Vayudoot Aviation

1. Only _____ is functional in the emergency electrical configuration.

RMP1 and 3

RMP 3

RMP 1

2. On the ground, the crew can energize the CVR manually by pressing the GND CTL pushbutton.

False

True

3. Which statement is correct regarding the cockpit voice recorder?

Is always active after DC electrical power is applied to the aircraft.

Is automatically energized when the parking brake is set.

Is automatically energized when the battery pb’s are selected on.

Is automatically energized after the first engine start or five minutes after AC electrical power is applied to the aircraft.

4. A VOR is tuned on RMP 1 using the STBY NAV function. Can this selection be seen on the MCDU RAD NAV page?

No. Information on RAD NAV page is not available when the NAV pb on RMP is pressed.

Yes. Information on RAD NAV page is always available.

Yes. MCDU RAD NAV page shows VORs tuned using STBY NAV function.

No. It is not possible to tune a VOR using STBY NAV function.

5. How do you cancel the ON VOICE green light?

By pressing in the VOR reception knob

By depressing the VOR reception knob.

By pressing in twice the VOR reception knob

By depressing the on voice p/b

6. To make a PA announcement:

Use the pedestal mounted headset

Both are correct.

Depress and hold the PA transmission key push button.

7. If you depress the guarded NAV button, the MCDU RAD NAV pages are inhibited and the RMP controls navaid tuning.

True

False

8. You receive a SELCAL on VHF 2, what happens on your ACP?

All of the above.

Three green bars come on.

White SELCAL appears on VHF 2 pushbutton and VHF 2 reception selector illuminates white.

Amber sign call flashes on VHF 2 key.

9. When the aircraft is in the Emergency Electrical Configuration:

RMP’s 1 and 2, and ACP’s 1 and 2 are both operative.

RMP 1 and ACP‟s 1 and 2 are operative.

RMP 1 and ACP 1 are operative.

RMP 2 and ACP’s 1 and 2 are operative.

10. The Cockpit Voice Recorder will record:

Direct conversations between crewmembers.

All of the above

Passenger address system announcements (as long as one PA reception knob is selected on).

All aural cockpit warnings. and Communications over radio and intercom.

11. Which ACP transmission key will illuminate if the flight attendants are calling the cockpit?

ALERT.

VHF3.

CAB.

PA.

12. If ATC mode selector is at AUTO:

Selected ATC operates as soon as one engine is running.

Selected ATC operates only in flight.

Selected ATC operates when FLEX or TOGA power is selected for takeoff.

13. What is the function of the Guarded EMER push button on the overhead panel?

To alert the aft flight attendants of a routine need to speak to them.

To alert ATC of an in-flight emergency.

To alert all flight attendants of a pending urgent need to speak to them.

14. Normally how should you call a Flight Attendant?

Selecting the ATTND ADV pushbutton on.

Using an overhead FWD or AFT call pushbutton.

By his or her first name.

Using the ACP CAB pb.

15. The AUDIO SWITCHING rotary selector allows replacement of a failed #1 or #2 ACP with ACP #3.

True

False

16. If VHF 1 is selected on RMP 2, SEL light illuminates white:

On RMP 1 and 2.

On RMP 1.

On RMP 2.

17. The cockpit voice recorder will automatically operate on the ground for _______ minutes after electrical power is supplied to the airplane; or when at least _______ engine is operating.

5 – 1

5 – 2

4 – 1

6 – 2

18. How could you receive ATIS information from a VOR?

Pressing and releasing out the VOR reception knob and selecting the ON voice key on the ACP

Voice facility is not available through the ACP

Pressing the ON voice key on the ACP

None of the above.

19. With the INT/RAD switch of an Audio Control Panel (ACP) in the INT position and the sidestick Transmit Switch in the Transmit position, you are transmitting on the:

Intercom at all times.

Radio selected by the transmission switch on the Audio Control Panel.

Radio selected by the reception knob on the Audio Control Panel.

20. If an RMP fails:

The frequency displays disappear

The selected receiver is no longer controlled by this RMP

The green VHF or HF lights go out

All of the above.

21. To communicate with a mechanic for manual start valve operation at the engine:

Select the transmission key push button labeled INT and the INT audio selector.

Select the transmission key push button labeled CAB and the audio selector labeled CAB.

Select the INT/RAD selector to INT, and INT audio selector on.

22. When would a green AM light illuminate on RMP 1?

Would not illuminate

If crew has selected HF1 and single side band mode

If AM mode is required and crew has selected HF 2 and AM

If AM mode is required and crew has selected HF1 and AM

23. You can tune the ILS receivers to different channels.

Yes

No

24. When the ON voice key on an Audio Control Panel is pushed in; ADF and VOR ident signals are inhibited.

False

True

25. On ATC Control Panel, the FAULT light comes on if:

Selected Transponder fails.

