USI SAFETY LATEST 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔the three degrees of motion that illustrate rotation around axes are longitudinal,
lateral, and _
a. z
b. vertical
c. roll - ✔✔b. vertical
✔✔how does a remote pilot request permission to operate in class B airspace?
a. none of these
b. call the control tower
c. call LAANC, if available, or the FAA DroneZone portal
d. call 911 - ✔✔c. call LAANC, if available, or the FAA DroneZone portal
✔✔On a radio, the correct way of saying an altitude of '300' feet is ___________.
a. One three five zero zero
b. zero three zero zero
c. three hundred
d. three zero zero - ✔✔c. three hundred
✔✔The minimum distance of small unmanned aircraft from clouds must be 500 feet
below the cloud and _
a. 1000 feet horizontally from the cloud
b. 250 feet below cloud coverage
c. 2000 feet horizontally from clouds - ✔✔c. 2000 feet horizontally from clouds
✔✔Time-critical aeronautical information with an airport's condition, changes to normal
operations, and potential hazards to flight is known as _
a. SOPs
b. NavAid
c. NOTAMs
d. Notes - ✔✔c. NOTAMs
✔✔when looking at the thermal emittance of an object, the most useful bandwidth of
electromagnetic radiation is _
a. ultraviolet
b. infrared
c. radio wave - ✔✔b. infrared
✔✔what is affected when the water content (humidity) of the air increases and becomes
less dense?
a. visibility
b. performance
,c. height - ✔✔b. performance
✔✔What are two important aspects of pre-flight inspection made by the RPIC on the
sUAS before each flight? (select 2)
-check the propellers and/or rotors
-check unmanned aircraft takeoff performance
-locate nearest ATC facility
-test ground control station connections - ✔✔check the propellers and/or rotors, test
ground control station connections
✔✔A-211 on an aeronautical chart is known as _
a. alert area
b. air control area
c. advisory area
d. assignment area - ✔✔a. alert area
✔✔when tracking tagged wildlife, lost or wandering adults, or children suffering from
cognitive conditions, the type of remote sensing payload to use is
a. a passive radio-wave tracking device
b. active
c. hyperspectral
d. LiDAR - ✔✔a. a passing radio-wave tracking device
✔✔T/F - 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 - ✔✔true
✔✔What does air density do as air temperature and altitude increases?
a. increases
b. decreases
c. evaporates
d. stays the same - ✔✔b. decreases
✔✔T/F - an unmanned aircraft system's ground control station consists of a portable
computer with flight planning software, electronic joysticks for a pilot input, a wireless
uplink transmitter, and a wireless downlink receiver - ✔✔true
✔✔T/F - visual line of sight refers to the greatest horizontal distance at which prominent
objects can be viewed with the naked eye - ✔✔true
✔✔when utility companies inspect powerlines for overheating, they use what type of
sensor?
a. reflective
b. thermal imager
,c. radio emitting
d. resistive - ✔✔thermal imager
✔✔Today's UAS are equipped with _ that continuously monitor the aircraft's altitude,
attitude, location, and speed
a. NOTAMs
b. advanced electronic flight control systems
c. FAA aerodynamic data
d. micro-electronics mechanical systems - ✔✔b. advanced electronic flight control
systems
✔✔what technology developed as a result of Inertial Navigation System led to
technology used today?
a. LIDAR
b. infrared sensor
c. internet
d. GPS - ✔✔d. GPS
✔✔the lowest layer of clouds described as either _ make up the cloud ceiling, which is
the height above ground level
a. fog or rain
b. broken or overcast
c. cumulus or stratus - ✔✔b. broken or overcast
✔✔wave propagation is defined as _
a. bending of waves as they pass from one medium to another, due to a change in their
speed
b. radio waves bending and moving around an object
c. the way in which radio waves move from the source antenna to the receiving end -
✔✔c. the way in which radio waves move from the source antenna to the receiving end
✔✔you have a part 107 license. What is one of the rules you are required to follow?
