Important Questions 11A

1. A Lighting System used to provide illumination for Individual instruments and Controls on Various
cockpit panels:
a) Flood Light
b) Integral Light
c) Pillar & Bridge Light

2. The Pressure sensing element used in Altimeter Instrument is:

a) Bourdon Tube
b) Evacuated Metal Capsule
c) U- Shaped Bracket

3. Rigidity of Gyroscope depends on:

a) Mass and Speed of Rotation
b) Angular Change in direction of plane of Rotation
c) Moment of Inertia

4. The Horizontal angle contained between the true and Magnetic Meridian is known as:
a) Angle of Dip
b) Angle of Meridian
c) Angle of Declination (Magnetic Variation)

5. The angle the Line of Force makes with the Earth’s Surface:
a) Angle of Dip
b) Angle of Meridian
c) Angle of Dip (Magnetic Inclination)

6. Rectification is the process of Converting:

a) A high value of AC in Lower Value
b) AC to DC
c) DC to AC

7. In a Voltage Transformer:
a) Primary Winding in Series with Supply Voltage
b) Primary Winding in Parallel with Supply Voltage
c) Several Connections

8. In a Rotary Inverter:
a) DC Motor drives a AC Generator
b) DC Generator drives AC Motor
c) AC Generator drives AC Motor

9. MTCS Regarding Strobe Light:

a) Depending on Size of A/C, strobe light may be installed on wing tip to supplement navigation
light.
b) Can be used to supplement conventional Red Beacon & can be function solely as beacon
c) Frequency is 70 Cycle per min.
 d) ATA

10. Input Supply for Strobe Light is :

a) AC
b) DC
c) AC or DC

11. Lightening used for general illumination, instruments, control panels, pedestals side console and
Area of Cockpit floors:
a) Electroluminescent Lighting
b) Flood Lighting
c) Pillar & Bridge Lighting

12. Above 30 Mhz which waves are utilized:

a) Radio Waves
b) Sky Waves
c) Space Waves

13. Which Bus bar will include instrument equipment required for continued Safe operation of A/C
in case of emergency?
a) Essential Bus
b) Non-Essential Bus
c) Safety Bus

14. MTCS regarding PA System:

a) PA voice announcement are integrated with passenger entertainment system so that safety
announcement can be over & above entertainment channel.
b) It is not integrated with passenger entertainment system.

15. PA System is controlled by a selector panel located in :

a) Instrument Panel
b) Cabin Crew station
c) Overhead Panel

16. ‘No Smoking’ and ‘Fasten Seat Belt’ lights up when switched ON are Identified by :
a) Single High Chime
b) Single Low Chime
c) Single High/Low Chime

17. Satellite Communication uses LEO satellites to:

a) Provide greater Coverage
b) Maintain a geostationary position
c) Minimize Voice Delay

18. What Type of Modulation can be used in VHF range and above :
a) Frequency
b) Amplitude
c) Both
19. The antenna output can be measured by :
a) SWR meter
b) LC Circuit
c) Power Amplifier

20. Nav Light Supply:

a) 28V DC
b) 28V AC
c) 115V AC
d) Both a) and b)

21. MTCS for Nav Lights :

a) Nav Lights are based on regulations that define the color, Location and Beam Divergence
b) Legal Requirement for Night Flying
c) Are Based on Filament Lamps, providing steady illumination.
d) Wing lamps are 20 W fi lament lamps, the tail lamp is 10 W.
e) Coloured filters produce the specific colors and these filters must not shrink, fade or
become opaque.
f) ATA.

22. MTCS :
a) Do not handle strobe tubes with bare hands;
b) Moisture causes local hot-spots that can lead to premature failure.
c) ATA

23. Color of flight compartment lights is normally white:

a) Reduces the power and heat. Better Illumination
b) improves contrast on the instruments
c) reduces eye fatigue
d) ATA

24. The starboard wing tip navigation light has the following color and divergence:
(a) red and 110 degrees
(b) green and 110 degrees
(c) white and +_ 70 degrees.

25. Master caution and warning lights are located on the:

(a) lower instrument panel
(b) upper instrument panel
(c) overhead panel.

