In aeronautical terms, drone has become the generic label given to an unmanned aircraft which navigates by either human remote control (R/C) or autonomously by its own onboard microcontroller.

• True

• False

Consumer and commercial drone production has grown drastically in the past few years due to continuing advancements ____________.

• By irresponsible drone pilots flying over crowded beaches and nearby homes

• Of deploying military-type surveillance drones in the U.S.

• In miniaturization and GPS

• All of the choices are correct

Which of the following is a type of drone

• Helicopter

• Quadcopter

• Airplane

• X-Tail

The _______ of an aircraft is its hardware structure

• ESC

• Airframe

• Payload

• Propellors

Propellors move the air to provide calculated lift depending on ___________.

• Their length and pitch specifications

• The number of clockwise propellers

• The number of counter-clockwise propellers

• The overall number of propellers

Just like wings on an airplane, propellers are actually

• A constant

• Windings

• Airfoils

• Electric motors

ESCs receive their commands from the drone's __________.

• Motors

• Flight controller

• Airframe

• Propellers

Which of the following battery-types is the power choice for the drone industry?

• LiPo

• NiCad

• NiMH

• All of the choices are correct

Which R/C transmitter operating mode is used in the United States?

• Mode 1

• Mode 2

• Mode 3

• Mode 4

A _________ is designed to keep the camera at the same angle regardless of the movement of the drone by automatically compensating using calibrated electric motors.

• Gimbal

• Rudder

• Transmitter

• Receivers