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65. (419) Which Defense Meteorological Satellite Program elements receive only real-time satellite
imagery when the satellite is in view?
a. Strategic.
b. Tactical.
c. Air Force Weather Agency.
d. Automated Remote Tracking Stations. |
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66. (419) What are the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) command and control nodes?
a. Environmental Satellite Operations Center at Schriever AFB, CO, and National Oceanographic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Satellite Operations Control Center at Suitland, MD.
b. Environmental Satellite Operations Center at Schriever AFB, CO, and Multi Purpose Satellite
Operations Center, Offutt AFB, NB.
c. Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NB, and NOAA Satellite Operations Control Center at
Suitland, MD.
d. Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NB, and Multi Purpose Satellite Operations Center,
Offutt AFB, NB. |
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67. (419) The MARK IVB antennas can be located up to how many feet away from the processing
area?
a. 1,000.
b. 1,500.
c. 2,500.
d. 3,000. |
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68. (419) The primary interface between the operator/maintainer and the MARK IVB system is the
a. storage disk array.
b. maintainer workstation.
c. network interface switch.
d. meteorological data server. |
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69. (420) Which agency is responsible for Defense Support Program operational control?
a. HQ AFSPC.
b. HQ AFPC (10 AF).
c. SPACEAF (14 AF).
d. USSTRATCOM/CC. |
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70. (420) Which components are major sets of satellite readout station equipment ?
a. Radio frequency set and modulation system controller.
b. Modulation interface equipment and transmit/receive set.
c. Modulation interface equipment and modulation system controller.
d. Radio frequency set, transmit/receiver set, and digital equipment set. |
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71. (420) In the satellite readout station, the transmit/receive set
a. transmits weather imagery to the satellite and receives telemetry data from the satellite on a 2.2
to 2.3 gigahertz bandwidth.
b. receives and processes downlink satellite signals, and generates and transmits uplink satellite
commanding and ranging signals.
c. monitors precise range measurements from the satellite vehicle and recovers almanac data from
transmitted signals to measure signal quality.
d. receives and processes the transmit signal for the satellite, and generates and receives downlink
satellite commanding and ranging signals. |
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72. (421) What is the number of global positioning system orbital planes?
a. Four.
b. Five.
c. Six.
d. Seven. |
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73. (421) The purpose of the global positioning system ground antenna is to
a. interface between the master control station and user sets.
b. interface between the master control station and the satellites.
c. provide all commanding and resources to process the satellite telemetry.
d. provide all tracking and resources to process the monitor station downlinked telemetry. |
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74. (421) Which global positioning system operation control segment component is remotely operated
and transmits and receives telemetry to and from the satellites?
a. Monitor station.
b. Ground antenna.
c. Master control station.
d. Transmit ground station. |
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75. (421) What is the minimum number of global positioning system satellites that must be tracked for
accurate three-dimensional navigation?
a. Two.
b. Three.
c. Four.
d. Five. |
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76. (421) Which is not a characteristic of the Defense Advanced Global Positioning System (GPS)
Receiver?
a. Can only be used as a handheld unit.
b. Can process the GPS satellite triple frequency signals.
c. Can use an external power source and external antenna.
d. Can be installed in a host platform (ground facility, air, sea or land vehicle). |
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77. (422) What Milstar capability is very different from previous military satellite communications
(MILSATCOM) and commercial satellite communications systems?
a. Crossbanding.
b. Crosslinking.
c. Multi-service.
d. Secure networking. |
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78. (422) Which element of the Milstar mission allocates communication resources?
a. Development.
b. Planning.
c. Support.
d. Control. |
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79. (422) The secure mobile anti-jam reliable tactical terminal (SMART-T) provides user data rates
through
a. T–1 (128 Kbps).
b. T–1 (256 Kbps).
c. T–1 (1.544 Mbps).
d. T–1 (2.048 Mbps). |
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80. (422) How many active satellites does the completed Milstar phase II (Milstar II) constellation
consist of?
a. Three.
b. Four.
c. Six.
d. Eight. |
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81. (422) The Milstar satellite sends downlink communications transmissions at
a. Ultrahigh frequency (UHF) only.
b. Extremely high frequency (EHF) only.
c. UHF and super-high frequency (SHF).
d. UHF and EHF. |
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82. (422) Which Milstar antenna provides high gain, selective coverage of any ground station visible
on the earth’s surface within its own footprint?
a. Agile beam.
b. Spot beam.
c. Gimbaled dish.
d. Earth coverage. |
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83. (422) What is the maximum number of demand assigned multiple access (DAMA) networks can a
single Milstar satellite support?
a. One.
b. Two.
c. Three.
d. Four. |
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84. (422) Encoding/decoding of a digital signal
a. quadruples the data rate.
b. increases the signal-to-noise-ratio.
c. decreases the signal-to-noise-ratio.
