Avionics MCQs

Avionics MCQs

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1: The AHRS is called what?

A.   Attitude Heading Reference System

B.   Airmass

C.   Airspeed Indicator

D.   Aircraft Health Monitoring System

E.   Air Traffic Control System

2: What is the AHS system called?

A.   AHRS Attitude Heading Reference Sensor

B.   AHRS Attitude and heading Reference System

C.   AHRS Altitude Heading Reference System

D.   AHRS Attitude Heading Reference Unit

E.   AHRS Attitude Heading Reference System

3: What is the acronym for the system that helps prevent plane crashes?

A.   ADS-B Airborne Defense System

B.   CAS Airborne Collision Avoidance System

C.   ATC Automated Traffic Control

D.   ADS-B Out Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast

4: What type of system is ACCAS?

A.   Collision Warning System

B.   Centralized Traffic Control

C.   Automatic Traffic Control

D.   Airborne Collision Avoidance System

E.   Advanced Cruise Control with Steering

5: Air data is derived from the knowledge of what surrounding the aircraft?

A.   Temperature

B.   Wind direction

C.   Air mass

D.   Air pressure

E.   Pressure altitude

6: What can be derived from the data about the air mass surrounding the aircraft?

A.   Those parameters that can be derived

B.   The speed of the aircraft

C.   The altitude of the aircraft

D.   The airspeed of the aircraft

7: The air mass surrounding an aircraft can be figured out by using what?

A.   AIR TEMPERATURE

B.   WIND SPEED

C.   AIR DATA

D.   AIR SPEED

E.   PRESSURE

8: What type of panel is the AAC?

A.   Speaker Configuration Panel

B.   Input Devices Panel

C.   Display Panel

D.   Audio Control Panel

E.   Modem Panel

9: What are the AIRMETS Advisories of significant weather?

A.   Severe thunderstorm watches and warnings in effect

B.   Severe thunderstorm watch

C.   Conditions at intensities lower than those that trigger sigmets

D.   Winter weather advisory issued for a specific area

E.   Tornado watch

10: What type of advisories describe lower intensity conditions than those that trigger sigmets?

A.   NWS Watches and Warnings

B.   AIRMETS Advisories of significant weather

C.   COAST GUARD Advisories

D.   Flash Flood Warnings

E.   Severe thunderstorm warnings

11: What is the term used to describe RNAV B navigation?

A.   Direct To

B.   On course navigation

C.   Track and Route Navigation

D.   GPS waypoint navigation

E.   Basic Area Navigation

12: What is the name of the local barometric pressure-corrected?

A.   Standard Atmosphere Pressure

B.   Free Air Density

C.   Sea Level Pressure

D.   Baro-Corrected Altitude Pressure

E.   Standard Atmosphere

13: What is the local barometric pressure expressed in at sea level?

A.   Inch of Mercury

B.   Altitude Pressure

C.   Standard Pressure

D.   The Pioneer 10 spacecraft's atmospheric pressure

14: What is the corrected altitude pressure?

A.   Actual altitude

B.   Maximum safe altitude

C.   Local barometric pressure

D.   Stopped engine altitude

E.   Corrected altitude

15: What is the name of the BRAN network?

A.   BROADBAND BRAN

B.   BGAN Broadband Global Area Network

C.   CBAN Copper-Based Amateur Radio Network

D.   BGAN Broadband Global Area Network II

E.   GCAN Global Communications Area Network

16: What is BGAN?

A.   California

B.   British Gas

C.   Benign growth aphasia

D.   Broadband Global Area Network

E.   Brain growth anomaly

17: What is a lightweight version of a headset used in?

A.   Headsets for people who are visually impaired

B.   Low-noise cockpits

C.   Headsets used for phone calls

D.   Headsets used for gaming

18: What is a type of low-noise cockpit?

A.   Helicopters

B.   Boats

C.   Jets

D.   Submarines

19: What is a jet cockpit low-noise boomset used for?

A.   Boomset A device used to create a loud noise

B.   Boomset A device used to create a sound that can be heard over a long distance

C.   Boomset A lightweight version of a headset used in low-noise cockpits, such as jets

D.   Boomset A type of microphone

E.   Boomset A device to reduce the volume of a sound, often used in movie theaters

20: What is the term for the device that tells pilots when they are flying too high?

A.   Altimeter

B.   Flight Level Indicator

C.   Caution Annunciator Indicator

D.   Altitude Warning Indicator

21: What is the FAA acronym for the Caution Annunciator Indicator?

