Navigation and Communication

Question 1

What does the emergency button (EMER) on the Digtial Audio Panel do?

Answer 1

Disables the interphone and isolates the flight crew
CA: Com1
FO: Com2

Question 2

Will the backup control head (TBCH) remain powered in essential mode

Answer 2

NO

DC Bus2

Question 3

How can the weather radar be brought of FSBY on the ground

Answer 3

STAB x 4 in 3 seconds

Question 4

What is the function of the GAIN knob

Answer 4

Adjust the sensitivity of the receiver

Will also result in a variance of color intensity displayed for a radar return

Question 5

What mode can be used to display areas where all radar energy had been attenuated?

Answer 5

The REACT mode
Rain Echo Attenuation Compensation Technique
Changes the background from black to cyan

Question 6

Where does the standby airspeed indicator receive its pitot/static information

Answer 6

Pitot/Static 3

Question 7

What are the different phases of flight of the FMS Lateral deviation scale

Answer 7

Approach : 2 nm of FAF
Terminal: within 30nm of Departure/Destinatoin points
EnRoute: greater than 30nm of Dep/Dest

Question 8

What does the DR(Amber) annunciation on the FMS CDU mean?

Answer 8

DR (Dead Reckoning) illuminates when a loss of radio updating occurs, as well as other position sensors for a period of 2 minutes

Question 9

What does the DGRAD (amber) annunciation on the FMS CDU mean?

Answer 9

DGRAD illuminates when the FMS cannot guarantee the position accuracy for the present phase of flight

Question 10

How would you perform a hold in present position using the FMZ-2000

Answer 10

DIR>PATERN>HOLD> Select “Direct”

Question 11

What happens to the VPI scales when transitioning to APP mode

Answer 11

VPI scales changes from 250 > 75 feet