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Question 1

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1.1 In the first solo across the Atlantic in 1927, how did Charles Lindbergh keep control of the airplane while flying in clouds and darkness?
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Question 2

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Name three instruments used by the Wright Brothers in their first flight that marked the begin­ning of what would become "avionics".
Answer
  • Stopwatch
  • turn-and bank
  • Prop counter
  • Wind speed
  • earth inductor compass

Question 3

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1.3 What generated power for Lindbergh's earth induct compass?
Answer
  • a battery
  • an anemometer
  • an alternator
  • an engine

Question 4

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1.4 Which of the following sys­tems airlines not consider part of "avionics"?
Answer
  • Turbocharching
  • fire de­tection
  • landing gear
  • air conditioning
  • water-waste
  • air
  • starting

Question 5

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1.5 What technology was widely adopted in avionics to reduce size and weight, as well as provide greatly increased function.
Answer
  • semiconductor
  • radio waves
  • transponder
  • vacuum tubes

Question 6

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1.6 What system, made possible by digital elec­tronics, greatly reduces the problem of mid-air collisions?
Answer
  • RVSM
  • AP
  • EGPWS
  • TCAS

Question 7

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1.7 What replaces early "steam gauges" in air­craft instrument panels?
Answer
  • Flat LCD panels
  • CRT panels
  • some other crazy answer

Question 8

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1.8 How can the function of an electronic instru­ment be easily enhanced?
Answer
  • by upgrading its software
  • by purchasing a new instrument
  • by changing its sensors
  • by apply contact cleaner

Question 9

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1.9 What does "CNS," which describes basic functions of avionics, stand for?
Answer
  • Center of Nautical Instrument
  • Communications-Navegations-Survillance

Question 10

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1.10 "FADEC" is.
Answer
  • An automatic electronic system that controls engine efficiency by using the less fuel as possible
  • An automatic electronic system that controls airplane primary control surfaces in order to take workload from the pilot

Question 11

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1.11 Name the world body that deliberates fu­ture aviation technology? 
Answer
  • ANAC
  • INAC
  • FAA
  • AMC

Question 12

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2.1 Radio frequencies are measured in Hertz (Hz), after Heinrich Hertz, What was his contribution to communications?
Answer
  • enable peoble to communicate using air as a transport medium
  • "nothing I guess"

Question 13

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What was the first system for marking cross-country airways?
Answer
  • NDB
  • ADF
  • lighted beacons
  • radio airways

Question 14

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What was the first instrument to enable pi­lots to maintain control of an airplane without see­ing outside the cockpit?  
Answer
  • turn and bank indicator
  • turn and bank coordinator
  • TCAS
  • Artifitial Horizont

Question 15

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What component led to the artificial horizon and autopilot?
Answer
  • Vacuum pump
  • auto pilot computer
  • gyro

Question 16

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? Name the developer of the autopilots early systems.
Answer
  • Thorne-Baker
  • Jimmy Doolittle
  • Alexander Graham Bell
  • Elmer Sperry

Question 17

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What type of transmitter sent the first radio message from an airplane to the ground?
Answer
  • high frecuency transmitter
  • Marconi transmitter
  • piezo electric transmitter
  • Delco transmitter

Question 18

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Who was the pioneer who flew the flrst in­ strument flight, sometimes known as "blind flying," in 1929?
Answer
  • Jimmy Doolittle
  • Samuel Morse
  • Elmer Sperry

Question 19

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What system in Air Traffic Control replaced position reports by voice?  
Answer
  • reports by Morse code
  • reports by ACARS
  • Reports by datalink

Question 20

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3.2 What is the frequency coverage of the VHF com band?
Answer
  • 3 to 30 Mhz
  • 30 to 300 Mhz
  • 300 to 3000 Mhz

Question 21

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What is the narrowest spacing for channels in the VHF com band?
Answer
  • 3.88 Khz
  • 8.33 Khz
  • 8.33 Mhz
  • 25 Khz

Question 22

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3.6 What is the purpose of a mic key line?
Answer
  • provide the signal that de-activate the microphone
  • provide the signal that activate the microphone
  • call Mic Key
  • Permits the use of the comminication receiver

