Indicating/recording

Question 1

When does the Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR) operate?

Answer 1

º On the ground, for 5 minutes after electrical power is supplied to the aircraft
º When at least 1 engine is operating
º Continuously in flight, whether or not the engines are operating
º Stops 5 minutes after the last engine is shut down

Question 2

What is the purpose of the DFDR EVENT pushbutton?

Answer 2

Briefly pressing this button sets an event mark on the Flight Data Recorder

Question 3

What would be indicated if the altitude window changed from yellow to amber?

Answer 3

The aircraft has deviated from the FCU selected altitude or flight level by 250 feet

Question 4

When is altitude alerting automatically inhibited in flight?

Answer 4

º When slats are extended with the landing gear selected down
º On approach after glide slope capture
º When the landing gear is locked down

Question 5

What does it mean when the altitude digits change from green to amber?

Answer 5

The aircraft has descended below the MDA/DH entered into the FMGC

Question 6

When is Radio Height displayed on the PFD?

Answer 6

Below 2,500 feet AGL

Question 7

What would a flashing amber ILS indicate on the bottom of the PFD?

Answer 7

Flashes amber when APPR mode is armed and the LS display is not selected

Question 8

Information from ILS receiver 1 is displayed where?

Answer 8

º Captain’s PFD
º F/O’s ND

Question 9

Top of Descent and Continue Descent arrows are displayed in blue or white. What is the difference?

Answer 9

º Top of Descent – Always white (never armed)
º Continue Descent – Blue indicates armed, white indicates NOT armed

Question 10

What color does each altitude constraint circle represent?

Answer 10

º White – constraint is not taken into account
º Magenta – constraint is predicted to be satisfied
º Amber – constraint is predicted to be missed

Question 11

If mode range data fails what should you expect to see on the ND?

Answer 11

ROSE NAV mode at 80 nm range

Question 12

What are the 3 levels of ECAM Failure Mode Notifications?

Answer 12

º Level 1 – ALERT: Associated with amber E/WD message, no aural signal, and requires crew monitoring
º Level 2 – CAUTION: Associated with the amber MASTER CAUT light, single chime, and require crew awareness
º Level 3 – WARNING: Associated with the red MASTER WARN light, CRC, and require immediate action

Question 13

If simultaneous failures occur, how will they be presented to the crew?

Answer 13

A level 3 Warning has priority over a level 2 Caution which has priority over a level 1 Alert

Question 14

What types of failures are presented to the crew?

Answer 14

º Independent – Failure affecting an isolated system/item without degrading other systems/items
º Primary – Failure of a system/item that affects the use of other systems/items
º Secondary – Loss of a system/item resulting from a primary failure

Question 15

What indication does the E/WD provide for secondary failures?

Answer 15

Secondary failures are displayed on the lower right portion of the E/WD and are preceded by an *

Question 16

What does the appearance of a green arrow indicate at the bottom of the E/WD screen indicate?

Answer 16

Information has overflowed off the screen and the pilot must scroll down using the CLR pushbutton on the
ECAM panel

Question 17

What does the display of T.O. INHIBIT or LDG INHIBIT indicate?

Answer 17

Most warnings and cautions are inhibited to avoid unnecessary distractions during critical phases of flight

Question 18

When does the Takeoff Memo appear?

Answer 18

º 2 minutes after the second engine is started or when the T.O. CONFIG TEST pushbutton is pressed with one
engine running
º Takeoff Memo is removed when takeoff power is applied

Question 19

When does the Landing Memo appear?

Answer 19

º Below 2,000 feet RA
º Memo disappears after touchdown (80 knots)
º Displays at 800 feet if you never climbed above 2000 feet RA

Question 20

In general, when are the system pages automatically displayed on the SD?

Answer 20

º Relative to the current phase of flight, or
º When a system malfunction is detected

Question 21

When is a STATUS page displayed?

Answer 21

º After a failure is displayed on the SD and all failure items have been cleared
º STATUS will reappear when the slats are extended

Question 22

What computers feed data to the six display units?

Answer 22

3 Display Management Computers (DMC)

Question 23

What does each of the DMCs normally supply?

Answer 23

º DMC 1 – Captain PFD, ND, upper ECAM DU, lower DU
º DMC 2 – F/O PFD, ND
º DMC 3 – Backup

Question 24

How can you tell if a DMC has failed?

Answer 24

º “INVALID DATA” will be displayed in the respective EFIS/ECAM display units

Question 25

What happens when the upper ECAM display fails?

Answer 25

The E/WD automatically replaces the SD on the lower ECAM display

Question 26

If both the E/WD and SD display units fail, how can you display E/WD information?

Answer 26

Select the ECAM/ND switch to CAPT or F/O to transfer the E/WD to either ND

Question 27

With the E/WD displayed on the lower screen, how else can you view SD information?

Answer 27

Press and hold the appropriate system button on the ECAM Control Panel that you wish to view

Question 28

What does the ALL pushbutton do?

Answer 28

Displays ALL the system pages successively in 1-second intervals when held down Release the pushbutton to maintain display of the selected page

Question 29

What does pressing the RCL pushbutton do?

Answer 29

º Allows you to recall any warning or caution messages that the activation of the CLR pushbutton or flight phase inhibition may have suppressed º If held longer than 3 seconds, the E/WD will show any caution messages suppressed by the EMER CANC pushbutton

Question 30

If you press the STS pushbutton and the system has no STATUS messages what will be displayed?

Answer 30

“NORMAL” for 5 seconds

Question 31

If power fails to the ECAM CONTROL panel which buttons are still functional?

Answer 31

º EMER CANC º ALL º CLR º STS º RCL

Question 32

What does the EMER CANC do?

Answer 32

º Cancels the current Level 1 or 2 warning for the remainder of the flight º Cancels the current Level 3 warning for that occurrence

Question 33

What do you look for on the PRELIMINARY FLIGHT DECK PREPARATION quantity check?

Answer 33

º ENG – oil quantity above 9.5 quarts + 0.5 quarts per planned flight hours º HYD – hydraulic quantity indexes in normal filling range º DOOR – oxygen pressure - if half boxed in amber, check the MIN FLT CREW OXY CHART (PRC)

Question 34

What occurs when the T.O. CONFIG pushbutton is pressed?

Answer 34

º The system simulates the application of T.O. power and checks certain systems for proper configuration º A warning is displayed if and system is not configured properly º “TO CONFIG NORMAL” is displayed in the TO MEMO section if the configuration is correct