Vol III Flashcards

1
Q

How long will each ADIRU stay on battery power?

A

ADIRS 2 and 3 will remain on battery power for 5 minutes to hold alignment until a generator can be restored. ADIRU 1 (ADIRU 3 if captain selected ATT HDG CAPT 3) will remain on battery power until generator power is restored or battery #2 fails

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2
Q

What information is provided by the “IR” units?

A
F – Flight path vector
A – Attitude
T – Track
H – Heading
A – Acceleration
A – Airplane position 
G - Ground Speed
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3
Q

What information is provided by the “ADR” units?

A
B - Barometric altitude 
O - Overspeed warnings 
A–AOA
T – Temperatures
S - Speed/Mach
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4
Q

Electrical system power priority

A

-Respective engine driven generator
-External power
-APU generator
-Opposing engine generator

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5
Q

Which valves close when the DITCHING pb is pressed

A

Avionics inlet
Avionics outlet
Ram air inlet
Pack flow control valves
Outflow valves

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6
Q

What color circuit breakers are monitored by the ECAM

A

Green

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7
Q

What color circuit breakers are not monitored by the ECAM

A

Black

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8
Q

FMA’s from left to right

A

Auto thrust mode
Vertical mode
Lateral mode
Approach capability
Auto flight status

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9
Q

At what speed is there no connection between nose wheel steering and rudder pedals

A

130 kts

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10
Q

When are non essential ECAMs inhibited on takeoff

A

80kts to 1500ft or 2 mins

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11
Q

How do you do a fast alignment

A

IRs from NAV to OFF to NAV within 5 seconds

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12
Q

When is alternate braking with anti-skid automatically activated

A

-green hydraulic system lost and
-yellow hydraulic pressure is available and
-A/SKID and NW STRG switch is in the on position
-parking brake is not set

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13
Q

Can you get auto brakes on the alternate braking system

A

No

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14
Q

Alternate braking without anti skid is activated if

A

-A/SKID and NW STRG switch is selected off and
-both BSCUs have fail
-the yellow and green hydraulic systems have failed
(Yellow accumulator pressure supplies brake pressure)

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15
Q

Two ways parking brake can get pressure

A

-normally pressurized yellow system or
-dedicated yellow system brake accumulator

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16
Q

A fully charged accumulator will maintain parking brake pressure for how long

A

12 hrs

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17
Q

While parked without the engines running, how can the brake accumulator pressure be re-pressurized

A

YELLOW ELEC PUMP

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18
Q

Where are the engine fire loops installed

A

-Pylon nacelle
-Engine Core
-Fan section

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19
Q

How much expansion does the vent tank allow before spilling

A

2%

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20
Q

Name fuel tanks

A

-vent tank
-outer tank
-inner tank
-center tank

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21
Q

When do transfer valves open to transfer fuel from the outer to inner tank

A

When the inner tank drops to 1650 lbs

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22
Q

If inner tank fills then when will the center tank start running again

A

After 1,100 lbs of fuel has been burned

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23
Q

When center tank reaches ____ lbs then they will run for an additional _______ mins

A

550 lbs, 5 mins

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24
Q

Areas not pressurized

A

-Radome
-landing gear bays
-air conditioning compartment
-tail

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25
Q

Inhibits for PTU

A

-engine master switches are mismatched and the toe pin is attached or parking brake set
-cargo door operation and 40 seconds after
-when push button is selected off

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26
Q

What do you need for a fire indication

A

-both loops detect fire
-one loop is faulty and the other loop detects the fire
-both loops physically break within 5 seconds of each other

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27
Q

What is the max bank angle in normal law (green equal signs)

A

67 deg

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28
Q

On roll when does the aircraft stop auto trimming

A

33 deg

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29
Q

What does the speed trend line indicate

A

Speed the aircraft will reach in 10 seconds if acceleration/deceleration remains constant