A.   ACAS

B.   CAR

C.   CRI

D.   AC

E.   CAI

22: CAS is equal to?

A.   Vref

B.   Mach number

C.   True airspeed

D.   Wind speed

E.   Heading

23: CAS is equal to true airspeed at which conditions?

A.   Reduced airspeed

B.   Higher altitudes

C.   Standard sea-level conditions

D.   CAS slowed to below the standard speed

24: What type of signal does a carrier represent?

A.   FM

B.   RF

C.   DC

D.   AC

E.   Analog

25: Which type of signal can be modulated by changing the amplitude, frequency or pulse of the signal?

A.   Carrier

B.   AM

C.   Modulated microwave

D.   Modulated RF

E.   FM

26: What country is CASA located in?

A.   China

B.   Spain

C.   Australia

D.   United States

E.   Canada

27: What is the name of Australia's civil aviation authority?

A.   Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority

B.   The Civil Aviation Safety Authority of South Australia

C.   The Australian Federal Police Aviation Security Branch

D.   CASA Civil Aviation Safety Authority

E.   AUSTRAC

28: How far down can an airport's ILS provide operation?

A.   60-meter

B.   20-meter

C.   10-meter

D.   30-meter

29: What is the minimum distance between an ILS and the runway?

A.   1,200 meters

B.   800 meters

C.   1,500 meters

D.   1500 meters

E.   3000 meters

30: What is the minimum distance needed for an ILS to be considered CAT I?

A.   300 feet

B.   500 feet

C.   1,000 feet

D.   400 feet

E.   200 feet

31: What is the term for the angle between track and heading?

A.   Track Angle

B.   Rudder Angle

C.   Drift Angle

D.   Heading Angle

E.   Course Angle

32: What type of communication frequencies are used by ACARS?

A.   UHF

B.   HF

C.   VHF

33: Airlines use VHF communication frequencies to send?

A.   Flight plans

B.   Maintenance schedules

C.   ACARS

D.   Weather updates

34: What type of representative is the DER?

A.   Experimental

B.   Republican

C.   Designated Engineering

D.   Drafting

E.   Democratic

35: What is the acronym for Designated Engineering Representative?

A.   DSR

B.   DERP

C.   DMR

D.   DIR

E.   DER

36: How many representatives does the American Society of Mechanical Engineers have?

A.   Associate Member

B.   Designated Engineering Representative

C.   20

D.   3

E.   Student Member

37: What sort of gyro does the DG have?

A.   Directional

B.   Manual

C.   Autonomous

D.   Acoustic

38: What kind of gyro is used in the Blackbird?

A.   DC

B.   AG

C.   LIDAR

D.   DG

E.   HYDRA

39: Which part of the helicopter rotates?

A.   DG Directional Gyro

B.   Engine

C.   RC Radio Control

D.   Collective Control System

40: What is the name of the system used to determine the position of a satellite?

A.   DGPS

B.   GPS

C.   RTK

D.   GLONASS

41: What type of system is DGPS?

A.   Pseudorandom-access code-division multiple access

B.   Single-Band Global Positioning System

C.   Differential Global Positioning System

D.   Dual-Band Global Positioning System

E.   Satellite-based Global Positioning System

42: What type of flying equipment displays the electronic attitude indicator?

A.   VOR

B.   EADI

C.   ADI

D.   CDI

43: EADI deals with electronic attitude?

A.   Electronic attitude indicator

B.   Electro-hydraulic system

C.   Electronic Attitude Director Indicator

D.   Electrical connector

E.   Flight management system

44: What agency regulates European aviation safety?

A.   FAA

B.   ICAO

C.   EASA

D.   ANAC

45: What group is responsible for aviation safety in Europe?

A.   ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization

B.   EASA European Aviation Safety Agency

C.   FAA Federal Aviation Administration

D.   JAA Jeppesen AirAgencies

46: What is the geographic location of EASA?

A.   European Aviation Safety Agency

B.   United States of America

C.   China

47: What is the part of the radiated energy that is reflected back to the antenna from the target?

A.   RX

B.   WXR

C.   TX

48: What does echo mean in radar terms?

A.   A message repeated

B.   Reproduced by the radar

C.   Reflected back to the antenna

D.   A signal reflected back to the radar

E.   Echoing waveform

49: What is the name of the airplane's EFB?

A.   Electronic Navigation System

B.   Electronic Flight Bag

C.   IPhone

D.   EFIS

E.   IPad

50: What type of bag is used for the pilot's flight essentials?

A.   Plastic

B.   Thermos

C.   Metal

D.   Carry-on

E.   Electronic