a. always notify local authorities of flight plans
b. always use anti-collision lighting
c. always yield the right of way to manned aircraft
d. fly beyond the line of sight whenever possibe - ✔✔c. always yield the right of way to
manned aircraft
✔✔when you map an area virtually and program it into your UAS, you are ensuring that
the air vehicle flies _
a. in uncontrolled airspace
b. in a designated region
c. above 400ft AGL - ✔✔b. in a designated region
, ✔✔high frequency carrier waves are able to carry more information, because there are
more waves, and the waves are _
a. closer to each other
b. longer
c. taller - ✔✔a. closer to each other
✔✔cloud ceiling is defined as _
a. strong winds over a lake or the ocean
b. height of cumulonimbus clouds
c. height, above ground level, of the lowest layer of clouds
d. an air mass with flow above a rough surface - ✔✔c. height, above ground level, of the
lowest layer of clouds
✔✔T/F - one of the leading issues facing UAS integration and proliferation is the lack of
parts standardization and system reliability - ✔✔true
✔✔to generate point cloud derivative products (for 3D models), use _ sensors
a. either passive or active
b. chemical sampling
c. active
d. passive - ✔✔a. either passive or active
✔✔how are load factors applied to an aircraft measured?
a. number of stalls
b. speed of the aircraft
c. Gs - acceleration of gravity
d. maximum altitude - ✔✔c. Gs - acceleration of gravity
✔✔an unmanned aircraft flyaway is considered a _
a. high risk emergency
b. display of a macho attitude
c. normal part of a flight
d. FAA reportable incident - ✔✔a. high risk emergency
✔✔T/F - the inertial measurement unit (IMU), a key component of a UAS flight control
system, is a small electronic device made up of miniature gyroscopes and linear
accelerometers - ✔✔true
✔✔_ provide information about areas where pilots can operate a sUAS
a. weather apps
b. National Flight Center (NFC) website
c. google maps
d. aeronautical charts - ✔✔d. aeronautical charts
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔the three degrees of motion that illustrate rotation around axes are longitudinal,
lateral, and _
a. z
b. vertical
c. roll - ✔✔b. vertical
✔✔how does a remote pilot request permission to operate in class B airspace?
a. none of these
b. call the control tower
c. call LAANC, if available, or the FAA DroneZone portal
d. call 911 - ✔✔c. call LAANC, if available, or the FAA DroneZone portal
✔✔On a radio, the correct way of saying an altitude of '300' feet is ___________.
a. One three five zero zero
b. zero three zero zero
c. three hundred
d. three zero zero - ✔✔c. three hundred
✔✔The minimum distance of small unmanned aircraft from clouds must be 500 feet
below the cloud and _
a. 1000 feet horizontally from the cloud
b. 250 feet below cloud coverage
c. 2000 feet horizontally from clouds - ✔✔c. 2000 feet horizontally from clouds
✔✔Time-critical aeronautical information with an airport's condition, changes to normal
operations, and potential hazards to flight is known as _
a. SOPs
b. NavAid
c. NOTAMs
d. Notes - ✔✔c. NOTAMs
✔✔when looking at the thermal emittance of an object, the most useful bandwidth of
electromagnetic radiation is _
a. ultraviolet
b. infrared
c. radio wave - ✔✔b. infrared
✔✔what is affected when the water content (humidity) of the air increases and becomes
less dense?
a. visibility
b. performance
,c. height - ✔✔b. performance
✔✔What are two important aspects of pre-flight inspection made by the RPIC on the
sUAS before each flight? (select 2)
-check the propellers and/or rotors
-check unmanned aircraft takeoff performance
-locate nearest ATC facility
-test ground control station connections - ✔✔check the propellers and/or rotors, test
ground control station connections
✔✔A-211 on an aeronautical chart is known as _
a. alert area
b. air control area
c. advisory area
d. assignment area - ✔✔a. alert area
✔✔when tracking tagged wildlife, lost or wandering adults, or children suffering from
cognitive conditions, the type of remote sensing payload to use is
a. a passive radio-wave tracking device
b. active
c. hyperspectral
d. LiDAR - ✔✔a. a passing radio-wave tracking device
✔✔T/F - 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 - ✔✔true
✔✔What does air density do as air temperature and altitude increases?
