USI Certification Exam A&B ALL 500
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QUESTION: The uplink, which describes the portion of the data link that transmits commands
and flight plan changes from the ground control station to the air vehicle, is also known as
which of the following? - ANSWER-Command link
QUESTION: Which of the following control station types is also referred to as a Pilot Control Box
(PCB)? - ANSWER-Handheld control station
QUESTION: The Earth's atmosphere, which comprises a variety of gasses like carbon dioxide,
ozone, and water vapor, causes which of the following remote sensing effects? - ANSWER-
Absorbtion, Refraction, Scattering
QUESTION: Which of the following systems does not require human intervention? - ANSWER-
Autonomous UAS
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QUESTION: A Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) has lower levels of autonomy than an
Autonomous Uncrewed Aircraft System. - ANSWER-True
QUESTION: How does a propeller generate thrust? - ANSWER-Creates a low-pressure zone in
front of and a high-pressure zone behind the blades
QUESTION: Terrain masking, equipment failures, and electromagnetic interference can cause
which of the following conditions? - ANSWER-Loss of link
QUESTION: What part of a ground control station is also a hardware component of the data
link? - ANSWER-Ground Data Terminal
Q; An Autonomous Uncrewed Aircraft System has which of the following features? - ANSWER-
Requires no human intervention
QUESTION: Which of the following are common architecture components shared by all robots?
- ANSWER-Electronic systems, Mechanical structure, and Software
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QUESTION: Which types of scattering result in the sky looking blue and clouds looking white? -
ANSWER-Rayleigh and Mie
QUESTION: Which Remotely Piloted Aircraft System element is responsible for transmitting
data between the ground control station and the aircraft? - ANSWER-Data link
QUESTION: Which of the following are core components of all remotely piloted aircraft
systems? - ANSWER-Control station, Support equipment, Payload
QUESTION: What level of autonomy (LOA) describes a vehicle that can perform tasks under
limited conditions and make minor decisions (like avoiding an obstacle) independently without
direct human supervision, but the operator is still able and ready to intervene if necessary? -
ANSWER-LOA 3
QUESTION: If power and wavelength are equal, which antennas would have the shortest range?
- ANSWER-Omni-directional
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QUESTION: Which of the following is NOT a role that a control station can serve? - ANSWER-
Relay for extended visual line of sight data links
QUESTION: Ground Sample Distance is a measurement of what type of resolution? - ANSWER-
Spatial
QUESTION: Which element of a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System is responsible for the safety
and reliability of the whole system? - ANSWER-Human element
QUESTION: What is the primary role of the human in a remotely piloted aircraft system? -
ANSWER-They are responsible for the safety and reliability of the system
QUESTION: Which of the following is NOT one of the four forces acting upon an aircraft? -
ANSWER-Gravity
QUESTION: Which of the following is NOT a function of a remotely piloted aircraft system's data
link? - ANSWER-Providing return to home commands in the event of an interruption
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