Operations Quiz 2 Flashcards
1
Q
- Damaged lithium batteries can cause
- A change in aircraft center of gravity
- An inflight fire
- Increased endurance
A
An inflight fire
2
Q
- A local TV station has hired a remote pilot to operate their small UA to cover breaking news stories. The remote pilot has had multiple near misses with obstacles on the ground and two small UAS accidents. What would be a solution for the news station to improve their operating safety culture?
- The news station should implement a policy of no more than five crashes/incidents within 6 months
- The news station should recognize hazardous attitudes and situations and develop standard operating procedures that emphasize safety
- The news station does not need to make any changes: there are times that an accident is unavoidable
A
The news station should recognize hazardous attitudes and situations and develop standard operating procedures that emphasize safety
3
Q
- What is the best way to mitigate risk?
- SMS plan
- Establishing an operational procedure guideline
- Weekly meetings
A
Establishing an operational procedure guideline
4
Q
- An extreme case of a pilot getting behind the aircraft can lead to operational pitfall of
- Internal stress
- Loss of workload
- Loss of situational awareness
A
Loss of situational awareness
5
Q
- The accurate perception and understanding of all the risk element factors and conditions is
- judgement
- situational awareness
- aeronautical decision making
A
situational awareness
6
Q
- What is the proper response by the remote PIC is experiencing a lost link situation?
- Wait for the unit to reestablish link while notifying local law enforcement of possible dangers to non-participants
- Turning the control station off and then back on to attempt reestablishment of the link
- Notifying all available crew and ATC (if applicable) while executing the briefed lost link procedure
A
Notifying all available crew and ATC (if applicable) while executing the briefed lost link procedure
7
Q
- What antidotal phrase can help reverse the hazardous attitude of “antiauthority”?
- I know what I am doing
- Follow the rules
- Rules do not apply for this situation
A
Follow the rules
8
Q
- What antidotal phrase can help reverse the hazardous attitude of impulsivity?
- Do it quickly to get it over with
- It could happen to me
- Not so fast, think first
A
Not so fast, think first
9
Q
- Hazardous attitudes occur to every pilot to some degree at some time. What are some these hazardous attitudes?
- Poor risk management and lack of stress management
- Poor situational awareness, snap judgements and lack o decision making process
- Antiauthority, impulsivity, macho, resignation and invulnerability
A
Antiauthority, impulsivity, macho, resignation and invulnerability
10
Q
- Risk management, as part of the aeronautical decision making (ADM) process, relies on which features to reduce the risks associated with each flight
- The mental process of analyzing, all information in a particular situation and making a timely decision on what action to take.
- Situational awareness, problem recognition, and good judgment
- Application of stress management and risk element procedures
A
Situational awareness, problem recognition, and good judgment
11
Q
- Aeronautical decision making (ADM) can be described as the pilot’s ability for
- making quick decisive actions
- sound judgement and good decision making
- interpreting dangerous situations
A
sound judgement and good decision making
12
Q
- What action should be taken by the Remote PIC during a sUAS flyaway event?
- Immediately notify any/all crew members, local law enforcements personnel, and bystanders
- Immediately notify the NTSB
- Immediately notify any/all crew members, bystanders, and ATC (if applicable)
A
Immediately notify any/all crew members, bystanders, and ATC (if applicable)
13
Q
- Safety is an important element for a remote pilot to consider prior to operating an unmanned aircraft system. To prevent the final “link” in the accident chain, a remote pilot must consider which methodology?
- Crew resource management
- Safety management system
- Risk management
A
Risk management
14
Q
- Identify the hazardous attitude or characteristic a Remote Pilot in Command displays while taking risks in order to impress others
- Impulsivity
- Machoism
- Invulnerability
A
Machoism
15
Q
- The effective use of all available resources human, hardware and information prior to and during flight to ensure the successful outcome of the operation is called
- Risk management
- Safety management system
- Crew resource management
A
Crew resource management
16
Q
- Upon GPS signal loss, the remote Pilot should immediately
- Contact ATC and declare an emergency
- Perform the planned lost link contingency procedure
- operate the sUAS normally, noting to account for any mode or control changes that occur if GPS is lost
A
operate the sUAS normally, noting to account for any mode or control changes that occur if GPS is lost
17
Q
- A remote pilot in command and a visual observer defines their roles and responsibilities prior to and during the operation of a small UA. This is a good use of
- crew resource management
- single pilot resource management
- authoritarian resource management
A
crew resource management
18
Q
- A common cause of sUAS flyaway events is
- Frequency interferance
- Persons standing close to teh control station antenna
- Loss of GPS signals
A
Frequency interferance
19
Q
- Which of the following events is considered a flyaway?
- Unmanned aircraft does not respond to control inputs and does not execute known lost maneuvers
- Loss link between the Remote PIC and unmanned aircraft
- Loss of communication link between the Remote PIC and ATC
A
Unmanned aircraft does not respond to control inputs and does not execute known lost maneuvers
20
Q
- What action should the remote PIC take upon GPS signal loss?
- Follow normal sUAS operational procedure, noting any mode or control changes that normally occur if GPS is lost
- Perform the planned flyaway emergency procedure
- Land the unmanned aircraft immediately prior to loss of control
A
Follow normal sUAS operational procedure, noting any mode or control changes that normally occur if GPS is lost
21
Q
- Which statement is not correct concerning crew resource management in sUAS operations
- Crew members cannot, under any circumstances, challenge the decisions of the remote PIC
- Individuals who are exhibiting signs of hazardous attitudes should be approach about the issue
- The remote PIC and all the crew members should communicate any observed hazards or concerns to one another
A
Crew members cannot, under any circumstances, challenge the decisions of the remote PIC
22
Q
- When adapting crew resource management (CRM) concepts to the operation of a small unmanned aircraft, CRM must be integrated into
- The communications only
- All phases of the operation
- The flight portion only
A
All phases of the operation
23
Q
- To avoid missing important steps, always use the
- placarded airspeeds
- appropriate checklists
- airworthiness certificate
A
appropriate checklists
24
Q
- Which of the following lithium batteries should not be used?
- A new battery that has only been charged once, several charging cycles are required prior to normal use
- A partially discharged battery that is warm from recent use
- A battery with a bulge on one of the sides of its case
A
A battery with a bulge on one of the sides of its case
25
Q
- You have been hired as a Remote Pilot in command by a local TV news with a small unmanned aircraft. You expressed a safety concern and the station manager has instructed you to “ Fly First, ask questions later” What type of hazardous attitude does this attitude represent?
- Impulsivity
- Machoism
- Invulnerability
A
Impulsivity
