TCAS

Question 1

what does the collision area vary with?

Answer 1

altitude

Question 2

what is the perimeter of the caution area?

Answer 2

20-48 seconds from the time the intruder would penetrate the collision area

Question 3

what is the perimeter of the warning area?

Answer 3

15-35 seconds from the time of collision area penetration

Question 4

how many aircraft can be tracked by the TCAS simultaneously?

Answer 4

50

Question 5

how many aircraft can be indicated on the PFD with traffic and resolution advisory display selected?

Answer 5

7

Question 6

what will the TCAS issue if an aircraft enters the caution area?

Answer 6

a TA

Question 7

what will the TCAS issue if an aircraft enters the warning area?

Answer 7

an RA

Question 8

what will we see on the PFD during an RA?

Answer 8

red solid square with altitude separation and an arrow indicating the traffic climbing or descending

Question 9

above what altitude will no CLIMB advisory be given?

Answer 9

14,000ft

Question 10

when will the TCAS automatically go into TA mode?

Answer 10

before 1100ft AGL in climb and after 900ft AGL in descent

Question 11

what should we do when a climb RA is given in the landing config?

Answer 11

execute the go-around procedure

Question 12

at what altitudes AGL will no advisories be given?

Answer 12

below 600 AGL in the climb and below 400 AGL in the descent

Question 13

how will a TA be represented on the PFD?

Answer 13

amber solid circle with altitude separation

Question 14

what will the TCAS do during TAWS warnings?

Answer 14

automatically go into TA only

Question 15

what does a solid blue diamond represent?

Answer 15

aircraft within 6nm and 1200ft separated (proximity advisory)

Question 16

what does a white diamond represent?

Answer 16

traffic not classified as an intruder or proximate traffic

Question 17

when a corrective RA is given how long does the pilot have to respond?

Answer 17

5 seconds

Question 18

when an increased strength or reversed corrective advisory is given how long does the pilot have to respond?

Answer 18

2.5seconds

Question 19

what advisory is inhibited at less than 1450ft AGL descending or less than 1650ft AGL climbing?

Answer 19

increase descent RA

Question 20

what advisory is inhibited at less than 1000AGL descending or less than 1200AGL climbing?

Answer 20

descent RA

Question 21

what advisory is inhibited at less than 900 AGL descending or less than 1100 AGL climbing?

Answer 21

all RA’s

Question 22

what advisory is inhibited at less than 400AGL descending and less than 600AGL climbing?

Answer 22

all TA aural messages

Question 23

what does the TCAS test do?

Answer 23

tests the mode S, VSI, and aural advisory