Drone Registration and RPIC/Hazardous Operations 1.2

When using a small UA in a commercial operation, who is responsible for briefing the participants about emergency procedures?

• The lead visual observer.

• The FAA inspector-in-charge.

• The remote PIC.

According to 14 CFR part 107, who is responsible for determining the performance of a small unmanned aircraft?

• Manufacturer

• Remote pilot-in-command

• Owner or operator

A person who does not hold a remote pilot certificate may operate an unmanned aircraft for commercial purposes as long as they are supervised by a remote pilot in command that holds a remote pilot certificate with a small UAS rating.

• True

• False

You have a sUAS that weighs 0.52 lbs from the manufacturer. After you learn to fly it, you decide to purchase a FPV camera that brings the weight to 0.58 lbs. Which statement is true regarding registration of this drone?

• It doesn’t need to be registered because the base model drone weighs less than 0.55 lbs.

• Without the camera, no registration is required, but with the camera it needs to be registered because it is more than 0.55 lbs.

• The regulations define a sUAS as weighing less than 55 lbs, so it must be registered.

How heavy does an unmanned aircraft need to be before its required to be registered?

•   5.5 lbs

•  Greater than 0.55 lbs

•    2.0 lbs

Who is ultimately responsible to ensure that the UAS does not operate in a hazardous manor?

• The entire crew

• Air Traffic Control

•  RPIC

As a RPIC, owner or person manipulating the flight controls, part 107.7 requires you to make which of the following items available to inspection at the request of the “administrator?”

•  a RPIC pilot certificate with sUAS rating and any other document/record/report required to be kept by part 107

•  pilots license and sUAS rating

•    sUAS registration

A news outlet has hired you to use your UAV to take aerial video of an event happening in a major city. You have obtained the appropriate waivers and permissions to operate your UAV over people. Which of the following would NOT likely be considered "careless and reckless" operation of the UAV?

•   Flying your UAV when the battery level is at 50%

• Forgetting to obtain a pre-flight weather briefing before conduction flight operations

• Attaching large and heavy camera equipment to the UAV and flying it over a crowd before conducting a test flight in a safe environment.