AET Phase 3 Navigation Practice Test

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• Which control is used to change the heading in HDG SEL mode?
• Which component alternately switches the antenna connection between the transmitter and receiver?
• In SAR Scan Mode, which capability is described?
• What is the Disengage Switch used for?
• In Tactical Scan Mode, which statement about distress frequencies is true?
• What is the primary function of the Wave Guide in the radar system?
• Which term describes the rate at which radar pulses are transmitted?
• Which of the following is a listed Autopilot System Component?
• On which display will VOR information appear on the MFD PFD NAV pages?
• What does the Comparator Warning Panel do?
• Beam width is directly proportional to which physical attribute?
• Which statement best describes the role of the Non-Directional Beacon (NBD)?
• Which mode provides both station audio and relative bearing?
• What causes multipathing in TACAN operation?
• Which frequency is associated with the ARGOS beacon source?
• Which items are associated with VOR/ILS indicators?
• How does a Localizer work?
• What is the function of Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) in TACAN?
• ISAR: What does ISAR rely on?
• What are the main functions of the Flight Director System (FDS)?
• What does the DF antenna provide in terms of signals and components?
• Which statement best describes the Automatic Direction Finder (ADF)?
• In the NAV Receiver, which component handles marker beacon signals?
• What does the Autopilot Switch do?
• Which element interprets sensing element data, integrates command and navigational inputs, and sends signals to the output elements to move the flight controls as required?
• In AFCS architecture, how can the Flight Director be configured?
• Which frequency corresponds to Channel 70 (CH-70) Beacon Source?
• What is the primary purpose of the Autopilot System (AFCS)?
• Which Autopilot component integrates navigation information via a digital data bus connection to avionics computers?
• FLIR Warning: Is it eye safe?
• Which mode provides steering commands to maintain forward airspeed at a rate of sustained climb?
• What do the DF indicators provide?
• Which statement describes the axes along which AFCS can stabilize the aircraft?
• Which statement best describes the purpose of the localizer during an ILS approach?
• Which control allows the pilot or copilot to select the source of the heading signal distributed to their respective system?
• Which frequency option represents the 406 MHz beacon (example frequencies)?
• What is the purpose of a VOR?
• What is the rate at which radar energy travels (the propagation speed)?
• What does NBD stand for?
• Localizer signals are modulated at which two frequencies?
• Which marker is approximately 1500 feet from the runway?
• What indicators does a standalone Flight Director System use to communicate with the pilot?
• What is a likely consequence of using the loop antenna without the sense antenna?
• What distance information does airborne TACAN transmit to another airborne TACAN?
• What are the functions of the NAV Receiver Control Unit?
• Must autopilot systems have a Flight Director System?
• The Flight Director System is integrated with which system to provide steering commands?
• What is the function of the Collective in rotorcraft AFCS?
• Which distress frequencies are automatically scanned in SAR Scan Mode?
• Which device provides output signals proportional to the total acceleration experienced by the aircraft?
• What does ADF COMP Mode provide?
• Bearing (VOR): What does bearing refer to?
• In cable-actuated actuation, which type of servo is commonly used?
• PBIT is defined as what?
• Which statement about VOR radials is true?
• HDG SEL mode holds the heading of the heading bug on which display?
• When the Flight Director is active, where are the command bars displayed?
• Which statement best describes the relationship between autopilot and flight director?
• Which component is described as the 'brains' of the autopilot system?
• Which control lets the pilot or copilot select the source of flight guidance data sent to the steering bars on the pilot's ADI?
• What is the shortest distance to an object that the radar system can detect?
• In an ADF system, what output does the loop antenna provide?
• Can a Flight Director System exist without an autopilot?
• Roll is movement on which axis?
• What deviation information does the Attitude Director Indicator display during an ILS approach?
• The ADI command bars move in conjunction with signals from which component?
• Inner Marker color is which color?
• What is the primary purpose of Non-Directional Beacons (NBD)?
• What does A/A REC stand for in TACAN terminology?
• When the radar transmitter must be operated on the ground, which action is correct?
• The Doppler Effect describes which phenomenon?
• What capability does FLIR provide in darkness?
• Which axis is controlled by the rudder on a fixed-wing aircraft?
• Which statement best describes the Output Element in an autopilot system?
• ADF Location refers to an object's position relative to what reference point?
• Which are the three sections of the NAV Receiver?
• Which term describes where the target is relative to the aircraft's nose?
• Which of the following is an input to the Flight Director System?
• Which feature is provided by the DF receiver/processor?
• CBIT is defined as what?
