Avionics MCQ
1. What type of error is PDOP?
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Position Dilution of Precision
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2. What term is used to describe the errors that are introduced into the GPS calculations?
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PDOP Position Dilution of Precision
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3. What is used to help pilots navigate to an airport?
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Precision Approach Radar
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4. What type of radar is used for the approach of airliners?
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5. What type of navigation system are PAPI's?
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Precision Approach Path Indicators
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6. What do DME channels paired with a VORTAC or ILS frequency do?
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Automatically selected
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7. What are DME channels paired with?
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VORTAC or ILS frequency
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8. What do OrbComm satellites transmit data on?
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Weatherdata
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9. What type of receiver shows an omnidirectional bearing?
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Navigational
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10. What is the term used to describe the bearing indicated on transmissions from an omnidirectional radio range?
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Omnibearing
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11. What do you call an omnidirectional radio range?
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12. What type of instrument can determine the to/from indication?
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Omnibearing Selector
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13. The OBS is the name of a panel instrument that contains the controls and circuits to select an omni bearing and determine the what?
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To/from indication
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14. What is the name of the gauge that reports air temperature?
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Outside Air Temperature
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15. What does the NAVIGATION DISPLAY display instead of the HSI?
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EFIS presentation
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16. How many GPS satellites are in the NAVSTAR system?
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17. How many satellites are in each plane?
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18. What is the altitude of the satellites in the NAVSTAR GPS system?
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11,000 nmi
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19. What is used for navigation and communications?
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Nav/Com A combination navigation and communications receiver
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20. What is a NAV/Com?
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A combination navigation and communications receiver
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21. What is the nautical mile equivalent to?
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6,076.1 feet
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22. What federal agency is responsible for producing aeronautical charts?
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23. What does NACO stand for?
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National Aeronautical Chart Office
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24. How many cycles per second is a MHz?
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25. What is the purpose of the MFDS system?
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Multi-Function Display System
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26. What type of system is the FDFDS?
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Multi-Function
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27. What is the name of the MFD in the XJ?
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Multi-Function Display
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28. What kind of features do the MFDs have?
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Multi-Function
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29. What frequency range is considered Medium Frequency?
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300 kHz to 3 MHz
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30. The portion of the radio spectrum from 300 kHz to 3 MHz is known as what?
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MF Medium Frequency
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31. What does MEL mean?
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Minimum Equipment List
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32. What is the minimum list of equipment that the FAA requires on an aircraft?
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33. What type of beacon is used to designate the position of aircraft on an instrument runway?
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Marker Beacon
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34. What frequency is used to mark a particular position along an airway or on the approach to an instrument runway?
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35. What is the term used to describe the point used to initiate a landing?
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Missed Approach Point
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36. What is the name of a point on an aircraft's flight path that indicates to the pilot when it is time to begin their approach to a landing airport?
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Approach Point
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37. What type of beacon are NDBs?
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75 MHz middle-marker
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38. What type of NDB is co-located at the same site as the 75 MHz middle-marker beacon?
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LMM Locator Middle Marker
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39. What is the name of the satellite that provides GPS?
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40. What does the term LADGPS mean?
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Local Area Differential Global Positioning Satellite
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41. What is the technical term for the images displayed on the screen of a television?
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LCD Liquid Crystal Display
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42. What is a LCD?
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Liquid Crystal Display
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43. What type of enhancement is the Laas system?
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Local Area Augmentation System
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44. What system augments local area systems?
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LAAS Local Area Augmentation System
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45. A hertz is a basic unit of what?
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Cycles per second
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46. What units measure 1000 cycles per second?
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Kilohertz
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47. What kind of transmissions can come through a ship's intercom?
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Com, nav and entertainment sources
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48. What allows headset communication along with transmissions from com, nav and entertainment sources?
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Intercom System
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49. What is indicated altitude corrected for?
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Temperature
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50. Where is IMC located?
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IMC Instrument Meteorological Conditions
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51. What type of weather is measured by the IMC?
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Meteorological Conditions
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52. What is IMC?
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Instrument Meteorological Conditions
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53. What is known as the LIDO System?
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Instrument Landing System
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54. What type of guidance is provided by the Instrument Landing System?
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Lateral, along-course and vertical
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55. What causes the transponder to send an extra code?
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Request of a controller
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56. When does an aircraft require the extra pulse?
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At the request of a controller
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57. What does the speed indicated by an Indicated Airspeed represent?
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A given flight condition
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58. What is the actual instrument indication for a given flight condition?
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Indicated Airspeed
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59. What is an example of GPS information displayed on an HSI?
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Bearing, glideslope, distance, radio source, course and heading information
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60. What does HSI stand for?
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Horizontal Situation Indicator
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61. What is the range of frequencies that HF systems operate in?
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2 to 30 MHz
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62. What frequency range is referred to as HF High Frequency?
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3 to 30 MHz
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63. What is the purpose of a headset?
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Improve communications and reduce hearing loss
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64. What is the name of the device used in the cockpit to improve communications?
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65. What is the direction of an aircraft path with respect to?
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Magnetic or true north
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66. The direction of an aircraft path with respect to magnetic or true north is known as?
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67. What does DOP stand for?
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Horizontal Dilution of Precision
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68. The glidepath doesn't provide guidance on?
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To a touch-down point on the runway
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69. The glidepath does not provide guidance to a touch-down point on which type of landing strip?
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70. What is the portion of the glideslope that intersects the localizer?
