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| Who chairs the National Security Council? |
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| What provides planning guidance to combatant commanders and the service chiefs to accomplish tasks and missions using current military capabilities? |
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| Joint Stategic Capabilities Plan (JSC) |
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| What document sets forth guandance to all unified combat commanders (CCDR) and establishestheir missions, responsibilities, and force structure? |
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| Unified Command Plan (UCP) |
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| The synchronization, coordination, and /or integration of the activities of governmental and non-governmental entities with military operations to achieve unity of effort is_____ |
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| An Air and Space Expeditionary Force is composed of force packages with the capabilities of providing war fighting commanders with _____ |
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| rapid and responsive aerospace power. |
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| What mechanism does the Commander Air Forces Forces (COMAFFOR) use for employing forces? |
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| The Theater Air Control System |
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| What capabilities do the Theater Air Control System (TACS) Provide to the Commander Air Force Forces (COMAFFOR)? |
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| Centralized control and decentralized execution |
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| Overall commande a dncontrol of Tactical air (TACAIR) forces is exercised by Commander Air Force Forces (COMAFFOR) at____ |
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| Air Operation Center (AOC) |
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| Which Air Operation Center (AOC) division develops the Air Tasking Order (ATO)? |
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| Which Air Operation Center (AOC) specialty team supports integration of aerospace operations with ground maneuver? |
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| Battlefield coordinationdetachment |
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| Which Theater Air Control System (TACS) element is designed to coordinate and direct close air support (CS) and other tactical air (TACAIR) support missions with surface forces? |
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| Air Support Operations Center |
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| How many hours before the first time-on-target (TOT) is the air tasking message (ATM) disseminated to the wing operations center (WOC) |
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| Which rules or laws are theater-specific political considerations that impact tactical operations? |
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| Which weapons state allows Air Defense Artillery (ADA) batteries to fire upone any aircraft not identified as being friendly? |
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| Who provides liaison information about ground organic firepower capabilities and recommends methods of fighter employment to support ground operations? |
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| Ground liaison officer (GLO) |
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| Which Marine air Command and Control System (MACCS) agency is similar to the Air Force Control and Reporting Center (CRC) |
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| Tactical Air Operations Center |
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| In relation to air warfare, the Air Force Doctrine Document (AFDD) defines which term as the broad, functional, and continuing activities of air and space power? |
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| Which air warfare term is defined as the operational or strategic level outcomes that functios are intended to produce? |
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| The effects that result innediately from attacking the target set or sets involved in and air warfare operation are known as_____ |
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| The air warfare term that we apply to the tactical level of war and that describes the tasks assigned to small units is |
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| What are the five levels of weapons control used to direct aerospace forces throughtout a mission? |
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| Broadcast, tactical, close, advisory and autonomous. |
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| What type of weapons control uses a radio monitor mode when the controlling agency loses radar capability? |
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| What agency or agencies is responsible for the procurement, augmentation, deployment, and commitment of aerospace forces during time of crisis? |
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| Joint Force Air Component Commanders and their staffs |
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| Which combat air function consists of operations to attain and maintain a desired degree of air superiorty by the destruction or neutralization of enemy forces? |
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| What type of mission employs air superiority aircraft flying through a designated portion of enemy airspace in order to sanitize the enemy air-to-air threat? |
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| What type of mission is designed to neutralize, destroy, or temporarily degrade enemy surface based radar sites by destructive or disruptive means? |
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| Suppression of enemy air defenses |
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| What type of mission includes both active and passive measures to protect friendly forces and vital interests from enemy air and missile attacks? |
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| What is the best type of mission in which to employ limited assets against an air threat because it employs concentration of effects? |
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| What type of mission includes the jamming of satellite uplink and downlink frequencies? |
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| Which mission has as its objective to detect, track,identify, intercept and neutralize enemy forces threatening friendly space capability? |
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| What type of counterland mission normally targets lines of communication, supply centers, C2 nodes, or fielded forces? |
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| What type of counterland mission is conducted against enemy forces in close proximity to friendly forces? |
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| Which combat air fuction is collateral and extends the application of aerospace power into the maritime environment? |
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| Which counter information mission refers to actions taken to manipulate or destroy an enemy's information or information system without visibly changeing the physical entity within which it resides? |
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| What type of mission is normally carried out against an enemy's center of gravity or other vital target sets? |
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| What type of mission provides the air bridge between the continental United States (CONUS) and other theaters? |
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| Which missions provide for the air movement of personnel and material within a specific area of operation? |
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| Which command is responsible for the scheduling and execution of operational support airlift operations regarding continental United States (CONUS-based assets? |
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| US Transportation Command |
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| How many basic air refueling missions do US Air Force assets perform? |
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| Which operations are conducted to deploy, sustain, or augment satellite constellations supporting national security objectives? |
