2025 CQ Questions

Question 1

Which areas of the aircraft have fire extinguishing capability?

Answer 1

The engines, APU, and cargo

Question 2

What fire protection functions are available without battery power?

Answer 2

The main wheel well and lower cargo compartments have fire detection without the battery but require AC power

Question 3

Can you discharge the fire bottles using only battery power?

Answer 3

Yes, you can discharge the fire bottles using only battery power because it uses the hot battery bus for engines a few and lower cargo compartments and that is all the fire extinguishing that exists

Question 5

How is the fire warning be silenced?

Answer 5

By pressing either the fire worn lights or pushing the bell cut out switch on the fire protection panel

Question 6

How is an engine fire extinguished?

Answer 6

by discharging either fire bottle left or right by pulling and turning the fire engine fire switch on the side of that bottle which uses the squibs to discharge that bottle into the engine. The fire extinguisher bottle contains halo with a nitrogen precharge located in the left main wheel well

Question 7

which systems are affected by pulling an engine fire switch and how are they affected?

Answer 7

The engine fuel shut off valve and spark fuel, shut off valve, the engine, bleed air valve and on side packed valve the associated hydraulic fluid shut off valve, the generator control relay and breaker the thrust reverser for the related engine and it arms one discharge squib on each engine, fire extinguisher bottle and allows. The engine fire switched to be rotated for discharge

Question 8

How is a dual loop failure of an engine fire detection system indicated?

Answer 8

FAULT light

Question 9

how many fire extinguisher bottles are provided for the APU?

Answer 9

One

Question 10

Does the APU have automatic fire extinguishing?

Answer 10

No, it is only manual

Question 11

What happens when pulling the APU fire switch?

Answer 11

It closes the APU fuel shut off valve, the APU bleed air valve, the APU air inlet door, the APU generator control relay and breaker the APU fire switch can then be rotated for discharge and it arms, the AP fire extinguisher bottle squib

Question 12

where is the APU fire ground control panel located?

Answer 12

In the right main wheel well

Question 13

What does placing the fire detection test switch to “FAULT/INOP” test?

Answer 13

It tests the systems ability to detect a fault or an operative equipment within itself.

You should see the FAULT / APU DET INOP lights when the system test is working properly

Question 14

what does placing the fire detection test switched to OVHT/FIRE test?

Answer 14

It tests, the overheat and fire detection loops on both engines the fire loop on the APU and the fire detector in the wheel well.

Question 15

What is indicated by the illumination of the “detector fault” light in the cargo fire panel?

Answer 15

The illumination of the detector fault light indicates one or more detectors in the selected detection loops in either cargo compartment has failed

Question 16

what fire protection and extinguishing equipment is available in the lower cargo compartments?

Answer 16

two halo fire suppression bottles, a high rate discharge bottle and a low rate discharge bottle when the discharge switch is pressed the high rate discharge bottle discharges into the selected compartment and a 15 minute timer, begins at the end of the 15 minutes. The low rate discharge bottle is released automatically into the selected compartmentfor 180 minutes this week sequence provides 195 minutes of fire suppression.

Question 18

how is fueling accomplished?

Answer 18

single point pressure fueling station located on the right wing

Question 19

What does an IMBAL alert on the fuel quantity indicator indicate?

Answer 19

Main tank fuel quantities deferred by greater than 1000 pounds for 60 seconds

Question 20

what does the LOW alert on the fuel quantity indicator indicate?

Answer 20

Below 2000 lbs fuel on a main tank

Question 21

What does a CONFIG alert on the fuel quantity indicator indicate?

Answer 21

misconfiguration of the fuel system boost pumps

1600 lbs or more fuel in the center tank with both center tank boost pumps OFF and engine running

Question 22

What does INSUFFICIENT FUEL on the fuel quantity indicator indicate?

Answer 22

FMC fuel predicted to be less than 2000lbs

Question 24

Limited over water

Answer 24

Limited over water equipment operations restricted to within 50 miles of the shore geographic exceptions are noted in the FOM

Question 25

extended over water

Answer 25

Operations are permitted beyond 50 miles, but must remain within 60 minutes of an adequate airport

Question 26

Flight attendants notify of smoke in the galley oven. What are your immediate actions and checklist?

Answer 26

Oxygen masks regulators on Smoke googles if required on Smoke fire fumes in pax cabin or FD QRC

Question 27

At FL240 you notice the stabilizer trim wheel moving continuously nose down. what actions and checklist?

Answer 27

control column hold firmly ap if engaged disengage at if engaged disengage control column and thrust control ac pitch attitude and thrust electric stab trim reduce control column forces if runway stops after ap disengage do not re-engage ap or at if runaway continues, stab trim cutout switches both cutout if runaway continues trim wheel grasp and hold

Question 28

At FL350 an intermittent warning horn sounds.

Answer 28

oxygen masks and regulators on 100% crew communications establish cabin alt warn or rapid decompression qrc

Question 29

during departure you suspect the airspeed indications are unreliable

Answer 29

ap, at, fds OFF set the following gear up pitch attitude and thrust reduce flaps extended, 10 degrees and 80% N1 flaps up, 4 degrees and 75% N1

Question 30

Maximum tailwind for takeoff and landing

Answer 30

15 kts

Question 31

Maximum operating altitude? Maximum takeoff landing altitude?

Answer 31

FL410 8,400 feet

Question 32

min takeoff landing temp

Answer 32

-54 degrees

Question 33

one or both Bleed air switches ON do not operate packs in HIGH for?