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30
Q

How long should you press the IDG pushbutton to disconnect without damaging

A

No more then 3 seconds

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31
Q

When should you not disconnect the IDG

A

When it is not running

32
Q

Which slats are anti iced

A

3,4,5

33
Q

Which spoilers are used for ground spoilers

A

1-5

34
Q

Which spoilers are used for speed brakes

A

2,3,4

35
Q

Which spoilers are used for aileron assist

A

2-5

36
Q

What does pushing the RCL button for 3 seconds do

A

Shows messages suppressed by the EMER CANC pushbutton

37
Q

When is reactive wind-shear active

A

TO to 1,300 ft and 1,300 ft to 50 ft

38
Q

When is predictive windshear inhibited on takeoff

A

100 kts to 50 ft

39
Q

When is predictive windshear active on landing

A

-2,300 ft active but no alerts or displays
-1,500 ft active

40
Q

Maximum nose-wheel steering angle

A

75 deg

41
Q

How long can the APU operate after the low oil level ECAM message appears

A

10 hrs

42
Q

What tank normally supplies fuel to the APU

A

Left inner tank

43
Q

What happens when APU master pushbutton is pressed

A

-Powers up ECB
-conducts power up self test
-air intake flap opens
-fuel isolation valve opens
-APU fuel pump starts
-APU ECAM page displayed

44
Q

What does AVAIL light on APU START push button indicate

A

Bleed air and electrical power are available

45
Q

Bleed priority

A

APU over ENG bleed

46
Q

When is APU fire protection available

A

Whenever DC bus is powered

47
Q

How many fire loops for the APU

A

2

48
Q

How many halon fire bottles for the APU

A

1

49
Q

What happens for APU fire detection on ground

A

APU auto shutdown and halon auto discharge (if battery PBs in the auto position)

50
Q

Indications of APU fire outside the flight deck

A

-External horn sounds
-APU FIRE light on the external power panel illuminates

51
Q

What happens when APU fire in flight

A

Crew must manually shut down APU in flight

52
Q

APU starter motor duty cycle

A

3 attempts then a 60 min cooling period

53
Q

Three types of emergency lighting

A

-overhead emergency lights
-exit signs
-escape path marking lights

54
Q

Three ways to disconnect auto thrust

A

-instinctive disconnect pushbuttons
-thrust levers to idle
-A/THR pushbutton

55
Q

When is alpha floor active

A

Liftoff to 100ft RA on approach

56
Q

When would thrust lock occur

A

-Thrust levers in the CL detent and A/TH pushbutton on the FCU is pushed
-A/TH disconnects due to a failure

57
Q

FADEC idle modes

A

-Minimum idle
-Approach idle
-Reverse idle

58
Q

Rudder pedal steering reduction in takeoff

A

Starts reduction at 40 knots and progressively reduces to 0 deg at 130 knots

59
Q

Protections in alternate law

A

-Load Factor
-High speed stability (nose up command) but can be overridden
-Low speed stability (nose down command) but can be overridden

60
Q

When would you get a ROW caution “RWY TOO SHORT” message

A

At 400ft the landing distance computation is longer then the LDA

61
Q

When would you get a ROW warning “RWY TOO SHORT” message

A

200ft the landing distance computation is longer then the LDA

62
Q

Three times batteries are connected to the battery bus

A

-APU starting
-battery charging
-AC bus 1 and 2 not powered and airspeed below 100 kts

63
Q

What color does each altitude constraint circle represent

A

-white - constraint is not taken into account
-Magenta - constraint is predicted to be satisfied
-Amber - constraint is predicted to be missed

64
Q

What is alpha lock

A

Prevents pilot from retracting the slats if the angle of attack becomes excessive or airspeed is too low

65
Q

Three different types of failures

A

-independent
-primary (box around ECAM message)
-secondary (lower right of E/WD)

66
Q

Structure that holds engine to wing

A

Pylon

67
Q

What happens by turning emergency gear handle

A

Hydrolic Shuttoff
Doors open
Gear unlock

68
Q

Red arrow light next to landing gear handle

A

Landing gear not down and locked below 750 ft AGL

69
Q

High speed protection

A

Bank limited to 40 degrees
Autopilot disconnects
Seeks wings level
Nose up movement

70
Q

Low speed protection

A

Bank limited to 45 degrees
Autopilot disconnects
Speed brakes retract
AOA instead of load
Pitch trim inhibited

71
Q

Wing tip brakes caused by

A

Runaway
Over speed
Assymetry
Movement uncommanded

72
Q

APU MASTER SW pressed

A

ECB power up test initiated
Fuel pump runs
Fuel isolation valve opens
Inlet flap opens
System page displayed

73
Q

ENG MODE selector set to IGN/SART

A

ECAM ENG page displayed
PACK valve closed
Arms ignition
Continuous ignition on both igniters if
ENG 1 and 2 on and N2 above idle

74
Q

Spoilers inhibited

A

SEC 1 and 3 have failed
AOA protection is active
Flaps full
Elevator - L or R fault - only spoilers 3 and 4 are inhibited
Thrust levers above the MCT position

75
Q

WTB activated

A

R
O
A
M