SMC Flashcards
(35 cards)
Name a party not involved in coordination and reporting during emergencies.
Research and Development department.
State the situations SMC personnel must report to operational controllers.
Operation related equipment malfunction; Degradation of system.
State the necessity of performing regular routine checks of ATM technical systems.
Yes, routine checks of system function are important part of seamless operation and maintenance strategy.
What should all ATM technical systems typically have for monitoring and control?
Built-in tests, native monitoring and control system on a dedicated workstation, an interface to a (third party) unified central monitoring system
What should a hierarchical architecture of monitoring and control system do?
(1) Not allow monitoring of individual system’s resources
(2) propagate alerts and warnings to superordinate blocks
(3) show a clearly arranged overview of the technical systems
Why is coordination and reporting required for ATSEPs?
Coordination is necessary to deconflict multiple outages.Reporting is a legal requirement.
What is typically NOT monitored by SMC?
Office printers
List typical tasks performed by SMC personnel.
Checking the operational equipment for malfunctions; Initiating operational equipment repair; Activating fall back procedures.
Which technique should NOT be employed to make configuration changes?
Using trial and error method
What is a “Change” with regard to technical services in ANS?
The addition, modification or removal of anything that could have an effect on services, Replacing a module by a module with similar function from another manufacturer
Identify colors that do not indicate ‘OK’ status in monitoring systems.
Blue color; Red color.
List actions an ATSEP is authorized to take during a system failure.
Detection of the system failure; Communication with ATCO; Notification of events.
What are commonly used concepts for ATC system configurations?
Duplication of systems, Duplication of components, Multiple modular redundancy
Identify who is not responsible for resolving an ATSEP team member’s absence.
ATC Supervisor; CEO; Security Manager.
What is the aim of the SMC team in case of a system failure impacting ATC services?
Get the system repaired as soon as possible, find a solution to restore the impacted service, inform the ATC supervisor about the impact on ATC services and expected duration
What does NOT have to be considered for a major system change?
Rostering of the administrative department
Who can repair a system in case of a failure impacting ATC services?
Staff of technical services who are not in SMC team, the SMC team, external companies under ATSEP coordination
List parties involved in coordination and reporting during emergencies.
ATC Supervisors; ATSEP Supervisors; Police; Management.
Maintenance actions on operationally used technical systems …
Shall be planned/coordinated and recorded in technical logs.
Identify a task not performed by SMC personnel.
Performing on-site maintenance on equipment at remote locations.
What is necessary before performing a configuration change on an operational ANS system?
Test the new configuration, e.g. on a test & validation platform (offline), coordinate the change and its implications with users (ATCOs, Supervisors, …)
Identify incorrect durations for storing ATM related recorded data.
3 days; 3 weeks; 3 months.
State who is responsible for resolving an ATSEP team member’s absence.
It shall be defined in the organisational documents.
What techniques can be employed to make a configuration change?
Physically switching the equipment, Changing the software version when there is a fault