26. MTCS regarding Lights :

a) A White steady light is required of at least 3 Candelas
b) The Arc of Landing Light is 11 deg.
c) Angle of Runway Turn Off is 50 deg.
d) Visible angle of White Tails Lights is 140 Deg & Wing Nav Lights is 110 Deg.
e) ATA
27. MTCS for Warning and Indicatory Lights:
a) To alert the flight crew to conditions affecting the operation of a/c systems
b) Warning lights alert the flight crew of unsafe conditions. Red
c) Caution Lights indicate abnormal but not necessarily dangerous conditions .Amber
d) Indicating or Advisory Lights indicates that a system is operable or a Safe Condition. Blue
/Green
e) All of the above

28. Lights dimming is done by 2 Ways :

a) Dimming resistor included in Lt. Circuit
b) Lens Cap may incorporate IRIS type Diaphragm which can be opened /closed by rotating the
Cap.
c) Lts used for warning don’t include dimming facility because of Danger of escaping notice.
d) Power supplies for Warning & Indicator Lts are derived from the DC distribution system.
e) ATA

29. MTCS about Ice Insp. Or Wing Scan Lights :

a) Recessed into Sides of the fuselage preset to direct lt. beam at required angles.
b) Check Ice formation on wing leading edges and Eng. Intake
c) Sealed Beam type with Filament Lamps of 50-250 Watts. AC/DC type
d) Rear Mounted Eng. Lamps recessed into the trailing edge sections of Wings
e) ATA

30. Short Term Turn indication during turn is given by:

a) Horizontal Gyro
b) Compass
c) Directional Gyro

31. Fuel System operating at 430 should not have:

a) Contamination
b) Vapour Lock

32. MTCS about Lindbergh Fire Detection system:

a) 2 Conductors placed between thermostat
b) Gas filled tube with Titanium sending element
c) Gas filled tube ambient pressure change due to Temp. Change.

33. HF frequency is :
a) 3-30 Mhz
b) 30-300 Mhz
c) 300-3000 Mhz

34. MTCS about 1 & 3 generation IMA:

a) 1st Gen are CLOSED and 3rd Gen are OPEN type

35. SCR are also known as :

a) Thermistor
 b) Thyristor
c) Transistor

36. MTCS about Compass:

a) Mag. Sys. Housed in a bowl, Liquid Damping, Liquid expansion compensation & deviation
Compensation
b) Comprised of Annular Cobalt-Steel Magnet attached to light alloy Card(increments of 10o
c) Pendulously suspended by an Iridium Tipped Pivot resting in a Sapphire Cup
d) Pivot pt. is above Center of Gravity balanced in such a way as to minimize the effects of
Angle of Dip over wide range of Latitudes (N or S)
e) The Safe distance is measured from the Centre of a compass to the nearest pt. on the
surface of equipment
f) ATA

37. MTCS Compass fluid used :

a) Silicon Fluid to make the compass Aperiodic
b) It also provides Buoyancy, diminishing the effect of friction and wear.
c) Changes in Volume due temp. are compensated by bellows type expansion device, secured
to the rear of the bowl.
d) ATA

38. Altimeter setting to read Zero at airport :

a) QFE
b) QNH
c) QNE

39. TCAS which advisory is crucial:

a) TA
b) RA
c) Audio warning saying “ TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ”

40. MTCS for TCAS :

a) TA comes on EHSI
b) RA comes on EASI
c) ATA

41. The passenger address (PA) system is primarily a safety system that provides passengers with:
(a) In-flight entertainment
(b) Reduced amount of IFE wiring to a seat position
(c) Voice announcements and chime signals.

42. Audio-video on demand (AVOD) entertainment enables passengers to:

(a) pause, rewind, fast-forward or stop a programme
(b) make phone calls via satellite communication
(c) ignore PA system voice announcements and chime signals.

43. Radio waves tend to propagate mainly as line of sight (Space Wave) signals in the:
(a) MF band
 (b) HF band
(c) VHF band.

44. In the HF band radio waves tend to propagate over long distances as: (Ref : A/C Comm/Nav-
Tooley)
(a) ground waves
(b) space waves
(c) ionospheric waves.

45. Wavelength depends upon :

a) Frequency
b) Frequency band

46. The function of the squelch stage in an aircraft VHF radio is:
(a) to eliminate noise when no signal is received
(b) to increase the sensitivity of the receiver for weak signals
(c) to remove unwanted adjacent channel interference.

47. The disadvantage of narrow channel spacing is:

(a) the need for increased receiver sensitivity
(b) the possibility of adjacent channel interference
(c) large amounts of wasted space between channels.

48. The standard for ACARS is defined in:

(a) ARINC 429
(b) ARINC 573
(c) ARINC 724 prev. 597

49. ACARS is a digital data link system transmitted in the:

(a) VHF range (129-137 Mhz)
(b) LF range
(c) UHF range.

50. MTCS for ACARS :

a) Downlink messages that originate from the aircraft
b) Uplink messages that originate from ground stations
c) The ACARS Command, Control and Management Subsystem consists of the ground based
airline operations
d) data rate is low
e) messages comprise plain alphanumeric characters
f) ATA

51. A method used in modern aircraft for reporting in-flight faults to an engineering and monitoring
ground station is:
(a) TCAS II
(b) ACARS
(c) GPS.
52. Light used for separate instrument illumination:
a) Integral
b) Pillar or bridge light

53. Eng. RPM, Fuel flow indication shown on :

a) Primary EICAS
b) Secondary EICAS
c) PFD

54. Moving MAP shown on IFE:

a) Takes from a/c Nav sys
b) Separate sensor avlb.
c) Does not interfere with a/c Nav.

