radio Flashcards
Which of the following statements is true regarding an offset flight path?
It allows flight crew to specify a lateral offset from a defined route.
Which of the following coordinate systems is used by the NAVSTAR/GPS receiver to calculate position (latitude, longitude and altitude)?
WGS 84
On which bearing do errors caused by the shoreline/coastal effect reach their maximum?
Bearings 0°-30° degrees to the coastline
With regard to radio waves propagation, a cycle is defined as:
a complete series of values of a periodical process.
The OBS is set on 048°, TO appears in the window. The needle is close to full right deflection. The VOR radial is approximately:
238°
Which of the following will give the most accurate calculation of aircraft ground speed?
A DME station sited on the flight route
In the VOR receiver the radial is determined by measurement of the
phase difference between the variable signal and the reference signal.
An aircraft is maintaining an airway centreline of 000° defined by a VOR ahead of the aircraft. Variation at the VOR is 5°E. With 60 NM to go to the VOR the QDM is 004°. The aircraft’s position relative to the airway lateral boundary is:
1 NM inside the airway southern boundary
Under CS-25 colour code rules for Electronic Flight Instrument Systems (EFIS), turbulence is coloured:
White or Magenta
According to the ILS coverage area as defined by ICAO Annex 10, in which of the following situations will the pilot be guaranteed a reliable signal from the localiser?
20 NM from touchdown inbound and 8° displaced from the localiser centreline.
What is true about the range of an NDB?
It is affected by the power of the transmitter.
The identification of a DME in combination with a co-located VOR is as follows:
In a period of 40 seconds the DME ident will be heard once on an audio frequency of 1350 Hz.
The basic principle of operation of the ILS is the difference in depth of modulation (DDM) between the two lobes:
- if the aircraft strays right, the higher tone lobe will be received at a higher intensity than the lower tone lobe.
- a DDM of zero indicates the exact runway centreline.
- the depth of modulation increases away from the centerline.
- a DDM of zero indicates a balance between modulations.
The combination that regroups all the corrects statements is:
1, 2, 3 and 4.
The tilt angle of an Airborne Weather Radar (AWR) is set at +2°. If the beam width is 4° and the range of the cloud is 40 NM, what is the approximate height of the cloud above or below the aircraft when the weather return from the cloud just disappears from the screen?
At the same height as the aircraft.
An aircraft at 6400 FT will be able to receive a VOR groundstation at 100 FT above MSL at an approximate maximum range of:
110 NM
When a transmitter is moving towards a receiver, the correct description of the Doppler effect is:
There is a decrease in apparent wavelength which is dependent on the transmitter velocity.
Which statement about RNAV routes is correct?
A method of navigation which permits aircraft operation on any desired flight path.
Microwave Landing Systems (MLS) allow the aircraft to fix its position accurately in three dimensions by means of:
Timing the passage of two scanning beams co-located with DME
The FMS navigation data base usually contains: 1. airport reference data. 2. ATC frequencies. 3. Company routes. 4. Nav. Aid. frequencies. The combination regrouping all the correct statements is:
1, 3 and 4.
In order to indicate radio failure the aircraft SSR transponder should be selected to code:
7600
In accordance with the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) a radio signal may be classified by three symbols. The First symbol indicates (e.g. A1A):
Type of modulation of the main carrier.
The theoretical maximum range for an Airborne Weather Radar is determined by the:
pulse recurrence frequency
What is true about the interrogation pulse transmission sequence of a DME system installed on board on aircraft?
It changes from interrogation to interrogation.
With reference to GNSS, the ground based augmentation system (GBAS) sends corrections for:
errors due to ionospheric and tropospheric disturbances.
Which frequency band is used by VOR transmissions?
VHF
An aircraft is flying on a MH of 210°. The magnetic variation at the VOR is 5°W and at the aircraft 10°W. According to the CDI shown at the Annex the aircraft is on radial:
025
Reflection on mountain surfaces (mountain effect) can concern:
VOR and NDB.
The pencil shaped beam of an airborne weather radar is used in preference to the mapping mode for the determination of ground features:
beyond 50 to 60 NM because more power can be concentrated in the narrower beam
Which statement is correct about GLONASS/NAVSTAR GPS/Galileo?
All three systems use time measurement to determine position.
Which statement is correct with respect to the range of an NDB?
With propagation over sea the range will be greater than the range with propagation over land.
The coverage of the ILS localiser at 17 NM is guaranteed up to an angle either side of the extended centreline of:
35°
The Instrument Landing System (ILS) uses the following wavelengths:
metric.
