Flight Instruments Flashcards
The ESID system is responsible for displaying what?
Engine and System information.
The Air Data Computers receive heading, pitch, and roll data from the ____.
AHRS.
With the ADC SOURCE selector in the NORM position, the displays on the left side receive information form ____.
ADU 1.
In common color philosophy for the 5 display units, abnormal situations and conditions requiring immediate crew notification are what color?
Yellow.
Pushing the BARO SET knob will accomplish what?
Set standard.
T or F: bearing pointers can only use VOR radios as a navigation source.
False.
When does the NO DATA flag appear?
If the FMS is not available and the DATA key is pushed.
T or F: radar and EGPWS displays cannot be selected at the same time on the same display.
True.
The center FMA field on each PFD is used to display what AFCS information?
Failure messages.
The ISI is powered by which sources?
Battery bus and backup battery.
A ____ interconnects all of the displays.
Feedback bus.
What does the AHRS system accomplish?
Supplies attitude and heading information to the EIS, autoflight, and stall protection system.
Pitot static data is provided to the aircraft via how many Air Data Units?
Two.
T or F: the 5 display units’ brightness can be controlled manually.
False.
T or F: a detent in the full counter-clockwise position selects the associated display unit OFF.
True.
Which of the following is NOT a designation of the 5 display units?
These are: PFDS 1 + 2, MFDs 1 + 2, ED.
Regarding the display units, which color indicates status messages, advisories, lines, references, and armed autoflight modes?
White.
With regard to the display units, which color indicates active controlling modes and functions?
Green.
The fixed area on the Captain’s MFD contains ____ information, and the First Officer’s contains ____ information.
Powered flight control system indications; flap position dial and hydraulic pressure and quantity guages.
T or F: cyan colors on the display indicate pilot selectable items.
True.
Which color on the display units indicates FMS-related data or pointers?
Magenta.
T or F: on the display units, magenta indicates FMS-related data or pointers.
True.
T or F: if a red indication is displayed on an instrument, it is a low priority indication.
False.
On the display units, a ____ text message is used for messages that require subsequent action.
Flashing.
T or F: brackets are used on the displays for certain messages regarding flight crew instructions or required crew actions.
True.
The AHRS system includes how many operating modes?
Three: normal, alignment, slave.
AHRS is able to operate in one of two reduced performance modes, ____ and ____, during non-normal operations.
BASIC and DG.
T or F: if basic mode or DG mode is present on the AHRS, the crew is still allowed to take off.
False.
Takeoff is prohibited if either AHRS is in ____ mode or ____ mode.
BASIC or DG.
The AHRS enters the alignment mode how many seconds after a power-on self-test?
5 seconds.
A ____ colored annunciator on the ATT/HDG ALIGN switchlight illuminates during the alignment.
Amber.
T or F: after AHRS alignment is complete, the system automatically enters the normal mode.
True.
Which ADU input is used to correct for acceleration-induced attitude errors?
True airspeed.
T or F: if onside ADU inputs fail completely, the AHRU will automatically revert to the opposite side’s ADU.
True.
T or F: in slave mode, the AHRUs use analog magnetic heading data from the flux values to set inertial heading data.
True.
T or F: if true airspeed information from the ADU is not available, the basic mode is automatically entered.
True.
Each index control panel controls certain elements on the associated pilot’s ____.
PFD.
Display items that are adjusted by the index control panel include:
Speed bugs, barometric pressure correction, DA, MDA.
Adjustable speed bugs available for takeoff include V1, V2, and ____.
Vr.
If changes are not made to the V speeds within ____ seconds of pressing the speed bug index on the index control panel, the box disappears.
5 seconds.
T or F: the BARO SET knob is used to set the barometric correction displayed on the bottom of the altitude tape on the MFD.
False. It’s on the PFD.
What happens of the DH or MDA setting on the PFD is set to 0?
The display is removed.
The EFIS control panels are used to control ____.
MFD and PFD.
The BRG selector knob on the EFIS control panel has which 4 pointer navigation sources that are available for pilot selection?
AUX, FMS, ADF, VOR.