d. enhances the link bit error rate. |
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85. (422) The Milstar Air Force terminal segment has terminals that are classified as either
a. ship or shore.
b. master or slave.
c. airborne or ground.
d. command post or force element. |
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86. (422) The Milstar extremely high frequency (EHF)/ultrahigh frequency (UHF) fixed ground
command post terminal has a
a. 90-inch antenna and a radome.
b. 96-inch antenna and a radome.
c. 90-inch antenna and no radome.
d. 96-inch antenna and no radome. |
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87. (422) What type of extremely high frequency (EHF) antenna is used on the Milstar EHF/UHF
airborne command post terminals?
a. 16-inch Cassegrain .
b. 26-inch Cassegrain .
c. 16-inch front-feed .
d. 26-inch front-feed . |
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88. (423) What agency plans and executes satellite tracking and ephemeris data generation?
a. Commander of the United States Strategic Command.
b. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).
c. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS).
d. Defense Information Systems Agency Operations Control Complex (DOCC). |
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89. (423) What agency provides personnel at the regional satellite communications (Regional
SATCOM) support center with resource allocation parameters?
a. Commander of the United States Strategic Command.
b. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).
c. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS).
d. Defense Information Systems Agency Operations Control Complex (DOCC). |
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90. (423) The purpose of the Defense Information Systems Agency Operations Control Complex
(DOCC) is to
a. provide operational control of the Defense Communications System (DCS).
b. provide operational control of the Air Force satellite communications (AFSATCOM) system.
c. manage and provide the regional satellite communications support center (RSSC) with satellite
engineering parameters.
d. manage and distribute bandwidths allocated from the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)
for their respective theaters of responsibility. |
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91. (423) What agency ensures all satellite links perform according to baseline parameters?
a. United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command.
b. Defense Satellite Communications System operations centers (DSCSOC).
c. Unified and specified combatant commanders (COCOM).
d. Air Force Space Command (AFSPC). |
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92. (423) Modifications on the Defense Satellite Communications System phase III (DSCS III)
satellite include
a. larger solar panels.
b. smaller solar panels.
c. multibeam array antenna.
d. single-channel transponder (SCT) downlink. |
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93. (423) The Defense Satellite Communications System phase III (DSCS III) S-band system is
primarily used for
a. satellite telemetry, tracking, and control.
b. broadcasting emergency action messages (EAM).
c. a super high frequency (SHF) communication link.
d. an extremely high frequency (EHF) communication link. |
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94. (424) What constellation are the ultrahigh frequency (UHF) follow-on satellites designed to
replace?
a. Global positioning satellite and Inmarsat.
b. MILSTAR and Defense Satellite Communication System.
c. Defense Meteorological Program and Commercial satellites.
d. Fleet satellite communications (FLTSATCOM) and leased satellites (LEASAT). |
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95. (424) Which satellite system provides Global Broadcast Services (GBS)?
a. Commercial L-band.
b. Defense Meteorological.
c. Global positioning satellite.
d. Ultra high frequency (UHF) Follow-on. |
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96. (425) When considering the factor of service area for commercial satellite services, which
description is true about Ku-band service?
a. Not worldwide, located primarily over land masses and highly populated areas.
b. Not worldwide, located primarily over ocean areas and lowly populated areas.
c. Worldwide between roughly 65 degrees North an 65 degrees South latitudes.
d. Worldwide, located primarily over land masses and highly populated areas. |
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97. (425) Which service is not provided by the commercial satellite communications branch (CSB)?
a. Help obtain host nation approvals.
b. Recommend and/or obtain ground terminals.
c. Act as the day-to-day mobile satellite services (MSS) system manager.
d. Evaluate customer requests to see if commercial service is the best option. |
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98. (426) Which commercial satellite communication system can offer true pole-to-pole global
coverage?
a. European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTELSAT).
b. International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT).
c. International Maritime Satellite Organization (Inmarsat).
d. Iridium Satellite, LLC. |
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99. (426) The Iridium secure module provides secure voice communications up to and including what
level of classification?
a. Top Secret.
b. Secret.
c. Confidential.
d. For Official Use Only. |
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100. (427) Which type of communications would not normally be provided through commercial
wideband services?
a. Very small aperture terminal networks.
b. International high-speed internet connectivity.
c. Handheld satellite phone communications.
d. Deployable video teleconferencing. |
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101. (427) Which service provider is a new satellite communications company specifically dedicated
to provide commercial X-band services exclusively to US and Allied governments?
a. International Telecommunications Satellite Organization.
b. European Telecommunications Satellite Organization.
c. Pan-American Satellite Corporation.
d. XTAR, LLC. |
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102. (428) The Predator ground control station (GCS) satellite communications (SATCOM)
subsystem provides one full-duplex encrypted digital voice channel, command and control (C2)
capability of four remotely piloted aircraft, and operates over a
a. Ku-band satellite.
b. Ka-band satellite.
c. C-band satellite.
d. X-band satellite. |
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