What is a data trail?
A series of consecutive radar returns, following a pattern in regard to direction and speed.
Which procedure assigns a track number to a target and begins processing it for identification and reporting purposes?
Initiation
Which person would a surveillance technician coordinate with if a track did not reappear?
AST
Which parameter must be used when voice telling tracks?
Preface the altitude with its source
Which type of information would you not transmit over unsecure radios?
Mode 1 and 2 codes
Which type of tell provides reports form lower echelon units to higher echelon units?
Forward
Which type of tell provides adjacent stations with track information on approaching tracks?
Lateral
Which tell priority is an emergency track?
3
Which document provides detailed circumstance and criteria for track identification?
OPORD
Which flowchart would you use to systematically go through a sequence of ID methods to classify airborne tracks?
ID Matrix
During peacetime, which method of ID may be used to classify tracks as friendly based on a specified ground speed of computed true air speed behavior?
Track behavior
Which modes are normally only associated with military aircraft?
1, 2, and 4
Which type of identification is gen to a track that meets some, but not all hostile criteria?
Suspect
Which NORAD instruction specifies the responsibilities and procedures for identification, categorization, and classification of air traffic?
NORAD Instruction 10-15
How many steps are in the ID process once a track is established?
2
Normally, how many minutes does the ID process occur within?
2 or 5
What is the final step in the ID process
Classification
At which time do aircrews learn the present safe passage procedures?
After becoming airborne
During safe passage procedures, corridors for returning aircraft are established in order to provide safe entry when
one or more unit(s) is/are not under site control
Which brevity word would you use to positively denote known enemy aircraft?
Bandit
The brevity code that represents "HAVE QUICK time of day signal" is called
Mickey
Which brevity system is used by pilot and controller to convey messages in a few words?
Brevity Codes
Which tactics terminology indicates the missile has been defeated?
trashed
Which type of tactic would employ infrared weapons systems?
Stern
The five levels of continuum of control are:
Close, autonomous, broadcast, tactical, and advisory
What is the standard level of control for the execution of operational and training missions?
Tactical control
Which type of control is informative and not directive in nature?
Broadcast
Which type of control uses a radio monitor mode when the controlling agency loses radar capability
Advisory
Who approves the JFACCs COA?
JFC
Whose guidance ensures that air operations effectively support the force objectives, while still retaining flexibility in execution, to adjust to the dynamics of military operations?
JFACC
How many series of ATOs are in various stages of progress at any time?
5
During what air tasking planning cycle stage is the JFACC responsible for redirecting air assets to respond to moving targets or changing priorities?
Execution planning and force execution
Who normally primarily submits the pre-planned request in a multi-service force environment to the combat plans division
Army
Which mission set of the ATO contains the aircraft call sign and the SCL?
Mission Aircraft
Who designates the airspace control authority?
JFC
Which document provides the details of the approved requests for fire support coordination measures?
ACO
Who provides the capabilities required to meet the AADP?
Component Commanders
Which document outlines duties functions and parameters for tactical link operations?
OPTASKLINK
What combines active defense, passive defense, and C2 systems to defend against threats?
AADP
Who submits DISUM to the national level
Combatant commanders
Which document tends to become historical and statistical over the passage of time?
DISUM
Who is the final authority for theater ROE?
JFC
Which type of tactic is preformed during peacetime ROE when an intercept is run on an aircraft entering US airspace?
Stern attack
What supplements numerous procedures and airspace usages contained in other portions of the ATO?
SPINS
SPINS are published
Baseline, weekly, daily
Which umbrella term covers technologies that produce concentrated electromagnetic energy or subatomic particles?
Directed energy
The usage of elctronic or mechanical devices the reduce the effectiveness of enemy offensice and defensive electronic systems are known as an elctronic ____________.
attack
What responds to searches that consist of the interception, identification, and location sources of intentional and unintentional radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of threat recognition?
