A320: Flight Control Laws | Quiz - Pilot George, L3 Airline Academy (CTC Aviation) Cadet Blog

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Q6185 [Normal Law] Following HI SPD Protections the aircraft speed will return to?

The selected speed.

A speed within the acceptable envelope.

Cruise Speed.

The managed speed.

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Q6200 [Alternate] What replaces ALPHA PROT?

Artificial Low Speed Stability

Autothrust protections.

Nothing, ALPHA PROT is available in all laws.

Overspeed Aural Warning only.

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Q6196 [Alternate] What does HI SPD stability do and can it be overridden?

Commands Nose Up to reduce speed. Stabilities can not be overridden.

Commands Nose Up.

Commands Nose Up. Stabilities can be overridden with continued sidestick input.

Commands Nose Down. Stabilities can not be overridden.

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Q6186 [Normal Law] If in HI SPD protection the sidestick is still pushed forwards, what happens?

The autopilot overrides the pilot and demands a pitch to recover safe flight.

Nothing, protections are then lost.

The A/C gradually reduces Nose Down authority to zero.

Autopilot disconnect.

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Q6168 [Normal Law] What are the pitch attitude limits? (inside a typical speed envelope)

10°NU (Conf 0 - 3), 25°NU (Conf Full), 30° ND

25°NU (Conf 0 - 3), 20°NU (Conf Full), 15° ND

30°NU (Conf 0 - 3), 30°NU (Conf Full), 10° ND

30°NU (Conf 0 - 3), 25°NU (Conf Full), 15° ND

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Q6193 [Mechanical] Roll is controlled with?

Roll is lost.

Rudder.

Sidestick, although a minimum speed must be maintained.

Using the spoilers by using sidestick to indicate direction of turn, co-ordinated with rudder.

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Q6190 [Direct Law] What is indicated in amber on the FMAs?

USE MAN PITCH TRIP with the FMA indicating the lost modes.

Crossed to indicate loss of protections only.

MAN PITCH TRIM REQUIRED

MAN PITCH TRIM and crosses indicating lost modes.

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Q6192 [Mechanical] Pitch is controlled with?

Sidestick only.

THS only.

Pitch is lost.

Sidestick and THS.

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Q6195 [Alternate] Can you stall?

No as stabilities prevent you.

Yes, if you disconnect autothrottle.

No, protections are active.

Yes, protections are unavailable.

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Q6178 [Normal Law] What is demanded by pitch / roll input on the side stick?

Attitude & Angle of Bank

Load Factor & Angle of Bank

Attitude & Rate of Turn

Load Factor & Rate of Turn

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Q6184 [Normal Law] HI SPD Protection is active and the sidestick is pushed further forwards. What happens?

Pitch trim is frozen only.

Spiral stability reduces to 0 degrees and pitch trim is frozen.

Pilot authority is lost.

Autopilot is lost

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Q6174 [Normal Law] Lowest speed achieveable with stick fully back?

VaProt

VLS

VaMax

VSW

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Q6171 [Normal Law] When configured, what are the maneuvering limits?

-2.5g to 1g

0g to 2g

-1g to 2.5g

-2g to 1g

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Q6194 [Mechanical] What causes reversion to Mechanical Back Up mode?

Loss of autopilot.

Loss of electrics, SECs, FMGCs and RAT deployment

The pilot pushing the MBU button on the overhead panel.

Loss of electrics, fly-by-wire computers, elevators and loss of ailerons & spoilers

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Q6172 [Normal Law] With high angle of attack protections active, what is the lowest speed achievable hands off?

VSW

VaProt

VLS

VaMax

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Q6187 [Normal Law] Maximum Angle of Bank for: Autopilot Engaged, Autopilot Disengaged, HI Speed Protection & Alpha Protection?

33 degrees, 67 degrees, 40 degrees, 45 degrees,

67 degrees, 33 degrees, 45 degrees, 40 degrees,

67 degrees, 33 degrees, 40 degrees, 45 degrees

33 degrees, 67 degrees, 40 degrees, 40 degrees

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Q6202 [Alternate] What does the top of the barber boll indicate?

