CAP - ICUT OP1 Test Review 2024

Which of the following is NOT true? When CAP uses HF radio channels: - You can usually use a smaller antenna for HF than for VHF-FM CAP often uses repeaters to extend the range of VHF-FM signals because: - They are at high points and radios a lot farther away can reach them Which of the following is true about CAP use of cell phones for mission communications? - All of above Which of the following is true about the aviation VHF-AM radio system? - It is not a system controlled by CAP CAP aircraft may use Federal Aviation Administration radios to talk to CAP units on the ground: - Only in rare circumstances, otherwise it is prohibited CAP designators that we use instead of saying the actual frequencies of our HF radio channels consist of: - Three letters to stand for each channel CAP is considered to be a Federal Agency as far as radio communications is concerned. Therefore: - A & C Cellular telephones, wireless Internet and satellite phones are examples of Commercial Infrastructure which: - May fail when too many members of the public try to use them High Frequency (HF) radio systems are good for CAP to use because: - They can talk as far as across the country CAP uses radio for communicating during missions because: - Commercial communications systems sometimes fail when we need them most When the public communications systems don't work and/or we still have a lot of information we have to get from one place to another, it is called: - A "Stressed Communications Environment" Liaison Communications refers to: - Communication with other agencies If advance planning is not conducted properly for liaison communications: - Other agencies may not be expecting CAP to contact them, and may consider the radio call to be from an unauthorized trouble maker What does train the way we fight...and fight the way we train mean for CAP Communications? - We should not use commercial infrastructure for training so that we can get along without it when it fails