USI SAFETY MAIN EXAMINATION 2026 SET QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔the science of making size and distance measurements from a series of remote
sensing images is known as _
a. thermometry
b. spirometry
c. photogrammetry - ✔✔c. photogrammetry
✔✔a pilot control box (PCB) is a _
a. handheld device with a keyboard
b. consolidated and integrated ancillary system
c. ground station with a small tablet attached - ✔✔c. ground station with a small tablet
attached
✔✔An unstable air mass is characterized by _
a. radiation fog and humidity
b. turbulence and cumuliform clouds
c. patches of fog
d. lightening and nimbostratus clouds - ✔✔b. turbulence and cumuliform clouds
✔✔A remote sensing system has two components. What are they?
-platform
-programmer
-sensor
-register
-forecaster - ✔✔sensor, platform
✔✔Semi-autonomous flight of a UAS, where the AV is flown on autopilot, is called
a. human over the loop
b. human overseeing the loop
c. autopilot in the loop
d. human out of the loop - ✔✔d. human out of the loop
✔✔the role of the visual observer is to _
a. write up the flight plan
b. take the controls of the UAS to relieve the remote pilot in command
c. assist/support the RPIC - ✔✔c. assist/support the RPIC
✔✔to support the safe process of managing and improving an aviation-based system,
implement _
a. crew resource management
b. safety management system
c. safety decision making
, d. pilot process training - ✔✔b. safety management system
✔✔A _ is an electro-mechanical device used to move a control surface
a. servo
b. transmitter
c. aileron
d. speed controller - ✔✔a. servo
✔✔What are three techniques that can be used to regain and maintain situational
awareness?
-remove yourself from the situation
-reduce workload
-compartmentalize
-reduce threats
-close your eyes and count to 10 - ✔✔reduce workload, compartmentalize, reduce
threats
✔✔There are three primary elements of unmanned aircraft systems. They are the
mechanical structure, _ and _
a. electrical generator, autopilot system
b. electronic systems, software program
c. automated gears, onboard microprocessor
d. an onboard programmer, tethered power source - ✔✔b. electronic systems, software
program
✔✔T/F - as a remote pilot planning an upcoming flight you use METARS for imagery-
centric maps to conduct a terrain analysis - ✔✔false
✔✔Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) is commonly known as _
a. obstruction
b. noise
c. hindrance
d. intrusion - ✔✔b. noise
✔✔What energy is used in the remote-sensing process to detect, measure, and collect
reflected, emitted, or absorbed energy by different objects?
a. electro optical energy
b. electromagnetic radiation
c. electromagnetic interference - ✔✔b. electromagnetic radiation
✔✔As altitude increases, air temperature and air density _
a. increases
b. decreases
c. evaporates
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔the science of making size and distance measurements from a series of remote
sensing images is known as _
a. thermometry
b. spirometry
c. photogrammetry - ✔✔c. photogrammetry
✔✔a pilot control box (PCB) is a _
a. handheld device with a keyboard
b. consolidated and integrated ancillary system
c. ground station with a small tablet attached - ✔✔c. ground station with a small tablet
attached
✔✔An unstable air mass is characterized by _
a. radiation fog and humidity
b. turbulence and cumuliform clouds
c. patches of fog
d. lightening and nimbostratus clouds - ✔✔b. turbulence and cumuliform clouds
✔✔A remote sensing system has two components. What are they?
-platform
-programmer
-sensor
-register
-forecaster - ✔✔sensor, platform
✔✔Semi-autonomous flight of a UAS, where the AV is flown on autopilot, is called
a. human over the loop
b. human overseeing the loop
c. autopilot in the loop
d. human out of the loop - ✔✔d. human out of the loop
✔✔the role of the visual observer is to _
a. write up the flight plan
b. take the controls of the UAS to relieve the remote pilot in command
c. assist/support the RPIC - ✔✔c. assist/support the RPIC
✔✔to support the safe process of managing and improving an aviation-based system,
implement _
a. crew resource management
b. safety management system
c. safety decision making
, d. pilot process training - ✔✔b. safety management system
✔✔A _ is an electro-mechanical device used to move a control surface
a. servo
b. transmitter
c. aileron
d. speed controller - ✔✔a. servo
✔✔What are three techniques that can be used to regain and maintain situational
awareness?
-remove yourself from the situation
-reduce workload
-compartmentalize
-reduce threats
-close your eyes and count to 10 - ✔✔reduce workload, compartmentalize, reduce
threats
✔✔There are three primary elements of unmanned aircraft systems. They are the
mechanical structure, _ and _
a. electrical generator, autopilot system
b. electronic systems, software program
c. automated gears, onboard microprocessor
d. an onboard programmer, tethered power source - ✔✔b. electronic systems, software
program
✔✔T/F - as a remote pilot planning an upcoming flight you use METARS for imagery-
centric maps to conduct a terrain analysis - ✔✔false
✔✔Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) is commonly known as _
a. obstruction
b. noise
c. hindrance
d. intrusion - ✔✔b. noise
✔✔What energy is used in the remote-sensing process to detect, measure, and collect
reflected, emitted, or absorbed energy by different objects?
a. electro optical energy
b. electromagnetic radiation
c. electromagnetic interference - ✔✔b. electromagnetic radiation
✔✔As altitude increases, air temperature and air density _
a. increases
b. decreases
c. evaporates
