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sUAS Safety Certification Level 1
Practice Exam
Control surfaces like ailerons, rudders, and elevators perform which of the following tasks? - correct
answer ✔✔Maintain a fixed-wing aircraft's stability and maneuverability
LiDAR systems use GPS receivers and INS to - correct answer ✔✔Georeferenced the point cloud data
Which Remotely Piloted Aircraft System element is responsible for transmitting data between the ground
control station and the aircraft? - correct answer ✔✔Data Link
Which of the following battery types has the highest energy density? - correct answer ✔✔Lithium
polymer (LiPo)
Adding an overweight payload to a remotely piloted aircraft system can adversely affect air vehicle
performance in which of the following ways? (select all that apply) - correct answer ✔✔Diminished
controllability , Higher stall speed , Poor rate of climb , Reduced maneuverability
Which essential function of a control station describes defining mission objectives and flight paths? -
correct answer ✔✔Mission Planning
Using lightweight composite materials and airfoils with high aspect ratios will help an aircraft achieve
which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔Higher Endurance
True or False. The Angle of Attack (AOA) is the angle between the chord line and the relative airflow. -
correct answer ✔✔True
Aviation uses G forces to measure which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔Load
,True or False. Geometric correction in remote sensing ensures accurate georeferencing, corrects
distortion and inaccuracies, and removes unwanted objects from the dataset. - correct answer ✔✔False
Which of the following are categories of the Electromagnetic Spectrum? (Select all that apply) - correct
answer ✔✔Gamma , Infrared , Microwave , X-Ray
Beyond Line-of-Sight Operations require which of the following? (Select all that apply) - correct answer
✔✔Alternative means of complying with 'see and avoid' requirements , Multiple data links
What is the term for the bending of waves as they pass from one medium to another due to a change in
their speed? - correct answer ✔✔Refraction
Which of the following are core components of all remotely piloted aircraft systems? (Select all that
apply) - correct answer ✔✔Control Station , Support Equipment , Payload
True or False. Passive imaging payloads emit energy and measure the energy reflected or scattered back
from the target object or surface. - correct answer ✔✔False
Which components of a remotely piloted aircraft system are found in the ground control station? (Select
all that apply.) - correct answer ✔✔Radio transmitter/receiver , Computer , Monitor
Which of the following types of infrared payloads capture absolute temperature measurements? -
correct answer ✔✔Radiometric
Which essential function of a control station describes the processing and sharing of mission data and
imagery? - correct answer ✔✔Data Exploitation
In what ways is RPAS performance impacted by payloads? - correct answer ✔✔Power requirements of
the payload , Flight time and battery life , Weight and balance of the aircraft
True or False. Beyond Visual Line of Sight and Beyond Line of Sight are the same. - correct answer
✔✔False
, A ______ is a type of UAS that combines the features of both rotor and fixed-wing systems. - correct
answer ✔✔Powerlift
In remote sensing, correction algorithms are implemented to: - correct answer ✔✔To reduce
atmospheric effects
Sky Wave Reflection occurs when radio waves below ____ bounce off charged particles in the Earth's
ionosphere. - correct answer ✔✔1 GHz
Which of the following are considered malicious uses of an autonomous UAS or RPAS? (Select all that
apply) - correct answer ✔✔Invasion of privacy , Smuggling contraband , Weaponization
Terrain masking, equipment failures, and electromagnetic interference can cause which of the following
conditions? - correct answer ✔✔Loss of link
Which of the following are typical hardware components of a data link? (Select all that apply) - correct
answer ✔✔Antenna , Modem , Receiver , Transmitter
Stability is an airfoil's tendency to return to a state of ____ after a perturbation. - correct answer
✔✔Equilibrium
True or False. GTOW, in the context of UAS regulation, stands for General Takeoff - correct answer
✔✔False
True or False. Visual Line of Sight (VLOS) is limited by the crew's ability to see the air vehicle - correct
answer ✔✔True
Which of the following is NOT a Civil Aviation Authority responsible for regulating UAS? - correct answer
✔✔ASTM
How does the way a fixed-wing aircraft induce yaw differently than a multirotor? - correct answer ✔✔A
fixed-wing moves a rudder into the airstream, whereas a multirotor increases the RPM of two diagonal
motors
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