55. IFE power supply comes from:

a) Must be independent from a/c main power

56. MTCS for BITE :

a) Self-test feature built into airborne equipment as an integral fault indicator
b) a signal flow type test.
c) assist the avionics engineer with troubleshooting
d) ATA

57. Covering of a Position lights should be:

a) Heat Resistant
b) Opaque & HR
c) Transparent & HR

58. MTCS for Angle of attack :

a) Indicators are connected to alpha sensors of a stall warning system
b) Located adjacent to that indicating Vertical speed on the EADI
c) Pointer referenced against horizontal Yellow, Green and Red bands, signifying the angle at
which stick pusher operates.
d) ATA

59. MTCS for TCAS :

a) TCAS is an airborne system based on secondary radar
b) White Diamond, Red Square, Amber Circle
c) ATA

60. TCAS II requires which type of ATC transponder:

(a) Mode S
(b) Mode A
(c) Mode C

61. TCAS interrogation codes are transmitted and received on:

a) 1030 MHz and 1090 MHz carrier waves (UHF Band)
 b) 1090 MHz and 1030 MHz carrier waves

62. What colour and shape of symbol is used for proximity traffic:
(a) Solid red square
(b) Solid cyan diamond
(c) Solid orange circle.

63. Alternator Zero Factor is used to measure:

a) Efficency
b) Load

64. IMA for Electrical Load and Distributions:

a) ELMS
b) AIMS
c) Card System

65. IMA in 777 uses which ARNIC :

a) 629
b) 429
c) AFDX

66. IMA in A380 uses which ARNIC :

a) 629
b) 429
c) AFDX

67. SATCOM uses :

a) Geostationary Satellites
b) VHF
c) HF

68. MTCS
a) Water can be used on class A fires
b) Water can be used on class D fires

69. Landing Lights are:

a) Sealed beam devices
b) 600-1000W filament Lamps
c) Parabolic Reflector concentrates Light in a Directional Beam
d) Located on the wing tips or on the front of the fuselage
e) ATA

70. Do not Touch with Bare hands, will lead to premature failure of which type of light :
a) Xenon
b) Fluorescent
c) Incandescence

71. MTCS regarding Magnetic Lines:

 a) Isogonic Lines: places having equal variation
b) Agonic Lines: places where the variation is zero
d) Isoclinals Lines :Same dip angle are joined by lines
e) Aclinic line (Magnetic Equator) : the angle is zero are joined by a line
f) ATA

72. Lift depends upon :

a) Angle of attack
b) Wing Shape
c) ATA

73. Fibre optics communication network uses:

a) T Junction
b) Y Junction
c) Ring Topology
d) Both B & C

74. Modulation which works with HF & VHF:

a) AM
b) FM
c) Both

75. Flight Management System with Engine Thrust:

76. DFDR “EVENT” button is for:

a) a discrete signal on the recording to highlight the timing of the event

77. The DFDR requires an electronic process such that:

(a) Digitally coded data can be converted back(decoded) into its analogue form
(b) Digitally coded data can be converted back(encoded) into its analogue form
(c) Analogue data can be converted back(decoded) into its digital form.

78. AIDS purpose:

a) Recording & performance monitoring

79. The ______ mode used for digital data outside HF system:
a) AM
b) Data
c) CWI

80. Equivalent Airspeed:

a) CAS
b) TAS
c) IAS

81. Max. Deviation of magnetic Compass:

a) 2o b) 5o
82. A loop antenna is used for:
(a) VOR and ADF,
(b) ADF and Omega
(c) Omega and VOR.

83. Above 30 MHz propagation is by:

(a) space wave
(b) sky wave
(c) ground wave.

84. MTCS about Turn Coordinator:

a) It senses rotation about the Roll & Yaw axis
b) It senses rotation about the Roll & Pitch axis
c) It senses rotation about the Pitch & Yaw axis

85. Rho-theta navigation is the basis of

(a) VOR/DME, (b) Omega, (c) ADF.

86. To avoid earth loops in audio systems cable screens should be :

(a) earthed at both ends
(b) not earthed at either end
(c) earthed at one end only

87. If the variable phase leads the reference phase by 30" the magnetic bearing to the VOR station
will be :
a) 30o b) 210o c) 150o

88. The frequency range of a VOR receiver is

(a) 108 to 117.95 MHz
(b) 108 to 1 1 1.95 MHz
(c) I l8 to 135.95 MHz.

