AE6701 Avionics, Fourth year, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, First and second Units Questions.


 PART – A (10 × 2 = 20 Marks)
1.      What is avionics?
2.      What is the need for avionics in civil, military aircrafts and space systems?
3.      What are the major avionics sub systems used in present day aircrafts?
4.      What are the design objectives considered in avionic system design?
5.      What is the difference between computer and digital computer?
6.      Give the classifications of memory.
7.      What are the differences between EPROM and EEPROM?
8.      What is RAM? Give its types.
9.      Give the fundamental types of architecture.
10.  What are the types of data buses?

PART – B (16 × 5 = 80 Marks)

11.  Explain in detailed about the typical avionics subsystems.                                          (16)

12.  Explain in detailed about avionic design considerations and technologies.                              (16)

13.  Describe the architecture of ARINC 429 data bus in detail.                                         (16)

14.  Explain MIL STD 1553 B data bus in detail with neat sketches.                                              (16)

15.  Describe the ARINC 629 data bus in detail.                                                                (16)