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Exam simulation Aircraft General Knowledge - Instrumentation ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

Exam simulation ATPL Aircraft General Knowledge - Instrumentation 120 questions on 120 minutes

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1 - A gravity type erector is used in a vertical gyro device to correct errors on:
2 - The operation of the GPWS (Ground Proximity Warning System) is governed by laws taking the aircraft height into account as well as:1- the descent rate 2- the climb rate3- the aircraft configuration 4- the selected engine rpmThe combination regrouping all the correct statements is:
3 - The initiation of an automatic go-around can be:
4 - The principle of the Mach indicator is based on the computation of the ratio:
5 - During deceleration following a landing in a southerly direction, a magnetic compass made for the northern hemisphere indicates:
6 - The operation of the radio altimeter of a modern aircraft is based on:
7 - The CVR (Cockpit Voice Recorder) includes:1. a microphone2. a recorder in compliance with the shock and fire resistance standards3. an independent battery4. a flight data recorderThe combination regrouping all the correct statements is:
8 - At a given altitude, the hysteresis error of an altimeter varies substantially with the:
9 - A ring laser gyro can measure:
10 - A pitot tube covered by ice which blocks the ram air inlet will affect the following instrument (s):
11 - The QNH is by definition the value of the:
12 - Lights indicating the possible need for future corrective action must be:
13 - The purpose of the vibrating device of an altimeter is to:
14 - During the approach, the radio altimeter indicates 950 ft. This is:
15 - When, in flight, the needle of a needle-and-ball indicator is on the right and the ball on the left, the aircraft is:
16 - The fields affecting a magnetic compass originate from:1. magnetic masses2. ferrous metal masses3. non ferrous metal masses4. electrical currentsThe combination regrouping all the correct statements is:
17 - The speed of sound at the sea level in standard atmosphere is:
18 - A flight control system which can, in the event of a failure, complete automatically the approach, flare and landing is called fail ...
19 - During the ground run take-off phase, the auto-throttles allow to:
20 - The TCAS 2 (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) gives avoidance resolutions:
21 - If an aircraft is flying (with flaps and landing gear retracted) in proximity to terrain and its GPWS (Ground Proximity Warning System) get activated, because it is detecting that the aeroplane has an excessive rate of descent, the system provides the following aural warning signals:
22 - The rate-of-turn is the:
23 - The Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) generates the following sound signal or signals when the aircraft is sinking after a take-off or a go-around:
24 - The data supplied by a radio altimeter:
25 - An autopilot system:
26 - If the pilot increases the reference pressure using the sub-scale setting knob, the altitude indicated by the altimeter:
27 - Given:- Ts the static temperature (SAT)- Tt the total temperature (TAT)- Kr the recovery coefficient- M the Mach numberThe total temperature can be expressed approximately by the formula:
28 - When the intruding aircraft is equipped with a serviceable mode C transponder, the TCAS 2 (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) generates a:
29 - The altimeter of your aircraft indicates 11000 ft with a subscale-setting of 1013,25 mb. QNH is 1023 hPa. OAT is +3°C. The pressure altitude of the aircraft is:
30 - The magnetic heading can be derived from the true heading by means of a:
31 - The gyroscope used in an attitude indicator has a spin axis which is:
32 - The mach number is the:
33 - During deceleration following a landing in a westerly direction, a magnetic compass made for the southern hemisphere indicates:
34 - When compared with the volumetric fuel flowmeter, the mass fuel flowmeter takes into account the fuel:
35 - The vertical command bar of a flight director:
36 - A synchroscope is used on aircraft to:
37 - The aircraft radio equipment which emits on a frequency of 4400 MHz is the:
38 - With EAS and pressure altitude (Zp), we can deduce:
39 - When engaged in the lateral navigation mode (LNAV) the autopilot uses:
40 - When an aircraft has turned 90 degrees with a constant attitude and bank, the pilot observes the following on a classic artificial horizon:
41 - Indication of Mach number is obtained from:
42 - In the building principle of a gyroscope, the best efficiency is obtained through the concentration of the mass:
43 - The principle of the TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems) is based on the use of:
44 - A temperature sensor has a recovery factor of 0,95. The temperature measured is equal to:
45 - A "close traffic advisory" is displayed on the display device of the TCAS II (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) by:
46 - The FMS Overfly function consists in:
47 - When, in flight, the needle and ball of a needle-and-ball indicator are on the right, the aircraft is:
48 - In the northern hemisphere, during deceleration following a landing in a northerly direction, a direct reading magnetic compass indicates:
49 - If, in the event of a failure, the approach, flare and landing can be completed by the remaining part of the automatic system, such an automatic landing system is considered as:
50 - The gauge indicating the quantity of fuel measured by a capacity gauging system can be graduated directly in weight units because the dielectric constant of fuel is:
51 - If the static source to an altimeter becomes blocked during a climb, the instrument will:
52 - A pilot wishes to turn right on to a southerly heading with 20° bank at a latitude of 20° North. Using a direct reading compass, in order to achieve this he must stop the turn on an approximate heading of:
53 - If the static source of an altimeter becomes blocked during a descent the instrument will:
54 - The TCAS II has inputs from the radio altimeter in order to:
55 - If an aircraft maintaining a constant CAS and flight level is flying from a cold air mass into warmer air:
56 - A leak in the pitot total pressure line of a non-pressurized aircraft to an airspeed indicator would cause it to:
57 - The heading read on the dial of a directional gyro is subject to errors, one of which is due to the movement of the aircraft.This error...
