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ASA-Communication and Navigation Systems Exam with accurate || || || || || || ||
detailed answers ||
1 (8647) - What is the primary purpose of an autopilot? - ✔✔A- To relieve the pilot of
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control of the aircraft during long periods of flight.
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2 (8648) - Which of the following provides manual maneuverability of the aircraft while the
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autopilot is engaged? - ✔✔C- Flight controller.
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3 (8649) - In an autopilot, which signal nullifies the input signal to the ailerons? - ✔✔C-
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Followup signal. ||
4 (8650) - In which control element of an autopilot system is an attitude indicator? - ✔✔B-
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Sensing.
5 (8651) - What is the operating principle of the sensing device used in an autopilot
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system? - ✔✔B- The relative motion between a gyro and its supporting system.
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6 (8652) - What will occur if an aircraft attitude is changed by its autopilot system in order
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to correct for an error and the involved control surfaces are returned to streamline by the
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time the aircraft has reached its correct position? - ✔✔C- Normal operation.
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7 (8653) - What component of an autopilot system applies torque to the control surfaces of
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an aircraft? - ✔✔A- Servo.
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8 (8654) - What is the main purpose of a servo in an autopilot system? - ✔✔C- Move the
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control surface as commanded.
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9 (8655) - Which channel of an autopilot detects changes in pitch attitude of an aircraft? -
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✔✔A- Elevator. ||
10 (8656) - The elevator channel of an autopilot controls the aircraft about which axis of
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rotation? - ✔✔C- Lateral. || || ||
11 (8657) - What component is the sensing device in an electromechanical autopilot
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system? - ✔✔B- Gyro. || || ||
12 (8658) - A fully integrated autopilot controls the aircraft around how many axes? - ✔✔B-
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Three.
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13 (8659) - Dutch roll, a combination yawing and rolling oscillation that affects many
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sweptwing aircraft, is counteracted with - ✔✔C- a yaw damper system.
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14 (8660) - When operationally checking an autopilot system on the ground, after the
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aircraft's main power has been switched on, the autopilot should be engaged - ✔✔A- only
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after the gyros come up to speed and the amplifier warms up.
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15 (8661) - Installed radio equipment is protected from damage due to jolts and vibration
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by - ✔✔A- shock mounts.
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16 (8662) - (1) Use solder to attach bonding jumpers on radio equipment.(2) Radio
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equipment is bonded to the aircraft in order to provide a low-impedance ground and to
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minimize radio interference from static electrical charges.Regarding the above statements, -
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✔✔C- only No. 2 is true. || || || || ||
17 (8663) - When must the radio station license be displayed in an aircraft equipped with a
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two-way radio? - ✔✔A- When the aircraft is operated outside the U.S.
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ASA-Communication and Navigation Systems Exam with accurate || || || || || || ||
detailed answers ||
1 (8647) - What is the primary purpose of an autopilot? - ✔✔A- To relieve the pilot of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
control of the aircraft during long periods of flight.
|| || || || || || || ||
2 (8648) - Which of the following provides manual maneuverability of the aircraft while the
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autopilot is engaged? - ✔✔C- Flight controller.
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3 (8649) - In an autopilot, which signal nullifies the input signal to the ailerons? - ✔✔C-
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Followup signal. ||
4 (8650) - In which control element of an autopilot system is an attitude indicator? - ✔✔B-
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Sensing.
5 (8651) - What is the operating principle of the sensing device used in an autopilot
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
system? - ✔✔B- The relative motion between a gyro and its supporting system.
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
6 (8652) - What will occur if an aircraft attitude is changed by its autopilot system in order
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
to correct for an error and the involved control surfaces are returned to streamline by the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
time the aircraft has reached its correct position? - ✔✔C- Normal operation.
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
7 (8653) - What component of an autopilot system applies torque to the control surfaces of
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an aircraft? - ✔✔A- Servo.
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8 (8654) - What is the main purpose of a servo in an autopilot system? - ✔✔C- Move the
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control surface as commanded.
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9 (8655) - Which channel of an autopilot detects changes in pitch attitude of an aircraft? -
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✔✔A- Elevator. ||
10 (8656) - The elevator channel of an autopilot controls the aircraft about which axis of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
rotation? - ✔✔C- Lateral. || || ||
11 (8657) - What component is the sensing device in an electromechanical autopilot
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
system? - ✔✔B- Gyro. || || ||
12 (8658) - A fully integrated autopilot controls the aircraft around how many axes? - ✔✔B-
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Three.
||
13 (8659) - Dutch roll, a combination yawing and rolling oscillation that affects many
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
sweptwing aircraft, is counteracted with - ✔✔C- a yaw damper system.
|| || || || || || || || || ||
14 (8660) - When operationally checking an autopilot system on the ground, after the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
aircraft's main power has been switched on, the autopilot should be engaged - ✔✔A- only
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
after the gyros come up to speed and the amplifier warms up.
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
15 (8661) - Installed radio equipment is protected from damage due to jolts and vibration
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
by - ✔✔A- shock mounts.
|| || || ||
16 (8662) - (1) Use solder to attach bonding jumpers on radio equipment.(2) Radio
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
equipment is bonded to the aircraft in order to provide a low-impedance ground and to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
minimize radio interference from static electrical charges.Regarding the above statements, -
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✔✔C- only No. 2 is true. || || || || ||
17 (8663) - When must the radio station license be displayed in an aircraft equipped with a
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two-way radio? - ✔✔A- When the aircraft is operated outside the U.S.
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