Fire Protection

Question 1

How is the engine overheat & fire detection system normally operated

Answer 1

?

Question 2

How is an ENG OVERHEAT condition indicated

Answer 2

MASTER CAUTION, OVHT/DET annunciator & associated ENG OVERHEAT lights illuminate

Question 3

What does an illuminated fire control panel FAULT light indicate when no fire test is being performed

Answer 3

Both loops on one engine have failed in the dual loop position (NORMAL) or selected single loop on an engine has failed

Question 4

The FAULT light illuminates on the engine fire control panel with no fire test being performed. Are there any other lights or indications

Answer 4

No. No additional indications are triggered with a FAULT light on

Question 5

What are the power sources for engine fire detection & extinguishing

Answer 5

Detection- Battery bus; extinguishing- Hot Battery bus

Question 6

Which statement regarding the engine fire extinguisher bottles is correct

Answer 6

Two bottles available for either engine

Question 7

How is the squib on an engine fire extinguisher bottle armed

Answer 7

Pulling the fire switch arms the squibs

Question 8

How are the engine fire warning switches ( red handles) released

Answer 8

Released by overheat, fire or manually

Question 9

How is an engine fire extinguisher bottle discharged

Answer 9

Pull illuminated fire warning switch up, rotate either to the left or right

Question 10

What does an illuminated BOTTLE DISCHARGED light indicate

Answer 10

Extinguisher bottle has discharged

Question 11

What is the function of the OVHT/FIRE position of the FIRE TEST switch(Normal AC power on the generator buses)

Answer 11

Tests all aircraft fire and overheat loops

Question 12

During an extinguisher system test (squib test) what does an engine fire extinguisher illuminated green EXT TEST light indicate

Answer 12

Discharge circuit test is normal for respective extinguisher circuit

Question 13

Which statement describes the APU fire detection system

Answer 13

Single loop system for fire or fault detection

Question 14

What does an illuminated APU DET INOP light indicate when no fire warning test is being performed

Answer 14

Failure in the APU fire detector loop

Question 15

What occurs when an APU fire condition is detected(cockpit only)

Answer 15

APU fire warning & master FIRE warning lights illuminate and fire bell sounds in cockpit and APU shuts down

Question 16

What are the initial indications of a fire at the APU Ground Control Panel (On The Ground)

Answer 16

Flashing Fire Warning light and intermittent horn

Question 17

In the event of an APU fire warning, what occurs when a cockpit FIRE warning bell cut-out switch or the APU Ground Control Panel (GCP) HORN CUTOUT button is pressed

Answer 17

Cockpit fire bell and GCP horn are silenced, GCZp light illuminates steady

Question 18

How is the APU extinguisher bottle discharged from APU Ground Control Panel

Answer 18

Pull fire control handle, then activate discharge switch

Question 19

Which describes the WHEEL WELL fire warning system

Answer 19

No. 1 AC Transfer bus powers a single loop detector

Question 20

How is a WHEEL WELL fire indicated

Answer 20

WHEEL WELL fire & master FiRE warning lights illuminate with steady fire bell

Question 21

A smoke detection and fire suppression system is installed in the cargo compartment of the 500 aircraft

Answer 21

True

Question 22

How is discharge of a lavatory fire extinguisher determined

Answer 22

Bottle nozzle tips change to an aluminum color

Question 23

When the fire control panel test switch is placed to the FAULT/ INOP position, which lights should illuminate

Answer 23

Two MASTER CAUTION lights, the OVHt/DET annunciator, the FAULT light, and the APU DET/INOP light

Question 24

During the FAULT/INOP test, the FAULT light does not come on but the APU DET INOP light does

Answer 24

?
The engine fault detection system has failed
?(apu)

Question 25

The engine fire panel FAULT light illuminates during an overheat/fire test. This indicates

Answer 25

At least one engine has a faulty loop

Question 26

On arrival at the aircraft you find the FAULT light illuminated prior to any system test. The loop selector switches are in the NORMAL position. Both fire warning loops on one engine have failed

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Inflight with dual loop configuration selected, you observe the FAULT light illuminated on the fire warning panel. What has happened

Answer 27

Both loops on one engine have failed

Question 28

Engine fire detection is powered from the

Answer 28

Battery bus

Question 29

Engine and APU fire extinguishing is powered from the

Answer 29

Hot Battery bus

Question 30

If a fire is detected in the APU, the APU shuts down, the fire bottle discharges, and the fire bell silences after the fire bottle is discharged automatically

Answer 30

False

Question 31

The WHEEL WELL fire detection system is DC powered

Answer 31

False

Question 32

In flight, what happens if a single engine fire detector loop fails during dual loop operation

Answer 32

The loop is automatically deselected and fire warning capability is not lost on that engine

Question 33

The OVHT/DET annunciator and the MASTER CAUTION lights are illuminated( triggered by)

Answer 33

The APU DET INOP light or an engine OVERHEAT light

Question 34

The Fire Control panel FAULT light illuminates

Answer 34

During the FAULT/INOP test

Question 35

During the EXTINGUISHER TEST, what do the illuminated green lights on the Overheat/Fire protection panel indicate

Answer 35

The fire extinguisher discharge circuits are functional

Question 36

When the lavatory smoke detectors are activated, the FIRE WARN, MASTER CAUTION, and fire annunciator lights illuminate, and the fire bell sounds on the flight deck

Answer 36

False

Question 37

The cargo compartment smoke detector and fire suppression system must be verified to be serviced and operational before cargo can be carried in the cargo compartments

Answer 37

True

Question 38

After activation of the cargo fire suppression system the aircraft must land at the nearest suitable airport within____minutes of the activation(500)

Answer 38

60 minutes

Question 39

What are the possible flight deck indications for a wheel well fire

Answer 39

?

Question 40

There is no fire extinguisher system for the wheel well area

Answer 40

True

Question 41

There is no FAULT warning for a failure of the wheel well fire detector

Answer 41

True

Question 42

The power to the fire extinguisher bottle squibs is provided by the

Answer 42

Hot Battery Bus