BLOCK 5 - ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

Question 1

Safety: Weather radar system

Answer 1

Don’t use radar within 100 yards of refueling or 15 feet of ground personnel.

Question 2

Autopilot/Flight Guidance System (AFGCS) provides?

Answer 2

Provides flight director, yaw damper, autopilot, auto throttle, pitch trim and Mach trim.

Question 3

Autopilot/Flight Guidance System (AFGCS) is made of?

Answer 3

Flight guidance panel (FGP), manual autopilot, 2 Flight Guidance Computers, 4 servos (trim, pitch, roll, yaw)

Question 4

Flight Guidance Panel location

Answer 4

center of glare shield panel

Question 5

Flight Guidance Panel function

Answer 5

primary flight display, Course and altitude.

Question 6

How many active FGP at a time?

Answer 6

Only one is active at a time

Question 7

4 servos

Answer 7

Trim, pitch, yaw, and roll

Question 8

How many Electronic Displays System (EDS) are there?

Answer 8

6 DU’s

Question 9

How many symbol generators? (SG) function

Answer 9

3

Receive inputs, process data and display format to the DU’s

Question 10

Tactical Airborne Navigation uses? (TACAN)

Answer 10

uses a bearing to determine position and distance

Question 11

Tactical Airborne Navigation consists of?

Answer 11

receiver/transmitter, control unit and 2 antennas

Question 12

Inertial Reference System (IRS) provides?

Answer 12

provides attitude, heading and flight dynamics display

Question 13

IRS consists of how many units?

Answer 13

3

Question 14

Global Positioning System (GPS) provides?

Answer 14

provide all-weather around the clock capabilities for military ground, sea, and air forces

Question 15

Automatic Direction Finder (ADF) uses?

Answer 15

uses frequencies to find location

Question 16

Very High Frequency (VHF)

Answer 16

Ground to ground

Question 17

Air Traffic Control (ATC) transponder function

Answer 17

identifies the aircraft and its position.

Question 18

Employs___spacecraft in ______km circular orbits and are placed in ___orbit planes

Answer 18

24, 20,200, 6

Question 19

Radio Altimeter system provides?

Answer 19

altitude from 0-25,000 ft above ground level

Question 20

The Primus 870 Weather Radar (Radio Detection and Ranging) function?

Answer 20

weather detection and ground mapping.

Question 21

Radar we use?

Answer 21

870 Primus

Question 22

2 Flight Management System (FMS) location and function

Answer 22

center pedestal and for aircrew to input data

Question 23

Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS)

Answer 23

a terrain warning system

Question 24

Traffic Collision Avoidance System / Aircraft Collision Avoidance System (TCAS / ACAS)

Answer 24

detects airborne traffic and provide flight guidance to avoid collisions.

Question 25

(ELT) stand for?

Answer 25

Emergency Locator Transmitter

Question 26

The Ultra High Frequency (UHF) radio function, altitude use?

Answer 26

provides air-to-air or ground-to-ground communication in altitude - 50,000 feet, located in the auxiliary radio rack.

Question 27

2 Very High Frequency (VHF) radios function

Answer 27

communication with ground stations

Question 28

2 High Frequency (HF) radios function

Answer 28

provide long-range voice and data communications.

Question 29

Intercommunication System (ICS)

Answer 29

on board communications.