Avionics Practice Test 1

1. How are FBW signals transmitted?

Simplex

Code division multiplexing

Time division multiplexing

Duplex

2. Which of the following is not a component of the FBW system?

Flight control computer

Aircraft motion sensor

Actuators

Communication receivers

3. FCS sensors which sense aircraft motion also sense the structural deflections.

True

False

4. What is PIO?

Pitot indicator

Pilot induced oscillations

Primary Input/Output

Pressure indicator observed

5. Fill the missing block in the roll rate command system.

Display

Autopilot

Flight control computer

Rate gyro

6. What are control laws?

Algorithms relating pilots stick and control surface

Laws used to predict range and endurance

Laws that govern aerodynamics forces

Laws that govern flight motion

7. Which of the following is the correct order for the path of light in a HUD?

CRT -> mirror -> combiner glass -> collimating lens -> pilot

CRT -> mirror -> collimating lens -> combiner glass -> pilot

Collimating lens -> CRT -> mirror -> combiner glass -> pilot

CRT -> collimating lens -> mirror -> combiner glass -> pilot

8. Which of the following is true with respect to Head up display?

Using a head up display a pilot and view and assimilate the flight data in all 360°

View and assimilate the flight data that is projected on the helmet

View and assimilate the flight data with his head up in a transparent display

Assimilate the flight data without looking at any kind of display panel

9. What is the failure probability figure of a commercial aircraft?

1x10^-11/hr

1x10^-6/hr

1x10^-4/hr

1x10^-20/hr

10. What is called a quadruplex system?

System with 4 times the speed

System with 4 channels

System with 8 channels

System which does not fail