REFERENCES:

A. MIL-HDBK-263B, ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE HANDBOOK FOR PROTECTION OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PARTS, ASSEMBLIES, AND EQUIPMENT (EXCLUDING ELECTRICALLY INITIATED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES)
B. NAVEDTRA 12000, AIRMAN
C. NAVEDTRA 10348-G, AVIATION ELECTRICIAN'S MATE 3 & 2
D. NAVEDTRA 12329, AVIATION ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN 3
E. NAVEDTRA 12330, AVIATION ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN 2 (ORGANIZATIONAL)
F. NAVEDTRA 12334, AVIATION ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN AT2(I)
G. NAVEDTRA B72-03-00-93, NEETS MODULE 3, INTRO TO CIRCUIT PROTECTION, CONTROL AND MEASUREMENT
H. NAVEDTRA B72-01-00-92, NEETS MODULE 1, INTRO TO MATTER, ENERGY, AND DIRECT CURRENT
I. NAVEDTRA 12331, AVIATION ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN 1 (ORGANIZATIONAL)

126.1 DEFINE ESD. (REF A)

ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE IS THE BUILD UP OF STATIC ELECTRICITY ON THE BODY OR OTHER SURFACE AND CAN BE TRANSMITTED THRU ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AND DAMAGE EQUIPMENT INSIDE ELECTRONIC BOXES.

126.2 DEFINE ESDS. (REF A)

ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE SENSITIVE - WARNING FOR ANYTHING THAT'S ESD SENSITIVE.

126.3 EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF ESD PROTECTED AREAS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO: (REF A)

A. PRIME/TRIBOELECTRIC GENERATORS - THE GENERATION OF STATIC ELECTRICITY CAUSED BY RUBBING TWO SUBSTANCES IS CALLED TRIBOELECTRIC EFFECT. ESD PROTECTED AREAS ARE REQUIRED WHEN HANDLING ESDS PARTS, ASSEMBLIES THIS CAN CAUSE SEVER DAMAGE TO COMPONENTS. IE TRANSISTORS, DIDOES, RESISTORS.
B. ESD PROTECTIVE AND ANTISTATIC MATERIALS - THESE ARE THE MATERIALS USED TO PROTECT CIRCUIT CARDS AND OTHER COMPONENTS.

126.4 IDENTIFY THREE PRIME/TRIBOELECTRIC GENERATORS. (REF A)

ANYTHING THAT RUBS TOGETHER TO GENERATE STATIC ELECTRICITY.
ELECTRIC MOTORS. IE RUBBING HANDS, RABBIT FUR, MICA, NYLON, WOOL, SILK, ALUMINUM, SEALING WAX, NICKEL, COPPER, BRASS. THESE ARE JUST FEW EXAMPLES.

126.5 IDENTIFY THREE EXAMPLES OF ESD PROTECTIVE MATERIALS. (REF C)

A. PINK BUBBLE WRAP
B. PINK MAF BAGS
C. POLYPROPOLYNE - ANTI-STATIC SHIELDING

126.6 IDENTIFY AND ESD ION. (REF C)

A CIRCLE WITH YELLOW BACKGROUND AND CAUTION IN BLACK WRITING THAT HAS THREE ARROWS POINTED INTO THE CIRCLE.

126.7 DESCRIBE THE PURPOSE OF THE FOLLOWING:

A. MULTIMETER - A SINGLE METER COMBINING THE FUNCTIONS OF AN AMMETER, VOLTMETER, AND AN OHMMETER.
B. MEGOHMMETER - DC GENERATOR - USED TO CHECK WIRING INSULATION
C. BONDING DEVICES - GROUNDING STRAPS, BONDING WIRES. ELECTRICAL PATH TO GROUND.
D. BATTERY - TWO OR MORE PRIMARY OR SECONDARY CELLS CONNECTED TOGETHER ELECTRICALLY. THE TERM DOES NOT APPLY TO A SINGLE CELL. A DEVICE FOR CONNECTING CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY.
E. GENERATOR/ALTERNATOR - A MACHINE THAT CONVERTS MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY.
F. FUSE - A PROTECTIVE DEVICE lNSERTED IN SERIES WITH A CIRCUIT. IT CONTAINS A METAL THAT WILL MELT OR BREAK WHEN CURRENT IS INCREASED BEYOND A SPECIFIC VALUE FOR A DEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
G. CIRCUIT BREAKER - AN ELECTROMAGNETIC OR THERMAL DEVICE THAT OPENS A CIRCUIT WHEN CURRENT IN THE CIRCUIT EXCEEDS A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT. CIRCUIT CAN BE RESET.
H. EXTERNAL POWER - ELECTRICAL POWER FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE TO ALLOW GROUND CREWS TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE.
I. MASTER CAUTION/SUPERVISORY PANEL - GIVES ADVISES (GREEN), CAUTIONS (YELLOW) AND WARNINGS (RED) TO PILOT OR GROUND CREW .