a. increases
b. decreases
c. evaporates
d. stays the same - ✔✔b. decreases
✔✔T/F - an unmanned aircraft system's ground control station consists of a portable
computer with flight planning software, electronic joysticks for a pilot input, a wireless
uplink transmitter, and a wireless downlink receiver - ✔✔true
✔✔T/F - visual line of sight refers to the greatest horizontal distance at which prominent
objects can be viewed with the naked eye - ✔✔true
✔✔when utility companies inspect powerlines for overheating, they use what type of
sensor?
a. reflective
b. thermal imager
,c. radio emitting
d. resistive - ✔✔thermal imager
✔✔Today's UAS are equipped with _ that continuously monitor the aircraft's altitude,
attitude, location, and speed
a. NOTAMs
b. advanced electronic flight control systems
c. FAA aerodynamic data
d. micro-electronics mechanical systems - ✔✔b. advanced electronic flight control
systems
✔✔what technology developed as a result of Inertial Navigation System led to
technology used today?
a. LIDAR
b. infrared sensor
c. internet
d. GPS - ✔✔d. GPS
✔✔the lowest layer of clouds described as either _ make up the cloud ceiling, which is
the height above ground level
a. fog or rain
b. broken or overcast
c. cumulus or stratus - ✔✔b. broken or overcast
✔✔wave propagation is defined as _
a. bending of waves as they pass from one medium to another, due to a change in their
speed
b. radio waves bending and moving around an object
c. the way in which radio waves move from the source antenna to the receiving end -
✔✔c. the way in which radio waves move from the source antenna to the receiving end
✔✔you have a part 107 license. What is one of the rules you are required to follow?
a. always notify local authorities of flight plans
b. always use anti-collision lighting
c. always yield the right of way to manned aircraft
d. fly beyond the line of sight whenever possibe - ✔✔c. always yield the right of way to
manned aircraft
✔✔when you map an area virtually and program it into your UAS, you are ensuring that
the air vehicle flies _
a. in uncontrolled airspace
b. in a designated region
c. above 400ft AGL - ✔✔b. in a designated region
, ✔✔high frequency carrier waves are able to carry more information, because there are
more waves, and the waves are _
a. closer to each other
b. longer
c. taller - ✔✔a. closer to each other
✔✔cloud ceiling is defined as _
a. strong winds over a lake or the ocean
b. height of cumulonimbus clouds
c. height, above ground level, of the lowest layer of clouds
d. an air mass with flow above a rough surface - ✔✔c. height, above ground level, of the
lowest layer of clouds
✔✔T/F - one of the leading issues facing UAS integration and proliferation is the lack of
parts standardization and system reliability - ✔✔true
✔✔to generate point cloud derivative products (for 3D models), use _ sensors
a. either passive or active
b. chemical sampling
c. active
d. passive - ✔✔a. either passive or active
✔✔how are load factors applied to an aircraft measured?
a. number of stalls
b. speed of the aircraft
c. Gs - acceleration of gravity
d. maximum altitude - ✔✔c. Gs - acceleration of gravity
✔✔an unmanned aircraft flyaway is considered a _
a. high risk emergency
b. display of a macho attitude
c. normal part of a flight
d. FAA reportable incident - ✔✔a. high risk emergency
✔✔T/F - the inertial measurement unit (IMU), a key component of a UAS flight control
system, is a small electronic device made up of miniature gyroscopes and linear
accelerometers - ✔✔true
✔✔_ provide information about areas where pilots can operate a sUAS
a. weather apps
b. National Flight Center (NFC) website
c. google maps
d. aeronautical charts - ✔✔d. aeronautical charts
