USI Certification Test Study Guide with COMPLETE
SOLUTION | 220 Questions with 100% Correct Answers
What type of flight control system was developed in the 1950s and 60s to relax the stability of an
aircraft in an effort to make it more maneuverable? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Fly-by-
wire
What is the term used to name what happens when an uplink or down link is broken? Correct
Answer: Correct answer: Lost link
Which of the following would be an example of a sUAS? Correct Answer: Correct answer:
ScanEagle
Name the component of a UA that houses most of the equipment and acts as the basic structure.
Correct Answer: Correct answer: Fuselage
What is scattering? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Beam of radio waves hitting a mass of
smaller materials, which individually reflect and spread the radio waves in different directions
What electro-mechanical device can be used to move a control surface? Correct Answer:
Correct answer: Servo
A UAS remote pilot can collapse and make his/her display completely disappear, if desired.
Correct Answer: Correct answer: True
What bandwidth of EMR is useful for looking at the thermal emittance of an object? Correct
Answer: Correct answer: Infrared
What multirotor configuration sUAS uses vectored thrust to control the yaw axis? Correct
Answer: Correct answer: Tricopter
What does an image's geolocation data contain? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Sensor's
location
What type of sensor is an electro-optical camera using as a flash for illumination at night?
Correct Answer: Correct answer: Active
What can limit a datalink's strength/range? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Environmental
factors, power, antenna type, and range
Most UAS pilot displays of a modern-day GCS are in a _____ configuration. Correct Answer:
Correct answer: lateral
What is based on information critical to the operation of the aircraft? Correct Answer: Correct
answer: Display design
,What technology was added to the TDR-1 that made it different from all previous UAS? Correct
Answer: Correct answer: Television guidance
Which of the follow is considered contingency planning? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Lost
communications flight plan
What system was the original genesis of the modern-day Predator? Correct Answer: Correct
answer: Leading Systems Amber
Air temperature decreases and air density _____ with increases in altitude. Correct Answer:
Correct answer: decreases
What are the four core components of a UAS? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Unmanned
aircraft, payload, control station, control link
In general, as the AOA of an airfoil increases, what two forces also increase? Correct Answer:
Correct answer: Lift and drag
Digital imagery can be transmitted from a remote sensing platform to a ground station using the
_____. Correct Answer: Correct answer: RF datalink
What is the primary role of a GCS? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Keep the pilot out of the
plane
What was the primary mission of the Lightning Bug in Vietnam? Correct Answer: Correct
answer: Reconnaissance
In what year did Congress mandate UAS integration into the national airspace? Correct Answer:
Correct answer: 2012
What is one of the most important factors affecting overall aircraft performance? Correct
Answer: Correct answer: Air density
What was the first operational targeting drone? Correct Answer: Correct answer: De Havilland
Queen Bee
What modern-day sUAS powerhouse did Dr. Paul MacCready start? Correct Answer: Correct
answer: AeroVironment
What information is transmitted through uplink? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Commands
What is reflection? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Result of radio waves bouncing off the
surface of an object and changing direction
, The term sense and avoid is used in the UAS industry to _____. Correct Answer: Correct
answer: transmit information for aircraft self-separation
What type of remote sensing payload would be most useful in the detection of missing persons?
Correct Answer: Correct answer: Infrared
What are the FAA's three categories of UAS? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Micro, Small,
UAS
What is the term for the remote sensor being pointed straight down from the aircraft in a line
perpendicular to Earth's surface? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Nadir
How is silicon, a natural insulator, turned into a semiconductor in CCDs and CMOS sensors?
Correct Answer: Correct answer: Dope with traces of other elements
What is the purpose of a datalink? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Establish reliable
communications between the AV and GCS
UAS like the Lightning Bug initially used INS guidance. What technology increased the
accuracy and capability of UAS? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Global Positioning System
What are the three technology issues facing UAS' full integration into the airspace? Correct
Answer: Correct answer: Reliability, development of Detect and Avoid technology, control link
security
Name the two primary types of antennas. Correct Answer: Correct answer: Omni and directional
Point cloud derivative products can be generated using what type of sensor? Correct Answer:
Correct answer: Either passive or active
An orbit is when an AV can fly a circular pattern until the AV is reacquired, in the event of a lost
communications. Correct Answer: Correct answer: True
The payload operator and AV remote pilot work together to get the best imagery. Correct
Answer: Correct answer: True
What is one of the uses of photogrammetry? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Measuring
distances and sizes
A function of the GCS is payload monitoring and control. Correct Answer: Correct answer: True
What U.S. government organization regulates frequencies? Correct Answer: Correct answer:
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
What is the primary functional use of a RADAR or LiDAR sensor? Correct Answer: Correct
answer: Measuring distances
SOLUTION | 220 Questions with 100% Correct Answers
What type of flight control system was developed in the 1950s and 60s to relax the stability of an
aircraft in an effort to make it more maneuverable? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Fly-by-
wire
What is the term used to name what happens when an uplink or down link is broken? Correct
Answer: Correct answer: Lost link
Which of the following would be an example of a sUAS? Correct Answer: Correct answer:
ScanEagle
Name the component of a UA that houses most of the equipment and acts as the basic structure.
