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How many navigation databases are fitted?
How often are they updated? |
2
Every 28 days |
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B767 has how many FMCs on board?
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2
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What happens if an FMC fails?
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EICAS message "FMC FAIL"
and CDU FAIL light illuminating |
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How is seniority of FMCs decided?
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Capt side is master and FO side is slave unless capt side detects fault in which case FO becomes master, capt becomes slave.
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What would the FO do if the right side FMC failed?
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Push alternate FMC button to restore EHSI and EADI displays.
Must accept range scale and mode that Capt has set on her EHSI. |
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How is seniority of CDUs decided?
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Both input information into both FMCs with equal seniority.
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To be approved for "sole means" nav, what equipment needs to be on-board?
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2 FMCs
2 CDUs 2 IRS |
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Aircraft on climb in VNAV and will not reach the minimum altitude associated with the SID at the next waypoint at current gradient of climb. What happens?
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EICAS "FMC Message"
CDU "Unable next alt" |
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Aircraft on climb approaching 6000ft. MCP alt set to 9000ft. FMC Flight planned cruise is FL310.
What happens? |
Capture and maintain 9000ft until released by crew.
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VNAV engagement is inhibited after takeoff until aircraft reaches what?
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Minimum of 400ft radio altitude.
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B767 on climb to FL300 in VNAV. MCP set to 35000ft. What happens?
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Capture and maintain FL330.
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B767 climbing in VNAV. 15,000ft on MCP altitude window. A/T engaged. FMC flight planned altitude is FL350. Centre A/P in command. What happens? What thrust/pitch EADI annunciations?
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Capture FL150.
EADI changes from N1/VNAV SPD to SPD/ALT HOLD. |
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Aircraft been held at FL170 by ATC for some time. Upon further climb clearance to FL370 what are the new thrust/pitch EADI annunciations?
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N1/VNAV SPD
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Aircraft in VNAV approaching 5000ft. SID has altitude restriction "not above 5000ft until reaching TIPSI" which is 5nm away. MCP is 35000ft. How will FMC manage the situation?
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Level off at 5000ft until reaching TIPSI then re-enters climb to capture FL350.
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Aircraft climbing in VNAV and conforming to SID which has only max speed constraint of 210kts below 10,000ft. What happens to thrust/pitch after passing 10000ft?
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AFDS lowers pitch to increase speed to economy climb speed and thrust remains at climb value as before.
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Aircraft cruising in VNAV and LNAV, A/T engaged. What EADI annunciations would you expect to see?
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SPD/VNAV PATH/LNAV/CMD
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Aircraft cruising at FL310 in VNAV with A/T and A/P engaged approaching FMCs TopD. MCP set to 35,000ft. What happens when aircraft reaches TopD?
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ALT HOLD (FL310) engages and VNAV disengages.
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Aircraft has begun descent from FL330 in VNAV and A/T at flight idle. MCP set to 12,000ft and FMC target altitude is 1,500ft. Assuming no action by crew, how will FMC manage descent?
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Capture 12,000ft. Thrust will increase to maintain speed that was held during descent.
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B767 in VNAV descent mode. Thrust EADI annunciation is?
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THRUST HOLD
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Aircraft on descent in VNAV with A/T engaged and thrust at flight idle. Due windshear, aircraft drifts above profile. What are FMC's actions?
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EICAS message "FMC message"
CDU message "DRAG REQUIRED" and CDU message light illuminates. FMC descent speed will not be exceeded. |
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What is max bank angle when FMC is flying a holding pattern?
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30 degrees.
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Once established in holding pattern, what causes aircraft to depart protected airspace?
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Airspeed or wind exceeds the ICAO assumed speeds.
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True or false?
FMC waypoint sequencing occurs even when FMC is flying a "vectors leg" as part of a SID. |
False.
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What find does FMC use to fly the holding pattern?
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Actual current wind.
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How many letters/numbers in reference codes for...?
Airports Nav Aids Enroute Waypoints |
Four letters
One to four letters Five letters |
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Aircraft engaged in LNAV approaching active holding point. Holding point entry will be based upon?
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Actual track.
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B767 pitch indication in cruise at FMC altitude is?
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VNAV PATH
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B767 pitch indication when a climb to FMC altitude is prevented by an intermediate level to that indicated in altitude window?
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ALT HOLD
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B767 in VNAV climb mode. Pitch annunciation is?
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VNAV SPD
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Aircraft in descent in VNAV, AP and A/T engaged. Greater than programmed tailwind is experienced. What would FMS do?
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Maintain speed and eventually request spoiler extension.
