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Indicating & Recording Flashcards

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Q1 | RECORDER PANEL

When does the Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR) operate?

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

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Q2 | RECORDER PANEL

What is the purpose of the DFDR EVENT pushbutton?

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

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Q3 | RECORDER PANEL

What would be indicated if the altitude window changed from yellow to amber?

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

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Q4 | RECORDER PANEL

When is altitude alerting automatically inhibited in flight?

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

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Q5 | RECORDER PANEL

What does it mean when the altitude digits change from green to amber?

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

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Q6 | RECORDER PANEL

When is Radio Height displayed on the PFD?

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Below 2,500 feet AGL

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Q7 | RECORDER PANEL

What would a flashing amber ILS indicate on the bottom of the PFD?

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

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Q8 | RECORDER PANEL

Information from ILS receiver 1 is displayed where?

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  • Captain’s PFD
  • F/O’s ND

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Q9 | NAVIGATION DISPLAY

Top of Descent and Continue Descent arrows are displayed in blue or white. What is the difference?

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

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Q10 | NAVIGATION DISPLAY

What color does each altitude constraint circle represent?

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

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Q11 | NAVIGATION DISPLAY

If mode range data fails what should you expect to see on the ND?

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ROSE NAV mode at 80 nm range

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Q12 | ENGINE WARNING DISPLAY

What are the 3 levels of ECAM Failure Mode Notifications?

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

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Q13 | ENGINE WARNING DISPLAY

If simultaneous failures occur, how will they be presented to the crew?

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

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Q14 | ENGINE WARNING DISPLAY

What types of failures are presented to the crew?

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

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Q15 | ENGINE WARNING DISPLAY

What indication does the E/WD provide for secondary failures?

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

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Q16 | ENGINE WARNING DISPLAY

What does the appearance of a green arrow at the bottom of the E/WD screen indicate?

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

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Q17 | ENGINE WARNING DISPLAY

What does the display of T.O. INHIBIT or LDG INHIBIT indicate?

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

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Q18 | ENGINE WARNING DISPLAY

When does the Takeoff Memo appear?

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

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Q19 | ENGINE WARNING DISPLAY

When does the Landing Memo appear?

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

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Q20 | SYSTEMS DISPLAY

In general, when are the system pages automatically displayed on the SD?

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

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Q21 | SYSTEMS DISPLAY

When is a STATUS page displayed?

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

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Q22 | EIS SWITCHING PANEL

What computers feed data to the six display units?

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3 Display Management Computers (DMC)

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Q23 | EIS SWITCHING PANEL

What does each of the DMCs normally supply?

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

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Q24 | EIS SWITCHING PANEL

How can you tell if a DMC has failed?

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

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Q25 | EIS SWITCHING PANEL

What happens when the upper ECAM display fails?

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

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Q26 | EIS SWITCHING PANEL

If both the E/WD and SD display units fail, how can you display E/WD information?

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

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Q27 | ECAM CONTROL PANEL

With the E/WD displayed on the lower screen, how else can you view SD information?

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

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Q28 | ECAM CONTROL PANEL

What does the ALL pushbutton do?

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

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Q29 | ECAM CONTROL PANEL

What does pressing the RCL pushbutton do?

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

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Q30 | ECAM CONTROL PANEL

If you press the STS pushbutton and the system has no STATUS messages what will be displayed?

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“NORMAL” for 5 seconds

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Q31 | ECAM CONTROL PANEL

If power fails to the ECAM CONTROL panel which buttons are still functional?

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  • EMER CANC
  • ALL
  • CLR
  • STS
  • RCL

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Q32 | ECAM CONTROL PANEL

What does the EMER CANC do?

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

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Q33 | ECAM CONTROL PANEL

What do you look for on the PRELIMINARY COCKPIT PREPARATION quantity check?

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

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Q34 | ECAM CONTROL PANEL

What occurs when the T.O. CONFIG pushbutton is pressed?

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

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