System 1 or 2 has failed.

26. Illumination of the SEL indicator on a Radio Management Panel indicates:

The VHF has failed.

The RMP has failed.The VHF has failed.

The RMP is being tuned to a transceiver from another RMP.

27. The BFO key enables the beat frequency oscillator for listening to the ID signal.

False

True

28. When using the boom mike, oxygen mask mike, or hand mike: the PA key must be pressed and held to use the aircraft PA system.

False

True

29. When selecting the guarded RMP NAV key:

Manual tuning via the MCDU RAD NAV page is only possible on the offside radio.

Manual tuning via the MCDU RAD NAV page is still possible.

Manual tuning via the MCDU RAD NAV page is always possible

FMGC auto tuning is inhibited.

30. If an RMP fails, the selected receiver is no longer controlled by this RMP and frequencies and bars disappear from this RMP.

False

True

31. The service interphone has ______ interphone jacks and an OVRD switch located on the overhead panel.

Five

Ten

Seven

Eight

32. When looking at either RMP, how is it possible to determine if an RMP is selected to a VHF system it is not dedicated to?

The white SEL light is illuminated on the offside RMP.

The white SEL light will be illuminated on both RMP‟s. This is a normal occurrence in-flight.

The white SEL light is illuminated on the onside RMP.

33. How can a navaid tuned through the STBY NAV on RMP 1 or 2 be identified?

All of the above.

The ident appears on the ND

By pressing out the corresponding reception knob on the ACP

34. Is STBY/NAV tuning possible on RMP 3.

No

Yes

35. Pressing the _____ key, on the audio control panel, allows the crew to inhibit the audio navigation signals.

VOICE

ATT

RESET

BFO

36. On the ground, CVR is stopped automatically ______ after the last engine shutdown.

1 minute

Immediately

5 minutes.

3 minutes.

37. How can you get the mechanics attention when he is outside the aircraft?

Hold the PA button

Use the MECH pushbutton on the CALLS panel which sounds an external horn.

Select the MECH transmission key on the ACP

Select the MECH transmission key on the ACP and hold the pushbutton for 2 seconds.

38. Is it possible to tune a navaid with the STBY NAV function on RMP 3?

Yes but only on the ground.

No. RMP 3 is not available for crew use.

Yes

No. STBY NAV function is not available on RMP 3

39. On RMP, the ON/OFF switch controls:

The power supply to the RMP.

Only the STBY NAV function of the RMP.

Only the COM function of the RMP.

40. How do you erase the CVR?

Press the CVR ERASE pushbutton and CVR TEST pushbuttons for 2 seconds simultaneously.

Press the CVR ERASE pushbutton when the aircraft is on the ground with the parking brake set.

Press the CVR ERASE pushbutton and CVR TEST pushbuttons for 2 seconds simultaneously (with the parking brake set).

Press the CVR ERASE pushbutton for 2 seconds when the aircraft is on the ground with the parking brake set

41. All communications radios are controlled:

From any one of the three radio management panels (RMPs).

From the audio control panels (ACPs)

By the F/O

42. In case of RMP 2 failure, VHF 2 is lost.

False

True

43. The flashing amber MECH light indicates that the interphone system is faulty.

True

False

44. To transmit and receive on the service interphone, the pilot must select the:

Service Int on the nose gear panel.

CAB reception knob and the ATT transmission key on the ACP.

CAB reception knob and the MECH transmission key on the ACP.

45. With the MECH transmission key on the Audio Control Panel pressed:

The cabin interphone channel is selected for transmission via the ACP RAD switch

The flight interphone channel is selected for transmission via the ACP RAD switch or the side stick radio selector.

The mechanic will hear the external horn sound.

You can speak to the ground mechanic via the handset

46. With the INT/RAD switch of an Audio Control Panel (ACP) in the INT position and the sidestick Transmit Switch in the Transmit position, you are transmitting on the:

False

True

47. If RMP navigation tuning is currently in use for VOR tuning and ATC assigns a new communication frequency, what must be done?

The NAV key must be deselected and then press the transfer key.

Tune the new frequency on the offside RMP.

Select the appropriate VHF communication radio transmission key, tune using the rotary selector, press the transfer key.

48. Only the last 60 minutes of recording are retained by the CVR

False

True

49. If the VHF 3 transmission key illuminated amber showing the word “CALL”

The N°1 flight attendant is calling

An ACARS message is waiting.

Indicates a SELCAL

ATC is calling

50. In case of dual FMGC failure selection of radio navigation frequencies is possible with:

RMP 1 and 2 only.

RMP 1 only.

RMP 1, 2 and 3.

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