• TACAN surface beacons radiate how many radials?
• Which device provides the electrical interface for TACAN components?
• Localizer frequency range is within which band?
• What does Error Correction do in AFCS when the aircraft deviates from the selected flight profile?
• Turret Sensor Unit (TSU) houses?
• Which mode automatically scans distress frequencies?
• Which statement best describes the night affect in radio direction finding?
• What is the primary use of the DF system in operations?
• Which control allows manual inputs to aircraft flight controls without disengaging the autopilot?
• Which component of the Autopilot System senses the aircraft’s movements and generates the signals used to correct the aircraft’s flight?
• What is the Pitch Wheel used for?
• Flight Directors are especially useful during which conditions?
• The DF frequency system also supports locating which emergency locator and beacon systems?
• Which mode provides steering commands to the AFCS computer to aid in maintaining a stable hover at a selected altitude?
• Electrical disturbance affects the DF indicator by causing what behavior?
• SRCH 2 is used primarily for high resolution target search in which conditions?
• IR picture delay due to cooling?
• The Turn and Slip Indicator is also known as which name?
• FLIR Laser Beams: How many lasers?
• During a mayday distress event, what is the DF system's primary role?
• What is the spacing between TACAN transmit frequencies?
• What does Flight Directive Control provide?
• What is the human interface of the autopilot commonly called?
• APPR mode provides steering commands along which source?
• What does the Sync Button do?
• What distance information does airborne TACAN transmit to a surface beacon?
• What is the purpose of pressurizing the Wave Guide with a pneumatic pump or nitrogen?
• How does a VOR work?
• When the Flight Director System is active, the command bars on the ADI and HSI will do what if a navigation source is selected?
• Glideslope works the same way as the localizer but with different orientation. Which statement is true?
• How many glideslope channels are paired with LOC channels?
• In TACAN Inputs and Outputs, what does the Antenna handle with respect to the R/T?
• The loop antenna in an ADF system provides which output?
• When is the Pitch Wheel enabled?
• What is the primary function of the radar transmitter?
• Outer Marker details for marker beacons include which frequency and distance?
• Surveillance radar capabilities include which of the following?
• VOR frequency range covers which overall band?
• Which control allows the pilot or co-pilot to select the alternate attitude source for their system?
• Which system provides independent steering signals for the pitch, roll, yaw axes and collective control?
• Surveillance RADAR capability covers which platforms?
• Which component provides the source for the heading signal distributed to the pilot's heading system?
• Which control selects the alternate attitude source for the system?
• Which instrument uses the aircraft's pitot-static system to determine forward speed?
• What is the standard turn rate for a coordinated standard-rate turn?
• Yaw is movement on which axis?
• 1300 Hz is used by which marker beacon?
• Which pairing provides both lateral and vertical navigation guidance?
• What does FLIR convert heat energy into?
• What is the stated range for Ground Base TACAN stations?
• How is the DF antenna configured on the aircraft?
• SRCH 2 is described as being used for what?
• Guidance Mode operates when which system is commanding the autopilot?
• Which item is also displayed by the Horizontal Situation Indicator?
• Which of the following is a listed purpose of Flight Directors?
• Pitch movement is on which axis, and in fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, which components control it?
• What are the Turn Knobs used for?
• Belly RADAR is primarily used for surveillance in fixed-wing aircraft. Which option matches this description?
• What is the first laser in FLIR Laser Beams?
• Middle Marker color is which of the following?
• Marker Beacons What do marker beacons designate?
• Which element comprises the servos that actuate the flight control surfaces and can be cable actuated or hydraulically actuated?
• What components comprise the TACAN structure?
• What is the purpose of the signals generated by the autopilot to reduce error?
• Which RADAR color indicates weather avoidance?
• RADAR principles rely on which physical process to detect objects?
• Which term describes the target's vertical position relative to the aircraft's altitude?
• Which system uses altitude information from the air data computer for barometric pressure and vertical speed?
• In ADF COMP Mode, which outputs are available?
• Which component provides the path for transmission of interrogation pulses, reception of bearing signals, and reception of returned interrogation pulses?
• What does TACAN provide in reference to a station using radio ranging and RF phase relationship?
• Pitch is movement on which axis?
• What type of antenna do NBDs use?
• What type of bearing information does airborne TACAN transmit?
• SRCH 1 is primarily used for what environment?
• The command unit, called a flight controller, is the human interface of the autopilot. Which element is this?
• What is the primary purpose of the Direction Finder (DF) system?
• The DF system provides what type of power supply for the antenna?
