A ________ is a boundary that separates two air masses of different densities. - correct answer ✔✔front
What four parameters are required to calculate density altitude? - correct answer ✔✔Barometric
Pressure , Dew Point , Air Temperature , Field Elevation.
Unmanned aircraft performance can be adversely affected by too much weight. What are two
characteristics of this condition? - correct answer ✔✔Limited operational range , Increased landing
distance
The primary responsibility of a launch and recovery crew is to fly the aircraft to a point where it can be
handed off to another control element that will take it from there and fly the mission. - correct answer
✔✔True
The name of the combination of satellites, scattered around the earth, creating a seamless network of
coverage that allows continuous unbroken communications worldwide is ______. - correct answer
✔✔Iridium network
An assessment of the pre-flight operating environment includes ________. - correct answer ✔✔Current
and forecasted local weather conditions
One function of the Ground Control Station (GCS) is to ________. - correct answer ✔✔provide payload
monitoring and control
What must you do to obtain the Remote Pilot Certificate under Part 107? - correct answer ✔✔take the
Part 107 Aeronautical Knowledge Test at an FAA testing facility
Prior to a flight, when a person takes prescription medication or illegal drugs, what is affected? - correct
answer ✔✔mental capacity and perception
, Controlling a sUAS from another vehicle is only allowed ________. - correct answer ✔✔over a sparsely
populated area
The multirotor configuration known as a _______ uses vectored thrust to control the yaw axis. - correct
answer ✔✔Tricopter
What practice improves decision making by the effective use of available resources including humans,
hardware, and information? - correct answer ✔✔Crew Resource Management
The study of the forces and the resulting motion of objects moving through the air is known as
____________. - correct answer ✔✔aerodynamics
To measure the angular accelerations around the pitch, roll, and yaw axes of an aircraft, use a ________.
- correct answer ✔✔gyroscope
True or False: Lift-generating surfaces, like wings, propellers, and rotors, must be flown faster or at
(higher) AOA to produce the same amount of lift at higher altitudes than at lower altitudes. - correct
answer ✔✔True
Aircraft performance is directly affected by ___________. - correct answer ✔✔density altitude
Radio interference can be the result of ________. - correct answer ✔✔another user operating on the
same or similar band as the drone being flown
What does a remote pilot need to operate an unmanned aircraft in Class C and D airspace? - correct
answer ✔✔Prior authorization from the FAA
To keep an electromechanical device mounted on an aerial platform so that the sensor is pointed in the
same general direction, regardless of the attitude (pitch, roll, yaw) of the platform, use a ________. -
correct answer ✔✔stabilization gimbal
You have a Part 107 license. What is one of the rules you are required to follow? - correct answer
✔✔Always yield the right of way to manned aircraft
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