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1
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What are the leading edges of slats made of?

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Aluminium due to erosion

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Where is the first station?

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100 inches or 2540mm

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What is the lights off philosophy?

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If its on, the light is turned off

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What does a blue light indicate?

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Normal operation of a temporary system

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What does the green light indicate?

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Normal operation of a backup system

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What does a white light indicate?

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Deactivated system

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What is EIS and what is included in it?

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ECAM and EFIS

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Where is the master warning and master caution located?

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Located on the glareshield

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What do Red and Amber lights mean?

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Red - Immediate action
Amber - Failure but no immediate action

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What is the purpose of EFIS?

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Basic flight parameters

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What is the purpose of ECAM?

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Display flight parameters, faults, checklist, system status

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What is the main aircraft power source?

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IDGs
- 2 per engine
- Provides constant speed with varying engine speeds

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What is an SDAC and what does it do?

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SDAC = System Data Aquisition Concentrators
- Recieves data from the A/C systems and sends it to the Display Management Computers (DMC) to display on the ECAM

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What is the two main parts of the Engine Warning Display (EWD)

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EWD
- Upper area = Fuel On Board (FOB) and Slats/Flaps
- Lower area = Caution messages, warnings, memos

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What are the two main parts of the System Display (SD)

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SD
- Upper area = System pages and diagrams of systems
- Lower area = display permanent data

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What is the Centralized Fault Display System (CFDIU)?

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Centralizes and memorizes all info relating to system failures on the MCDU (Multipurpose Display and Control Unit).
- REPORT CAN ONLY BE PRINTED ON GROUND

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What does Split Operation mean on AC power sources?

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Never connected in parallel

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What is the sequence of power distribution to buses?

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Gen 1, AC bus 1, TRU, DC bus 1, DC Batt bus.

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Which generator supplies the two essential buses?

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Gen 1
- AC ESS is fed by AC bus 1
- DC ESS is fed by DC bus 1

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What do the essential buses do?

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Supply the most critical aircraft systems

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In the event of an emergency, what supplies the electrical power and how?

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The EMER GEN
- Needs hydraulic power via the blue system RAT

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When does the RAT drop automatically?

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In case of the loss of AC BUS 1 and 2

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Where can battery voltage be monitored?

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Overhead panel or ECAM ELEC page

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Will the activation of the red guarded RAT switch deploy the RAT with no aircraft electrics?

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Yes

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Where is the maintenance bus switch?
Fwd C/B Cabin Panel - Used on the ground to supply the service buses
26
What must be ensured before GPU is connected?
Never connected live, can cause dangerous arcing
27
What is the priority for electrical power?
1 - AC 1 & 2 buses supplying onside generator 2 - External Power 3 - APU gen 4 - Opposite Gen (Offside)
28
What controls the brightness in the FCU?
Potentiometers and slider
29
Where are the FLOOD LT switches?
Pedestal
30
Where is the External Light panel located?
Overhead panel
31
Can hydraulic fluid be transferred?
No but the power can through PTU
32
Why is the hydraulic reservoirs pressurized?
Prevent cavitation
33
How are the green and yellow and blue systems pressurized?
Green - EDP Blue - Electric Pump / RAT (2500 psi) Yellow - EDP, Electric Pump, Hand Pump (cargo door)
34
When is the blue system pressurized?
- First engine start - Manual operation for maintenance: BLUE PUMP OVRD button on the HYD maintenance panel
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What pressure does the RAT pressurize blue system to?
2500 psi
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Where is the PTU located?
Main Landing Gear bay
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Where are EDP 1 and 2 located?
Accessory Gearbox of Engine 1 (EDP 1) Accessory Gearbox of Engine 2 (EDP 2 )
38
Where are the blue, green and yellow hydraulic reservoirs?
Green - Main landing gear bay Blue - Aft of the Main landing gear bay on LH side Yellow - Yellow hydraulic bay
39
How are the Landing Gear doors operated and controlled?
Hydraulically operated, electrically controlled
40
Where are the taxi lights?
NGL
41
What hydraulic system powers the normal and alternate brake systems?
Normal: Green Alternate: Yellow, backed up by accumulator
42
What controls all braking functions?
BSCU - Braking/Steering Control Unit
43
What hydraulic system powers the parking brake?
Yellow, or the brake accumulator
44
What happens when the parking brake is ON?
All other braking modes and Anti-Skid system are deactivated?
45
On what conditions do the steering system receive hydraulic pressure?
- A/SKID and N/W steering switch is ON - Towing Lever is NORMAL - at least 1 ENG MASTER switch is ON - Aircraft is on ground
46
As a back-up, how are the stabilizer and rudder controlled and operated?
Mechanically controlled, Hydraulically operated
47
How is the THS (Trimmable horizontal stab) trimmed in flight?
Automatically
48
On what ECAM pages can you find spoilers and slat/flap indication?
Spoilers: WHEEL ECAM or Flight Control ECAM Slat/Flap: EWD or Flight control ECAM
49
What provides backup incase of complete or temporary loss of electrical power or flight control computers?
Mechanical backup
50
When the sliding arm lever is ARMED, where is the slide connected?
to the floor
51
Will the slide deploy if door is operated from the outside?
No nigga
52
Where is the status of lock/unlocked slides viewed?
ECAM
53
when are the emergency exit doors armed?
always
54
When a person tries to open the door, what indicates that the slide is ARMED?
a white SLIDE ARMED light is illuminated?
55
How are crew and passenger oxygen systems supplied?
Crew - high pressure bottle (condition indicated on ECAM DOOR/OXY) Pax - Chemical oxygen generator
56
Where is overpressure on Oxygen systems vented?
Overboard
57
On crew Oxygen masks, when the regulator is set to NORMAL what does the user breathe?
mix of oxygen and cabin air, unless 100% is selected and the user breathes 100% oxygen at all altitudes.
58
What must be ensured when transporting chemical oxygen generators?
Do no pull the safety pin and activate it
59
How is hot water supplied to lav taps?
Water heater installed under wash basin
60
How is the potable water system pressurized?
bleed air
61
What can isolate potable water in a galley or lav?
Manual shut-off valves
62
Can the potable water be serviced with or without electrical power?
yes
63
What provides the vacuum for toilets under 16,000 ft?
Vacuum generator creates delta pressure
64
What is the flush sequence?
Rinse valve, then flush valve, controlled by the FCU (Flush control unit)
65
What valves control the supply or cut off to fuel to the engines?
Low Pressure (LP) Valves
66
Where can the fuel system config be displayed?
ECAM - FOB can be indicated on the EWB
67
Where is the refuel/defuel panel?
RH side of fuselage on belly fairing
68
What happens when the FIRE P/B switch is activated and pushed?
Cuts off fuel, hydraulic, electrical and bleed supply and arms the extinguishing system
69
How many fire bottles are located in the pylon?
2 located in pylon - access panels on both sides
70
What extinguished a Lav waste bin fire?
An automatic fire extinguishing system will discharge in case of fire
71
What can the APU provide?
Independent Pneumatic and electric power
72
What controls the APU?
Electronic Control Box (ECB) - Full authority
73
What happens in case of an APU fire?
warning on ground via horn on nose wheel. Emergency shut down of APU on NGL panel (guarded switch APU SHUT OFF P/B SW)
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Where are APU parameters displayed?
- APU ECAM - Electrics - ECAM ELEC - Pneumatics - ECAM BLEED
75
What supplies the hydraulic power to operate a Thrust Reverser?
Hydraulic Control Unit (HCU) - Only available on ground
76
Are the throttle control levers (Centre pedestal) moved automatically or manually?
Only manually
77
Where is the

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