AVIA 230 Quiz 1

AVIA 230 Quiz 1 Liberty University

AVIA 230 Quiz 1: UAS History

Covers the Learn material from Module 1: Week 1.

1. Which unmanned aerial vehicle was credited with the first use of a camera system?
2. What was the most popular target aircraft through WW2?
3. The common baseline for all _______________ is that they acquire a static image at a single point in time.
4. This aircraft had a wingspan of 48 ft and was powered by twin six-cylinder O- 435 Lycoming engines with 220 hp each in a high wing configuration. What aircraft is this?
5. Though a meager ___% were considered “successful,” when compared to its fairly low cost, and the reportedly devastating effect it had on public morale, it has been argued that the V-1 was an effective weaponized unmanned aircraft.
6. The V-1 used a ___________ to generate thrust for flight.
7. In the late 1970s, capitalizing on the Marine Corps Bikini configuration, the Israelis developed a small tactical battleeld surveillance UAS called the _______, built by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).
8. Some 10,000 V-1s were launched against Allied cities and military targets, killing some __________ people.
9. is defined as “the science of making reliable measurements by the use of photographs and especially aerial photographs” (Merriam-Webster.com 2015).
10. Due to the limited range of torpedoes, the _________ was used to carry the torpedo to the area of the enemy submarine.
11. Under _________ control the operator has direct, assisted control of the aircraft’s flight path.
12. In what year did NASA conduct the first unmanned flights over tropical cyclones?
13. Surprisingly, most of the world’s aviation efforts in unmanned aircraft after World War I did not pursue weapon platforms like the wartime aerial torpedo and bomb. Instead, work focused primarily on employing unmanned aircraft technology as
14. Under _________ control the operator has direct, unassisted control of the aircraft’s flight path.
15. What does FAA stand for?
16. While the electrical genius Tesla was busy designing the first electric architecture for the City of New York, another inventor, ____________ , the founder of the famed flight control rm that today bears his name, was developing the first practical gyro-control system.
17. any flight operation, the operator should understand the desired information to be collected and the method by which the data must be acquired.
18. Much like the earlier Royal Air Force experience with the Royal Navy, where drones survived numerous passes on well-armed warships, the U.S. Navy battleship Utah failed to shoot down any N2C-2 drones that were making mock attacks on the ship. Which organization created the N2C-2 Target Drone?
19. Who died while flight testing experimental gliders and is credited as a pioneer in the UAS eld?
20. is composed of the fundamental facilities and structures, such as roads, bridges, tunnels, sewers, and the like, that enable our everyday lives.
21. The most frequently used radar decoy was the _________, which could be carried inside the bomb bay of a B-52 and air launched prior to the bombing run.
22. Many still imager payloads are capable of capturing data associated with the image that is helpful for data processing after collection. This data is called
23. As the largest industry in the world, _____________ is present in nearly every country and employs millions of people around the globe.
24. The level of __________ in the flight mission is dependent upon several factors, including, but not limited to, the amount of repetitious aircraft movements required, aircraft proximity to other objects, and the dynamic nature of the mission.
25. What was the primary use of UAS in the Post WW1 era?

Set 2

1. Surprisingly, most of the world’s aviation efforts in unmanned aircraft after World War I did not pursue weapon platforms like the wartime aerial torpedo and bomb. Instead, work focused primarily on employing unmanned aircraft technology as _____________.
2. Under _________ control the operator has direct, unassisted control of the aircraft’s flight path.
3. Unmanned aircraft development in the follow-on Cold War years shifted dramatically toward reconnaissance and decoy missions. This trend has continued today, where nearly ____% of unmanned aircraft are involved in some form of data gathering in the military, law enforcement, and environmental monitoring arenas.
4. The most frequently used radar decoy was the _________, which could be carried inside the bomb bay of a B-52 and air launched prior to the bombing run.
5. What missions concept of operations was for pilots in the aircraft to control it during takeoff, once established in remote-controlled cruising flights, these pilots would arm the explosives and parachute from the “flying bomb” over friendly England while the aircraft, controlled by an operator in a nearby manned bomber, would be guided to its target.
6. Which unmanned aerial vehicle was credited with the first use of a camera system?
7. What was the most popular target aircraft through WW2?
8. Law enforcement agencies are interested in using Small UAS for crime scene reconstruction. What is the primary method used to provide this information?
9. _____________ taught the fledgling aviation world the secrets of controlled flight, namely, their wing-warping approach to roll control, and a movable horizontal “rudder” for pitch control, aircraft development experienced a burst of technical advancement.
10. The Sperry team persevered and finally on March 6, 1918, the ________________ successfully launched unmanned, flew its 1000-yard course in stable flight and dived on its target at the intended time and place, then recovered and landed.
11. In the late 1970s, capitalizing on the Marine Corps Bikini configuration, the Israelis developed a small tactical battlefield surveillance UAS called the _______, built by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).
12. As the largest industry in the world, _____________ is present in nearly every country and employs millions of people around the globe.
13. Under _________ control the operator has indirect, assisted control of the aircraft’s flight path.
14. ______________ any flight operation, the operator should understand the desired information to be collected and the method by which the data must be acquired.
15. Due to the limited range of torpedoes, the _________ was used to carry the torpedo to the area of the enemy submarine.
16. Some 10,000 V-1s were launched against Allied cities and military targets, killing some __________ people.
17. ___________ control requires extensive operator training and experience to accomplish effectively and safely.
18. An aerial map is corrected to account for deformation through a process known as _____________ .
19. Fixed-wing UAS platforms have the advantage of:
20. __________________ is defined as “the science of making reliable measurements by the use of photographs and especially aerial photographs” (Merriam-Webster.com 2015).
21. In what year did NASA conduct the first unmanned flights over tropical cyclones?
22. Under _________ control the operator has direct, assisted control of the aircraft’s flight path.
23. In the post World War 1, pre World War 2 era, UAS were used by the military for __________________.
24. Which of the following was a characteristic of the Kettering Aerial Bomb?
25. What was the nick name given to the V-1 unmanned aircraft?