Question 23

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3.7 A typical com radio has two frequencys
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 24

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3.8 What is the purpose of a squelch?
Answer
  • Allows the user to hear throught the radio interference Caused by the atmosphere
  • is provides the mean so the user can perform a quick test on the com receiver
  • it provides interfece between ATC and pilot
  • is a filter of atmospheric noise that incorporate the receiver in order to provide a clean sound

Question 25

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3.9 What function does the "com test" control pro­vide?
Answer
  • disable the squelch
  • activate the squelch
  • is the squelch back up fuction

Question 26

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3.10 Where is the LRU (line replaceable unit) for a com transceiver of a large aircraft located?
Answer
  • wheel well compartment
  • electronic bay
  • cockpit
  • landing gear

Question 27

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3.11 What is a radio management system?
Answer
  • I dont know, it does not really exist
  • is a unit the provide all of the differents com LRU control buttons and advisories in a single unit
  • It is a universal com control panel located on the cockpit

Question 28

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3.12 What is the third VHF com radio of an air­Iiner often used for?
Answer
  • back up of the com 1 and com 2
  • sat com interface
  • ACARS
  • SELCAL

Question 29

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4.1 Are High Frequency communications not as reliable as those of VHF because the ionosphere is always changing between day and night and season to season
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 30

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4.2 What is the advantage of "Autotune.“
Answer
  • reduced pilot workload
  • permits the use of the auto tune trailing edge antenna at the aft of the airplane

Question 31

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it concentrates all of the transmitter power in only on of three components
Answer
  • LSB modulation
  • USB modulation
  • AM modulation
  • carrier wave

Question 32

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4.4 What made HF datalink successful?
Answer
  • the extremely huge antennainternetworked
  • HFDL system relationship to HF voice
  • Automatic selection of data rates:
  • Digital signal processing
  • pre-assigned frequency to communicate with the responsible ATC
  • HF ground stations

Question 33

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4.7 What is the purpose of an HF antenna cou­pler?
Answer
  • tunes antenna
  • auto tune the antenna
  • it is just the component that couple the antenna to its mounting

Question 34

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4.6 check the correct aseverations on HF datalink
Answer
  • Data Relieves Congestion on Voice Frequencies
  • -Data Detects Errors and Automatically Retransmits
  • Shorter Message Transmission Time (Iess than 3 seconds vs more than 1 minute)
  • it is the preffered system of communications in short fligths

Question 35

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5.1 Select those that are true about satellite communications?
Answer
  • it is Free from at­mospheric interference and limited bandwidth
  • it is not Free from at­mospheric interference and limited bandwidth
  • Satcom signals penetrate the ionosphere without bending or reflecting
  • Satcom signals can not penetrate the ionosphere without bending or reflecting
  • are unaffected by electrical noise or weather
  • are affected by electrical noise or weather

Question 36

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5.2 What is the name of the next generation air traffic control system based on satellites?
Answer
  • SATCOM
  • FANS
  • ACARS
  • GPS

Question 37

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5.3 How many Inmarsat satellites provide global coverage, and where are they located?
Answer
  • They are 24 satellites of GPS constellation in six planes
  • four satellites that hover over the equator
  • they are four satellites that are not geostacionary instead each one can see all the following regions 871 Atlantic Ocean Region – East (AOR-E) 872 Pacific Ocean Region (POR) 873 Indian Ocean Region (IOR) 874 Atlantic Ocean Region – West (AOR-W

Question 38

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The two major components of the satcom system are Ground Earth Station and Aircraft Earth Station
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 39

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satcom antenna that supports the full range of satcom services
Answer
  • low gain
  • intermedium gain
  • high gain

Question 40

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select satcom antennas that must be highly directional?
Answer
  • low gain
  • high gain
  • conformal
  • intermedium gain

Question 41

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5.9 After satellite messages are received at a GES, how do they get to their final destination?  
Answer
  • Trough telecommunications services throughout the world.
  • trough satellite dishes over the world.

