Avionics - Flight Instruments/ Navigation/ FMS

Question 1

What color is the active target speed bug and the active target speed indication when MAN is set on the SPD knob on the AFCS panel? What about when the FMS is set on the SPD knob

Answer 1

Cyan/ Magenta

Question 2

The Vmax is computed as the lesser of what speeds?

Answer 2

VMO, MMO, VLE or VFE

Question 3

What symbol/ bug indicates the speed in which the flaps can be retracted with a safe margin

Answer 3

The magenta F bug

Question 4

The tip of the airspeed trend vector points to the projected airspeed/ Mach in approximately what timeframe at the present rate of acceleration/ deceleration.

Answer 4

10 seconds

Question 5

What symbol/ bug indicates the speed in which the airplane is trimmed for when in the landing phase

Answer 5

The TCS trim bug - a green triangle

Question 6

Which speeds are displayed for takeoff

Answer 6

V1, VR, V2 and Vfs

Question 7

When are the takeoff speeds automatically deselected

Answer 7

When the airplane is above 1500 ft AGL and the current airspeed is greater than the highest V-Speed + 40 kts

Question 8

Which speeds are displayed for approach and landing

Answer 8

Vfs, Vac, Vapp and Vref

Question 9

What does the flap selection speed (green dot) indicate

Answer 9

The speed in which flaps can be extended

Question 10

In the Normal Mode (NM) what colors are the LSA bands and what do they indicate

Answer 10

1) White - Vss
2) Amber - AOA limit function activates
3) Red - Max allowable AOA

Question 11

In Direct Mode (DM), what colors are the LSA bands and what do they indicate

Answer 11

Yellow and Red, the red is where the STALL aural alert is triggered.

Question 12

The altitude trend vector is computed to predict the altitude the airplane will achieve in how many seconds (assuming a constant VS)

Answer 12

10 seconds

Question 13

Where are ADS messages (ie BOTH ON, ADS 1/2/3) presented to the pilot and what color

Answer 13

on the PFD and will be amber

Question 14

What type of guidance will be provided to the pilots to aid in the recovery of an unusual attitude

Answer 14

Red unusual attitude chevrons are displayed and they always point to the horizon line.

Question 15

Where are AHRS messages (ie BOTH ON AHRS 1/2) presented to the pilot and what color

Answer 15

Upper right corner of the PFD in amber

Question 16

What is the display control panel (DCP) used for

Answer 16

To select PFD formats, overlays, nav sources and range on the displays.

Question 17

What does pushing the CVS button on the DCP do

Answer 17

Toggle between synthetic vision and the traditional blue over brown display.

Question 18

What does pushing the FPV cage button on the DCP do

Answer 18

It laterally centers the flight path vector on the PFD when selected. It is only enabled when the CVS is active.

Question 19

What does pushing the ET button do

Answer 19

1) Starts (first push)
2) Stops (second push)
3) removes (third push)

The timer on the PFD

Question 20

What does pushing the TCAS button on the DCP do

Answer 20

It places traffic overlay information on the HSI map

Question 21

What does the WX button do

Answer 21

It places WX overlay information on the HSI map.

Question 22

What does the RANGE/ TILT knob allow the crew to do

Answer 22

Toggle between clean (no background), compass (range ring with TCAS and WX overlays possible) and map (FMS flight plan information shown)

Question 23

What does pushing the FMS button do

Answer 23

Selects the FMS as the primary NAV source

Question 24

What does pushing the V/L button do

Answer 24

Changes the primary NAV source to VOR or LOC

Question 25

What is the reversionary switch panel used for

Answer 25

A manual reversion of displays and sensors (ADS and AHRS) in the event of a malfunction and also an alternate means of tuning.

Question 26

How can the display brightness on the DU's be adjusted

Answer 26

By the OFF/ BRT control knobs on the RSP

Question 27

If the pilot turns off the CTR DU, what will happen to the EICAS

Answer 27

The EICAS will be reverted to both the LH and RH DU's

Question 28

What does the ATT HDG button on the RSP do

Answer 28

It manually changes the AHRS source on the PFD

Question 29

How can pilots interface with the avionics systems

Answer 29

Via the MKP and CCP

Question 30

What is the CNCL button on the MKP used for

Answer 30

To cancel an in process flight plan edit

Question 31

What does pushing the FMS button on the MKP do

Answer 31

Displays the FMS format on the on side MFW of the LWR DU

Question 32

What does pushing the ROUTE button on the MKP do

Answer 32

Displays the route window on the on-side MFW of the LWR DU.

Question 33

What does pushing the MSG button on the MKP do

Answer 33

It shows or removes the FMS message dialog box on the MFW

Question 34

What does pushing the DEP/ARR button on the MKP do

Answer 34

On the ground it shows the departures dialog box and in flight it shows the arrival dialog box.

Question 35

What does pushing the DIRECT TO button on the MKP do

Answer 35

It brings up a direct to dialog box which is used to edit the flight plan.

Question 36

What is the SCRATCHPAD

Answer 36

24 character display used to temporarily hold keystrokes before being entered into a display entry flight plane

Question 37

What does pushing the EXEC button on the MKP do

Answer 37

It executes a modified flight plan making it the active flight plan.

Question 38

When does the green light bar above the EXEC button illuminate

Answer 38

When there is a modified flight plan.

Question 39

What does the MEM button on the MKP provide

Answer 39

The ability to memorize formats and to recall memorized DU formats

Question 40

What function does the CLR/DEL button perform

Answer 40

When there is data in the scratch pad, it back spaces or clears the entire scratchpad and when there is no data in the scratchpad it enters the word DELETE in the scratchpad.

Question 41

How can the scratchpad text be entered into the selected display entry field.

