b1.1 Category Syllabus - Module 5
b1.1 Category Syllabus - Module 5
SYSTEMS
Sl. No. Topics to be Covered Level
B1.1
5.1. ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS
a. Computer terminology (including bit, byte, software, hardware, CPU, IC, and various
memory devices such as RAM, ROM, PROM); 2
b. Computer technology (as applied in aircraft systems)
a. Advantages and disadvantages of Fibre optic data transmission over electrical wire
propagation;
b. Fibre optic data bus;
c. Fibre optic related terms;
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d. Terminations;
e. Couplers, control terminals, remote terminals;
a. General arrangement of typical electronic/digital aircraft systems and associated BITE (Built
in Test Equipment) testing such as
i. ACARS-ARINC Communication and Addressing and Reporting System
ii. EICAS-Engine Indication and Crew Alerting System
iii. FBW-Fly by Wire
iv. FMS-Flight Management System
v. IRS-Inertial reference system
vi. ECAM-Electronic Centralised Aircraft Monitoring 2
vii. EFIS-Electronic Flight Instrument System
viii. GPS-Global Positioning System
ix. TCAS-Traffic Collision Avoidance system
x. Integrated modular Avionica
xi. Cabin System
xii. Information system