call his boss?

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

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

9. What does Casey notice about the pilot while listening to the taped conversations between the pilot and air traffic controllers, and why is this surprising?

10. Who does Casey give the two additional copies of the video from the cockpit to and why?

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