Revision Exam 1

Question 1

What is section 5 in the flight manual?

Answer 1

Operating limits

Question 2

What is section 2 in the flight manual?

Answer 2

Normal Procedures

Question 3

What is section 1 in the flight manual?

Answer 3

Descriptions and operations

Question 4

What is section 3 in the flight manual?

Answer 4

Emergency procedures

Question 5

What’s the difference between a caution and a warning

Answer 5

Caution is damage to equipment and a warning is potential injury or loss of life

Question 6

What does plus + mean as a symbol

Answer 6

Requires coordination with another GCS

Question 7

What is appendix A, 1-1?

Answer 7

Performance Manual

Question 8

We operate with two different frequencies what are they?

Answer 8

Ku Band & C Band

Question 9

What is Ku band also called?

Answer 9

BLOS beyond line-of-site

Question 10

How many C Band antennas do we have on the plane?

Answer 10

3 Antennas and 2 transmitters

Question 11

What is referred to as the brains of the aircraft

Answer 11

RCM - redundant control module

Question 12

How many batteries do we have in the aircraft and where are they located?

Answer 12

6 - Forward avionics bay

Question 13

Where is SAR placed in the GCS?

Answer 13

MFW 1 for the test - 2 in real life

Question 14

Where does your mic sit?

Answer 14

Rear left

Question 15

When the yellow KVM light is illuminated, what does it mean?

Answer 15

Shows on the system or monitor you are interacting with

Question 16

What is the red button on the back of the GCS and what does it not turn off

Answer 16

EPO, it doesn’t turn off the UPS in MFW 1 & 2, batteries for the GCS

Question 17

LRE uses which frequency band?

Answer 17

C-Band

Question 18

Located behind MFW 2, allows us to get link with aircraft, it also unzips and zips files going up to the aircraft

Answer 18

SLMA - Secure link management assembly

Question 19

We operate in which band?

Answer 19

Ku Band

Question 20

What are the 3 modes in rate select in the GCS?

Answer 20

External / internal / shared

Question 21

What is the default bit rate selection on the GCS?

Answer 21

3.2mbps

Question 22

Which VIT applies to Ku band SATCOM?

Answer 22

28

Question 23

“KU return link lost” - “KU command link lost”, what checklist do we need to run?

Answer 23

KU return link/ command link non-encrypted check list

Question 24

If you are unable to gain line with aircraft, what does the aircraft do?

Answer 24

Runs emergency link profile back to LRE

Question 25

How many FCAs do we have?

Answer 25

3

Question 26

How do FCAs communicate with each other?

Answer 26

CCDL - Cross Channel data link

Question 27

FCAs send information to what, which then sends information onto UARB A/B?

Answer 27

Vote processors

Question 28

Where does mid-level voting occur?

Answer 28

FCAs

Question 29

Why are EGIs so important?

Answer 29

They provide positional data to Ku band

Question 30

How many video cameras does the aircraft have?

Answer 30

3, EO, IR in the nose and the MTS

Question 31

Your EO nose camera lens can crack when?

Answer 31

When lense heating is above 60%

Question 32

What are the 3 cameras in the MTS?

Answer 32

IR, EO, & LLTV

Question 33

How do we push video to partners on the ground?

Answer 33

C Band downlink

Question 34

What is the difference between analogue and digital downlink?

Answer 34

Analogue has a faster refresh rate, lower quality; digital has a lower refresh rate and higher quality with the ability to overlay telemetry.