Answer 41

by pressing the ENTER button

Question 42

What does pushing the NAV button on the MKP do

Answer 42

It takes the number entered in the scratchpad and places it into the NAV radio if it fits the range of frequencies.

Question 43

What does pushing the COM button on the MKP do

Answer 43

It takes the number entered into the scratch pad and places it into the COM radio if it fits the range of frequencies

Question 44

What do the arrows on the CCP do

Answer 44

They provide an alternate to the CCP trackball for positioning the curser on the DU's

Question 45

What does the CKLST button on the MKP display

Answer 45

A list of available checklists

Question 46

What does the SYS button on the MKP display.

Answer 46

The synoptic page

Question 47

What synoptic pages are available to select

Answer 47

1) Status 2) Flight Controls 3) ECS 4) Fuel 5) Electrical 6) Hydraulics 7) Anti Ice 8) Misc

Question 48

What does the CHART button do

Answer 48

Displays the chart format on the on-side MFW of the lower DU during normal ops

Question 49

How can the cursor be maneuvered

Answer 49

Via the trackball in the CCP

Question 50

What can the PAGE/DATA/ PUSH ENTER double stack knob on the CCP be used for

Answer 50

To scroll list comments, position the data entry curser or change the value of various display items or selection boxes

Question 51

What does pushing the menu button on the CCP do

Answer 51

It brings the display menu into view on the display window where the curser is currently located and positions it on the first menu item.

Question 52

How many ADSPs and TAT probes are mounted on the fwd fuselage

Answer 52

4 and 2

Question 53

For normal operations, which ADS provides information for the left side PFD, the right side PFD, SFIS

Answer 53

1) ADS 1 - Left Side 2) ADS 2- Right Side 3) ADS 4 - SFIS

Question 54

In the event of an electrical emergency, what provides electrical power, which DU is available and which ADS is available

Answer 54

1) The RAT provides power 2) CTR DU is available 3) ADS 3 will be available

Question 55

What does the SFIS provide

Answer 55

A third, independent source of attitude angles, attitude rates, accelerations, heading and vertical speed for flight guidance and navigation when the primary flight information isn't available.

Question 56

How can the menu on the SFIS be accessed

Answer 56

By the M labeled menu button on the SFIS bezel

Question 57

What are the buttons on the left and right of the M button on the SFIS bezel used for

Answer 57

To skip over options - they are labeled UP and DOWN in the entry menu context.

Question 58

When is the SFIS full screen menu available

Answer 58

Only on the ground

Question 59

How many AHRS units are there and what are they used for

Answer 59

Three units 1) AHRS 1 - left pilot seat PFD 2) AHRS 2- Right Pilot seat PFD 3) AHRS 3 - Exclusively for the Flight Control System

Question 60

When will the ATT/HDG ALIGNING DO NOT TAXI flag be displayed and for how long

Answer 60

During AHRS attitude and heading alignment, it can take up to 10 mins

Question 61

Which FMS pages may GPS control and indications be seen

Answer 61

FMS INIT and FMS SENSORS pages

Question 62

How can the expanded menus for NAV or ADF be selected on the tuning page

Answer 62

By selecting the NAV 1, NAV 2, ADF 1, or ADF 2 gray button.

Question 63

Where can an advanced menu of ATC/TCAS selections be found

Answer 63

By selecting the gary XPNDR/TCAS button on the Tuning page

Question 64

Where is the weather radar control window accessed

Answer 64

Via the WX button on the DCP

Question 65

When is the weather radar tilt and gain automatically adjusted to provide an optimum weather picture

Answer 65

When the multi scan or AUTO is selected

Question 66

What is the coverage range for the radar and what does it provide

Answer 66

Up to 320NM for precipitation related weather and 40NM for precip related turbulence. It provides ground mapping coverage enabling the detection of major geographical features such as cities, lakes and coast lines.

Question 67

What does the lightning detection system provide and up to what range

Answer 67

Alerts the flight crew to the presence of thunderstorm activity by mapping the lighting surrounding the airplane within 200 NM

Question 68

What type of navigation does the FMS provide.

Answer 68

Lateral and vertical navigation en route, terminal, non-precision approaches, LANV/VNAV and LPV approaches and coupled lateral and vertical navigation capability with an automatic transition to ILS approaches.

Question 69

Who is responsible for keeping the FMS database updated and for the accuracy of the waypoints used in the FMS

Answer 69

The operator

Question 70

Where can the navigation and airplane database validation check be accomplished in the FMS

Answer 70

On the FMS INIT or FMS DB format page

Question 71

What do colors of the FMS navigation database symbolize

Answer 71

Current selected navigation database is displayed in green, the second nav database effective date shows white, and if the DB is expired, the effective date is shown in yellow.

Question 72

Which DUs can the FMS displayed on and under what screen format

Answer 72

Any of the DUs under the half screen format

Question 73

On the Takeoff page, what needs to be set to enable the send button for the FMS takeoff speeds.

Answer 73

The OAT, P ALT and RWY LENGTH

Question 74

If the crew loads inoperative NAVAID identifiers to inhibit them from the FMS navigation, when will that list be reset

Answer 74

Upon an FMS cold start

Question 75

What does the ROUTE format allow for

Answer 75

It enables the creation, control and viewing of the FMS legs, according to the flight plan.

Question 76

The FMS sets the lateral deviation sensitivity based on what?

Answer 76

An RNP value from the Nav database

Question 77

May synthetic vision be used as a primary nav source

Answer 77

No

Question 78

Doe the FMS provide OEI speeds and drift down altitude.

Question 79

May the required time of arrival (RTA) information be used to ensure compliance with ATC clearances or restrictions?

Answer 79

No, you must use other means to ensure compliance.