Fuel Flashcards
The expanded fuel quantity display appears when:
A. One or more fuel quantity indicators are inop.
B. The FUEL QTY LOW message is displayed.
C. the crossfeed valve is open.
Actual fuel temperature is displayed on ____.
A. EICAS
B. FUEL synoptic
The DC powered fuel pump is located in the ____ tank.
Left main
The DC fuel pump operates automatically when:
the APU is started without AC power available.
The CDU message INSUFFICIENT FUEL indicates:
Predicated fuel at destination will be less than entered reserves.
When all available fuel has been jettisoned there will be:
8,700 lbs in each main fuel tank
On the ground the fuel jettison system:
Is inhibited
Fuel jettison rates are ___ lbs per minute with fuel in the center tank or ___lbs per minute with only main tank fuel.
300 / 1250
A DC powered fuel pump is located in the ______ tank provides fuel for APU start if AC power is not available.
left main
Exceedence of the fuel imbalance limits:
Requires no logbook entry or aircraft inspection.
The fuel balancing system is inhibited:
A. during defueling, refueling or ground transfer of fuel.
B. prior to engine start with the APU off.
C. on the ground and one or both engines are running.
Placing the left fuel jettison NOZZLE switch to ON in-flighy with the jettison system ARMED will:
A. open both main tank jettison valves.
B. open both center tank jettison isolation valves
Placing the fuel jettison ARM switch to the ARMED position causes the Fuel To Remain indication to be displayed:
On both the EICAS fuel display and FUEL synoptic.
Fuel jettison time is displayed:
On the FUEL synoptic.
The center tank acavange system will begin to transfer fuel from the center tank when:
Either main tank quantity is below 35,000 lbs and both center tank pumps are off.
When balancing fuel, what indication(s) appear when the main tank fuel is balanced?
A flashing FUEL BALANCED indication replaces the Fuel Quantity title on the expanded quantity display.
The minimum fuel temperature is displayed on:
On the CDU PERF INIT page and the FUELsynoptic.
On the ground or in flight certain fuel pumps may load shed when:
Less than all engines or generators are operating.
If a center tank pump has low output pressure with low cener tank qantity, the _______ EICAS message is displayed.
FUEL LOW CENTER
The minimum fuel temperature is enterd on the:
CDU PERF INIT page.
The minimum fuel temperature should be set to _____ fuel freeze temperature.
3 degrees above
A FUEL CROSSFEED advisory message displayed on EICAS indicates:
The crossfeed valve position disagrees with the switch position.
When the fuel jettison system is ARMED, the fuel to remain is automatically set to a quantity that will _____ when jettison is complete.
have the aircraft weight at the maximum landing weight
The center fuel tank pump pressure lights illuminate:
When pump pressure is low with the pump switch selected ON.
An EICAS message FUEL JETTISON MAIN indicates:
fuel jettison from the main tanks is inoperative.
During normal operations, the APU receives fuel from the:
Left fuel manifold.