89. TACAN beacons transmit in the range:

(a) 962 to 1213 MHz
(b) 1030 to 1090 MHz
(c) 978 to 1213 Mhz

90. DME gives (a) range, (b) slant range, (c) ground

91. If a DME is in track subsequent loss of signal will cause the equipment to
(a) Search
(b) automatically standby
(c) go into memory

92. FMS outputs data to :

a) EFIS Displays
b) Communication Management Units
 c) Autopilot and Auto throttle
d) ATA

93. The essential crew to to FMS is achieved thru:

a) CDU b) EFIS c) CMS

94. CDU provides a very powerful interface tool using:

a) Mode and Function Keys
b) Soft Keys
c) Alpha Numeric Keys
d) ATA

95. In SATCOM what is Spot Beam :

a) Enable the reuse of the same frequency in 2 separate areas at the same frequency

96. In SATCOM owing to LOW GRAZING ANGLES coverage begins to downgrade beyond :
a) Downgrade beyond 800 North& South Latitude and fades completely beyond 850

97. NSS (Network Server System ) is for :

a) Flight crew
b) Cabin Crew
c) Passenger
d) ATA

98. MTCS regarding IMA :

a) LRU is better than LRM
b) LRM is better than LRU
c) IMA uses LRU and used in rack

99. Servo System :

a) Follows the Input Command
b) Correct itself by giving feedback

100. MTCS for Current Limiter :

a) Slow-Blow Fuse
b) Short delay before metal link melts & disconnect the circuit
c) Made of Copper with higher melting melting pt. than other fuses.
d) Carry more than its rated Capacity & carry a heavy overlaod for a short time
e) ATA

101. RMS value of a half wave rectifier is 10A.Find the RMS value of Full wave rectification:
a) 20 A
b) 14.14A
c) 20/^
d) 40/^

102. The disadvantage of Short Pitch Field wound generator:

a) Reduces harmonics in the output voltage
 b) Reduces armature output Voltage
Note : Advantages of Short Pitch Coil:
 Short Pitching reduces the amount of copper needed for End Connection when
compared with Full Pitched Coil as can be observed from the figure above.
 They improve the waveform of generated EMF i.e. generated EMF can be made to
approximate to a sine wave more easily and the distorting harmonics can be
reduced or totally eliminated
 They save Copper of end connections
 They improve the wave form of the generated emf
 The distorting harmonics can be reduced or totally eliminated
 Due to Elimination of high frequency harmonics, eddy current & hysteresis losses
 are reduced thereby increasing the efficiency
The disadvantages of using short-pitch winding are that:
 the total voltage around the coils is somewhat reduced
 Voltage induced in the 2 sides of the short pitched coil are slightly out of phase,
 their resultant vectorial sum is less than their arithmetical sum.
Winding employing Short pitched coils is called Chorded Winding
103. Lap and wave winding of DC generator:
Note : Lap windings is suitable for comparatively low voltage but high current Generators
Wave Windings is used for high voltage low current machines

104. Which light cannot be tested by Ohmmeter?

a) Halogen
b) Xenon lamp
c) Incandescent
d) Fluorescent

105. Cladding material in fibre optics has :

a) Lower refractive index than the core
b) Higher refractive index than the core
c) Same refractive index than the core

106. Advantages of fibre optics :

a) Relative freedom from electromagnetic interference
b) Electrical isolation and freedom from earth/ground loops.
c) wide bandwidth and very high data rates can be supported
d) reduced noise and cross-talk compared with conventional copper cables
e) ATA

107. Attenuation in an optical fibre is due to:

(a) absorption, dispersion, and radiation
(b) absorption, scattering, and radiation
(c) absorption, cross-talk, and noise

108. In addition to magnetic heading deviation shows in EHSI from :

a) ILS receiver
b) VOR Radial
c) ADF
109. Synchro mechanism used are :
a) Autosyn & Selyn
b) Micro desyn & desynn
c) Magnysn
d) Both A & B

110. In a 6 pole DC gen, 90o mechanical turn equal to _____ no. elec Deg.:
a) 30 b) 270 c) 45

111. What type of Modulation can be used in VHF range and above:
a) AM b) FM c) Both

112. Taxi & Landing Lts. Switched on by relay or Soleniod because:

A High Wattage

113. Three Basic kind of Instruments:

a) Flight, Engine & Navigation

114. What is absolute Pressure?

a) When a force is compared to Total Vacuum

115. Altimeter that measure altitude by measuring the atmospheric pressure is known as :
a) Radio Altimeter b) Pressure Altimeter

Short Notes:
Rigidity Factors: (1). The mass of the rotor
(2). The speed of rotation
(3). Distance at which the mass acts from the center (the radius of gyration)

Rate of Precession depends upon : (1). the strength and direction of the applied force
(1). the moment of inertia of the rotor
(1). the angular velocity of the rotor.