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SUAS EXAM 2025 | 231 UPDATED QUESTIONSAND ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
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What type of UAS remote pilots did the FAA first authorize? - ANSWER public
What technology was added to the TDR-1 that made it different from all previous
UAS? - ANSWER Television Guidance
What year did nonmilitary agencies begin using UAS? - ANSWER 2004
Why is the term "Unmanned Aircraft System" used instead of UAV or drone? -
ANSWER Represents all of the components of a UAS not just the air vehicle.
What is the upper Gross Takeoff Weight (GTOW) limit of a small UAS? -
ANSWER Less then 55 pounds.
What was the primary mission of the Lightning Bug in Vietnam? - ANSWER
Reconnaissance
What is an example of a sUAS? - ANSWER ScanEagle
What are the two distinctive types of unmanned aircraft systems? - ANSWER
Autonomous and remote control.
,in what year did Congress mandate UAS integration into the national airspace? -
ANSWER 2012
what are the four core components of a UAS? - ANSWER Unmanned aircraft,
payload, control station, control link
UAS like the Lightning Bug initially used inertial navigation system (INS) guidance.
What technology increased the accuracy and capability of UAS? - ANSWER
Global Positioning Systems
What was the first operational targeting drone? - ANSWER De Havilland Queen
Bee
Which system preceded the modern-day Predator? - ANSWER Leading System
Amber
What "first" for UAS was first credited to Reginald Denny? - ANSWER Mass
Production
What UAS was created by Israel in the 1970s and battle tested in 1982? -
ANSWER Scout
What was the first full-scale remotely piloted aircraft? - ANSWER Sopwith
Aerial Target
,What is the difference between a guided missile and a modern UAS? -
ANSWER Modern UAS are intended for recovery and guided missiles are
expendable.
What are the FAA's three categories of UAS? - ANSWER Micro, Small, UAS
What did Elmer Sperry contribute to the history or UAS? - ANSWER Automatic
stabilization
What three technology issues influence full integration of UAS into the airspace? -
ANSWER Reliability, Detect and avoid technology, Control link security.
which multi rotor configuration sUAS uses vectored thrust to control the yaw axis?
- ANSWER Tricopter
which component of the unmanned aircraft contains most of the equipment and
acts as the basic structure? - ANSWER Fuselage
In general, as the angle of attack (AOA) of an airfoil increases, what two forces
also increase? - ANSWER Lift and drag
What electro-mechanical device can be used to move a control surface? -
ANSWER Servo
What is one of the most important factors affecting overall aircraft performance? -
ANSWER Air Density
, What four parameters are required to calculate density altitude? - ANSWER
Barometric pressure, air temperature, dew point, and field elevation.
Rotary-wing aircraft fall are in which categories? - ANSWER Helicopter and
multirotor
What is the most common power source for sUAS today? - ANSWER Brushless
DC electric motors and LiPo batteries.
A helicopter is a type of _______ aircraft. - ANSWER Rotary-wing
What change can a remote pilot if the UA is overweight? - ANSWER Decrease
in Maneuverability
What are the three degrees of motion the illustrate rotation around axes? -
ANSWER Pitch, Roll, aNd Yaw
Unmanned aircraft can move through 3-D with ______ degrees of freedom. -
ANSWER Six
Air temperature decreases and air density_______ with increases in altitude. -
ANSWER decreases
What fixed-wing aircraft control surface can induce a moment around the lateral
axis? - ANSWER Elevator
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