When automation conceals an escalating problem from the operator until the point when it cannot handle the problem any longer, and then hands off control o... [Show More] f the ailing system to the operator, that is known as _____. - Answer- automation surprise
The "deer in the headlights" effect refers to high-stress situations in which people tend to be slow or unable to act. According to attention research, this happens because when stress is very high, _____. - Answer- available attention decreases dramatically
For decades, researchers believed the capacity for working memory to be _____ of information. - Answer- 7 +/- 2 chunks
If a frequently performed task is performed the same way every time, its performance is likely to become _____. - Answer- automatized
A system's _____ depends on its ability to detect problems as they emerge, take appropriate action to intervene, and recover should the interventions fail. - Answer- resilience
What is the name of the syndrome associated with vigilance work? - Answer- Out-of-the-loop syndrome
The risk of "tunneled attention" is increased by _____. - Answer- sleep deprivation
A system design in which humans and technology are well integrated is a design that supports the anticipation and preparation. This refers to the design guideline to _____. - Answer- support projection
According to Ashby's law, a complex system like a UAS requires a _____ user interface. - Answer- complex
Cognitive heuristics are a means to _____. - Answer- All answers are correct
_____ work involves sustained monitoring. It is mentally demanding and draws heavily on attention. - Answer- Vigilance
Information in memory that is interconnected on the basis of its involvement in a common event is called _____. - Answer- episodic memory
A common source of error when working with automated systems is failing to notice when the system's mode of operation changes automatically and without notifying the operator. This undetected change in operating mode is called _____. - Answer- loss of mode awareness
A design that represents the work environment structures and cues that matter is a called _____ design. - Answer- an ecological
Schemas are valuable memory structures because they _____. - Answer- help you recognize deviations that signify a problem
Sometimes, knowledge does not activate and is not recalled when needed. In order to avoid this, you could _____. - Answer- All answers are correct
Which of the following can cause us to misperceive information? - Answer- All answers are correct
In Reason's Swiss Cheese Model, the events and conditions that contributed to an error's occurrence are called _____. - Answer- latent conditions
Multitasking while sleepy increases a person's risk for _____. - Answer- tunneled attention
According to Ericcson and Kintsch, the activated portion of long-term memory is called _____. - Answer- long-term working memory
Information first enters and is briefly held in the basic-feature form in the _____. - Answer- sensory store
The function allocation strategy that involves determining how best each system function can be accomplished by a joint human-technology team is the _____ allocation strategy. - Answer- complementarity
Expert basketball players have high levels of perceptual-motor fluency. This means their perception and performance _____. - Answer- are tuned to the demands of playing basketball
A common training shortfall is _____. - Answer- All of the answers are correct
The dominant model that researchers use to represent information processing is based on the _____. - Answer- computer
What are the FAA's three categories of UAS? - Answer- Micro, Small, UAS
What are the two distinctive types of unmanned aircraft systems? - Answer- Autonomous and remote control
What was the first full-scale remotely piloted aircraft? - Answer- Sopwith Aerial Target
What was the primary mission of the lightning bug in Vietnam? - Answer- Reconnaissance
Why is the term "unmanned aircraft system" used versus terms like UAV or drone? - Answer- To represent all of the components of a UAS not just the air vehicle
In what year did congress mandate UAS integration into the national airspace? - Answer- 2012
Who patented a way to control vehicles remotely using radio waves? - Answer- Nikola Telsa
What was the first operations targeting drone? - Answer- De Havilland Queen Bee
What are the four core components of a UAS - Answer- Unmanned aircraft, payload, control station, control link
What did Elmer Sperry contribute to the history of UAS? - Answer- Automatic Stabilization
What are the three technology issues facing UAS full integration into the airspace? - Answer- Reliability, development of Detect and Avoid technology, control link security
