CDC Vol 3, 401 & 402 Flashcards

1
Q
  • What three steps does tracking involve?
A
  1. Determine a target exists
  2. Initiate a track on the target
  3. Ensure the track continuity is preserved
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2
Q
  • How do you separate valid radar returns from “noise”?
A

By looking for a data trail

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3
Q
  • Why should every track have its own unique track number?
A

The track number is what we use when referring to tracks. Having more than one would be confusing.

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4
Q
  • What is track continuity?
A

Making sure tracks stay with data.

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5
Q
  • What do you do if you are no longer receiving data on a track.
A
  • Check to see if their are any airbases or civilian runways in the area.
  • If you are confident the track has landed, report the landing and drop the track when you get approval.
  • If you are not confident the track has landed, report the lost track and extrapolate the track for five minutes.
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6
Q
  • Start 402: What is the quickest and most effective way of reporting tracks?
A

Automatically, via data link.

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7
Q

When voice telling tracks, how do you report altitude, heading, and speed?

A
  • Altitude in 100-foot increments prefaced with its source
  • Heading in magnetic degrees
  • Speed in 10-knot increments
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8
Q

What are the “normal” altitude sources used to report altitude in voice-tell?

A
  • Measured
  • Reported
  • Unknown
  • Estimated
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9
Q
  • What type of information do you never pass over unsecured radios?
A
  • Range or classification of the system you are operating
  • Existence of electronic attack (EA)
  • Mode 1 or 2 codes
  • In short, do not pass classified information
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10
Q

If the data link is down, how to you pass the track information to other units?

A

Voice tell procedures

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11
Q

What are the 4 types of “Tell”?

A

1 - Forward Tell
2 - Lateral Tell
3 - Overlap Tell
4 - Back Tell

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12
Q

What type of tell is used to pass air surveillance information to a higher echelon in the control and warning system?

A

Forward tell

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13
Q

What type of tell provides adjacent stations with track information approaching tracks?

A

Lateral tell

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14
Q
  • What type of tell is used when a radar station detects a target in an adjacent station’s area, which is not being carried in the area?
A

Overlap tell

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15
Q

What type of tell provides air surveillance data and is passed from a higher echelon to a lower echelon?

A

Back tell

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16
Q

Once lateral tell has started, when would you stop lateral tell?

A

When a unit requests a cease tell.

17
Q

In the case of overlapping coverage, how is track number assigned and which unit would forward tell the track?

A
  • Track numbers are assigned by the station in the area where the track originated.
  • The track is forward told by the originating unit.
18
Q
  • What are the three kinds of reports in telling?
A
  • New track
  • Revision
  • Drop track
19
Q

What lines does the revision tell report typically include from the New Track Report?

A

Lines 2-6, 13, and 15

20
Q

How many lines are in a typical New Track Report?

A

15

21
Q

What are the Tell Priorities (I teach them as the Surveillance Priorities)?

A
  • Priority 1: Hostile, EW, and Faker tracks
  • Priority 2: Unknown and pending
  • Priority 3: All Emergencies
  • Priority 4: Interceptor tracks that are not paired against threats
  • Priority 5: VIPs, Friend tracks, and special mission tracks
22
Q
  • What three tell priorities are considered critical class tracks?
A

Priorities 1,2, and 3

23
Q
  • What are two opposites of situational awareness?
A
  1. Tunnel vision

2. Target fixation

24
Q

What is it called when an operator concentrates on one task while neglecting others?

A

Tunnel vision

25
Q

What is it called when an operator pays so much attention to one or two tracks that others go undetected or tracking continuity is lost ?

A

Target fixation