Concerning the wave propagation in the ionosphere, we can divide the vertical extent of the ionosphere into three layers. Those three layers are:
D, E and F layers and their depth varies with time.
When the term “radial” is used in reference to VOR it means:
the magnetic bearing from the VOR station
In a 2D RNAV system you have entered the DME and VOR data for two waypoints. What do you use to work out the cross track errors when en-route from one to the other?
Use the automatically computed values on the CDI/HSI.
The main task of the user segment (receiver) of the satellite navigation system NAVSTAR/GPS is to calculate receiver position by:
selecting appropriate satellites automatically, to track the signals and to measure the time taken by signals from the satellites to reach the receiver
The captain of an aircraft flying at FL100 wishes to obtain weather information at the destination airfield from the airfield’s VOR. Assuming ISA conditions, what is the approximate maximum theoretical range at which it can be expected to obtain this information?
123 NM
The frequency band of the SBAS data link is:
a signal with the same frequency as GPS.
Due to ‘Doppler’ effect an apparent decrease in the transmitted frequency, which is proportional to the transmitter’s velocity, will occur when:
the transmitter moves away from the receiver.
In relation to radar systems that use pulse technology, the term ‘Pulse Recurrence Rate (PRR)’ signifies the:
number of pulses per second
Which information about GLONASS is correct?
Note: the orbital heights are approximate values
Satellites: 24, Orbital planes: 3, Orbital height: 19 100 km
In order to give the flight crew control of the required lateral guidance functions the RNAV equipment should be able to perform several functions. Which of the following functions is such a function?
Selection or entering of the required flight plan through the Control and Display Unit (CDU).
Which one of the following correctly lists the major ground based components of a Microwave Landing System (MLS)?
Separate azimuth and elevation transmitters, DME facility
Which of the following are input data from 4D-RNAV systems?
- DME distances from DME stations.
- Wind vectors.
- Radials from VOR stations.
- TAS and fuel flow.
1 & 3.
An aircraft carrying out an ILS approach is receiving more 150 Hz than 90 Hz modulation from both the localiser and glide path transmitters. The ILS indication will show:
fly left and up
If an NDB with a transmitter power of 25 KW which has a range of 50 NM is adjusted to give a power output of 100 KW, the new range of the NDB will be approximately:
100 NM
To provide a pilot with the position of the aircraft in the absence of radar, ATC must have at its disposal at least
two VDF’s at different locations, able to take bearings simultaneously on the transmitted frequency.
The reason why pre take-off holding areas are sometimes further from the active runway when ILS Category 2 and 3 landing procedures are in progress than during good weather operations is:
aircraft manoeuvring near the runway may disturb guidance signals
The OBS is set to 235°. The indications of the VOR are half scale deflection left and ‘to’. The aircraft is on the radial:
050°
In weather radar the use of a cosecant beam in ‘Mapping’ mode enables:
scanning of a large ground zone producing echos whose signals are practically independent of distance
How does the Electronic Flight Instrument System display of a B737-400 respond to the failure of a VHF navigation (VOR) receiver?
It removes the associated magenta deviation bar and/or pointer from the display
An ILS category II ground installation is one that is capable of providing guidance to a height of:
15 m above the horizontal plane containing the threshold.
The ILS marker with the higher aural frequency is the:
inner marker.
Concerning FMC databases:
the navigation database may be customized for the specific airline operations.
Which radar system is used to detect aircraft that are not equipped with an operational transponder?
PSR (Primary Surveillance Radar).
What is the function of pulse P2 in modes A/C during interrogation?
To suppress responses from aircraft which are located in the direction of the side lobes of the interrogation antenna.
The selection of code 7500 on an aircraft SSR transponder indicates:
unlawful interference with the planned operation of the flight
In order to enter a phantom waypoint that is designated by a VOR/DME simple RNAV system, the VOR/DME
does not have to be in range when entered but must be when used
What does the term ‘fading’ mean?
The interference of the ground wave and the sky wave.
What is true about performance based navigation (PBN)?
It is not sensor-specific.
An airborne weather radar (AWR) transmits a pulse with a wavelength of approximately 3.2 cm, what is the corresponding frequency?
9.375 GHz
The VDF class C bearing is accurate to within:
+10
With regard to SSR
the interrogator is on the ground and the transponder is in the aircraft
In the Mapping Mode of an airborne weather radar which can utilise two different beam shapes, the:
fan-shaped beam effective up to a maximum of 50 NM to 60 NM range is used.
In order to give the flight crew control of the required lateral guidance functions the RNAV equipment should be able to perform several functions. Which of the following functions is not such a function?
Extract/retract flaps corresponding to speed and altitude.