Question 42

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5.10 On what band does the aircraft send and receive satellite communications?
Answer
  • HF
  • VHF
  • UHF

Question 43

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5.11 What is the purpose of a Beam Steering Unit?
Answer
  • keeps the elements pointed at the satellite as the airplane posi­tion changes
  • converts signals from an intermediate frequency up into the L-band
  • SDU inter­faces with the airplane navigation system

Question 44

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5.12 What is the typical location on the airplane for an electromechanically steered antenna?
Answer
  • under the airplane
  • at the top of vertical stabilizer
  • inside the vertical stabilizer
  • electronic bay

Question 45

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5.13 communications satellites appear to remain fixed in one position?
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 46

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6.1 What is the meaning of the abbreviation "ACARS"?
Answer
  • Aircraft Communication Addressing and Repair System
  • Aircraft Communication Air and Reporting System
  • Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System

Question 47

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6.2 What type of communications occur on ACARS?
Answer
  • datalink through LF
  • datalink through L band
  • datalink through VHF
  • datalink through HF
  • datalink through UHF

Question 48

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6.3 networks operates ground and satellite services for ACAR are ARINC and SITA
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 49

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6.4 What is the meaning of the ACARS message "0001 OFF"
Answer
  • preflight and taxi
  • en route
  • approach and landing
  • none of the options

Question 50

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6.5 an ACARS message received only by the aircraft it’s intended for?
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 51

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7.1 What does the contraction "Selcal” mean?
Answer
  • Sectional calling
  • Local calling
  • selective calling

Question 52

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7.2 Select the reasons why Selcal is used.
Answer
  • During oceanic flights, aircraft monitor a HF (high frequency) radio for clearances from a ground controller from long period of time
  • HF reception is often noisy
  • a pilot prefers to turn down the audio He will not miss calls intended for him
  • VHF com are not to trust

Question 53

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7.3 How many tones are in a Selcal code?
Answer
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Question 54

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7.4 How many Selcal tone pairs are transmitted simultaneously? 
Answer
  • 1
  • 2
  • 4

Question 55

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7.5 Can two aircraft have the same Selcal code?
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 56

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7.6 if a pilot receives a Selcal intended for a different airplane
Answer
  • the system is faulty
  • the pilot should double check with the controller

Question 57

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8.1 how many are sent out by an ELT during a distress call?
Answer
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 9

Question 58

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8.2 an ELT must be mounted
Answer
  • perpendicular with the direction of flight
  • in line with the direction of flight
  • it does not matter

Question 59

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8.3 Name the satellites that pick up and relay ELT signals?
Answer
  • Cospas
  • Sarsat
  • Doppler
  • Leosar
  • Geosar

Question 60

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8.4 a geostacionary satellite
Answer
  • Doppler shift
  • receive a distress message that contains the airplane’s position provided by a GPS

Question 61

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8.5 a G-switch
Answer
  • is the Test switch on cockpit
  • is the Geostacionary switch
  • is the impact switch

Question 62

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The 406 system is a mixture of Leosar and Geosar satellites. Leosar ("low earth orbit search and rescue") completely covers the globe
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 63

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9.1 Is there a combined VOR and Tacan navigational station?
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 64

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9.2 What problem of early radionavigation did VOR overcome?
Answer
  • lights houses worked perfectly
  • expensive stations
  • bad weather nav

Question 65

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9.3 VOR waves travel
Answer
  • curved
  • straight

Question 66

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9.4 Name the two major components of a VOR signal
Answer
  • frecuency modulation
  • variable phase
  • subcarrier
  • amplitud modulation
  • reference signal

Question 67

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9.5 The reference phase broadcasts in what direction?
Answer
  • 360 direction
  • 1direction
  • ommidirectional, ergo VOR

Question 68

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9.6 The variable phase rotates 60 times per second
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 69

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9.6 The variable phase rotates 10 Times per second
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 70

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9.7 What happens when the variable phase moves through magnetic north (O degrees)?
Answer
  • a reference phase beams in 360 directions
  • a reference phase is on its lowest frecuency
  • a reference phase is on its highest frecuency

Question 71

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9.8 the VOR receiver know its bearing from the VOR station by counting time
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 72

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9.9 Besides fixed and variable phase signals, are there other information broadcasted by a VOR station?
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 73

