THREAT AWARENESS Flashcards
The manual (MAN) operation of the weather radar system allows for:
A tilt adjustment.
B. ground clutter suppression.
C. path attenuation compensation.
D. multiscan beam control.
A
What does a magenta highlight arrow represent on the CHART synoptic?
A. A departure runway that was loaded into the active FMS flight plan
B. An arrival runway that was loaded into the active FMS flight plan
C. A runway that is closed
D. An available runway that is not loaded into the active FMS flight plan
B
How does the terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS) glideslope (GS) alert mode become active?
A. By pressing the GS pushbutton annunciator (PBA) on the TAWS panel
B. Alert mode is active by default
C. By pressing the TERRAIN PBA on the TAWS panel
D. By selecting GS from the XPDR/TCAS CONTROL page
B
Which terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS) function provides a terrain clearance alert envelope around the landing airport, regardless of the airplane landing configuration?
A. Approach database function
B. Enhanced terrain database function
C. Mode 7 terrain function
D. Terrain clearance floor function
D
What is the maximum lightning detection range?
A. 50nm
B. 100m
C. 200m
D. 300m
C
What type of traffic symbol is on the horizontal situation indicator (HSI)?
A. RA (radar altitude) traffic symbol
B. TA (traffic advisory) traffic symbol
C. Proximate traffic symbol
D. Other traffic symbol
A
To see directional arrows accompanying the traffic symbols shown on the HSI and MAP format, the airplane and the intruder airplane must have certain capabilities. What are these capabilities?
A) Airplane: automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) OUT / Intruder airplane: no special capability required
B) Airplane: ADS-B IN and display of traffic information / Intruder airplane: controller-pilot data link communication (CPDLC)
C) Airplane: ADS-B IN and display of traffic information / Intruder airplane: ADS-B OUT
D) Airplane: ADS-B OUT / Intruder airplane: CPDLC
C
Under what condition does the traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) not issue a climb resolution advisory (RA)?
A) Climb above 44,000 ft
B) Below 1,100 ft AGL when climbing
C) Below 900 ft AGL when descending
D) Climb above 49,000 ft
A, B and C
When a resolution advisory is issued by the TCAS, a green path cue is shown on the attitude director indicator (ADI) section of the primary flight display (PFD). If TFC is selected from the OVLY drop-down list, what is shown on the horizontal situation indicator (HSI) and MAP formats?
A) Green arrows
B) Traffic direction trails
C) A solid red square
D) Red lines to position the flight path vector (FPV) to avoid traffic
C
Which statements about the TAWS alert mode pushbutton annunciators (PBAs) (GS, FLAPS, TERRAIN) are true?
A) The TAWS alert modes are active by default.
B) Pressing a TAWS alert mode PBA triggers a white OFF annunciation on the PBA.
C) Alert mode PBAs must be pressed to become active.
D) Pressing a TAWS alert mode PBA triggers a green ON annunciation on the PBA.
A and B
When does the TAWS show terrain on the MAP or PLAN format on the MFW?
A) TERRAIN is selected from the OVLY drop-down list.
B) The TERR pushbutton on the control tuning panel (CTP) is pressed.
C) Altitude limits are selected on the XPDR/TCAS CONTROL page.
D) Traffic advisory (TA) and resolution advisory (RA) are selected.
A
When is the “SINK RATE, SINK RATE” aural alert heard?
A) When the descent is initiated too early
B) When the airplane pitch is too low (nosedown)
C) When airplane is between 1000 and 300 ft AGL
D) When the rate of descent is excessive for the current altitude
D
When is the terrain clearance floor function primarily used?
A) When flying over flat terrain
B) When flying around the landing airport
C) When flying over water
D) During short final approach only
B
How does the GAIN function respond after gain has been adjusted to analyze radar images?
A) The GAIN control function automatically returns to the NORM position after 5 minutes
B) The GAIN control function automatically returns to the G+1 position after 5 minutes
C) The GAIN control function automatically returns to the G+2 position after 5 minutes
D) The GAIN control function keeps the setting and should be returned to the NORM position by flight crew
D
What is the maximum turbulence detection range?
A) 20 nm
B) 40 nm
C) 80 nm
D) 120 nm
B
Which weather radar function should be returned to the NORM position after analyzing radar images, to avoid missing targets?
A) TURB mode
B) Tilt control
C) Gain control
D) WX/TURB
C
When operating in AUTO mode, the WXR system compensates for variations in which parameters in order to optimize gain settings and weather returns in all phases of flight?
A) Geographic location, time of day, and altitude
B) Temperature, antenna tilt angle error, and gain setting
C) Geographic location, antenna tilt angle error, and gain setting
D) Antenna tilt angle error, temperature, time of day
A
What is the maximum lightning detection range?
100 nm
200 nm
300 nm
400 nm
200 nm
What is shown when the lightning detection system (LDS) is inhibited to prevent communication radio transmission interference for more than 1 minute?
A) LX FAIL in amber on the MAP format
B) LX FAIL on the EICAS
C) LX FAIL in the radar data block
D) LX FAIL aural message
A
Threat Awareness | Surface Management System/Takeoff and Landing Awarene
Which two functions make up the surface management system (SMS)?
A) Airport moving map (AMM) application
B) Takeoff and landing awareness function (TLAF)
C) Ground traffic awareness function (GTAF)
D) Terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS)
A and B
Threat Awareness | Surface Management System/Takeoff and Landing Awarene
What does a highlighted cyan arrow represent on the airport chart?
A) An arrival runway that was loaded into the active FMS flight plan
B) A short runway
C) A contaminated runway
D) A departure runway that was loaded into the active FMS flight plan
D
Threat Awareness | Surface Management System/Takeoff and Landing Awarene
What is the purpose of the airport moving map application?
A) To provide weather conditions at airports
B) To provide a graphical image of the airport map to assist in ground movement and aircraft position
C) To provide visual alerts during takeoff and landing
D) To provide aural advisory alerts during takeoff and landing
B
Threat Awareness | Surface Management System/Takeoff and Landing Awarene
Select the airport moving map (AMM) range identifier on the airport moving map.
Threat Awareness | Surface Management System/Takeoff and Landing Awarene
Which of the following are takeoff and landing awareness function (TLAF) takeoff alerts?
A) SMS NOT AVAILABLE
B) RUNWAY MISCOMPARE
C) SMS SHORT RWY INOP
D) NOT A RUNWAY
B and D
Threat Awareness | Surface Management System/Takeoff and Landing Awarene
When are the takeoff and landing awareness function (TLAF) landing alerts NOT A RUNWAY and SHORT RUNWAY active?
A) Within 10 nm of the airport in the active flight plan.
B) Within 50 nm of any airport
C) Within 50 nm of the airport in the active flight plan
D) Within 30 nm of any airport
A