Electronic Support
In control of the EMS, denial is accomplished using all of the following electronic attack techniques except__________.
Detection
Which activity in control of the EMS uses manipulation, distortion, or falsification to mislead the adversary?
Deception
Which characteristic does a jamming transmitter not use to jam a radar?
Reflecting or absorbing the radar signal
Which is an advantage of a sweep jammer?
Can sequentially jam several radars operating at different frequencies
Which is an advantage of a barrage jammer?
Covers a wide band of frequencies simultaneously
Which characteristic does not affect chaff's screening ability?
Range
Small aircrafts containing a propulsion system that con be programmed to maneuver and change or against IR seeking missiles?
decoys
What type of device is designed to home in on a radar signal?
Missile
Which devices are used as a countermeasure for IR receivers aboard interceptor aircraft of against IR seeking missiles?
Flares
The ability of a radar set to be tuned rapidly from one frequency to another frequency is what we call _______________________________.
Frequency agility
Frequency agility is most successful against a
manually tuned spot jammer
What is the first thing you do if you realize that you are being jammed?
Alert other crew members
When would you not mention anything about and EA?
Over non-secure radios or telephones
Which operator action uses the intersection of two or more radar EA strobes to determine the position of a jammer?
Triangulation
Why is it important to locate the position of a jammer?
So you can direct interceptor aircraft to it to neutralize the jammer
The type of communications jamming you probably will encounter more frequently than others is
spark
Which type of comm jamming causes a sound somewhat like an aircraft engine?
Sweep-through
Which type of comm jamming may be mistaken for a receiver or atmospheric interference?
Noise
Which option is not an effective jamming measure?
Recorded music or foreign language broadcasts
When experiencing comm jamming, what must you not do?
Consider all interference as unintentional unless you can positively identify it to be jamming
When your comms are being jammed, what should you remember to do when you go to an alternate frequency?
Change your call sign
When can you use enemy frequencies?
As a last resort and with the concurrence of your intelligence officer
What must you not do when using "radio discipline" as a countermeasure?
Speak quickly so as to pass as much information as possible
What is the preferred way of submitting an EMI report?
Via electronic message
What is a form of intentional interference that does not affect radar circuits, but concerns the transmission or retransmission of actual or simulated navigational signals to confuse navigation?
Meaconing
Within how many hours must you report EMI incidents?
24
Which report is not a type of EMI report?
Cancellation
Which EMI report does the EIS of the MAJCOM designated POC submit?
Closing
A data link architecture is defined as
the overall design of the comm system forming the MTN
Which timing architecture is normally used if your unit is operation in the Link 11 environment?
Polling
Which data link transmission methods are used across great distances?
HF and SATCOM
Which comms medium is used by Link 11 participants for beyond-the-horizon nets?
HF
What is the TDL for airborne platforms that uses UHF radio for LOS nets?
Link 11
What TDL is capable of operating in full duplex mode and is primarily used between ground-based units?
Link 11B
Which voice comm net is used by the ICO to manage the data link architecture?
DCN
Which voice comm net provides SIGINT information between interfacing units?
VPN
Which TACS unit is capable of data link operations but has no inherent surveillance capabilities?
AOC
What piece of equipment is used at the AOC to monitor and interface on a NRT basis with tactical units
ADSI
The MCE data links consist of
Link 11, Link 11B, and Link 16
Which TDL are typically used by the Army to receive data link inputs?
Link 11B and Link 16
Which document contains specific voice coordination frequencies used for troubleshooting and coordinating data-link operations?
OPORD annex K
Which message type outline duties, functions, and parameters for link operations?
OPTASKLINK
When designing your data link architecture, what must you consider to allow overlapping coverage and to also prevent multiple instances of track duplication?
Data link filter plan
Which is not a sub-network of the JDN?
Domestic events network
What is the primary feed to support generation of the CTP?
JDN
Which data link tool is used to request certain data tat was purged or dropped locally from one or more C2 interface units?
Data update request