INDICATING / RECORDING

Question 1

1 | When does the Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR) operate? [ FCOM-DSC-31-60-10 ]

Answer 1

º On the ground, for 5 minutes after electrical power is supplied to the aircraft
º When at least 1 engine is operating
º Continuously in flight, whether or not the engines are operating
º Stops 5 minutes after the last engine is shut down

Question 2

2 | What is the purpose of the DFDR EVENT pushbutton? [ FCOM-DSC-31-60-20 ]

Answer 2

º Briefly pressing this button sets an event mark on the Flight Data Recorder

Question 3

3 | What would be indicated if the altitude window changed from yellow to amber? [ FCOM-DSC-31-40 ]

Answer 3

º The aircraft has deviated from the FCU selected altitude or flight level by 250 feet

Question 4

4 | When is altitude alerting automatically inhibited in flight?
[ FCOM-DSC-31-40 ]

Answer 4

º When slats are extended with the landing gear selected down
º On approach after glide slope capture
º When the landing gear is locked down

Question 5

5 | What does it mean when the altitude digits change from green to amber? [ FCOM-DSC-31-40 ]

Answer 5

º The aircraft has descended below the MDA/DH entered into the FMGC

Question 6

6 | When is Radio Height displayed on the PFD? [ FCOM-DSC-31-40 ]

Answer 6

º Below 2,500 feet AGL

Question 7

7 | What would a flashing amber ILS indicate on the bottom of the PFD? [ FCOM-DSC-31-40 ]

Answer 7

º Flashes amber when APPR mode is armed and the LS display is not selected

Question 8

8 | Information from ILS receiver 1 is displayed where? [ FCOM-DSC-34-30-20 ]

Answer 8

º Captain’s PFD
º F/O’s ND

Question 9

9 | Top of Descent and Continue Descent arrows are displayed in blue or white. What is the difference?
[ FCOM-DSC-31-45 ]

Answer 9

º Top of Descent – Always white (never armed)
º Continue Descent – Blue indicates armed, white indicates NOT armed

Question 10

10 |What color does each altitude constraint circle represent? [ FCOM-DSC-31-45 ]

Answer 10

º White – constraint is not taken into account
º Magenta – constraint is predicted to be satisfied
º Amber – constraint is predicted to be missed

Question 11

11 |If mode range data fails what should you expect to see on the ND? [ FCOM-DSC-31-50 ]

Answer 11

º ROSE NAV mode at 80 nm range

Question 12

12 |What are the 3 levels of ECAM Failure Mode Notifications? [ FCOM-DSC-31-10 ]

Answer 12

º Level 1 – ALERT:
- Associated with amber E/WD message, no aural signal, and requires crew monitoring
º Level 2 – CAUTION:
- Associated with the amber MASTER CAUT light, single chime, and require crew awareness
º Level 3 – WARNING:
- Associated with the red MASTER WARN light, CRC, and require immediate action

Question 13

13 |If simultaneous failures occur, how will they be presented to the crew? [ FCOM-DSC-31-10 ]

Answer 13

º A level 3 Warning has priority over a level 2 Caution which has priority over a level 1 Alert

Question 14

14 |What types of failures are presented to the crew? [ FCOM-DSC-31-10 ]

Answer 14

º Independent – Failure affecting an isolated system/item without degrading other systems/items
º Primary – Failure of a system/item that affects the use of other systems/items
º Secondary – Loss of a system/item resulting from a primary failure

Question 15

15 |What indication does the E/WD provide for secondary failures? [ FCOM-DSC-31-15 ]

Answer 15

º Secondary failures are displayed on the lower right portion of the E/WD and are preceded by an *

Question 16

16 |What does the appearance of a green arrow indicate at the bottom of the E/WD screen indicate?
[ FCOM-DSC-31-15 ]

Answer 16

º Information has overflowed off the screen and the pilot must scroll down using the CLR pushbutton on the ECAM panel

Question 17

17 |What does the display of T.O. or LDG INHIBIT indicate? [ FCOM-DSC-31-15 ]

Answer 17

º Most warnings and cautions are inhibited to avoid unnecessary distractions during critical phases of flight

Question 18

18 |When does the Takeoff Memo appear? [ FCOM-DSC-31-15 ]