What modern-day sUAS powerhouse did adr. Paul MacCready start? - Answer- AeroVironment
What is the difference between a guided missile and a modern UAS? - Answer- Modern UAS are intended for recovery and guided missiles are expendable
What technology was added to the TDR-1 that made it different from all previous UAS? - Answer- Television guidance
What system was the original genesis of the modern-day Predator? - Answer- Leading systems Amber
Which of the following would be an example of a sUAS - Answer- ScanEagle
What "first" for UAS was first credited to Reginal Denny? - Answer- Mass production
What type of UAS remote pilots did the FAA first authorize? - Answer- Public
UAS like the lightning bug initially used INS guidance. What technology increased the accuracy and capability of UAS? - Answer- Global Positioning System
What UAS was created by Israel in the 1970s and battle tested in 1982 - Answer- Scout
What is the upper GTOW minute of a small UAS? - Answer- Less than 55 pounds
What year did nonmilitary agencies begin using UAS? - Answer- 2004
Rotary-wing aircraft fall into which two categories? - Answer- Helicopter and multi rotor
What is the most common power source for sUAS today? - Answer- Brushless DC electric motors and LiPo batteries
Name the component of a UA that houses most of the equipment and acts as the basic structure - Answer- Fuselage
What type of sUAS is best suited to be powered by an internal combustion engine? - Answer- Fixed wing
What type of flight control system was developed in the 1950s and 60s to relax the stability of an aircraft in an effort to make it more maneuverable? - Answer- Fly-by-wire
What electro-mechanical device can be used to move a control surface? - Answer- Servo
What is the primary advantage of rotary-wing aircraft over a fixed-wing? - Answer- VTOL and hovering flight capacity
What multirotor configuration uses vectored thrust to control the yaw axis? - Answer- Tricopter
UA can move through 3-D space with _____ degrees of freedom - Answer- Six
Air temperature decreases and air density _____ with increases in altitude - Answer- Decreases
In general, as the AOA of an airfoil increases, what two factors also increase? - Answer- Lift and drag
What are the four forces that act on an aircraft in flight? - Answer- Lift, weight, thrust, and drag
A helicopter is a type of ____ aircraft - Answer- rotary-wing
Which fixed-wing aircraft control surface can create movement around the lateral axis? - Answer- Elevator
What are the three degrees of Orion that illustrate rotation around axes? - Answer- Pitch, roll, and yaw
Which of the following changes can a remote poly expect if the UA is overweight? - Answer- Barometric pressure, air temperature, dew point, and field elevation
What is one of the most important factors affecting overall aircraft performance? - Answer- Air density
What is diffraction? - Answer- Radio waves bending and moving around an object
What U.S. government organization regulates frequencies? - Answer- Federal Communications Commission
What is reflection? - Answer- Result of radio waves bouncing off the surface of an object and changing direction
What is scattering? - Answer- Beam of radio waves hitting a mass of smaller materials, which individually reflect and spread the radio waves in different directions
Which of the following are primary safety datalink flight requirements concerning UAS implementation into the NAS? - Answer- Near real-time telemetry from the AV, near real-time flight commands to the AV
What is wave propagation? - Answer- Way in which radio waves move from source antenna to the receiving end
What is refraction? - Answer- Bending of waves as they pass from one medium to another, due to a change in their speed
What are the three main types of datalinks? - Answer- Simplex, half-duplex, and duplex
What is the purpose of a datalink? - Answer- Establish reliable communications between the AV and GCS
What is used to measure distance of a radio wavelength? - Answer- Two adjacent points on the wave
What information is transmitted through a downlink? - Answer- Payload
What can limit a datalink's strength/range - Answer- Environmental factors, power, antenna type, and range
How does LOS and BLOS differ? - Answer- BLOS has link establishment through satellite or relay
What is antenna gain? - Answer- Resultant increase by amplitude if the signal
What is absorption? - Answer- Radio waves consumed by an object
What is the greatest advantage of a directional antenna/transceiver over an Omni antenna transceiver? - Answer- Range
What information is transmitted through uplink? - Answer- Commands
Name the two primary types of antennas - Answer- Omni and directional [Show Less]
