Flight Management System (FMS)

1) A bounded error in an INS system:

b) will cause the ground speed to oscillate about a constant mean value, which in itself will be an error.

c) will not increase with time.

d) will result in all of the above being correct.

2) What is an FMC?
a) An auto throttle system.

b) A flight management inertial reference system.

c) An autopilot/flight director system.

d) A flight management computer.

3) Which of the following is the FMS normal operating condition in the cruise?
a) LNAV only

b) VNAV only

c) LNAV or VNAV

d) LNAV and VNAV

4) In the event inaccurate radio updating is exercised, what effect will this have on the FMS?
a) this will cause the FMS to shut down.

b) this FMS will automatically update the system.

c) this may cause the FMS to deviate from the desired track.

d) this will have no effect on the FMS.

5) What are the inputs to the FMS?

1. Radio Aids
2. Engine Parameters
3. Air Data
4. Route Data
5. Terminal Data
6. Operating Data
a) 1, 3, 4 & 6

b) 2, 3, 4, & 5

c) All of the above

d) 1, 2, 3 & 6

6) What is the correct order of modes on an INS MCU?

b) OFF, STANDBY, ALIGN, NAV.

c) OFF, ALIGN, NAV, ATT.

d) OFF, STANDBY, NAV, ATT.

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7) What are the primary navigation inputs used by RNAV system?
a) INS, Mapping Radar, FMC.

b) INS, Nav Aids, TAS and Drift.

c) Nav Aids, INS, FMC.

d) Nav Aids, Mapping Radar, FMC.

8) A rate integrating gyro is used in which of the following:

1. inertial attitude unit

b) 1&4

c) 2, 3, & 5

d) 2, 3, & 4

9) An IRS is aligned in order to:

b) establish true and magnetic north.

c) establish position relative to true north and magnetic north.

d) establish magnetic north.

10) In an Inertial Navigation System (INS), the main causes of Cumulative Distance errors are:
a) misalignment of the accelerometers in the horizontal plane.

b) wander in the levelling gyros and integrator errors in the second stage of integration.

c) initial azimuth misalignment of the platform and wander of the azimuth gyro.

d) because the true value of the distance run is increasingly divergent from the apparent distance run.

11) All the last generation aircraft use flight control systems. The Flight Management System (FMS) is the most
advanced system ; it can be defined as a:
a) global 3-D Flight Management System.

b) management system optimized in the vertical plane.

c) management system optimized in the horizontal plane.

d) global 2-D Flight Management System.

12) The computer of a north referenced Inertial Navigation System (INS) in flight, provides compensation for:
a) aircraft manoeuvres, real wander, apparent wander, transport wander.

b) Coriolis, real wander, apparent wander, transport wander.

c) earth rotation, transport wander, Coriolis.

d) transport wander, apparent wander, Coriolis, magnetic variation.

13) If an alert message is generated by the flight management system:

b) it appears at the top of the CRT and an amber light flashes

c) it appears in the scratch pad and the MSG Annunciator illuminates

d) it appears in the scratch pad and an amber light flashes

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14) In an Inertial Navigation System (INS), the main causes of Cumulative Track errors are:
a) wander in the levelling gyros, which causes a Schuler oscillation.

b) integrator errors in the second stage of integration.

c) initial azimuth misalignment of the platform and wander of the azimuth gyro.

d) because recorded value of the distance run is increasingly divergent from the true distance run.

15) What are the advantages of an IRS compared to an INS?

b) Reduced spin-up time and insensitivity to 'g'.

c) Increased accuracy and a dither motor to prevent 'lock-out'.

d) Insensitivity to 'g' and reduced wander of the gyroscopes.

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