Answer 18

º 2 minutes after the second engine is started or when the T.O. CONFIG TEST pushbutton is pressed with one engine running
º Takeoff Memo is removed when takeoff power is applied

Question 19

19 |When does the Landing Memo appear?
[ FCOM-DSC-31-15 ]

Answer 19

º Below 2,000 feet RA
º Memo disappears after touchdown (80 knots)
º Displays at 800 feet if you never climbed above 2000 feet RA

Question 20

20 |In general, when are the system pages automatically displayed on the SD? [ FCOM-DSC-31-20 ]

Answer 20

º Relative to the current phase of flight, or
º When a system malfunction is detected

Question 21

21 |When is a STATUS page displayed? [ FCOM-DSC-31-20 ]

Answer 21

º After a failure is displayed on the SD and all failure items have been cleared
º STATUS will reappear when the slats are extended

Question 22

22 |What computers feed data to the six display units? [ FCOM-DSC-31-05-10 ]

Answer 22

º 3 Display Management Computers (DMC)

Question 23

23 |What does each of the DMCs normally supply? [ FCOM-DSC-31-05-30 ]

Answer 23

º DMC 1 – Captain PFD, ND, upper ECAM DU, lower DU
º DMC 2 – F/O PFD, ND
º DMC 3 – Backup

Question 24

24 |How can you tell if a DMC has failed? [ FCOM-DSC-31-05-50 ]

Answer 24

º “INVALID DATA” will be displayed in the respective EFIS/ECAM display units

Question 25

25 |What happens when the upper ECAM display fails? [ FCOM-DSC-31-05-60 ]

Answer 25

º The E/WD automatically replaces the SD on the lower ECAM display

Question 26

26 |If both the E/WD and SD display units fail, how can you display E/WD information? [ FCOM-DSC-31-05-60 ]

Answer 26

º Select the ECAM/ND switch to CAPT or F/O to transfer the E/WD to either ND

Question 27

27 |With the E/WD displayed on the lower screen, how else can you view SD information? [ FCOM-DSC-31-05-60 ]

Answer 27

º Press and hold the appropriate system button on the ECAM Control Panel that you wish to view

Question 28

28 |What does the ALL pushbutton do? [ FCOM-DSC-31-30 ]

Answer 28

º Displays ALL the system pages successively in 1-second intervals when held down
º Release the pushbutton to maintain display of the selected page

Question 29

29 |What does pressing the RCL pushbutton do? [ FCOM-DSC-31-30 ]

Answer 29

º Allows you to recall any warning or caution messages that the activation of the CLR pushbutton or flight phase inhibition may have suppressed
º If held longer than 3 seconds, the E/WD will show any caution messages suppressed by the EMER CANC pushbutton

Question 30

30 |If you press the STS pushbutton and the system has no STATUS messages what will be displayed?
[ FCOM-DSC-31-30 ]

Answer 30

º “NORMAL” for 5 seconds

Question 31

31 |If power fails to the ECAM CONTROL panel which buttons are still functional? [ FCOM-DSC-31-30 ]

Answer 31

º EMER CANC
º ALL
º CLR
º STS
º RCL

Question 32

32 |What does the EMER CANC do? [ FCOM-DSC-31-30 ]

Answer 32

º Cancels the current Level 1 or 2 warning for the remainder of the flight
º Cancels the current Level 3 warning for that occurrence

Question 33

33 |What do you look for on the PRELIMINARY FLIGHT DECK PREPARATION quantity check?
[ FCOM-PRO-NOR-SOP-04 ]

Answer 33

º ENG – oil quantity above 9.5 quarts + 0.5 quarts per planned flight hours
º HYD – hydraulic quantity indexes in normal filling range
º DOOR – oxygen pressure - if half boxed in amber, check the MIN FLT CREW OXY CHART (PRC)

Question 34

34 |What occurs when the T.O. CONFIG pushbutton is pressed? [ FCOM-DSC-31-30 ]

Answer 34

º The system simulates the application of T.O. power and checks certain systems for proper configuration
º A warning is displayed if and system is not configured properly
º “TO CONFIG NORMAL” is displayed in the TO MEMO section if the configuration is correct