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What is therisk of breakers NOT being positioned as specified in the required MIMs?
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A/C system may be energiczed to an in flight condition resulting in injury to personnel and damage to equipment.
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To prevent shock and damage to A/C, inspect power cables and cable assemblky plugs for what?
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Internal corrosion
Damaged or missing insulator washers or sleeves |
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Prior to application and removal ensure what?
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Power source is secured
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A barometric altinmeter indeicates altitude above what?
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Sea Level
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A radar altimeter indeicates altitude above what?
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Ground Level
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What does a barometric altimeter use to indicate altitude?
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Pitot static pressure
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What does a radar altimeter use to indicate altitude?
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Radio Echos
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What do you call aposition or bearing in a horizontal plane measured clockwise from true north?
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Azimuth
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A position of an object with respect to a reference point of line, is called what?
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Bearing
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The distance of an object from an observer, is called what?
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Range
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The actual orientation of the A/C's longitudinal axis at any instance, is called what?
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Heading
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The direction an object is heading measured by true north, is called what?
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True Heading
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What type of heading uses the direction of the earth's magnetic field at that location as the reference?
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Magnetic heading
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What type of heading uses the current direction that an object is facing on the 0/360 azimuth alignment?
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Relatived Heading
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What are the advantages of using fiber optic cables?
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Improved all around system performance
Size Weight Economy |
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What is the purpose of VHF/UHF?
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Communication on a fixed or anti-jam frequency
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What does VHF and UHF stand for?
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Very High Frequency
Ultra High Frequency |
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What does IAS stand for?
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Intercommunications Audio System
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What is the IAS for?
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Rout audio signals between ground crew and air crew.
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What does TACAN stand for?
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Tactical Air Navigation
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What is the TACAN for?
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To determine the relative bearing and slant range distance and present position to other stations and A/C.
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What does INS stand for?
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Inertial Navigation System
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What is the INS for?
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To provide highly accurate A/C's present position and velocity data.
(It is a dead reckoning Navigation System) |
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What does GPS stand for?
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Global Positioning System
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What does ARI stand for?
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Attitude Reference Indicator
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What is ARI for?
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Pitch and Roll reference.
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What does ILS stand for?
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Instrument Landing System
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What does the Pitot System measure?
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Temperature
Pitot Pressure Static Pressure |
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What does AFCS stand for?
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Automatic Flight Control System
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What does ATC stand for?
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Automatic Throttle Control
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The airspeed indicator displays airspeed as a function of what?
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Pitot and Static pressure
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Airspeed is indicated in increments of how many knots? And what is the range?
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Increments of 10kn
Range of 50-200 kn |
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What does AOA stand for?
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Angle of Attack
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What does AOAT stand for?
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Angle of Attack Transmitters
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What does ADC stand for?
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Air Data Computer
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What does ADSU stand for?
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Airstream Direction Sensing Unit
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What is Data Link?
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A system connecting airborne system with a controllign shipboard, airborne, or land based combat direction system.
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What are the 4 modes of operation of the Data Link System?
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Automatic Carrier Landing (ACL)
Vector (VEC) Waypoint Alignment (ALGN) |
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What does Radar stand for?
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Radio Detecting And Ranging
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What does A/A stand for?
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Air to Air
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What does A/G stand for?
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Air to Ground
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What is RADAR for?
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Target detection
Designation Tracking Navigation |
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What does MC stand for?
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Mission Computers
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What are the 2 modes of the MC?
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A/A and A/G
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What does MDG stand for?
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Multipurpose Display Group
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What does DDI stand for?
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Digitial Display Indicators
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What does MPCD stand for?
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MultiPurpose Color Display
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What does TAMMAC stand for?
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Tactical Aircraft Moving Map Capability
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What does DMC stand for?
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Digital Map Computer
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What does TTP stand for?
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Total Temperature Probe
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What does SSR stand for?
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Solid state Recorder
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What does RMM stand for?
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Removable Memory Module
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What does AMU stand for?
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Advanced Memory Unit
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What does DFIRS stand for?
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Deployable FLight INcident Recorder Set
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What does FIRAMS stand for?
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Flight Incident Recorder and Monitoring System
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What are the 4 external light systems on the F/A-18?
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Position
Anti-collision strobe Approach Formation |
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Where are all Position Lights?
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Each wing and V Stab
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What are the AOA lights for?
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To display AOA to the LSO
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How many formation lights are there?
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8
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Locations of all formation lights
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FWD Fuselage
Each Wingtip Each V Stab Under Each V Stab |
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What does TR stand for?
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Transformer Rectifier
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What does PMG stand for?
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Permanent Magnet Generator
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What does JHMCS stand for?
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Joint Helmet Cueing System
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