126.8 EXPLAIN THE PROCEDURES FOR THERMAL RUNAWAY IN AN AIRCRAFT BATTERY. (REF B)

DISCONNECT IT, IF FLAME - SPRAY WITH CO2.
NO FLAME - COOL WITH LOW VELOCITY FOG THIS WILL LOWER THE TEMPERATURE.

126.9 EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RADAR ALTIMETER AND THE BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER. (REF. F)

RADAR ALTIMETER USES RADAR TO INDICATE THE HEIGHT OF THE A/C ABOVE THE TERRAIN. A BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER MEASURES ALTITUDE BY USING STATIC PRESSURE TO INDICATE HEIGHT ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL.

126.10 DESCRIBE THE INFORMATION THE INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM (INS) PROVIDES TO AN AIRCRAFT DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM. (REF. B)

THE INS IS AN AUTOMATIC AID TO NAVIGATION WHICH IS INDEPENDENT OF ITS OPERATING ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS ACCURATE VELOCITY, ATTITUDE AND HEADING DATA.

126.11 DESCRIBE THE INFORMATION THE ATTITUDE INDICATOR PROVIDES TO AIRCREW. (REF C)

THE ATTITUDE INDICATOR IS ALSO KNOWN AS A VERTICAL GYRO INDICATOR (VGI), ARTIFICIAL HORIZON. THIS SHOW THE PILOT THE RELATIVE POSITION TO THE AIRCRAFT COMPARED TO THE EARTHS HORIZON.

126.12 STATE THE PURPOSE OF THE PITOT-STATIC SYSTEM AND IDENTIFY THREE SYSTEM INDICATORS. (REF. B)

PITOT PRESSURE PROVIDES AIRSPEED. STATIC PRESSURE PROVIDES VERTICAL SPEED INDICATIONS, AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE.

126.13 STATE THE PURPOSE OF A COMPASS TRANSMITTER/FLUX VALVE. (REF. C)

IT DETECTS THE DIRECTION OF THE FLUX LINES OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE EARTH AND ELECTRONICALLy TRANSMITS THIS INFO TO A SERVO LOOP.

126.14 STATE THE FREQUENCY RANGE OF THE FOLLOWING: (REF D)

A. HF - 300 to 30,000 khz
B. VHF - 30,000 to 300,000 khz
C. UHF - 300,000 to 3,000,000 khz (kilo hertz)

126.15 EXPLAIN THE ADVANTAGES OF FIBER OPTICS SYSTEMS. (REF D)

MULTI-FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM RUNS MULTI-SYSTEMS WITH ONE WIRE.
EASY TO REPAIR, NOT TEMPERATURE AFFECTED, HIGH DATA TRANSMITIONS RATE

126.16 DEFINE THE FOLLOWING ACRONYMS AND THEIR AVIATION APPLICATION:

A. RADAR - A DEVICE THAT USES REFLECTED RADIO WAVES FOR THE DETECTION OF OBJECTS. USED IN A/C FOR TACTICAL CONTROL AND FIRE CONTROL.

B. IFF - IDENTIFICATION FRIEND OR FOE, IS AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS A FRIENDLY CRAFT TO IDENTIFY ITSELF AUTOMATICALLY, WHEN INTERROGATED, BEFORE APPROACHING NEAR ENOUGH TO THREATEN THE SECURITY OF OTHER NAVAL UNITS.

C. AHRS - ALTITUDE HEADING REFERENCE SYSTEM - BALL IN COCKPIT THAT GIVES ROLL, PITCH, AND HEADING .

D. ADF - ATTITUDE DIRECTION FINDER - ANTENNAE THAT ROTATES 360 DEGREES TO GIVE RELATIVE DIRECTION TO A BEACON.

E. TACAN - TACTICAL AIR NAVIGATION SYSTEMS USES A BEARING DETERMINING SYSTEMS. IN ADDITION, THE TACAN SYSTEM HAS INTEGRATED DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT (DME). USING TACAN THE PILOT CAN OBTAIN THE AIRCRAFT'S DISTANCE FROM THE STATION AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

F. ECM/ESM/ECCM/DECM - A COUNTER WEAPON USED AGAINST ENEMY ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT: RADAR, COMMUNICATIONS, NAVIGATION AIDS AND ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED WEAPONS SUCH AS GUIDED MISSILES AND PROXIMITY FUSES. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO GATHER AS MUCH INTELLIGENCE AS POSSIBLE FROM THE ELECTRONIC DEVICES THE ENEMY USES AND TO MAKE THEM INEFFECTIVE.

