other nav canada systems

The Integrated Information Display System (IIDS) provided ______ to a wide variety of essential operation, including:

• Operational Information Display System-Replacement (OIDS-R)

• Computerized Video Information Display System (CVIDS)

• NAV CANADA Auxiliary Radar Display System (NARDS)

• Extended Computer Display System (EXCDS)

integrated access

Operational Information Display System-Replacement (OIDS-R) gathers, formats, and displays ______ for use by ATS personnel

aviation weather

The OIDS-R system collects hourly weather observations, aerodrome forecasts, _____ and presents them in an easy-to-read format.

SIGMETS, AIRMETS, and PIREPs

OIDS-R also monitors and displays the status of ______

local airfield NAVAIDs and runway lighting configurations

Computerized Video Information Display System (CVIDS) contains graphics files that show useful operational information, such as _____.

approach plates and local emergency procedures

NAV CANADA Auxiliary Radar Display System (NARDS) is used for displaying and manipulating _______. It typically occupies one of the ____ at a IIDS workstation.

surveillance targets and flight plans, two

In the ACCs, NARDS is used to display surveillance targets in the event that ________ fail.

CAATS, CSiT, or FUSION

In towers and flight service stations, NARDS is used _____.

as the main surveillance display

Extended Computer Display System (EXCDS) is a ______ that provides real-time ______ to ATS personnel in different geographic locations.

flight plan manipulation and display system, flight plan status information

EXCDS reduces the amount of _______ required to deal with flight data transactions by automating most of the repetitive operation

verbal communication

Which of these systems provides an integrated display of

essential operational information?

IIDS

Which of these systems gathers, formats, and displays

aviation weather for use by ATS personnel?

OIDS-R

CVIDS runs on IIDS and contains graphics files that show _____.

useful operational information

Voice Switching and Control System (VSCS) is the primary _______ used in ATS. It uses _____, which is the same technology used by phone companies.

communication technology, digital switching technology

The VSCS includes a _____ that allows you to select which frequencies and phones lines to use. You communicate through _____.

touchscreen input device, a headset

Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) provides a continuous broadcast of ________ for selected airports.

recorded aeronautical information

ATIS is used to notify arriving and departing aircraft of important data such as:

• Current surface weather

• _____

• ______ conditions

• Communications frequencies

Active runways, runway and taxiway conditions

Data link ATIS (D-ATIS) automates the distribution of ATIS information and can be installed ______.

on the IIDS platform

ATIS data is passed automatically to the _____ for broadcast

text-to-voice generation system (TVGS)

D-ATIS messages are also passed to ____ for further dissemination

the ACC

What is the primary voice communication technology used in ATS?

VSCS

A pilot intends to fly from Fort McMurray to Edmonton. The flight plan is entered in ______ where a profile of that flight is created. ATS personnel will view the flight plan on ______.

CAATS, EXCDS

What type of radar is located at major Canadian airports?

TSR

What is the name of the interface between the controller and the CAATS system?

CSiT