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| Which mission provides accurate location and time of reference in support of strategic, operational, and tactical operations? |
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| Navigation and positioning |
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| Which mission supplies timely and accurate environmental information, including both space environment and atmospheric weather, to commanders for their objectives and plans at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of operation? |
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| This MAJCOM is the largest command in the Air Force and is the force provider fo USAF combat forces to America's unified combatant commands. |
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| This MAJCOM plans, prepares, and executes remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) missions in support of joint special operations forces. |
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| Air force Special Operation Command (AFSOC) |
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| Which Intelligence Community element is responsible for research, development, acqusition, expolitation, and production of imagery and mapping? |
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| National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) |
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| Which intelligence community (IC) eletment's mission is to provide timely, objective military intelligence to war fighters, defense policy makers, and force planners? |
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| Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) |
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| This element of Air Force Intelligence organizes, trains, equips, and presents assigned forces to conduct intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) using manned and unmanned assets worldwide? |
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| Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency (AFISRA) |
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| What is the Navy equivalent to Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency (AFISRA)? |
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| Navy Network Warfare Command (NETWARCOM) |
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| This intelligence center operates as a permanent center within the combatant command or a joint task force (JTF) organization structure? |
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| Joint Intelligence Operations Center (JIOC) |
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| Which governmental intelligence organization mandate is to reduce US vulnerability to terrorism and to detect, prevent and respond to terrorist attacks? |
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| Deptartment of Homeland Security |
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| This aircraft's primary mission is close air support, air interdiction, force protection and it missions include troops in contact, convoy escort, and urban operations. |
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| What type of maps do ground units commonly use as a strategic/operational map to complement the 1:50,000 topographic line map? |
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| Joint Operations Graphic-Air (JOG-A) |
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| The primary information on this map identifies vertical obstructions to flight, air navigation features, and landing options. |
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| Global Navigation and Planning Chart (GNC) |
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| Geographically, what reference line on maps and globes are used to determine latitude and longitude? |
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| The Equator and the prime meridian, respectively |
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| What size military grid reference system square is reprecented by the coordinates 17R DJ? |
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| What size military grid reference system square is represented by the coordinates 8S AE13 |
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| What size military grid reference system square is represented by the coordinates 17R DJ143689? |
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| In the bearing and range geospatial reference system, which cardinial direction represents a bearing of 120 degrees? |
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| In the bearing and range geospatial reference system, you report an object at a bearing of 005 degrees and a range of 50 miles as |
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| What is one of the most used mission software tool? |
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| Which mission software tool allows users to search for addresses, enter coordinates, or simply use the mouse to brouse a location? |
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| Which mission software is a scalable, high performance geospatial visualization software toolkit used for civilian and military situational awareness? |
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| Tactical Display Framework |
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| This electronic threat is any deliberate electronic interference that is emanted from a jamming platform for the sole purpose of degrading communication systems? |
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| Intentional communications jamming |
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| As a remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) sensor operator, which action would you not take in response to combat communications jamming? |
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| The biggest threat to US aircraft during combat missions is from? |
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| Surface-to-air missile systems (SAMS) |
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| Examples of strategic surface to air missile systems (SAMS) include all of the following except? |
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| Man portable air defense systems (MANPADS) that are highly portable and concealable are around how many feet long? |
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| The ZSU-23/4 is generally considered one of the most leathal threats to? |
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| this adversary air weapon is usually a threat at relatively close ranges. |
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| Adversary ground forces most likely attempt to engage you with? |
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| When defending against adversary ground operations, what is the Air Force's best means to save friendly lives on the ground? |
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| Locating insurgents and quickly reacting with Hellfire missiles. |
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| For the purpose of identifying clouds, the atmosphere is |
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| divided into three sections: high, middle and low |
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| Which clouds have a high vertical development, often with an anvil shaped top? |
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| What is the area between two different air masses? |
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| If the area between air masses is larger than 70 miles, it is a/an___ |
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| Weather fronts are generally classified according to___ |
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| Relative motions of the air masses involved. |
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| What type of front is characterized by a wedge of air being forced aloft? |
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| The peak energy output of the sun is found in which region of the electromagnetic spectrum? |
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| What term is applied when objects with an infrared system are of the same radiometric temperature and appear the same on the operator's display? |
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| What type of twilight is described as beginning in the morning and ending in the evening when the sun is geometrically 6 degrees below the horizon? |
