Remote Sensing and Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Quiz

The Earth's atmosphere, which comprises a variety of gasses like carbon dioxide, ozone, and water vapor, causes which of the following remote sensing effects? (Select all that apply)

• Absorption

• Refraction

• Scattering

• Turbulence

Which of the following control station types is also referred to as a Pilot Control Box (PCB)?

• Fixed-facility control station

• Handheld control station

• Laptop control station

• Mobile ground control station

The uplink, which describes the portion of the data link that transmits commands and flight plan changes from the ground control station to the air vehicle, is also known as which of the following?

• Command Link

• Data Link

• Line of Sight Link

• Telemetry Link

An Autonomous Uncrewed Aircraft System has which of the following features?

• A directional antenna

• A low level of autonomy

• An internal ground control station

• Requires no human intervention

True or False. A Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) has lower levels of autonomy than an Autonomous Uncrewed Aircraft System.

• True

• False

What part of a ground control station is also a hardware component of the data link?

• Air Data Station

• Ground Data Terminal

• Laptop

• Omni-Directional Antenna

Terrian masking, equipment failures, and electromagnetic interference can cause which of the following conditions?

• Longer range

• Loss of link

• Phase modulation

• Wave propagation

How does a propeller generate thrust?

• Converts fuel into energy through a series of controlled explosions that drive a piston, which in turn creates rotation

• Creates a low-pressure zone in front of and a high-pressure zone behind the blades

• Drives an alternator that generates power to propel the aircraft

• Uses a series of electromagnets and controlled switching to generate motion

Which types of scattering result in the sky looking blue and clouds looking white?

• Mie and Non-selective

• Non-selective only

• Rayleigh and Mie

• Rayleigh and Non-Selective

Ground Sample Distance is a measurement of what type of resolution?

• Radiometric

• Spatial

• Spectral

• Temporal