G. SONAR - SOUND NAVIGATION AND RANGING. USED TO DETECT SUBMARINES BY RECEIVING UNDERWATER SOUNDS.

H. IR/FLIR - INFRARED/FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED RADAR - NIGHT BOMBING.

I. LASER - LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSIONS OF RADIATION

J. CAINS - CARRIER AIRCRAFT INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS. THIS INTERFACES WITH OTHER AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION SYSTEMS. PROVIDES AIRCRAFT VELOCITIES, ATTITUDES, AND POSITIONS.

K. JTIDS - JOINT TACTICAL INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
PROVIDES HIGH VOLUME DATA COMMUNICATION, ALWAYS ENCRYPTED, INCLUDING FIGHTER TO FIGHTER VOICE DATA LINK.

L. GPS - GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM - SERIES OF SATELLITES TO GIVE ACCURATE POSITION ANYWHERE ON EARTH.

M. HUD - HEADS UP DISPLAY - COCKPIT DISPLAY USED TO KEEP ATTACK AND FLIGHT INFORMATION IN A PILOTS FIELD OF VIEW.

126.17 EXPLAIN THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF RADAR, AND DEFINE A RADAR RANGE MILE. (REFS B, D)

RADAR WORKS ON THE ECHO PRINCIPLE. RADIO WAVES ARE SENT OUT TOWARD A TARGET FROM A TRANSMITTER THE WAVES BOUNCE OFF THE TARGET AND ARE PICKED UP BY AN ANTENNA AND RECEIVER THEN DISPLAYED ON SCREEN. A RADAR RANGE MILE IS 12.36 MICROSECONDS. THIS IS THE TIME IT TAKES THE TRANSMISSION PULSE TO BE SENT OUT ONE NAUTICAL MILE AND BE RECEIVED BY THE ANTENNA.

126.18 EXPLAIN THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF IR DETECTION AND DEFINE PASSIVE SYSTEMS. (REF D)

INFRARED DETECTION; EVERY OBJECT EMITS INFRARED RADIATION. PASSIVE SYSTEMS DETECT SIGNALS OR DISTURBANCES IN THE IR BAND.

126.19 STATE THE ADVANTAGES OF IR OVER RADAR DETECTION.
(REF D)

IR SYSTEMS ARE PASSIVE COMPLETE JAMMING IS DIFFICULT. IR SYSTEMS HAVE A HIGH TARGET RESOLUTION.

126.20 STATE THE PURPOSE OF WIRING/CABLE IDENTIFICATION CODES. (REF. C)

TO MAKE MAINTENANCE EASIER, EACH OF THE CONNECTING WIRES/CABLES INSTALLED IN AN A/C IS MARKED WITH A COMBINATION OF LETTERS AND NUMBERS WHICH IDENTIFY IT, THE CIRCUIT TO WHICH IT BELONGS, AND ITS GAGE SIZE.

126.21 DEFINE "APC" AND STATE UNDER WHICH CONDITION IT'S USED. (REF. C)

THE APPROACH POWER COMPENSATOR IS USED DURING LANDING APPROACHES TO AUTOMATICALLY CONTROL ENGINE POWER TO MAINTAIN OPTIMUM ANGLE OF ATTACK DURING THE LANDING EVOLUTION.

126.22 STATE THE PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION OF A THERMOCOUPLE AND MILITARY APPLICATIONS. (REF. D)

A THERMOCOUPLE IS A JUNCTION OR CONNECTION OF TWO UNLIKE METALS. IF ONE OF THE JUNCTIONS IS HEATED TO A HIGHER TEMPERATURE THAN THE OTHER, AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL IS PRODUCED. THERMOCOUPLE TEMPERATURE INDICATORS ARE USED TO INDICATE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE ENGINE CYLINDERS, THE AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE HEATER DUCT OF ANTI ICE SYSTEMS, AND TO INFORM THE PILOT OF THE TEMPERATURE OF THE EXHAUST GAS OF HIS JET ENGINES.

126.23 STATE TWO BASIC TYPES OF COMPUTERS AND THE THREE SECTIONS OF A COMPUTER. (REF D)

ANALOG & DIGITAL. INPUT,PROCESSING,OUTPUT.

126.24 DEFINE THE FOLLOWING: (REF H)

A. CURRENT - MOVEMENT OF ELECTRONS PAST REFERENCE POINT. PASSAGE OF ELECTRONS THRU CONDUCTOR. MEASURE IN AMPERES.

B. VOLTAGE - SIGNIFY ELECTRICAL PRESSURE. FORCE THAT CAUSES CURRENT TO FLOW THRU ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR.

C. RESISTANCE - OPPOSITION TO FLOW OF CURRENT CAUSED BY THE NATURE AND PHYSICAL DIMENSION OF A CONDUCTOR.