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B767 autothrottle indication in steady cruise at FMC altitude is?
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SPD
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Climbing in VNAV with AP and A/T engaged passing 10,000ft. Aircraft begins to accelerate to 310kts. To achieve this speed change what happens to angle of attack and thrust?
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Angle of attack decreases. Thrust remains steady.
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Aircraft being vectored to runway 24 ILS by ATC. Pilot using HDG SEL. Left AP engaged. What happens on approaching localiser centreline?
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Aircraft will pass through LOC centreline if pilot does not push "APP" mode button on AP MCP.
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Pilot manually flying aircraft maintaining FL310. MCP window shows FL130. What happens if pilot deviates from FL130 without altering MCP altitude window?
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Deviating 300ft: altitude light and master caution illuminate. EICAS "Altitude Alert" appears and caution aural.
Deviating 900ft: message disappears and lights extinguish. |
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Aircraft is being guided around a storm using HDG SEL. Once past storm, pilot pushes LNAV button to retrun to LNAV track. What happens?
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If LNAV track displacement beyond aircraft turning radius, aircraft cannot capture LNAV track. CDU message "not on intercept heading".
If track is within turn radius, will recapture track. |
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How many autopilots is 'fail passive' mode associated with?
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Two
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In "fail operational" what happens if one autopilot disagrees?
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Disagreeing AP disengages and other two will continue autoland approach.
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How many autopilots does it take to do an autoland?
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2 or 3
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For autoland, when do the multiple autopilots engage?
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1500ft radio altitude.
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When does ROLLOUT mode become armed?
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When aircraft passes 1500ft radio altitude.
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What warning is given and what action to be taken if two fuel quantity measuring systems disagree?
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FUEL DISAGREE
Make a manual selection |
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What happens if on a LAND 2 approach, one autopilot fails?
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Ensures aircraft does not deviate from safe flight path. AUTOLAND will disengage.
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Name 4 inputs into the autothrottle system.
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Vertical gyroscope
Mach number IAS AP MCP |
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During an autoland, below 1500ft radio alt, what are the armed Lateral and Vertical flight mode annunciations?
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ROLLOUT and FLARE
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CDU Message. What is the cause? High or low priority?
DRAG REQUIRED |
VNAV engaged and additional drag required to track descent path. I.e. unexpected tailwind component.
High Priority |
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CDU Message. What is the cause? High or low priority?
INSUFFICIENT FUEL |
Estimated fuel at destination is less than reserves.
High Priority |
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CDU Message. What is the cause? High or low priority?
IRS MOTION |
IRS sensed excessive aircraft motion during initialisation.
High Priority. |
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CDU Message. What is the cause? High or low priority?
IRS NAV ONLY |
FMC is navigating without radio position updating. Not acceptable for instrument approaches.
High Priority |
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CDU Message. What is the cause? High or low priority?
NO ACTIVE ROUTE |
LNAV selected but no route is activated.
High Priority |
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CDU Message. What is the cause? High or low priority?
PER/NAV UNAVAILABLE |
VNAV switch pressed without origin, gross weight, cost index and cruise altitude entry.
High Priority |
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CDU Message. What is the cause? High or low priority?
RESET MCP ALT |
Aircraft approaching TopD with MCP not set to an altitude below cruise altitude.
High Priority |
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CDU Message. What is the cause? High or low priority?
SINGLE FMC OPERATION |
One FMC is inoperative
High Priority. |
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CDU Message. What is the cause? High or low priority?
THRUST REQUIRED |
VNAV engaged, autothrottle disengaged and thrust is required to track descent path and maintain speed. I.e. unexpected headwind.
High Priority |
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CDU Message. What is the cause? High or low priority?
UNABLE NEXT ALT |
VNAV engaged and climb gradient not great enough to comply with altitude waypoint constraint.
High Priority. |
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CDU Message. What is the cause? High or low priority?
NO ACTIVE ROUTE |
DIR/INTC key pushed without active route entered. OR LNAV selected but not route is activated (high priority).
Low Priority. |
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CDU Message. What is the cause? High or low priority?
NOT ON INTERCEPT HEADING |
LNAV selected and aircraft outside active leg capture criteria.
Low Priority |
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CDU Message. What is the cause? High or low priority?
ROUTE FULL |
Total number of waypoints in Route 1 plus Route 2 has filled FMC to its max data capacity.
Low priority. |
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CDU Message. What is the cause? High or low priority?
RUNWAY N/A FOR SID |
Runway selection not compatible with SID selected.
Low Priority. |
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CDU Message. What is the cause? High or low priority?
RW/ILS FREQ ERROR |
Selected ILS frequency does not match frequency for runway in use.
