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title: Airports, the black box, helicopters and drones — how Mova does on the tests · Technology
description: Lesson 23 of the technology course of Mova's primary school: 1 of 11 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Airports, the black box, helicopters and drones

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**Tests:** 1 of 11 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 7 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 23 of the technology course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/).

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### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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«black box is black, duh, it's in the name» What is right?

- **1.** It is black on the outside, but bright orange and yellow inside the case — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** No, it is bright orange so it can be found after an accident — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** It changes colour after an accident — no support
- **4.** Yes, it is black so it stays hidden — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 23, line 9: «The black box is really two tough recorders, one for flight data and one for cockpit sounds, and they are painted bright orange so they can be found.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «black box» (+4); the same property (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/t1/)

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### Test 2 · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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«at the scanner my cousin said there's a bomb in his bag as a joke» What will happen and why?

- **1.** He gets through faster — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nothing, everyone knows it's a joke — no support
- **3.** Staff must treat it as real, so it causes big trouble and delays — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The X-ray machine checks his voice and ignores it — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/t2/)

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### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Your little brother wants to ride the baggage carousel like a roundabout. What is right?

- **1.** It is fine because it moves slowly and has soft rubber flaps all round the edge — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Only if Mum rides with him — no support
- **3.** It is fine if he holds on tight — no support
- **4.** Never climb on it: it moves bags, not people, and can trap you — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/t3/)

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### Test 4 · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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«why the heck do i need a whole control tower, can't pilots just look out the window» What is right?

- **1.** Pilots really do just look and swerve — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Thousands of planes fly at once, and controllers use radar and radio to keep them apart — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The tower is only for weather reports — no support
- **4.** Control towers only sell tickets — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/t4/)

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### Test 5 · right ✓ {#t5}

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In a cartoon, a balloon pilot turns a steering wheel and the balloon turns right. What is wrong?

- **1.** Balloons steer with oars, not wheels — no support
- **2.** Nothing, balloons have rudders — no support
- **3.** Real balloons cannot steer; the pilot goes up or down to find a different wind — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** The pilot should blow on the balloon — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 23, line 15: «A balloon pilot cannot steer left or right; they go up or down to find winds blowing in different directions.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «go up» (+2); the same doer «pilots» (+2); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/t5/)

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### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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«gonna fly my drone at the airport fence, wanna film the jets» What is the answer?

- **1.** Fine at night, when nobody can see it up there — no support
- **2.** Fine, if the drone is small and you keep it low — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** Fine, as long as you stay under the clouds and the fence — no support
- **4.** Never: it is illegal and can endanger planes — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 23, line 16: «A drone flies with four or more small rotors spinning at different speeds, and some hold their place in the air using GPS.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «drone» (+2); the same property (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/t6/)

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### Test 7 · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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What would happen if a helicopter lost its tail rotor?

- **1.** Nothing at all, the tail rotor is only there for decoration and balance — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The body would start spinning round under the main rotor — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** It would rise straight up much faster — no support
- **4.** It would fly faster forward — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/t7/)

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### Test 8 · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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«drone hovers still with no wind?? magic» What is right?

- **1.** It is hanging from an invisible wire — no support
- **2.** Drones only fly when the wind holds them — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **3.** Its rotors keep adjusting, and some use GPS to hold their place — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** The air holds anything still once it is up high enough above the trees — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, against 6 for the next best. Its support: lesson 23, line 16: «A drone flies with four or more small rotors spinning at different speeds, and some hold their place in the air using GPS.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «fly» (+4); the same doer «drone» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/t8/)

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### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Which runway points roughly south, to 180 degrees?

- **1.** 36 — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** 18 — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** 1 — score 6
- **4.** 9 — score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 23, line 10: «Runways have lights to guide pilots in the dark and fog, and their big painted numbers show the compass direction divided by ten, so runway 27 points roughly w…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «show» (+4); the same receiver «270 degrees» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/t9/)

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### Test 10 · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Count them: at the helipad there are 2 helicopters, each with a main rotor and a tail rotor. How many rotors?

- **1.** 2 — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** 4 — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** 3 — no support
- **4.** 6 — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/t10/)

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### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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«why do planes keep fuel in the wings, isn't that weird» Which is true?

- **1.** No, planes carry no fuel, they run on batteries — score 0
- **2.** Yes, most fuel is stored inside the wings — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **3.** No, fuel is carried in a tank on the roof — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** No, fuel is kept in the passengers' cabin — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 3, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 17, line 10: «A petrol station keeps its fuel in big tanks underground that can hold tens of thousands of litres, and pumps measure it into the car.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «fuel» (+2); the same place «big tanks» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the device commonly designated the black box.

- **1.** It is a single black container concealed in order to deter theft — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It records solely the entertainment viewed by passengers — no support
- **3.** It comprises two robust recorders of flight data and cockpit sounds, coloured bright orange to facilitate their recovery — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** It is jettisoned by the pilot prior to every landing — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Identify the principal function of air traffic control.

- **1.** The sale of tickets and the allocation of seats — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The reporting of weather conditions to passengers exclusively — no support
- **3.** The maintenance of separation between aircraft by means of radar and radio, together with the issuing of clearances to depart and land — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The refuelling of aircraft upon the apron — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Ascertain the means whereby the pilot of a hot-air balloon may alter the direction of travel.

- **1.** By ascending or descending in order to encounter winds blowing in other directions — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8
- **2.** By rowing with oars against the air — no support
- **3.** By the operation of a rudder affixed to the basket and turned by means of a wheel — no support
- **4.** By directing the burner horizontally — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 23, line 15: «A balloon pilot cannot steer left or right; they go up or down to find winds blowing in different directions.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «find» (+4); the same thing acted on «winds» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Whereas a runway bears the numeral 27, determine the approximate compass direction in which it is aligned.

- **1.** Approximately 27 degrees, that is to say towards the north-east — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It denotes the twenty-seventh runway constructed at the aerodrome — no support
- **3.** Approximately 270 degrees, that is to say towards the west — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Approximately 90 degrees, that is to say towards the east — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/23-airports-black-box-helicopters-drones/e4/)

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