EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT – Air – DGCA Question Bank For Politics

#1. A flight deck indication that a fixed fire extinguisher has been fired is:

a green coloured bursting disc.

a protruding indicator pin at the discharge head.

low pressure warning lamp.

thermal discharge indicator.

#2. One type of extinguishing agent you would expect to find in an aircraft installed engine fire protection system is:

carbon dioxide.

argon

helium

freon

#3. A wheel brake fire should be fought with a:

water/gas fire extinguisher.

dry powder extinguisher.

Carbon dioxide extinguisher.

foam fire extinguisher.

#4. An engine fire extinguisher has discharged due to an over temperature condition occurring in its vicinity. This will be indicated by:

a bursting disc in the discharge nozzle.

an externally mounted warning lamp.

an externally mounted discharge indicator showing red.

an audible warning.

#5. On a multi engined aircraft, an engine fire warning system consists of:

flashing red lights for each engine and a warning horn.

steady red light for each engine and a common warning bell.

flashing red light for each engine and a common warning bell.

steady red light and bell for each engine.

#6. Smoke detectors are fitted in:

passenger cabins, cargo bays, electrical equipment bays.

cargo bays, APU compartment, toilets.

toilets, electrical equipment bays, APU compartments.

cargo bays, electrical equipment bays, toilets.

#7. A short circuit in a resistive “fire wire” detector will:

fire the squib in the fire bottle discharge head.

cause a spurious fire warning to be received.

cause the blow out disc to be ruptured.

disable the test circuit.

#8. On receipt of an engine fire warning on the flight deck the correct procedure should be:

fight the fire with the flight deck BCF fire extinguisher.

pull the fire handle, fire the fire extinguisher, shut down the engine.

shut down the affected engine, pull the fire handle, fire the first extinguisher.

fire the first extinguisher, pull the fire handle, shut down the engine.

#9. Fire detection systems:

automatically fire the engine extinguishers.

can only use AC electricity.

are connected to the Vital bus bar.

can be tested from the flight deck.

#10. A toilet fire extinguisher is activated:

by high temperature in its vicinity.

by remote control from the flight deck.

by a switch at the nearest flight attendant station.

by a smoke detector.

#11. Emergency exits:

can only be opened from the inside.

must have an escape slide fitted to them.

are painted yellow.

must be outlined externally by a 2 inch band of contrasting colour.

#12. Regulations governing the fitting, marking and use of safety equipment is contained in:

British Civil Airworthiness Requirements.

Navigation Regulations.

Joint Airworthiness Requirements.

Operations Manual.

#13. An automatic escape slide:

can be armed from the inside of the aircraft only.

can only be activated from the flight deck.

automatically inflates when the crash switches are activated.

inflates when the recovery team open the door from the outside of the aircraft.

#14. Emergency lighting must be capable of remaining illuminated for a minimum of:

5 mins.

7 mins.

10 mins.

15 mins.

#15. The LED indicator light on the emergency torch is flashing at 4 second intervals. This indicates:

the battery is charging.

the torch is serviceable.

the battery needs replacing.

the filament is broken.

#16. Nomex gloves are provided on the flight deck to:

protect hands during cold weather refuelling operations.

remove hot meal containers from the oven.

protect hands from hot materials during firefighting.

to allow turn around checks to be carried out on a hot gas turbine engine.

#17. If the emergency lighting system is powered from the aircraft electrical system, it takes is power supply from:

AC essential bus-bar.

DC essential bus-bar.

Vital DC bus-bar.

The inverter.

#18. Lifejackets are inflated with compressed:

helium

nitrogen

freon

carbon dioxide.

#19. Emergency lighting:

can be switched on from the flight deck only.

must illuminate the inside of the passenger cabin only.

comprises flight deck lighting, cabin internal and external lighting.

once activated cannot be switched off.

#20. A cut-in area:

always has a crash axe located next to it.

is designated as a weaker fuselage area.

is lit internally by the emergency lighting system.

is delineated by external markings having right angled corners.

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