Chapter 10 Remotely Piloted Aircraft
1.
Which of these is not a term used to describe drones?
A) UASs
B) UAVs
C) RPA
D) Unmanned
aircraft
E) They are all
used to describe
drones
2.
Drones were first used as aerial torpedoes in:
A) The American
Civil War
B) World War I
C) World War II
D) Star Wars
E) None of these
3.
Which of the following presents a challenge to the traditional aviation system?
A) The training
and licensing of
drone pilots
B) The regulation
of drone
technology
C) The
maintenance and
airworthiness of
drones
D) These are all
challenges in
aviation today
E) None of these
4.
Currently,
A) ICAO has not
released an
Annex to deal
specifically with
RPAs
B) ICAO has
released a unified
Annex to deal
specifically with
RPAs
C) Most CAA have
exactly the same
rules for dealing
with drones
D) Annex 20
deals with RPA
E) A & C are
correct
5.
In terms of dealing with RPA, which of the following has ICAO NOT done?
A) Published a
manual on RPAS
B) Determined
that a regulatory
framework and
performance
standards are
needed
C) Developed
technical
standards
D) A, B, & C
E) None of these
6.
The difference between an autonomous aircraft and an RPA is:
A) RPAs exist,
autonomous
aircrafts are
fictional (so far)
B) RPAs are
generally much
more expensive
than autonomous
aircraft
C) RPAs are
controlled by a
human pilot,
autonomous
aircraft
independent of
direct human
control
D) RPAs must be
within visual
sight of the
operator,
autonomous
aircraft do not
E) None of these
7.
The combination of a remotely piloted aircraft, a remote pilot station and a command and
control link is called a(n)
A) RAPS
B) PARS
C) ARPS
D) RPAS
E) SARP
8.
Which of the following is NOT an advantage of a drone vs. a manned aircraft?
A) Theoretically
can stay in the air
longer
B) No need to
integrate crew
safety features
C) Generally
higher
development
costs
D) Can be put
into harms way
without the
threat of the loss
of human life
E) Can get into
hard to reach
areas and terrain
more easily than
manned aircraft
9.
When it comes to drones, which statement is generally correct?
A) Humans trust
drones to fly
anywhere in the
world
B) Humans do not
completely trust
drones to fly
people or
expensive cargo
C) Drones can face
a control delay
due to the
limitations of
remote piloting
technology
D) B & C
E) A & B
When a RPAS is used to fly beyond where the pilot can visually identify the drone, the
operations category is initialized as:
A) VLOS
B) BLOS
C) BVLOS
D) WEAZEL
E) WEEZER
Generally, with drones
A) The term
‘international’
will take on new
meaning
B) There are no
new challenges
with the concept
of what makes a
drone flight
international
C) Flying requires
its own airspace
D) A & C
E) None of these
Which statement is true for drone operators?
A) Remote pilots
can never operate
in the vicinity of
manned aircraft
B) Remote pilots
must be capable
of detecting and
avoiding manned
aircraft
C) Remote pilots
always have right
of way when flying
near manned
aircraft
D) Controllers
will NOT have
any direct or
indirect
interaction with
remote pilots
E) All of these
statements are
true
Generally, with modern RPAS, when the C2 link fails, the RPA will
A) Crash and burn
B) Continue its
current course
C) Fly to a safe
location and
hover in place
(loiter point)
D) No one knows
E) None of these
Which of the following is a possible challenge facing RPAS airport operating sites?
A) Regulations
B) Keeping a
strong C2 link
C) Ground
operations
D) Wake
turbulence
E) All of these
In some RPA operations, about 10 per cent of flights experience some loss of the C2 link
(although it is usually re-established within a few seconds). The frequency with which this issue
occurs has resulted in many RPAs being programmed to automatically fly to a lost C2 link !
This is a predetermined location where the RPA can fly safely in a small pattern until the link is
re-established. Which of these fits the blank?
A) Holding pattern
B) Loiter point
C) Turning point
D) Holding area
E) None of these
Controllers working sectors with RPA activities should become familiar with the
characteristics of these aircraft.
Which of the following is among these characteristics?
A) Speed
B) Manoeuvring
capabilities
C) Wake
turbulence
D) Endurance
E) All of these
Which is an example of a ‘human factor’ associated with flying an RPA?
A) RPA pilots can’t
feel their aircraft’s
movement
B) RPA pilots can’t
turn their head to
check their wings
for icing
C) RPA pilots can’t
smell smoke
D) RPA pilots
can’t hear
changes in
engine sounds
E) All of the
above
18.
Which of these civilian industries benefits from RPA?
A) Police services
B) Agriculture &
environment
C) Real estate
D) A, B & C
E) A & B
19.
Which of these describes the category of RPA operation within which a pilot must maintain
visual contact with their aircraft?
A) RPS
B) VLOS
C) BVLOS
D) ALOS
E) All of the
these
20.
Looking ahead to 2020, a number of predictions about the RPA market have been made.
Which one is NOT true about these predictions?
A) Growth in the
market will be
driven primarily
by recreational
sales
B) The military
sector, an early
adopter of RPAs,
is anticipated to
show slower
growth
C) Public service
use of RPAs is
expected to slow
down
D) The civilian
sector is
anticipated to
grow
E) None of these
21.
To enhance detection, what may RPAs incorporate?
A) Transponder
B) Strobe
C) Anti-collision
light
D) A, B & C
E) None of these
Configuration and protection of the C2 link is crucial, as its loss results in a critical situation for an
RPA with a high likelihood of an accident. The C2 link can be lost for many reasons.
Which of the following is NOT a possible reason for losing link with RPA?
A) Ground clutter
or terrain
B) Meteorological
conditions
C) Equipment
failure
D) Human error
E) None of these
Which of these is related to beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations?
A) See and avoid
B) See and detect
C) Detect and
avoid
D) Feel and avoid
E) None of these
The equipment required to pilot an , which can range in complexity from a single
handheld device to a station with multiple consoles. An can be permanent/stationary
or mobile (such as within a vehicle) and can be either inside or outside. In general, the
functions the same way a cockpit of a traditionally piloted aircraft would, and therefore must
incorporate equivalent capability to control and manage a flight.
Which of these fit into blanks?
A) RPS/RPA/RPA
B) RPA/RPS/RPS
C) RPA/RPS/RPA
D) RPS/RPS/RPS
E) RPA/RPA/RPS