58 - The spin axis of the turn indicator gyro is aligned along the:
59 - In order to align an inertial reference system (IRS), it is required to insert the local geographical coordinates. This enables the IRS to:
60 - The limits of the green scale of an airspeed indicator are:
61 - An aeroplane is in steady cruise at flight level 270. The auto-throttle maintains a constant calibrated airspeed. If the static air temperature decreases, the Mach number:
62 - A Stand-by-horizon or emergency attitude indicator:
63 - The operating principle of the vertical speed indicator (VSI) is based on the measurement of the rate of change of:
64 - Heading information from the gyromagnetic compass flux gate is transmitted to the:
65 - The range of a low altitude radio altimeter is:
66 - In order to know in which mode the auto-throttles are engaged, the crew will check the:
67 - The properties of a gyroscope are: 1 - rigidity in space2 - rigidity on earth 3 - precession4 - Schuler oscillationsThe combination regrouping all the correct statements is:
68 - Hard iron magnetism in aircraft may be caused by:
69 - During deceleration following a landing in an easterly direction, a magnetic compass made for the southern hemisphere indicates:
70 - When an aircraft has turned 360 degrees with a constant attitude and bank, the pilot observes the following on a classic artificial horizon:
71 - Iron and brass are commonly used in bimetallic thermometers, because:
72 - Given:E = electromotive force (emf) Tc = cold junction temperature Th = hot junction temperature K = constantThe relationship that applies to a thermocouple is:
73 - Flight Director Information supplied by an FD computer is presented in the form of command bars on the following instrument:
74 - VNO is the maximum speed:
75 - A ground proximity warning system (GPWS), when mandatory installed on board an aircraft, must in all cases generate:
76 - During a deceleration phase at constant attitude, the control system of the artificial horizon results in the horizon bar indicating a
77 - Modern low altitude radio altimeters emit waves in the following frequency band:
78 - Torque can be determined by measuring the computed:
79 - The gyromagnetic compass torque motor:
80 - In An Air Data Computer (ADC), aeroplane altitude is calculated from:
81 - In the directional gyro the detection system of the local vertical feeds:
82 - A laser gyro consists of:
83 - The probe used to measure the air intake pressure of a gas turbine engine powerplant is:
84 - During a category III automatic approach, the position signals in the vertical plane under 200 ft are based on:
85 - The measurement of the turbine temperature or of the EGT is carried out at the:
86 - When the intruding aircraft is equipped with a transponder without altitude reporting capability, the TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) issues a:
87 - In computer technology, an EPROM: 1) is a read-only memory 2) is a write memory 3) erases its content when power supply is cut off 4) keeps its content when power supply is cut offThe combination re-grouping all the correct statements is:
88 - An airplane is cruising at FL 220. The auto-throttle maintains a constant CAS. If the OAT decreases, the Mach number:
89 - Due to its conception, the altimeter measures a:
90 - A "Bourdon tube" is used in:
91 - Calibrated Air Speed (CAS) is obtained from Indicated Air Speed (IAS) by correcting for the:
92 - A thermocouple type thermometer consists of:
93 - At flight level and mach number constant, if OAT decreases, the CAS:
94 - Magnetic compass errors are:
95 - When flying in cold air (colder than standard atmosphere), the altimeter will:
96 - A pilot wishes to turn left on to a southerly heading with 20° bank at a latitude of 20° North. Using a direct reading compass, in order to achieve this he must stop the turn on an approximate heading of:
97 - For the same TAS, when pressure altitude decreases below the tropopause:
98 - On a TCAS 2 (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) the preventive 'resolution advisory' (RA) is a 'resolution advisory':
99 - True Air Speed (TAS) is equal to Equivalent Air Speed (EAS) only if:
100 - During the approach, a crew reads on the radio altimeter the value of 650 ft. This is an indication of the true:
101 - In a directional gyro, gimballing errors are due to:
102 - The unit used to measure the capacitance of a capacitor is the:
103 - If OAT increases when at a constant TAS:
104 - If the static source to an airspeed indicator (ASI) becomes blocked during a descent the instrument will:
105 - The diagram shows three gyro assemblies: A, B and C. Among these gyros,-one is a roll gyro (noted 1)-one is a pitch gyro (noted 2)-one is a yaw gyro (noted 3)The correct matching of gyros and assemblies is:
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106 - The spin axis of the turn indicator gyroscope is parallel to the:
107 - TCAS 2 (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) uses for its operation:
108 - The parameter that determines the relationship between EAS and TAS is:
109 - Equivalent Air Speed (EAS) is:
110 - A laser gyro can measure:
111 - At a low bank angle, the measurement of rate-of-turn actually consists in measuring the:
112 - On the ground, during a left turn, the turn indicator indicates:
113 - The altitude alerting system:
114 - A directional gyro is:1- a gyroscope free around two axis 2- a gyroscope free around one axis3- capable of self-orientation around an earth-tied direction 4- incapable of self-orientation around an earth-tied directionThe combination which regroups all of the correct statements is:NB: the degree(s) of freedom of a gyro does not take into account its rotor spin axis.
115 - If, in the event of a failure, there is no significant out-of-trim condition or deviation of flight path or attitude but the landing is not completed automatically, such an automatic landing system is considered as:
116 - An air data computer1. supplies the ground speed and the drift (angle)2. determines the total temperature and the true altitude3. receives the static pressure and the total pressure4. supplies the true airspeed to the inertial unit5. determines the Mach number, the outside (static) air temperature The combination regrouping all the correct statements is:
117 - VNE is the maximum speed:
118 - In the event of a conflict, the TCAS 2 (Traffic Collision alert and Avoidance System) presents warnings to the crew such as:
119 - An aircraft in the northern hemisphere makes an accurate rate one turn to the right. If the initial heading was 330°, after 30 seconds of the turn the direct reading magnetic compass should read:
120 - The Mach trim system allows to:
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