Answer 33

takeoff approach or landing

Question 34

maximum operating speed

Answer 34

observe vmo mmo gear and flap placards

Question 35

severe turbulence penetration target speed

Answer 35

0.76 mach or 280

Question 36

ground ops of hyd pumps requires min

Answer 36

1675 lbs fuel in respective fuel tank

Question 38

engine anti-ice must be on during all ground and flight ops when icing exists except Engine anti ice must be ON prior to or during descent

Answer 38

during climb and cruise at temps below -40 SAT in all icing conditions including-40 SAT

Question 39

When must engine start switches be in the CONT mode?

Answer 39

takeoff landing anti ice, hail, sleet, moderate to heavy rain

Question 40

min oil temp before setting takeoff thrust in max

Answer 40

31 C

Question 41

Ensure APU Bleed air closed for 2 min ____ and for 1 min _____

Answer 41

after start prior to shutdown

Question 42

Except for engine start, the apu bleed valve must be closed when another source is pressuring the ____

Answer 42

left bleed air duct

Question 43

Do not deploy the speed brake with more than flaps ____ extended

Answer 43

10

Question 44

min fuel temp

Answer 44

-37

Question 45

For ground operations center tank fuel pump switches must not be positioned ON unless _____, except when defueling or transferring fuel. Center tank fuel pumps must not be on unless_____.

Answer 45

Center tank fuel quantity exceeds 1,000 lbs personnel are available in the FD to monitor the low pressure lights

Question 46

When does the Master Caution light illuminate for a single/simple fault?

Answer 46

Master Caution recall

Question 47

The PSU supplies oxygen per seat row for how many minutes?

Answer 47

12 minutes

Question 48

When do the overwing emergency exit doors locks engage?

Answer 48

with 3 of 4 doors closed either engine started and aircraft in air or thrust increased

Question 49

What is the function of the Electric Air Compressor?

Answer 49

For the Potable Water system when normal pressurizing is insufficient powered by main bus 1

Question 50

with both landing lights ON and taxi light ON, the taxi light function is ______

Answer 50

overridden by the landing light function

Question 51

The AUTO FAIL on pressurization panel

Answer 51

Loss of DC power Controller fault Outflow valve control fault Excessive diff press Excessive rate of of cabin pressure change High cabin altitude

Question 52

Wing Body Overheat

Answer 52

an overheat

Question 53

Thrust must be limited to idle with the ____ light illuminated

Answer 53

dual bleed

Question 54

Bleed trip off light

Answer 54

excessive bleed air temps or pressures the trip/reset button can reset it if conditions permit

Question 55

The MAX pneumatic system uses ____ and _____ stage bleed air.

Answer 55

4th and 10th

Question 56

SELCAL indications

Answer 56

two tone chime selcal white light

Question 57

which radio defaults to DATA?

Answer 57

VHF3

Question 58

RTP displays _____ when selected radio is not available

Answer 58

FAIL FAIL

Question 59

On the MAX where is the SELCAL light?

Answer 59

On the lower half of the audio panel

Question 60

with IGN R selected, what is the power source?

Answer 60

AC Standby BUS

Question 61

What would remove an amber ENG FAIL light?

Answer 61

The engine recovers above 50% N2 or if we CUTOFF the start levers or pull the fire lever

Question 62

What does THRUST crew alert on engine display indicate?

Answer 62

The engine thrust is more or less than the commanded thrust. The N1 will indicate AMBER as well

Question 63

The thrust mode display (green) indicates R-TO. What mode is active?

Answer 63

reduced takeoff

Question 64

In the MAX, how long should you wait after the APU GEN OFF BUS (blue) light extinguishes before positioning the battery switch to OFF?

Answer 64

5 min

Question 66

During a FAULT /INOP test the failure of the FAULT light to illuminate indicates _____.

Answer 66

the fault monitoring system is inoperative

Question 67

If the OVHT DET switch is positioned to A or B, the system operates

Answer 67

as a single loop detector

Question 68

Rotating the engine fire switch in one direction

Answer 68

electrically fires a squib discharging the extinguisher into the related engine

Question 69

How long do we have fire suppression after the cargo DISCH light is pressed?

Answer 69

195 minutes total

Question 70

The MAX has how many wheel well fire det loops?

Answer 70

TWO

Question 71

FUEL LOW amber

Answer 71

main tank fuel quantity is less than 2K for 30 seconds

Question 72

What could cause a progressive fuel imbalance?

Answer 72

Crossfeed valve left open, no center tank fuel feed, with main tank fuel pumps operating within normal pump output pressure tolerances

Question 73

Opening the crossfeed valve in flight

Answer 73

allows fuel from main tank with operating fuel pumps to provide fuel to both engines

Question 74

IMBAL amber

Answer 74

1000 lbs

Question 75

FUEL FLOW (amber)

Answer 75

Engine fuel flow is abnormally high diff between actual and FMS rate exceeds predetermined value by 5 min

Question 76

COWL ANTI ICE (amber)

Answer 76

Overpressure in cowl anti ice ducting

Question 77

which leading edge devices are on the wing anti ice system?

Answer 77

three inboard leading edge slats

Question 79

TAI (amber)

Answer 79

Cowl anti ice valve failed to move to the position selected by the anti ice switch

Question 80

Positioning the wing anti ice switch ON in flight _______?

Answer 80

opens both control valves sets icing conditions stall warning logic

Question 81

On MAX, how is engine core anti ice controlled?

Answer 81

Automatically via EEC

Question 82

TCAS pitch command on PFD keep aircraft ______ the area with red lines

Answer 82

outside

Question 83

Predictive Windshear automatically turns on for takeoff

Answer 83

by advancing thrust levers beyond 53 degrees

Question 84

GPWS provides Bank Angle alert when roll angle exceeds

Answer 84

35, 40, 45 degrees

Question 85

turbulence on radar panel

Answer 85

WX+T

Question 86

MAINT (amber)

Answer 86

a system fault exists that must be reviewed by maintenance