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| What light source is the brightest source of natural illumination in the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum at night? |
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| Which light source delivers its peal illumination in the near infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum? |
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| Wavelengths that are not scattered or absorbed are grouped into bands that are areas of maximum transmission of infrared energy throughout the atmosphere. What are these bands? |
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| This weather effect is very similar to viewing objects during crossover? |
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| Remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) crews must consider the wind velocity and direction when positioning the aircraft for target acquisition in an effort to reduce ____ |
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| Blowing smoke from weapon impact |
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| What type of air movements causes thermal turbulence? |
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| Cold air moving over warm ground |
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| The counter-rotating forces trailing from wingtips of aircraft causes what type of turbulence? |
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| Vortex turbulences starts at the point where an aircraft___ |
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| rotates upward for takeoff |
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| Icing formation on aircraft can reduce its wing lift by up to ____ |
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| Icing of what aircraft component causes inaccurate indication on the altimeter, airspeed, and vertical speed indicator (VSI)? |
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| There are how many basic types of aircraft structural icing? |
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| You need to know how to read the meteorological terminal aviation report (METAR) to be aware of weather systems that may affect your aircraft and its sensor system. When "SPECI" is the first element on the report, it indicates____ |
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| a significant weather change has occurred. |
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| In a meteorological terminal aviation report (METAR), what does "M" under runway visual range indicate? |
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| Referring to figure 2-14, in a METAR, how is hail indicated? |
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| Personnel working on flight lines are exposed to dangerous noise levels. The extent of hearing damage that can result from this exposure is determined by___ |
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| the noise level and exposure time |
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| Shift work control strategies are under the control of the ___ |
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| In reference to radio-telephone (RT) procedures, for best results, about how far away from your lips should you hold your microphone? |
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| For effective voice communications, when you transmit a message over a radio, pause between ___ |
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| In radio communications, which two prowords are never used together? |
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| Generally, how many words per minute should an operator speak during voice transmission.? |
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| what identifies a communications facility, an organization, or an individual on a radio net? |
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| Which brevity term indicates a positively identified enemy aircraft? |
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| Which brevity word indicates an established reference point from which the position of an aircraft can be determined? |
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| Which brevity word indicates form or format of tactical control providing bearing, range, altitude and aspect from fighter to target? |
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| Which remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) remote operations video enhanced receiver (ROVER) brevity word indicates a video system mark has been set and is used as a point of reference. Works the same as a target reference point (TRP) or anchor point? |
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| In which method of calling on the radio-telephone do you give the call signs of the calling and called stations only once? |
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| Which method of calling on the radio-telephone when communications are difficult? |
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| This type of call is used when the caller is trying to contact a single station? |
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| This type of call is used when communications with an entire net simultaneously is desired? |
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| When communicating over the interphone, always use___ |
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| What is the near-real time, multi-participant means of textually communicating among military units? |
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| This function of multi-user Internet Relay Chat (mIRC) enables two people to talk within the chat room without the other members being able to see? |
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| What frequency band is used to communicate by radio over long distances from one point to another without a relay, satellite, or connecting cable? |
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| Which radio frequency band is confined to distances that are approximately within the line of sight (LOS)? |
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| The principal methods of this frequency band propagation includes tropospheric scatter, satellite communications (SATCOM), air/ground/air, and line of sight (LOS)? |
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| What type of terminals does that Air Force satellite communication (AFSATCOM) use? |
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| Ultrahigh frequency/Super-high frequency |
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| The Air Force satellite communication (AFSATCOM) space segment is composed of transponders that are placed on? |
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| Classified host satellites |
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| To achieve secure voice communications when you transmit encoded groups by radio, always___ |
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| use the phonetic alphabet |
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| When using authentication procedures, how many characters are transmitted during a TRIAD challenge? |
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| When using challenge and reply authentication procedures, you are not required to re-challenge___ |
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| when an incorrect response is received |
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| What cryptographic equipment is a tactical speech security system that is used to secure high-frequency (HF) radio circuits? |
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| How many cycles are in a Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) epoch? |
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| Synchronization is maintained in a Joint Tactical Information Distribution System/Multifunctional Information Distribution System (JTIDS/MIDS) network by ___ |
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| Synchronizing to the network time reference |
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| What data link system provides live video from the aircraft to operational units equipped with remote video terminals (RVT)? |
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| Remote operations video enhanced receiver (ROVER) |
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