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Boeing 777 B2: Electronic Flight Bag (ATA 46)Type training questions & answers
EFB electronics and display units, power and interfaces, application manager, maintenance pages and data loading.
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Sample Electronic Flight Bag questions with answers
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1.What are the main hardware units of the 777 electronic flight bag (EFB)?
- A.Two DUs and two EUs
- B.One DU and one server
- C.Two CDUs and an AIMS card
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Correct answer: A. Two DUs and two EUs
Two display units (DU) and two electronics units (EU), one set for each pilot, linked by ethernet. Ref Olympic B777 training manual, ATA 46.
2.Which operating systems run in each 777 EFB electronics unit?
- A.Windows 2000 only
- B.Linux only, twice
- C.Linux and Windows
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Correct answer: C. Linux and Windows
Each EU has two independent partitions on separate hard drives: Linux (certified, EFB core) and Windows (operationally approved software). Ref Olympic B777 training manual, ATA 46.
3.Where are the 777 EFB electronics units installed?
- A.Behind each display unit
- B.E1-3 (capt) and E4-2 (F/O)
- C.E2-1 (capt) and E2-2 (F/O)
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Correct answer: B. E1-3 (capt) and E4-2 (F/O)
The captain's EU is in rack E1-3 and the first officer's EU in rack E4-2. Ref Olympic B777 training manual, ATA 46.
Part of the Boeing 777 B2 type course
One chapter of the Boeing 777 B2 type course question bank, for the 777 avionics, written in our own words for revision. Your type course and the aircraft maintenance manual stay the authority: limits and procedures can differ between airframes and operators.
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