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9.10 Why is it necessary to place the reference phase signal on an FM subcarrier?
Answer
  • because it is a to low frecuency
  • because it is in a to hi frecuency
  • because its a signal with little power

Question 74

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9.11 What is the purpose of the course deviation indicator (CDI) on a VOR receiver?
Answer
  • indicates the airplane heading
  • indicates the VOR graund station magnetic bearing selected on the instrument
  • indicates the VOR graund station runway

Question 75

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• 10.2 How is RVR (Runway Visual Range) measured on an ILS runway?
Answer
  • Is estimated by a weather observer and stated in miles
  • by a transmissometer
  • By measuring the loss of light (caused by haze or fog)

Question 76

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• 10.3 Name the categories of ILS.
Answer
  • Cat I-II-III
  • Cat I-IIa-IIb- IIIa-IIIb-IIIc
  • Cat I-II-IIIa-IIIb-IIIc

Question 77

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10.4 What component of an ILS provides an ILS provides an extended centerline to the runway?
Answer
  • VNAV
  • glideslope
  • azimuth
  • LNAV
  • localizer

Question 78

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10.5 IS VNAV the ILS component that provides vertical guidance to a runway?
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 79

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10.6 How many channels are allocated to localizers?
Answer
  • 40
  • 80
  • 120

Question 80

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10.7 in general aviation The localizer frequency is selected on the
Answer
  • dedicated localizer receiver
  • dedicated ILS receiver
  • nav receiver
  • audio panel
  • glideslope receiver

Question 81

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10.8 The frequencies of the two audio tones that provide left-right guidance or localizer are
Answer
  • 90
  • 150
  • 400
  • 1300
  • 3000

Question 82

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10.9 When a localizer frequency is selected on the VOR receiver, the indicator needle indicates
Answer
  • the radial of the runway
  • the course selected on the OBS
  • fly left or right of the runway

Question 83

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10.9 When a localizer frequency is selected on the VOR receiver, the indicator needle deflected full right indicates 2.5 degrees off the center line... or more 
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 84

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10.11 The compass locator of an ILS is received on the
Answer
  • Inner marker beacon
  • middle marker beacon
  • outer marker beacon

Question 85

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10.12 The localizar frecuency is tuned automatically when glideslope frequenci is selected on the receiver?
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 86

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11.1 select What were reasons for approving the Microwave Landing System?
Answer
  • ILS has only 40 frequencies
  • An ILS serves one runway with a single course
  • the repeated "I hear music” he reported to the controller
  • Installing an ILS at an airport is not simple
  • the GPS technology was out of reach

Question 87

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11.2 MLS creates inbound courses to runways by a scanning beam which moves back and forth beyond either side of the runway, this is called the ___________________________signal.
Answer
  • glideslope
  • marker
  • localizer
  • azimuth

Question 88

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11.4 An MLS scanning beam determine the centerline of a runway by a principle called distance Reference Scanning Beam
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 89

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11.4 An MLS scanning beam determine the centerline of a runway by a principle called time Reference Scanning Beam
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 90

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11.5 Why are there so few MLS installations at airports?
Answer
  • it is to new
  • it is to expensive
  • Navstar systm was borned

Question 91

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11.6 What type of receiver can use ILS, MLS and GPS signals?
Answer
  • none
  • Multireceiver

Question 92

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On what bands does ADF operate?
Answer
  • LF
  • MF
  • HF
  • VHF
  • UHF

Question 93

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An ADF with a fixed compass card can only indicate _ bearing to an NDB (non-directional beacon) station.
Answer
  • Magnetic north
  • Magnetic bearing
  • Relative bearing
  • Magnetic heading

Question 94

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When the edge of an ADF loop points toward the station, strongest signal is received. This is known as a?
Answer
  • Peak
  • Null
  • Sense

Question 95

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When the flat side of the loop faces the station, the received signal is weakest. This is known as a?
Answer
  • Peak
  • Null
  • Sense

Question 96

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Which is used by the ADF receiver for determining direction, the peak or null?
Answer
  • Peak
  • Null

Question 97

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What is the purpose of a sense antenna?
Answer
  • Determinar dirección
  • Corregir el cuadrante
  • Determinar sentido
  • Determinar BFO

