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Instrumentation QB 022-02

1 - The disadvantages of a float type fuel gauge are:

1. The design is complex.
2. The indications are influenced by the airplane attitude variations.
3. The indications are influenced by the accelerations.
4. The indications are influenced by temperature variations.
The combination regrouping all the correct statements is:

a) 1, 2, 3, 4
b) 2, 3
c) 2, 3, 4
d) 1
2 - A float type fuel gauge:
1. gives a mass information
2. gives information independent of aircraft's manoeuvres and attitude changes
3. gives information all the more accurate as the tank is full
4. is typically a DC powered system
The combination that regroups all of the correct statements is:
a) 1, 2, 3, 4
b) 1, 3, 4
c) 1
d) 4
3 - The capacity fuel gauges provide information:
a) on mass whose indication varies with the temperature of the fuel.
b) on mass whose indication is independent of the temperature of the fuel.
c) which is independent of the temperature of the fuel.
d) which varies with the temperature of the fuel.
4 - The float type fuel gauges provide information on:
a) mass with the result that the indication is independent of the temperature of
the fuel.
b) volume with the result that the indication is independent of the temperature
of the fuel.
c) mass with the result that the indication varies with the temperature of the
fuel.
d) volume with the result that the indication varies with the temperature of the
fuel.

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5 - The quantity of fuel in the tanks is measured by capacitor type contents gauges.
The working principle of these sensors is to measure the:
a) di-electric resistivity of the fuel.
b) height of the fuel.
c) volume of the fuel.
d) charge of condensers.
6 - Concerning a fuel gauge system, a pilot is more interested in the:
a) volume of the fuel than the permittivity of the fuel.
b) mass of the fuel than the volume of the fuel.
c) volume of the fuel than the density of the fuel.
d) volume of the fuel than the mass of the fuel.

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