• Basic Mode in autopilot maintains which of the following?
• Range Selector allows the pilot to select what?
• What is the function of the Suppression Bus in TACAN avionics?
• What is the Glideslope Frequency Band used by ILS?
• Which flight instrument shows the rate at which the airplane is turning and the slip or skid of the turn?
• Which device is used as the reference for directional changes in the aircraft and is built into the EGI?
• What is the stated range for Airborne TACAN stations?
• IAS mode holds what?
• What does the glideslope section do with the incoming RF signal?
• What is the purpose of the Automatic Direction Finder (ADF) in navigation?
• How many total TACAN channels are there when combining X and Y channels?
• When the loop antenna is used without the sense antenna, what is a possible result?
• Which mode provides steering commands to go from forward flight to hover?
• What does the Control Head provide?
• Which distance is specified away from fueling and defueling operations in radar safety guidance?
• Which autopilot approach uses a memorized altitude to return to that altitude?
• What is defined as the greatest distance to an object the radar system can detect?
• Modern autopilot sensing devices are characterized by which feature?
• Outer Marker color is which color?
• In an ADF system, what does the sense antenna provide?
• Heading: What does heading refer to?
• Which statement about beam width is true?
• The Doppler Effect describes what phenomenon?
• Non-Directional Beacons (NBDs) operate in which frequency range?
• From which sources can the RF signals detected by the DF originate?
• What does the Yaw Damper Switch do?
• What does a TACAN surface beacon provide in response to interrogation pulses from an airborne TACAN?
• In TACAN systems, which mode is used for air-to-air transmit and receive?
• Which TACAN operating mode corresponds to receive-only operation?
• Which systems interface with the DF system?
• Which item is NOT listed as a type of surveillance?
• IAS-VS mode holds which parameters?
• Where is the trigger signal produced that tells the transmitter when to fire?
• What is the frequency range of the DF receiver, including standard steps?
• What is the correct sequence to use Localizer/Glideslope guidance for a standard ILS approach?
• In DF Mode, what information is provided?
• Radial: What is a radial?
• What is the purpose of ILS/Localizer?
• In Tactical Scan Mode, what does the mode provide for the selected tactical frequency?
• What is the primary role of Distance Measuring Equipment in the TACAN system?
• Which statement best describes Rate Based autopilot systems?
• What is Slant Range?
• Which of the following is listed as a limitation?
• Which term describes the distance from the radar to the target?
• Which statement best describes the radar receiver's role?
• Which statement describes the relationship between glideslope and localizer frequencies?
• RADAR uses the principle to provide a scaled display of surface mapping, target detection, and weather avoidance. Which option best describes this capability?
• Which capability note highlights the use of 360-degree weather upfront with belly radar?
• Which statement about Nose weather radar is true?
• What does the TACAN Mount provide?
• Which component transmits interrogation pulses in a TACAN system?
• What does a TACAN surface beacon transmit for identification?
• What is the approximate time taken for a radar signal to travel one mile?
• Minotaur System function?
• Which indicator Annunciates disagreements between pilot or copilot display information detected by the autopilot amplifier?
• SRCH 3 provides what?
• Sense Mode provides what type of information?
• What is the purpose of the Indicator in the radar system?
• IBIT is defined as what?
• Which statement best describes the interface unit's function?
• What causes Quadrantal Error in TACAN navigation?
• Which ADF component uses an omni-directional antenna?
• Are AM radio stations recommended as navigation sources?
• Which details are included under the Gain configuration for the radar?
• In addition to locating transmitters, the DF system can locate which of the following?
• NAV mode provides steering commands from which source?
• Apart from routing transmit RF, what is another function of the Wave Guide?
• If there is a failure with the AFCS, what should the pilot do?
• Which frequency corresponds to CH-16 (Beacon Source)?
• ALT mode holds altitude at the time of engagement.
• VS mode holds what?
• In Beacon Scan Mode, which statement is true?
• Centralized Computer (CEU) requirement?
• What is the normal glidepath angle on a standard instrument approach?
• What is a key function of the Antenna in the radar system?
• Rate Based autopilots counter rate changes by using information about the rate of movement. True or false?
• What additional feature does FLIR include besides infrared?
• Which system incorporates a feedback loop that allows the control device to know the location of the load and, once the load reaches the desired position, the synchro removes the control voltage?
• In RADAR capabilities, which color indicates surface mapping?
• Which item is displayed by the Horizontal Situation Indicator?
• Where is the weather radar located on standard aircraft, and what is its primary purpose?
• What is FLIR used to detect?