VaMAX

VLS

VaProt

VSW

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Q6181 [Normal Law] What happens if at Alpha Max the sidestick is released?

Nothing

The aircraft returns to VaProt

A level 1 caution.

The aircraft switches to Direct Law

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Q6179 [Normal Law] What is inhibited at more than 33 degrees of bank?

Pitch Trim

Autopilot

Turn Co-ordination

Spiral Stability

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Q6197 VSW is available in which law?

Direct

Manual Backup

Normal

Alternate

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Q6180 [Normal Law] In ground mode, the flight control movement is proportional to what?ode

The sum of both pilots sidestick movements

The limitations from the previous flight at the point of landing

The THS value entered in the MCDU.

The total sidestick deflection

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Q6182 [Normal Law] What happens to the thrust when A.FLOOR is annunciated?

TO/GA

CLB

MCT

Nothing

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Q6177 [Normal Law] What happens to the Flight Path Angle if the sidestick is put at Neutral?

Holds it, at a fixed load factor at 0g

Holds it, at a fixed load factor at 1g

Holds it, at a fixed attitude

Nothing

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Q6176 [Normal Law] Descending through 30' RA, what happens to Pitch Control?

Pitch attitude is increased 2 degrees over a period of 8s, requiring the pilot to flare.

Pilot authority is reduced

Pitch attitude is decreased to -2 degrees over a period of 8s, requiring the pilot to flare.

Nothing

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Q6198 [Alternate] What occurs at or close to VSW?

Protections engaged to prevent the stall.

PULL UP, PULL UP, PULL UP Warning

Nothing

STALL, STALL, STALL aural warning

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Q6189 [Direct Law] Are protections / stabilities available?

Yes, but only Alpha Protection.

Yes, but HI SPD is unavailable.

Yes

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Q6201 [Alternate] What happens to Turn Co-ordination

Nothing, turn co-ordination is still available in alternate law.

It is only available between 0 and 33 degrees bank.

The pilot must control turn co-ordination with the rudder

It is only available until 10 degrees of bank

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Q6188 [Normal Law] What happens if more than 45 degrees of bank is applied?

Balance and Turn co-ordiation are the responsibility of the pilot.

FMAs dissappear.

AP Disconnect and FD Off.

AP Disconnect only.

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Q6170 [Normal Law] When in a clean config, what are the maneuvering limits?

-1g to 2.5g

-2.5g to 1g

-2g to 1g

0g to 2g

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Q6199 [Alternate] What occurs when gear is extendd?

LAND mode

Flare Mode, direct stick-to-elevator relationship

Direct law engages.

Protections are restored.

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Q6183 [Normal Law] When does HI SPD protection activate?

Above 300kts

When the airspeed reaches the mid-point of the high-speed tape as shown on the PDF.

At or above VMO/MMO

Just prior to VMO/MMO

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Q6169 [Normal Law] What are the pitch attitude limits? (at low speed)

30°NU (Conf 0 - 3), 25°NU (Conf Full), 15° ND

10°NU (Conf 0 - 3), 25°NU (Conf Full), 30° ND

30°NU (Conf 0 - 3), 30°NU (Conf Full), 10° ND

25°NU (Conf 0 - 3), 20°NU (Conf Full), 15° ND

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Q6173 [Normal Law] What protections are available?

Pitch Attitude, Bank Angle, High Speed and stall only.

High Speed Stability, Pitch Attitude, Bank Angle, Load Factor and stall

Pitch attitude, Bank Angle, High Speed, Low Speed Stability

Pitch Attitude, Bank Angle, High Speed, Load Factor, AoA

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Q6175 [Normal Law] During Alpha Prot., what does the sidestick movement command?

Flight Path Angle

AoA

Load Factor

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Q6191 [Mechanical] What appears on the FMA in Red?

USE MAN PITCH TRIM

The Autopilot modes in use only.

No FMAs are available

MAN PITCH TRIM ONLY

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Quiz: A320: Flight Control Laws