Question 98

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Is "quadrantal error, a condition in which the loop antenna is not in a extremely straight line with the NDB?
Answer
  • Falso
  • Verdadero

Question 99

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How is direction-finding selected'?
Answer
  • Activating the ADF function
  • Deactivating the ADF function
  • Activating the BFO function
  • Activating the ET/FLT function

Question 100

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What is the function of the switch marked "BFO" or "Tone"'?
Answer
  • It creates an audio from the NDB stations without audio identifier
  • It helps locate very weak NDB stations
  • Is makes possible the audio receptions if form of morse code by disabling the loop antenna

Question 101

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What type of interference may occur in a ADF receiver?
Answer
  • Night effect
  • Coastal effect
  • Attitude error
  • Electrical interference
  • Natural sources interference
  • Quadrantal error

Question 102

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An airborne DME sends out a pulse known as an?
Answer
  • Jitter
  • Interrogating pulses
  • Answer pulse
  • Slant range

Question 103

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DME is a component of a military system known as?
Answer
  • VORTAC
  • TACAN
  • MILITARY DME

Question 104

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In addition to distance-to-station, an airborne DME computes and?
Answer
  • GS
  • TTS

Question 105

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A distance error in DME is called Slant Range?
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 106

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All aircraft interrogating the same DME ground station are on the same frequency. How does an aircraft identify its replies from all others?
Answer
  • Due to the GS reply jitter is identical of that of the interrogation
  • Due to that each aircraft sends and random spacing pair of pulse that is different from all others
  • Due to that the airplane first makes a link with the ground station

Question 107

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How is a DME station tuned in?
Answer
  • With the knob in the DME panel, you select the DME frequency.
  • With the knob in the DME panel, you select the VORTAC frequency.
  • With the knob in the DME panel, you select the VOR frequency.
  • the radio automatically channels the correct DME frequency.

Question 108

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What happens when more than about 100 aircraft interrogate the same DME ground station?
Answer
  • The station reduces its receiver sensitivity*
  • Each airplane looks for its unique jitter pattern and locks on to it.
  • The system overload

Question 109

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does the DME ground station delay its reply by 50 microsecond To take time to copy aircraft interrogating panel?
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 110

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Does the DME station transmit an ID?
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 111

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A TCAS aircraft transmits an interrogation ?
Answer
  • Once per second
  • Twice per second
  • 4 times per second
  • 10 times per second

Question 112

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How does an intruder aircraft with an ATCRBS (early type) transponder reply to TCAS interrogations?
Answer
  • With an address
  • With an Threat Advisory
  • Resolution Advisory

Question 113

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How does an intruder aircraft with a Mode S transponder reply to TCAS interrogations?
Answer
  • With a 1090 MHz Datalink Resolution Advisory
  • With a 1090 MHz Datalink Threat Advisory
  • With a 1030 MHz Datalink Resolution Advisory
  • With a 1030 MHz Datalink Threat Advisory

Question 114

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How does TCAS determine the direction of a threat?
Answer
  • With the TCAS directional antenna
  • With the transponder directional antenna

Question 115

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does TCAS determine the distance of a threat the same way the SSR?
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 116

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How does TCAS determine whether the other aircraft is a threat?
Answer
  • If it is within 2.1 NM
  • If it is within 3.3 NM
  • If it is within 20 NM

Question 117

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Name the two kinds of warnings issued by TCAS
Answer
  • CA
  • RA
  • TA
  • MA

Question 118

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What does an Resolution Authority (RA) do?
Answer
  • Makes the other aircraft in collision course to appear on the screen
  • Tells the othe aircraft to fly up or down and left or right
  • Tells the othe aircraft to fly up or down

Question 119

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If two TCA aircraft are closing, what prevents them from climbing, and flying into each other?
Answer
  • The pilot resolution
  • The TCAS resolution

Question 120

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Where is the technique of “whisper-shout” most useful?
Answer
  • In cruise flight
  • In landings only
  • Near airports areas

Question 121

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does the directional antenna reduce the number of replies for each interrogation?
Answer
  • True
  • False
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