Correct Answer: Correct answer: Fuselage
What is scattering? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Beam of radio waves hitting a mass of
smaller materials, which individually reflect and spread the radio waves in different directions
What electro-mechanical device can be used to move a control surface? Correct Answer:
Correct answer: Servo
A UAS remote pilot can collapse and make his/her display completely disappear, if desired.
Correct Answer: Correct answer: True
What bandwidth of EMR is useful for looking at the thermal emittance of an object? Correct
Answer: Correct answer: Infrared
What multirotor configuration sUAS uses vectored thrust to control the yaw axis? Correct
Answer: Correct answer: Tricopter
What does an image's geolocation data contain? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Sensor's
location
What type of sensor is an electro-optical camera using as a flash for illumination at night?
Correct Answer: Correct answer: Active
What can limit a datalink's strength/range? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Environmental
factors, power, antenna type, and range
Most UAS pilot displays of a modern-day GCS are in a _____ configuration. Correct Answer:
Correct answer: lateral
What is based on information critical to the operation of the aircraft? Correct Answer: Correct
answer: Display design
,What technology was added to the TDR-1 that made it different from all previous UAS? Correct
Answer: Correct answer: Television guidance
Which of the follow is considered contingency planning? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Lost
communications flight plan
What system was the original genesis of the modern-day Predator? Correct Answer: Correct
answer: Leading Systems Amber
Air temperature decreases and air density _____ with increases in altitude. Correct Answer:
Correct answer: decreases
What are the four core components of a UAS? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Unmanned
aircraft, payload, control station, control link
In general, as the AOA of an airfoil increases, what two forces also increase? Correct Answer:
Correct answer: Lift and drag
Digital imagery can be transmitted from a remote sensing platform to a ground station using the
_____. Correct Answer: Correct answer: RF datalink
What is the primary role of a GCS? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Keep the pilot out of the
plane
What was the primary mission of the Lightning Bug in Vietnam? Correct Answer: Correct
answer: Reconnaissance
In what year did Congress mandate UAS integration into the national airspace? Correct Answer:
Correct answer: 2012
What is one of the most important factors affecting overall aircraft performance? Correct
Answer: Correct answer: Air density
What was the first operational targeting drone? Correct Answer: Correct answer: De Havilland
Queen Bee
What modern-day sUAS powerhouse did Dr. Paul MacCready start? Correct Answer: Correct
answer: AeroVironment
What information is transmitted through uplink? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Commands
What is reflection? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Result of radio waves bouncing off the
surface of an object and changing direction
, The term sense and avoid is used in the UAS industry to _____. Correct Answer: Correct
answer: transmit information for aircraft self-separation
What type of remote sensing payload would be most useful in the detection of missing persons?
Correct Answer: Correct answer: Infrared
What are the FAA's three categories of UAS? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Micro, Small,
UAS
What is the term for the remote sensor being pointed straight down from the aircraft in a line
perpendicular to Earth's surface? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Nadir
How is silicon, a natural insulator, turned into a semiconductor in CCDs and CMOS sensors?
Correct Answer: Correct answer: Dope with traces of other elements
What is the purpose of a datalink? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Establish reliable
communications between the AV and GCS
UAS like the Lightning Bug initially used INS guidance. What technology increased the
accuracy and capability of UAS? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Global Positioning System
What are the three technology issues facing UAS' full integration into the airspace? Correct
Answer: Correct answer: Reliability, development of Detect and Avoid technology, control link
security
Name the two primary types of antennas. Correct Answer: Correct answer: Omni and directional
Point cloud derivative products can be generated using what type of sensor? Correct Answer:
Correct answer: Either passive or active
An orbit is when an AV can fly a circular pattern until the AV is reacquired, in the event of a lost
communications. Correct Answer: Correct answer: True
The payload operator and AV remote pilot work together to get the best imagery. Correct
Answer: Correct answer: True
What is one of the uses of photogrammetry? Correct Answer: Correct answer: Measuring
distances and sizes
A function of the GCS is payload monitoring and control. Correct Answer: Correct answer: True
What U.S. government organization regulates frequencies? Correct Answer: Correct answer:
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
What is the primary functional use of a RADAR or LiDAR sensor? Correct Answer: Correct
answer: Measuring distances
