Subsection 15a Typical electronic/digital aircraft systems Flashcards
A basic IRS platform has?
3 accelerometer’s and 3 laser gyro’s
A BITE check for automatic performance and fault monitoring is carried out when?
Power up self test
A bulk erase facility in a CVR is interlocked to prevent?
Inadvertent erasure in flight
A central fault display system should be available through an easy accessible?
Multifunction control display unit
A central maintenance computer provides ground and flight monitoring and testing on?
An on board computer
A centralised monitoring computer system is used to test systems in flight and on the ground using?
A centralised on board control unit
A fault light appears on the IRS mode selector unit during the alignment sequence. The correct action is?
Select HDG/STS on the ISDU, observe the action code in the right alpha/numeric display
A FDR can obtain information from aircraft instruments provides?
There is adequate isolation
A flight data recorder should be capable of recording the last?
25 hrs of operation
An FMS has a total of how many databases?
2
A full operation system bite check will carry out an internal system test that ensures the system meets design requirements and is operational as well as checking the full system but will not?
Move the controls to their stops
A level B alert message in EICAS requires?
Timely action
A method used in modern aircraft for reporting in flight faults to an engineering and monitoring ground station is?
ACARS
A modern electromagnetic FDR for recording data could use?
A plastic tape coated in ferrite
A single failure of a fly by wire control surface computer will?
Not have any operational effect on the system
A single failure of a fly by wire system has?
No effect on aircraft operation
A strap down INS has a?
Solid state accelerometer system
ACARS is an acronym for?
Aircraft Communicating, Addressing and Reporting system
An ACARS system operates in the frequency range?
131.550 Mhz
ACARS is used to?
Download aircraft status reports
An EICAS message of level D provides?
Only message
An FDR fitted to a helicopter begins recording?
On engine start up
An FMS navigation database is updated?
Every 28 days
An FMS system besides controlling navigation, thrust and auto-nav also provides?
Dedicated status and warnings
An IN system requires data from?
The air data computer
AN Inertial navigation system ( INS/IRS ) computes distance from acceleration by?
Two successive integrations
An INS/IRS battery unit provides standby power when?
Airbourne and on the ground
An IRS has accelerometers and gyro’s fixed?
To the Airframe
An IRS has?
3 accelerometers
An IRS is only certified for alignment upto?
+78.25 and -78.25
An IRS laser gyro provides?
Detection of the rate of movement about an aircraft axis
An IRS system requires data for wind computation from?
Central air data computer
An IRU interface test is carried out?
Only on the ground
As a minimum requirement when must a cockpit recorder start recording?
Once the aircraft is ready to move under its own power
As a minimum requirement when must a cockpit voice recorder start recording?
On first engine start
Before an IRS can complete the alignment sequence the current position?
Must be entered
Before the aircraft is moved from the loading pier the pilot must insert?
The the latitude and longitude of the pier into the IRS
BITE for ground use only is?
Switched off on take-off
BITE test carried out on input sensors and actuators performs?
A performance test of the system
BITE tests are inhibited for?
Ground use during take-off
Brake temperature displayed on EFIS has different colours for?
Different temperatures
Control surface feedback is fed back to the ?
Flight control computer only
Data to flight data recorder can be taken from a communal data bus if?
Source isolation has been considered
EICAS provides engine parameters and?
System warnings only
Fly by wire high speed protection is to prevent?
Tuck under
Fly by wire systems in the fully active mode, the actuators will ?
Both be active
Fly by wire load alleviation function in turbulent conditions will result in?
Aileron and spoilers moving symmetrically upwards
Fly by wire control is achieved by?
Spoilers and ailerons
FMS CDU warnings are?
MSG,FAIL and OFST
FMS failure and warnings are displayed on?
EICAS
FMS system gives warning indications for?
Any flight phase
For an IRS system to pass the alignment system performance test, the latitude entered must be within?
Given limits of the latitude computed by the IRU
Gyro compassing is the term used for?
Self alignment in azimuth
Heading reference required to establish initial heading during alignment sequence comes from?
Earths rotation
How does the symbol generator detect a program error?
By looking at the odd parity without error
How many satellite signals are required to achieve precise 3D positioning?
4
HSI heading is valid if the heading flag is?
Out of view
If a display shows a red cross only, it is due to a?
Symbol generator failure
If a fly by wire actuator loses hydraulic power to the control surface will remain in the failure position but may move due to ?
Aerodynamic pressure
If additional multi-purpose flight attandants panels ( FAP’s) need to be fitted in a cabin system they are?
Daisy chain connected to the existing FAP’s
If an EFIS has 3 symbol generators what is the purpose of the 3rd symbol generator?
Standby
If a cabin chime indications ( pax call etc ) are inhibited, the inhibit function is reset when the aircraft transits from?
Flight phase to landing inhibit phase
If colour distortion appears around the edges of an EFIS display?
The CRT has become magnetised
If on a flightdeck EFIS system all the displays were missing one BIT of information, this is most likely to be?
The input sensor bus an display controller
If one EICAS CRT fails the remaining CRT will display?
Primary EICAS data
If one FMS fails in a dual FMS system, when the aircraft is on the ground then both CDU’s will display?
The menu page without prompt
If part of a display is lost on a CRT this could be due to?
An inoperative symbol generator or input sensor
In a flight director how are small deviations corrected?
Pilot input
In a flight management system ( FMS ) data is input manually to the computing system through?
The control and display unit
In a fly by wire system, if the pilot control input is derived from a side stick controller there is?
No control surface feedback to the sidestick
In a fly by wire system, what is meant by normal control law?
Control surfaces are controlled from primary computers
In a GPS system, satellites transmission identifies the satellite using?
Pseudo random code
In a GPS system the number of satellites required to achieve a 3D fix is?
4
In a MCDU the flight deck effect is any EICAS display or discrete annunciator to inform the flight crew of ?
An in-flight fault
In a typical glass cockpit EICAS provides?
The following engine parameters and system warnings only
In a typical EFIS system, 3 symbol generators are used to supply the?
Four displays with the correct signals
In an aircraft equiped with TCAS II and EFIS, RA pitch command is shown on?
The EADI and TA/RA traffic on the EHSI
In an EFIS display the lines, scales, indicator and synoptic are generated by?
Stroke pulse