Low priority. |
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CDU Message. What is the cause? High or low priority?
STANDBY ONE |
FMC route requires more than 6 seconds to display data.
Low priority. |
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CDU Message. What is the cause? High or low priority?
UNABLE CRZ ALT |
Entered cruise altitude would result in zero cruise time prediction.
Low Priority |
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When does EICAS caption "FMC Message appear?
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When there is a high priority message on the CDU.
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What is the purpose of the EADI Skypointer?
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Points to true vertical.
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When are ILS Localiser and Glideslope scales displayed?
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When ILS is tuned and valid signals are being received.
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What is the fast/slow speed deviation maximum deflection?
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+-10kts airspeed
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What does descending through Decision Height cause the EADI radalt indication to do?
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Change colour from white to amber and flash momentarily
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What does the speed tape Trend Vector show?
Where do the inputs for this come from? |
Predicted airspeed in 10 seconds time based on present acceleration/deceleration.
Inputs from IRS |
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What does the upper red and white stripped bar on the speed tape represent?
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VMO/MMO or max speed with landing gear down or max flap speed.
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What does the upper amber bar on the speed tape represent?
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Speed at which high speed buffet would occur with minimum 40 degree bank angle.
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Where do speed tape input values come from?
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CADC
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What does EADI message ATT mean?
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The selected IRS system attitude data has failed.
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What does EADI message SPD mean?
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Speed tape display is inoperative due CADC input failure.
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What would be the likely cause of captains EADI horizon not show but FO's showing?
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Left IRS has not entered "NAV" mode.
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What is the most likely cause of EADI showing all data but earth and sky shading fades?
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Partial Symbol Generator failure.
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What is the most likely cause of EADI brown and blue colours disappearing?
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Symbol generator failure.
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What is the purpose of the Autoland Status Annunciators?
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Monitor the condition of the autopilots.
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When is go-around mode armed?
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When glideslope is captured, or flaps are lowered.
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During a go-around when can the pilot select a thrust mode other than GA?
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Below 400ft if flaps are 20 or less.
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During a go-around when can the pilot select a pitch or roll mode other than GA?
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Above 400ft radio altitude.
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What is alpha floor?
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Maximum permitted angle of attack.
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What are the three limit mode annunciations?
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FLAP LIM
ALPHA SPD LIM |
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What are the EHSI modes in which the compass arc orientation is “Track Up” ?
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MAP and PLAN
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In which modes are distance to active waypoint and ETA displayed?
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All!
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With scale at 80 nm or more, airports are displayed as ?
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White circles
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With the EHSI range set to 40 nm, nearby airport runways within the FMC database show as ?
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Two solid white lines with a dashed centreline extending 14.2 nm from the runway symbol, runway number and circuit direction.
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Weather radar returns can be displayed in which modes ?
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MAP, Extended VOR and Extended ILS
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How are active waypoints and active routes displayed in MAP mode ?
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Active waypoints: magenta
Active route: solid magenta line |
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Tuned VOR beacons are shown as ?
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Green hexagons
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Nearby VOR’s which are not tuned are displayed in which colour ?
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Blue
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In which modes can navaids can be displayed?
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MAP mode only.
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The heading trend vector is available in which EHSI display modes ?
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MAP mode only
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In which modes are wind direction/speed indications available?
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All modes but PLAN
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Active route modifications are displayed as ?
In which modes? |
A dashed white line.
MAP and PLAN |
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A B767 is approaching a waypoint which is associated with a holding pattern. On the EHSI screen you note that the pattern is displayed in as a solid blue line. This means that ?
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Holding pattern is inactive. Aircraft will pass by it, continuing on active route.
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What colours are used to display holding patterns and procedure turns on the EHSI screen?
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Magenta: active.
Blue: inactive. White: modified. |
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The left EADI screen suddenly goes blank. The left EHSI screen is still fully operational. You would suspect ?
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An over-temp of the EADI screen or power failure.
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The left FMC has failed whilst in MAP mode, what indication would you get on the EHSI ?
What do you do to fix it? |
MAP flag will appear and FMC cross-side inputs will need to be selected to restore MAP function.
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In which modes are conditional waypoints displayed?
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Only altitude conditional waypoints are displayed in MAP mode.
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What are the five types of conditional waypoints?
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Altitude
Radial DME distance Intercept Heading vector |
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Where are all conditional waypoints within an FMC route displayed?
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CDU ROUTE LEGS, ARRIVALS and DEPARTURES pages.
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In which modes can TCAS symbology be displayed?
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Any display mode capable of displaying weather returns.
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