REVIEW QUESTIONS – FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS, DISPLAYS

Question 1

1. What does the Integrated Standby Flight Display (ISFD) display with APP annunciated?

Answer 1

-ILS Localizer and Glide Slope deviation is displayed

Question 2

2. If the Outboard Display Unit (DU) fails, where does the PFD display?

Answer 2

-Automatically on the inboard display unit

Question 3

3. Which display unit provides ILS info, approach minimums, and TCAS commands?

Answer 3

-The Primary Flight Display

Question 4

4. What does the Speed Bug (magenta hollow arrow) indicate?

Answer 4

-airspeed that has been manually selected in the IAS/MACH window, or indicates FMC computed speed when the IAS/MACH window is blank

Question 5

5. What indicates the Maximum (Vmax) Speed?

Answer 5

-red and black alternating hashmarks

Question 6

6. What indicates the Maximum Maneuvering Speed?

Answer 6

-amber vertical bar

Question 7

7. What indicates the Minimum Maneuvering Speed (Vmvr) for full maneuver capability?

Answer 7

-vertical amber bar extending up from the red and black alternating strips from Vmin

Question 8

8. What indicates the Minimum Safe Operating (Vmin) Speed?

Answer 8

-alternating red and black bar on the bottom of the speed tape

Question 9

9. What is the Mach/Airspeed Overspeed aural warning? How do you silence it?

Answer 9

-a clacker, only by slowing down

Question 10

10. What does the Pitch Limit Indication (PLI) indicate?

Answer 10

-indicates the pitch limit (shaker activation for the existing flight conditions)

Question 11

11. On the altitude tape,what does the amber cross hatched area represent on approach at destination?

Answer 11

-the Landing Altitude Indication

Question 12

12. With Minimums Reference Indicator on EFIS panel set to BARO, what does the triangular pointer and line (green) on the Altitude Display represent?

Answer 12

-BARO Minimums

Question 13

13. When does the Radio Altitude appear on the attitude indicator?

Answer 13

-below 2,500’ AGL

Question 14

14. Where is the current heading indicated?

Answer 14

-White lined triangle at the top of the compass rose, at the bottom of the PFD

Question 15

15. When does the ALTITUDE DISAGREE Alert appear?

Answer 15

-When Capt’s and F/O’s altitude disagree by more than 200’ for more than 5 seconds

Question 16

16. What does DISPLAYS CONTROL PANEL (amber) indicate?

Answer 16

-a failed EFIS Control Panel of the affected side

Question 17

17. What does INSTR SWITCH (amber) indicate?

Answer 17

-both the Captains’s and F/O’s displays are using the same source for IRU data

Question 18

18. What does CDS MAINT (white) indicate?

Answer 18

-a dispatchable CDS fault, only displayed on the ground prior to the start of the second engine

Question 19

19. What does CDS FAULT (amber) indicate?

Answer 19

-a non-dispatchable CDS fault has occurred

Question 20

20. What does DSPLY SOURCE (amber) indicate?

Answer 20

-a DEU has failed

Question 21

21. How dow you step through the active route on the ND in PLN mode?

Answer 21

-CDU legs page

Question 22

22. What does EFIS MODE/NAV FREQ DISAGREE (amber) indicate?

Answer 22

-APP ILS is selected with a VOR frequency tuned or VOR is selected with an ILS frequency tuned

Question 23

23. What information is entered using the RWY key on the HGS Control Panel?

Answer 23

-the runway length and runway elevation

Question 24

24. What does RO CTN (amber) on the HGS Digital Annunciator Panel indicate?

Answer 24

-loss of rollout guidance below 500‘AGL