DGCA Technical General: Emergency Equipment Questions
130 exam-style Emergency Equipment questions for the DGCA Technical Generalpaper (CPL & ATPL). The first 12 are free below with answers and explanations — sign up free to practise all of them with progress tracking.
- Q1
An emergency exit assisted escape device must be fitted if the door sill height is above:-
- A 8ft with the aircraft on the landing gear with the nosewheel extended
- B 8ft with the aircraft on the landing gear with the nosewheel collapsed
- C 6ft with the aircraft on the landing gear with the nosewheel extended
- D 6ft with the aircraft on the landing gear with the nosewheel collapsed
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Correct answer: D. 6ft with the aircraft on the landing gear with the nosewheel collapsed
A means of assisting escape must be provided where the exit sill is more than 1.83 m (6 ft) above the ground, and this is assessed with the aircraft resting on its landing gear with the nose gear collapsed, representing the worst-case attitude for occupants trying to get out.
- Q2
How and when is a day/night flare used?
- ASmoke at night and flare in daylight.
- BFlare at night and smoke in daylight.
- CFlare in daylight or fog and smoke at night.
- DSmoke in daylight or fog and flare at night.
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Correct answer: B. Flare at night and smoke in daylight.
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- Q3
An aircraft entrance door is fitted with an automatic escape slide, the door is ‘armed’ from the inside by the cabin crew:
- A The door cannot be opened from the outside
- B If the door is opened from the outside the slide will remain stowed
- C If the door is opened from the outside the slide will deploy and inflate
- D Entrance to the aircraft from outside must be made through the ‘break in’ panel
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Correct answer: B. If the door is opened from the outside the slide will remain stowed
When a door with an automatic escape slide is armed and it is then opened from the outside, a mechanism disarms the girt bar so the slide stays stowed and does not deploy onto the ground crew. Opening from inside in the emergency case is what allows the slide to deploy and inflate.
- Q4
An aircraft routinely flies a distance of 340 nautical miles at a speed of 180 Kts with all engine operating or 155 Kts with one engine failed. Which of the following would it require?
- ALiferaft and lifejackets.
- BLiferafts only.
- CLifejackets only.
- DNo lifejackets nor liferafts.
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Correct answer: C. Lifejackets only.
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- Q5
The minimum height for door sills before a means of assisting escape is required is
- A 1.83 m
- B 1.82 m
- C 1.28 m
- D 1.38 m
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Correct answer: A. 1.83 m
A means of assisting escape must be provided where the exit sill is higher than 1.83 m (6 ft) above the ground, below which occupants are considered able to get down unaided.
- Q6
Aircraft above a certain capacity must carry a crash axe, it is provided to
- ACut through the aircraft fuselage to allow escape
- B Enable access behind panels and soundproofing to aid fire fighting
- C Cut firewood in a survival situation
- D Restrain disorderly passengers
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Correct answer: B. Enable access behind panels and soundproofing to aid fire fighting
The crash axe is carried so the crew can break through interior panels, trim and soundproofing to reach a hidden fire and fight it. It is a firefighting access tool, not intended for cutting through the fuselage or for other uses.
- Q7
The battery in a search and rescue beacon (SARB) should last for
- A 72 hours
- B 48 hours
- C 24 hours
- D 12 hours
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Correct answer: B. 48 hours
The battery in an emergency locator/search-and-rescue beacon is required to power the beacon for at least 48 hours of continuous transmission, giving rescuers adequate time to locate the signal.
- Q8
How many fire extinguishers are required in the passenger compartment of an aircraft configured with between 61 and 200 passenger seats?
- A2
- B3
- C4
- D5
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Correct answer: B. 3
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- Q9
How are escape slides inflated
- A Fed from bleed air system
- B Self contained gas bottle
- C Hand pumped by cabin crew
- D Using the oral inflation adaptor
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Correct answer: B. Self contained gas bottle
Escape slides inflate rapidly from their own self-contained high-pressure gas bottle, which discharges automatically as the slide deploys so it is ready for use within seconds. Bleed air and hand pumping would be far too slow.
- Q10
When opening an aircraft door from outside, what happens to the escape slide
- A Inflates
- B Deploys, but does not inflate
- CInflates, but stays inside its container
- D Is disarmed
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Correct answer: D. Is disarmed
Opening an armed door from the outside automatically disarms the slide system so it cannot deploy against arriving ground personnel. The girt-bar mechanism disconnects when the door is worked from outside.
- Q11
What kind of extinguisher should be used in an engine fire?
- AMethy bromide.
- BFreon.
- CCarbon dioxide.
- DDry powder.
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Correct answer: A. Methy bromide.
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- Q12
If an aircraft is 340 nm from land and its one engine inop speed is 150 kts
- A Does not need lifejackets or life rafts.
- BMust carry lifejackets for each passenger only
- C Must carry life rafts but lifejackets are not necessary
- D Must carry lifejackets for each passenger and life rafts sufficient to carry all persons on board.
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Correct answer: D. Must carry lifejackets for each passenger and life rafts sufficient to carry all persons on board.
At 340 nm and 150 kt the diversion to land would take well over two hours, far beyond the 30-minute overwater threshold, so both life jackets for every occupant and life rafts able to carry all persons on board must be provided.
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