Data Buses

1. How many receiver or LRUs can be connected

to an ARINC 429 data bus?.
A. 120.
B. 60.
C. 20.
Correct Answer is.20.

2. An ARINC 429 bus uses.

A. a twisted shielded pair of wires.
B. two bi-directional twin sheathed and earthed
wires.
C. a single twin wire cable for each transmitter.
Correct Answer is.a twisted shielded pair of
wires.
3. In the ARINC 429 digital information transfer
system, data may travel in:.
A. both directions on the same bus
simultaneously.
B. one direction only.
C. both directions on the same bus
sequentially by time multiplexing.
Correct Answer is.one direction only.
Unidirectional

4. A basic ARINC 429 Data word has lenght of

A. 32
A
B. 16
C. 24
Correct answer is. 32

5. ARINC 573 is designed for use with:

(a) INS
(b) FDR
(c) Weather radar.
Correct answer is FDR

6. The required parallel-to-serial and serial-to-

parallel data conversion is carried out by a bus
interface using self clocking
A. Asynchronous
B. Synchronous
C. Decoder
Correct answer is asynchronous

7. Data busused to transfer data from the airborne

weather radar receiver to the aircraft’s radar
display.
A. ARINC 573
B. ARINC 708
C. ARINC 429
Correct Answer is ARINC 708
8. ARINC 629 can connect receiver upto
A. 120
B. 20
C. 80
Correct answer is 120
9.ARINC 629 i
A. Unidirectional
B. Bidirectional
C. Both
Correct amswer is Bidirectional
10. ARINC 429 Uses
A. 4 primary word
B. 5 primary word
C. 3 primary word
Correct answer is 5 primary word
11. DFDR uses
A. ARINC 429
B. ARINC 573
C. ARINC 708
Correct answer is ARINC 573
12. The maximum bit rate supported by ARINC 429
is:
(a) 12.5 Kbps
(b) 100 Kbps
(c) 1 Mbps.
Correct answer is 100kbps
13. First bit of 32 bit word of ARINC 429 is
A. Parity bit
B. Label
C. SDI
Correct answer is parity bit
14. Serial data buses used in aircraft
A. Provide less connection
B. Reduce weight
C. Provide long distance transfer of data
D. All
Correct answer is all
15. A group of data sent one after another is
A. Serial data Bus
B. Parrellal Bus
C. Both
Correct answer is Serial data bus
16. ARINC 629, aperiodic mode uses in
A. Landing and approach
B. Normal operation
C. Database load
Correct answer is database load
17. ARINC 629, periodic mode uses in
A. Landing and approach
B. Normal operation
C. Database load
Correct answer is normal operation
18. Serial data Buses used over parallel
A. Increase in weight
B. Decrease in weight
C. Reduction in power
Correct answer is decrease in weight

19. A software protocol that can be layered on top

of ARINC 429 compatible systems.
A. ARINC 573
B. ARINC 708
C. ARINC 615
Correct answer is ARINC 615
20. ARINC 629 is
A. Bidirectional
B. can connect upto 120 receiver
C. Data rate of 2mbps( 20 times faster than ARINC
429)
D. All
Correct answer is all
21. ARINC 429 is
A. Unidirectional
B. Can connect upto 20 receiver
C. Data rate of 100kbps
D. All
Correct answer is all