USI Certification Test Study Guide Questions and Answers Graded A+

USI Certification Test Study Guide Questions and Answers Graded A+ What type of flight control system was developed in the 1950s and 60s to relax the stability of an aircraft in an effort to make it more maneuverable? Correct answer: Fly-by-wire What is the term used to name what happens when an uplink or down link is broken? Correct answer: Lost link Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:01 / 0:15 Full screen Which of the following would be an example of a sUAS? Correct answer: ScanEagle Name the component of a UA that houses most of the equipment and acts as the basic structure. Correct answer: Fuselage What is scattering? Correct answer: Beam of radio waves hitting a mass of smaller materials, which individually reflect and spread the radio waves in different directions What electro-mechanical device can be used to move a control surface? Correct answer: Servo A UAS remote pilot can collapse and make his/her display completely disappear, if desired. Correct answer: True What bandwidth of EMR is useful for looking at the thermal emittance of an object? Correct answer: Infrared What multirotor configuration sUAS uses vectored thrust to control the yaw axis? Correct answer: Tricopter What does an image's geolocation data contain? Correct answer: Sensor's location What type of sensor is an electro-optical camera using as a flash for illumination at night? Correct answer: Active What can limit a datalink's strength/range? Correct answer: Environmental factors, power, antenna type, and range Most UAS pilot displays of a modern-day GCS are in a _____ configuration. Correct answer: lateral What is based on information critical to the operation of the aircraft? Correct answer: Display design What technology was added to the TDR-1 that made it different from all previous UAS? Correct answer: Television guidance Which of the follow is considered contingency planning? Correct answer: Lost communications flight plan What system was the original genesis of the modern-day Predator? Correct answer: Leading Systems Amber Air temperature decreases and air density _____ with increases in altitude. Correct answer: decreases What are the four core components of a UAS? Correct answer: Unmanned aircraft, payload, control station, control link In general, as the AOA of an airfoil increases, what two forces also increase? Correct answer: Lift and drag Digital imagery can be transmitted from a remote sensing platform to a ground station using the _____. Correct answer: RF datalink What is the primary role of a GCS? Correct answer: Keep the pilot out of the plane What was the primary mission of the Lightning Bug in Vietnam? Correct answer: Reconnaissance In what year did Congress mandate UAS integration into the national airspace? Correct answer: 2012 What is one of the most important factors affecting overall aircraft performance? Correct answer: Air density What was the first operational targeting drone? Correct answer: De Havilland Queen Bee What modern-day sUAS powerhouse did Dr. Paul MacCready start? Correct answer: AeroVironment What information is transmitted through uplink? Correct answer: Commands What is reflection? Correct answer: Result of radio waves bouncing off the surface of an object and changing direction