This set of Aircraft Instrumentation Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Head-Up Displays”
1. Head-Up Display displays the data on _____
a) Cathode Ray Tube
b) Anode Ray Tube
c) Tungsten Tube
d) CFL Tube
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Explanation: Head-Up Display displays data on Cathode Ray Tube which is further projected onto reflector plate in Symbolic Manner so that data can assist Pilot during the flight of an aircraft.
2. Head-Up Displays save time of transition from checking instruments in aircraft and conditions outside the aircraft.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: As during the Critical Situations or Landing, pilot has to frequently transit between data given by instruments in aircraft and conditions outside the aircraft. Head-Up Displays directly project these data on Screen of the pilot which saves time of transition, as pilot does not have to look up for various instruments reading on panel.
3. Following Diagram represents basic layout of ______
a) LCD
b) LED
c) Head-Up Display
d) Counter Display
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Explanation: Above diagram indicates Head-Up Display which consists of Reflector Plate and Source Light which has Pictorial Data which is projected on screen known as Visual Approach Monitor, whereas LCD is liquid crystal display and LED is a light emitting diode.
4. Length or range of Head-Up Display Scales normally cover narrow bands of airspeed and altitude information.
a) False
b) True
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Explanation: The length or range, of the scales is determined by operational requirements, but normally they only cover narrow bands of airspeed and altitude information, because this helps to reduce irrelevant markings and the time taken to read and interpret the information presented.
5. The error between actual airspeed and that selected on the control module is indicated by variations in _____
a) Intensity of Sound Alarm
b) Intensity of Light
c) Signal Intensity
d) Intensity of Radar
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Explanation: The error between actual airspeed and that selected on the control module is indicated by variations in the light intensity of the three symbols which indicates the aircraft’s approach speed is correct, too slow or too fast.
6. To get different types of colour in LED, proportion of which constituents is varied?
a) Gallium Phosphide and Gallium Arsenide Phosphide
b) Nitrogen Phosphide
c) Aluminium Oxide
d) Nitrogen Pentoxide
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Explanation: To provide different colours, the proportion of GaP (Gallium Phosphide) and GaAs (Gallium Arsenide Phosphide) is varied during manufacture of the chip, and also the technique of ‘doping’ with other elements e.g. oxygen or nitrogen is applied to get different colors of light.
7. The following Diagram represents _____
a) Synchroscope
b) Light Emitting Diode
c) Liquid Crystal Display
d) Visual Approach Monitor
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Explanation: Above display is known as Visual Approach Monitor. The display unit is mounted on a sliding tray located at a glare shield panel in front of the pilot, and when required, the tray is pulled out to automatically raise the lens through which the display is projected.
8. In case of Seven Segment Display we cannot increase the number of Displays according to the Overall Size and Appearance.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: We can increase the number of displays in Seven Segment Display to increase its intensity by adding core-shaped reflecting cavity at the top of each LED, then this assembly is casted using glass-filled epoxy which increases its intensity around twenty times.
9. Following Diagram represents Reflector Windscreen on which Head-Up display system projects the aerodynamic data. In this diagram what does this Horizontal Bold Black Line having Concentric two dots at its Center indicate?
a) Airspeed
b) Altitude
c) Roll and Pitch Attitude
d) Director Dot
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Explanation: The Black Bold Line represents Rolling and Pitching attitude of an aircraft, whereas Airspeed is indicated by Horizontal Dotted Line above the Black Bolded Line, Altitude is given by Vertical Dotted Line beside Black Bolded Line and Concentric Circles are known as Director Circle.
Sanfoundry Global Education & Learning Series – Aircraft Instrumentation.
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