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IIBM Institute
of Business Management
Examination
Paper MM.100
Aviation
Maintenance Management
Section A:
Objective Type (30 marks)
· This section consists of Objective
questions & short note questions.
· Answer all the questions.
· Part one questions carry 1 mark each
& Part Two questions carry 5 marks each.
Part One:
Multiple
Choices:
1. A maintenance check performed
approximately every month is known asa.
“C” check
b. “A” check
c. Visual check
d. None of these
2. JAA stands for ______..
3. Establish the rules and
procedure for auditing maintenance & engineering facilities for adherence
to safety policy is the
responsibility of-:
a. Supervisor
b. Safety manager
c. Employee
d. Company
4. Several visual inspection
tasks performed in a specific area of the aircraft isa.
Zonal inspection
b. Non-destructive inspection
c. destructive inspection
d. General visual inspection
5. The probability that an item
will perform a required function under specified condition without
failure is known asa.
Reliability
b. Reliability programme
c. Redundancy programme
d. None of these
6. FAA stands for ______.
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7. Which of the following is the
type of documentation?
a. Regulatory documentation
b. Airline generated
documentation
c. Manufacturer’s documentation
d. All of the above
8. Which of the following is the
element of Reliability programme?
a. Data collection
b. Setting and adjusting alert
level
c. Both a & b
d. None of these.
9. Hanger maintenance & line
maintenance comes undera.
Technical maintenance
b. Aircraft maintenance
c. Shop maintenance
d. Material maintenance
10. What is the full form of
TPPM:
a. Technical policies and
procedure maintenance
b. Technical policies and
procedure manual
c. Technical policies and
procedure module
d. Technical policies and
procedure material
Part Two:
1. List the steps to selecting a
computer system for airline maintenance.
2. What are the types of
reliability in aviation industry?
3. Write short note on
‘Maintenance overhaul shops’,
4. What is technical publication
and list the function of technical publication?
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OF SECTION A
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Section B: Case
lets (40 Marks)
· This section consists of Case lets.
· Answer all the questions.
· Each Caselet carries 20 marks.
· Detailed information should form the
part of your answer (Word limit 150 to 200 words).
Caselet 1
The government nationalized the
airlines in 1953, with enactment of Air Corporation Act. Assets of nine
existing air companies were
transferred to the two new corporations Air India International and the Indian
Airlines. After 40 years, in 1994
Air Corporations Act was repealed ending the monopoly of the national
air corporation and enabling
entry of private operators.
The liberalization in civil
aviation industry began in 1986 with the introduction of Air Taxi system to
boost development of tourism.
Though there were several restrictions relating to seat capacity, airports,
timing and fare, the scheme was
liberalized over a period of time. Even the fare was totally deregulated,
allowing air operators to change
any fare.
With Open Sky Policy many private
operators began operations in the domestic sector. The carriage
increased from a modest 15,000
passengers in 1990 to more than 0.4 million in 1992.Of the total of 12.23
million passengers carried on the
domestic sector, private carriers accounted for about 5.7 million
passengers. The civil aviation
industry got a major boost with the announcement of airport Infrastructure
Policy in November, 1997 which
envisaged development of international hubs and regional hubs to
provide a hub and spoke
arrangement connecting all airports. Infrastructure development of airport was
opened up for public and private
participation. It allowed 74% foreign equity participation in the airport
infrastructure with automatic
approval and 100% equity on a case-to-case basis.
On the side of infrastructure,
the Airports Authority of India was formed in 1995 by merging International
Airports Authority of India and
National airports Authority to accelerate the integrated development
expansion and modernization of
the operational, terminal and cargo facilities at the international and
domestic airports and also at
civil enclaves.
There were 450 Airports in the
country. Of these, 120 airports were managed by airports Authority of
India (AAI), which included 12
international airports.80 civil airports and 28 civil enclaves at the Defence
airports. The existing airports
at Hyderabad, Bangalore, Ahmadabad, Goa, Amritsar, Guwahati and
Cochin airport at Nedumbassary
had been recently declared as international airports. Government had
also permitted construction of
new airports on joint venture basis at Bangalore, Hyderabad and Goa.
Further AAI had identified nine
airports for expansion/up gradation. These airports were Bombay, Delhi,
Chennai, Calcutta, Hyderabad,
Trivandrum, Ahmadabad, Goa and Bangalore. A number of airports of
international standard were
coming up in various places including Amritsar, Calicut, Jaipur and Srinagar.
The AAI had drawn ambitious long
term plans to meet challenges posed by ever increasing air traffic and
advancement in aircraft
technology. Some of the major plans for implementation were:
· Replacement of ground-based
communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) with satellite
based CNS system.
· Establishment of differential Global
Positioning system (DGPS).
· Automation in the Air Traffic control
Services, and
· Establishment of Automatic Dependent
Surveillance (ADS).
Questions:
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1. What are the major plans for
implementation to meet challenges of increasing air traffic and
advancement in technology?
2. Which types of restrictions
were present in the development of tourism in the beginning of
liberalization?
3. What is the current status of
available total airports in India?
4. Which airports had recently
been declared as international airport and also state the name of
airports that had been identified
for expansion.
Caselet 2
Indian airports face two big
problems. One, poor infrastructure. Two, under- utiliasation of available
equipment and ground infrastructure.
It is the second issue that’s become a pet peeve of airline operators.
They point out that this
underutilization causes delays and often forces their planes to circle
endlessly
while waiting for permission to
land. In the bargain, they end up wasting precious fuel.
In Delhi, points out one airline
operator, the secondary runway (09/27) is not used for departure. Ditto for
Mumbai. Using them could cut down
on the ‘waiting time ‘of planes before takeoff during peak hours.
Then again, the runways are
closed for inordinately long periods for maintenance work. In Delhi, the
main runway is closed for two
hours daily for maintenance. Says one airline operator: ‘This makes no
sense. Clearly, the quality of
maintenance being done is very poor. Very few countries with a single
runway close their runways during
the day at all. If at all it closes it is during lean periods.” He argues
that the handing out of contracts
by AAI is often done on criteria other than competence. That is why the
work has to be done over and over
again.
In its draft report, the Roy
committee also commented on the issue. It pointed out that using better quality
paint could dramatically reduce
the frequency of painting the runways and the taxiways. It recommended
the use of chemicals for removing
rubber deposits (which happens due to friction caused during
touchdown) on runways. Many feel
that the flexible pavements of the taxiways and the apron in Mumbai
and Delhi need to be converted to
rigid pavements to avoid frequent maintenance work.
Industry sources say that the
airspace and airports are also often closed for military activities.whn this
happen, small aircrafts and
helicopters are dumped on the main runways, making the system even more
inefficient. Aviation ministry
officials say that some of the restricted space for military activities needs
to
be made available for civil
aviation.
Questions:
1. What are the big problems
faced by Indian airports, give suitable examples of these problem?
2. What suggestions were given by
the Roy Paul Committee to overcome these problems? How
these can be implemented?
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Section C:
Applied Theory (30 Marks)
· This section consists of Applied Theory
Questions.
· Answer all the questions.
· Each question carries 15 marks.
· Detailed information should from the
part of your answer (Word limit 200 to 250 words).
1. Define line maintenance; and
also explain the maintenance control center responsibilities?
2. Explain goals and objectives
of maintenance in aviation”.
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