sUAS Safety Level One Exam- Chapter 4
ground station - correct answer ✔✔interface used by the remote pilot to control the flight path of the air
vehicle
What does the type of control station depend on? - correct answer ✔✔mission, payload data processing
element, data-link system complexity, remote pilot mobility requirement, AV handoff to remote station
requirement
What does the basic GCS consist of? - correct answer ✔✔pilot control box with a small tablet attached.
What is the range of a basic GCS? - correct answer ✔✔0.5-2 miles line of sight
Laptop Operation GCS advantages - correct answer ✔✔greater interface ability with keyboard
enhances automation capabilities
displays moving maps and graphic interfaces
helps to create/alter flight plans or loss link contingency plans
What is the point of the Mobile GCS - correct answer ✔✔consolidates and integrates ancillary systems
into one focal point
where are fixed facility GCS utilized? - correct answer ✔✔locations where continuous operations are
sustainable and the mission set is constant
What are the four main roles of a GCS? - correct answer ✔✔command center, enroute command and
control facility
forward control or handoff facility
science or mission center
, What does the LRE do? - correct answer ✔✔launch and recovery element allowing people to launch and
land multiple air vehicles, one after another.
What is MCE? - correct answer ✔✔Mission control element
entity that is handed aircraft control from the LRE
What segment does the MCE fly? - correct answer ✔✔longest segment of the operation
remote video terminal - correct answer ✔✔real-time imagery relayed directly from a vehicle
GDT stands for - correct answer ✔✔ground data terminal
what does the ground data terminal do - correct answer ✔✔supports transfer communications with
airborne sensors equipped with a data link
what does the basic GDT consist of? - correct answer ✔✔Radio frequency amplifier, tracking filters,
diplexer, transmitter/receiver
Launch and Recovery - correct answer ✔✔procedures used to launch an air vehicle into the air and
safely recover it
hand launch - correct answer ✔✔remote pilot can throw or run with the vehicle until it reaches a speed
to fly
vehicle assisted takeoff - correct answer ✔✔UAS attached to a motorized vehicle which accelerates until
the UAS detaches
catapult launch - correct answer ✔✔accelerate the air vehicle to a safe flying speed in a short distance
vertical takeoff and landing - correct answer ✔✔aircraft to takeoff vertically on its own
ground station - correct answer ✔✔interface used by the remote pilot to control the flight path of the air
vehicle
What does the type of control station depend on? - correct answer ✔✔mission, payload data processing
element, data-link system complexity, remote pilot mobility requirement, AV handoff to remote station
requirement
What does the basic GCS consist of? - correct answer ✔✔pilot control box with a small tablet attached.
What is the range of a basic GCS? - correct answer ✔✔0.5-2 miles line of sight
Laptop Operation GCS advantages - correct answer ✔✔greater interface ability with keyboard
enhances automation capabilities
displays moving maps and graphic interfaces
helps to create/alter flight plans or loss link contingency plans
What is the point of the Mobile GCS - correct answer ✔✔consolidates and integrates ancillary systems
into one focal point
where are fixed facility GCS utilized? - correct answer ✔✔locations where continuous operations are
sustainable and the mission set is constant
What are the four main roles of a GCS? - correct answer ✔✔command center, enroute command and
control facility
forward control or handoff facility
science or mission center
, What does the LRE do? - correct answer ✔✔launch and recovery element allowing people to launch and
land multiple air vehicles, one after another.
What is MCE? - correct answer ✔✔Mission control element
entity that is handed aircraft control from the LRE
What segment does the MCE fly? - correct answer ✔✔longest segment of the operation
remote video terminal - correct answer ✔✔real-time imagery relayed directly from a vehicle
GDT stands for - correct answer ✔✔ground data terminal
what does the ground data terminal do - correct answer ✔✔supports transfer communications with
airborne sensors equipped with a data link
what does the basic GDT consist of? - correct answer ✔✔Radio frequency amplifier, tracking filters,
diplexer, transmitter/receiver
Launch and Recovery - correct answer ✔✔procedures used to launch an air vehicle into the air and
safely recover it
hand launch - correct answer ✔✔remote pilot can throw or run with the vehicle until it reaches a speed
to fly
vehicle assisted takeoff - correct answer ✔✔UAS attached to a motorized vehicle which accelerates until
the UAS detaches
catapult launch - correct answer ✔✔accelerate the air vehicle to a safe flying speed in a short distance
vertical takeoff and landing - correct answer ✔✔aircraft to takeoff vertically on its own
