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Workshop 7 Worksheet - TCAS - Individual - V1.0

This document contains a worksheet for a training workshop on Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS). The worksheet includes 12 multiple choice questions about TCAS capabilities, alerts, symbology, and the regulatory history that led to the modern requirement for TCAS equipment on commercial aircraft worldwide. Trainees are asked to answer the questions after reviewing resource materials on TCAS and complete the worksheet to contribute to a group discussion during the workshop.

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Workshop 7 Worksheet - TCAS - Individual - V1.0

This document contains a worksheet for a training workshop on Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS). The worksheet includes 12 multiple choice questions about TCAS capabilities, alerts, symbology, and the regulatory history that led to the modern requirement for TCAS equipment on commercial aircraft worldwide. Trainees are asked to answer the questions after reviewing resource materials on TCAS and complete the worksheet to contribute to a group discussion during the workshop.

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Workshop 7 Worksheet_ TCAS_Individual _V1.

Name_______________________

Date________________________

Resources:

Video- Watch the following videos

 Traffic Alert And Collision avoidance System | TCAS Of Aircraft | Aircraft TCAS System | Lecture 5
(10:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znsowAz8WP0
 Airborne Collison Avoidance System (ACAS)/Traffic Alert and Collison Avoidance System (TCAS)
(19:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UE JMC3qB00
 Near Mid-Air Collision Over Shizuoka - 2001 Japan Airlines Boeing 747 & DC-10 Incident
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y9m4jUDlws

Read the following documents:

 Metres and milliseconds_ an almost catastrophic near-hit _ Flight Safety Australia


 tcas ii v7.1 intro booklet
 ACAS Bulletin No 6

Complete the following questions and bring this Individual Worksheet with you to the Week 7
Workshop. You will form small groups and complete a group worksheet which will also be handed in for
assessment purposes at the completion of the workshop. All team members will be allocated the same
mark for the group contribution.

Q1. What is the difference in capability between TCAS I and TCAS II?

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Q2. What are the 2 types of alerts issued by TCAS II

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Q3. Dependent on aircraft type, how many aircraft can communicate simultaneously on TCAS?

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Q4. How many aircraft will actually be displayed on TCAS?

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Q5. In the case of an RA, which instructions take precedence, the controller’s or the TCAS?

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Q6. What symbol is displayed on the TCAS if an aircraft is flying 1500ft below yours and climbing
towards you?

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Q7. Should pilot’s manoeuvre their aircraft in response to a Traffic Advisory (TA)?

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Q8. Does the TCAS traffic display provide sufficient information necessary for the provision of
separation and sequencing from other traffic?

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Q9. What event galvanized the airlines and aviation authorities into initiating the development of an
effective collision avoidance system that would act as a last resort when there is a failure in the ATC
provided separation service?

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Q10. One of the most important collision avoidance concepts is “Tau” attributed to Dr J Morrell of
Bendix. What is “Tau”?

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Q11. In 1986 the collision of a DC-9 and a private aircraft over Cerritos in California spurred the US
Govt (in 1989) to issue a ruling requiring carriage of TCAS in US airspace. What was this requirement and
by when did it have to be complied with?

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Q12. What incident prompted ICAO to require worldwide mandatory carriage of ACAS II equipment
on all aircraft in 2003?

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