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Glidepath
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71. A trillion hertz is called what?
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Gigahertz
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72. How many zeros are in a Gigahertz?
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73. What type of station is used by the GPS system?
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Ground Station
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74. What is the Geometric Dilution of Precision?
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75. What term refers to error introduced in a GPS calculation due to the positioning of the satellites?
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GDOP Geometric Dilution of Precision
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76. What type of system does the GCAS contain?
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Ground Collision Avoidance
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77. What type of system is GCS?
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Ground Collision Avoidance System
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78. What type of broadcast is Flight Information Services-Broadcast?
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79. What is the name of the FAA's broadcast service?
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FIS-B Flight Information Services–Broadcast
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80. What is the name of the device that allows FDU to detect the flux of neutrinos?
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FDU Flux Detector Unit
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81. What type of equipment was the FDU used in investigating the September 11 attacks?
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Flux Detector Unit
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82. What was the purpose of the FDRS system?
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Flight Data Recorder System
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83. What kind of system does the FDRS contain?
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Flight Data
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84. What is the name of the Flight Data Recorder System?
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85. What profession is responsible for building or maintaining structures at or near airports?
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FBO Fixed Base Operator
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86. What is the acronym for FBO?
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Fixed Base Operator
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87. What type of controll is FADEC?
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Full Authority Digital Engine Contro
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88. What type of engine is FADEC?
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Full Authority Digital
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89. What type of system is the EFIS?
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Electronic Flight Instrument System
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90. What system tells the pilots how fast they are going?
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FIS Electronic Flight Instrument System
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91. What is the acronym for the Electronic Flight Instrument System?
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92. What type of device is EFD?
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Electronic
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93. What type of device is an EFD?
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Electronic Flight Display
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94. What type of bag is used for the pilot's flight essentials?
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Electronic
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95. What is the name of the airplane's EFB?
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Electronic Flight Bag
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96. What does echo mean in radar terms?
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Reflected back to the antenna
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97. What is the part of the radiated energy that is reflected back to the antenna from the target?
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98. What is the geographic location of EASA?
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European Aviation Safety Agency
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99. What group is responsible for aviation safety in Europe?
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EASA European Aviation Safety Agency
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100. What agency regulates European aviation safety?
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101. EADI deals with electronic attitude?
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Electronic Attitude Director Indicator
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102. What type of flying equipment displays the electronic attitude indicator?
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103. What type of system is DGPS?
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Differential Global Positioning System
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104. What is the name of the system used to determine the position of a satellite?
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105. Which part of the helicopter rotates?
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DG Directional Gyro
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106. What kind of gyro is used in the Blackbird?
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107. What sort of gyro does the DG have?
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Directional
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108. How many representatives does the American Society of Mechanical Engineers have?
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Designated Engineering Representative
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109. What is the acronym for Designated Engineering Representative?
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110. What type of representative is the DER?
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Designated Engineering
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111. Airlines use VHF communication frequencies to send?
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112. What type of communication frequencies are used by ACARS?
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113. What is the term for the angle between track and heading?
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Drift Angle
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114. What is the minimum distance needed for an ILS to be considered CAT I?
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115. What is the minimum distance between an ILS and the runway?
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800 meters
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116. How far down can an airport's ILS provide operation?
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117. What is the name of Australia's civil aviation authority?
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CASA Civil Aviation Safety Authority
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118. What country is CASA located in?
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Australia
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119. Which type of signal can be modulated by changing the amplitude, frequency or pulse of the signal?
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120. What type of signal does a carrier represent?
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121. CAS is equal to true airspeed at which conditions?
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Standard sea-level conditions
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122. CAS is equal to?
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True airspeed
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123. What is the FAA acronym for the Caution Annunciator Indicator?
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124. What is the term for the device that tells pilots when they are flying too high?
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Caution Annunciator Indicator
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125. What is a jet cockpit low-noise boomset used for?
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Boomset A lightweight version of a headset used in low-noise cockpits, such as jets
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126. What is a type of low-noise cockpit?
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127. What is a lightweight version of a headset used in?
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Low-noise cockpits
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128. What is BGAN?
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Broadband Global Area Network
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129. What is the name of the BRAN network?
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BGAN Broadband Global Area Network
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130. What is the corrected altitude pressure?
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Local barometric pressure
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131. What is the local barometric pressure expressed in at sea level?
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Altitude Pressure
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132. What is the name of the local barometric pressure-corrected?
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Baro-Corrected Altitude Pressure
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133. What is the term used to describe RNAV B navigation?
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Basic Area Navigation
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134. What type of advisories describe lower intensity conditions than those that trigger sigmets?
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AIRMETS Advisories of significant weather
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135. What are the AIRMETS Advisories of significant weather?
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Conditions at intensities lower than those that trigger sigmets
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136. What type of panel is the AAC?
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Audio Control Panel
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137. The air mass surrounding an aircraft can be figured out by using what?
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138. What can be derived from the data about the air mass surrounding the aircraft?
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Those parameters that can be derived
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139. Air data is derived from the knowledge of what surrounding the aircraft?
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140. What type of system is ACCAS?
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Airborne Collision Avoidance System
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141. What is the acronym for the system that helps prevent plane crashes?
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CAS Airborne Collision Avoidance System
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142. What is the AHS system called?
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AHRS Attitude Heading Reference System
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143. The AHRS is called what?
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Attitude Heading Reference System
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