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Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)The FAA classifies Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) into what 3 categories? - correct answer ✔✔1. Civil
2. Public
3. Model Aircraft
A typical UAS consists of what elements? - correct answer ✔✔1. unmanned aircraft (UA)
2. control system, such as Ground Control Station (GCS)
3. control link, a specialized datalink; and other related support equipment
ICAO refers to an aircraft without a human pilot aboard as what? - correct answer ✔✔a Remotely Piloted
Aircraft (RPA)
In the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration has adopted the name ______________ to
describe aircraft systems without a flight crew on board. - correct answer ✔✔Unmanned Aircraft (UA)
Unmanned aircraft flown in the USA's National Airspace System, flown solely for recreation and sport
purposes, such as models, are generally flown under the voluntary safety standards of the
____________________. - correct answer ✔✔Academy of Model Aeronautics
The ______________________ sets a deadline of 30 September 2015, for the FAA to establish
regulations to allow the use of commercial drones. - correct answer ✔✔The FAA Modernization and
Reform Act of 2012
Until the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 came into effect, it was illegal to operate
commercial unmanned aerial vehicles, but approved non-commercial flights were allowed to fly under
400 feet if they followed what standards set in 1981? - correct answer ✔✔Advisory Circular 91-57,
Model Aircraft Operating Standards, published in 1981.
, Obtaining a _____________________ in the experimental category for a particular UAS is currently the
only way civil operators of unmanned aircraft are accessing the NAS. - correct answer ✔✔Special
Airworthiness Certificate
What section number of of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, "Special Rules for Certain
Unmanned Aircraft Systems," will allow for commercial operations in low-risk, controlled environments?
- correct answer ✔✔Section 333
What is a COA? - correct answer ✔✔COA (Certificate of Authorization) is an authorization issued by the
Air Traffic Organization to a public operator for a specific UA activity.
The ____________________ provides applicants with an electronic method of requesting a COA. -
correct answer ✔✔UAS COA Online System
The NTSB may take enforcement action against model aircraft operators who operate their aircraft in a
manner that endangers the safety of the national airspace system. True or False? - correct answer
✔✔False. It is the FAA.
True or False? UAS operations are currently not authorized in Class B airspace (PDF), that exists over
major urban areas and contains the highest density of manned aircraft in the National Airspace System. -
correct answer ✔✔True.
For many UA systems, a contributing factor to a substantial proportion of accidents is human error. True
or False? - correct answer ✔✔True
The online COA application requires all UAS operators have a ___________pilot certificate (FAA or
government equivalent) if they are operating UA in Class A, C, D or E airspace, under instrument flight
rules, at nighttime, beyond line of sight, or at any other time or under any other circumstance the UAPO
determines the need. - correct answer ✔✔Class II or higher. However, pilots and crew of public aircraft
are not required to have a pilot certificate that has been issued under 14CFR67.
FAA regulations on alcohol and drugs have been greatly modified to both UA pilots and observers
compared to existing regulations on the traditional pilot. True or False? - correct answer ✔✔False. Same
regulations apply to manned pilots and unmanned operators/observers.
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