Flight Instruments Flashcards
The minimum Maneuver Speed (amber) bar on the PFD Airspeed Indicator, is inhibited on takeoff until…
The first flap retraction.
The top of the Minimum Speed (red and black) bar on the PFD Airspeed Indicator, is the speed at which…
Stick shaker occurs
The bottom of the Maximum Maneuvering Speed (amber) bar indicated, shortly after takeoff, when flaps are not up
flap limit placard speed for the next normal flap setting
How is altitude acquisition alerting displayed on the PFD
900 feet prior to reaching the MCP altitude, a white box shows around the selected altitude display and a momentary tone sounds
The Current Altitude box on the PFD highlights in amber and flashes to indicate
an altitude deviation of greater then 300 feet and disappears at 900 feet.
The bank Pointer on the PFD Attitude Indicator indicates bank angle. the indicator fills and turns amber with the bank angle exceeds…
35°
Attitude, altitude, and airspeed data is provided by the….
ADIRU’s
What do the ADIRU’s do?
Track data to the FMC as well as the displays or DU’s
Critical information remains available to pilots at all times if a ____ fails by automatic display switching.
Display Units (DU’s)
The green speed trend vector on the PFD Airspeed indicator shows predicted airspeed in the next ___ seconds
10
The bottom of the red and black Maximum Speed bar on the PFD Airspeed Indicator indicated the maximum speed as limited by…
VMO/MMO
and
Landing Gear or Flap Placard Speed
To resolve the traffic conflict during a TCAS RA, the areas inside the red lines indicated the pitch region(s) to….
avoid
An amber ALT DISAGREE alert is displayed if the CA or FO altimeter on the PFD altimeter indicator disagree by more then…
200 feet for 5 seconds
Heading information on the Integrated Standby Flight Display (ISFD) is provided from
the #1 ADIRU
Airspeed and altitude on the integrated standby flight display (ISFD) are computed from the pneumatic pressure data provided by direct connection to the
auxiliary pitot and alternate static ports
Placing the Mode selector to APP or VOR on the EFIS control panel displays information in what type of format.
a heading up format
Placing the Mode Selector to Map on the EFIS control Panel displays information in what type of format?
Track up format
What mode on the EFIS would allow for the display of estimated time of arrival for each active route waypoint?
the Data button
What button on the EFIS control Panel would allow for the display of IRS positions, GPS positions, and VOR bearing vectors extended from the nose of the aircraft symbol to the stations?
The POS button
The approach reference located in the upper left corner of the PFD turns amber in what two conditions?
The ILS tuned frequencies disagree
The approach courses in the MCP disagree
What happens when the aircraft descends below selected minimum altitude, the green BARO Minimums Pointer on the PFD?
It turns amber
The landing Altitude Reference Bar indicated amber on the PFD landing altitude/minimums indication when the height above touchdown is
0 to 500 feet above landing altitude
The rising runway on the PFD is displayed when the localizer signal is usable and
the radio altimeter is less then 2500 feet
Where do the Display Units (DU’s) receive their information?
Two Display Electronic Units (DEU’s)
If the Weather radar is selected to the 640 mile range, what is the limit?
320 miles
The flight recorder begins operating on the ground when….
either engine is running
If the flight recorder test switch is moved from normal (guarded position) to TEST
It powers the flight recorder on the ground
