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What is the first step in electronic warfare that is essential when develping an accurate electronic order of battle?

Detection

Traditional noise jamming techniques designed to block communications channels or radarscope presentations are applications of...

Denial

Deliberate radiation, reradiation, alteation, supression, absorption, denial, enhancement, or reflection of electromagnetic energy to mislead the enemy is called...

Deception

What is the most effective means of denying the enemy the use of the electromagnetic spectrum?

Destruction

what component of electronic warfare involves the use of electromagnetic, directed energy, or antiradiation weapons to attack personnel, facilities, or equipment?

Electronic Attack

frequency agility and changing pulse recurring frequency are examples of...

electronic protection

electronic support data is not used to produce

ballistic intelligence

To control an adversary's command and control capabilities, command and control warfare integrates destruction,

electronic warfare, military deception, operational security, and psychological operations

Degrading or interfering with the enemy's command and control capabilities is best described by...

disruption

using precision-guided munitions, cruise missiles, or gunships is an example of...

physical attack

what support system provides detection and control of low-level aircraft beyond coverage of ground-based radars?

airborne warning and control system

normal suppression of enemy air defense targets include radars for

aquisition, antiaircraft artillery, early warning/ground controlled intercept, and SAM

what surface-to-air missile system in north vietnam was devastating to our strike fources

SA-2

what weapon is designed to home in on enemy emitters and disrupt or destroy an integrated air defense system?

anti-radiation missile

What division of electronic warfare involves weapons that use electromagnetic or directed energy as their primary destructive mechanism?

electronic attack

The primary missile used to destroy enemy radar-equipped air defense systems is the...

AGM-88

What Air Force aircraft is used to perform the Wile Weasel mission?

F-16CJ

What missile uses an electro-optical or infrared imaging system to perform electronic attack?

AGM-65

What type of jamming masks the presence and or location of the strike force?

Standoff

What aircraft is used to jam communications of the enemy's command and control network?

EC-130H

Transmitting a simulated unique system signature from a nonlethal platform is an example of

manipulative deception

A repeater jamming technique that copies enemy radar pulses and eturns incorrect target information to the enemy radar is an example of

imitative deception

The steps taken to limit the incidental or accidental emissions from electronic equipment is best described as

emissions control

The processes and actions necessary to protect your equipment from the effects of an electromagnetic pulse produced by an atomic blast is best described as

electromagnetic hardening

Any disturbance that interrupts, obstructs, degrades, or limits the effective performance of electronics or equipment is best desribed as

electromagnetic interference

The steps taken to locate the intentional and unintentional emissions from radar equipment is best described as

electronic support

What are electronic warfare reconnaissance crews called?

Ravens

Which pieve of equipment is considered the heart of the electronic support system?


Panoramic receiver

What electronic support equipment provides antenna scan-type, scan rate, pulse recurrence frequency, pulse width, and pulse shape?

pulse analyzer

What Air Force aircraft is used extensively to collect electronic intelligence and communications intelligence data?

RC-165V/W

What major subdivision of signal intelligence collects and processes data on radar?

Electronic intelligence

What electronic intelligence equipment is used to determine the location of emitters?

Direction Finder


Which military frequency band designator denotes a frequency rance higher than the others?

Golf

The angle of incidence required to get a reflection back to the source is

90 degrees

How long does it take radio frequency energy to travel a radar mile?

12.36microseconds

What unit of a pulse radar provides the pulse recurrence frequency of the radar?

Master Timer

What radar display indicator displays range or velocity?

A Scope

The radar's ability to separate targets into individual returns that are close together is called

resolution

When determining a radar's azimuth, the

wider the horizontal beamwidth, the poorer the resolution

What range of coverage does the radar warning receiver's antennas provide?

360 degrees

What component of the radar warning receiver identifies radar signals?

Signal Processor

The radar warning receiver does not provide signal

amplitude

What component of the radar warning receiver selects the mode of operation?

Interface control unit

What three properties are common to both visible and infrared light??

Absorption, reflection, refraction

The amount of infrared energy emitted by an object is

directly proprortional to the fourth power of the object's absolute temperature

What is the emissivity factor of a theoretical black body?

1.0

What infrared detector device requires a bias current or voltage to operate?

photoconductive

In relation to land and water, thermal corssover indicates both objects

with the same temperature

Most infrared missiles operate in the region of

1 to 5 microns

What area of the aircraft will have the least infrared signature

skin

What infrared seeker generates a frequency-modulated signal directly proportional to the amount of target displacement from the center of the seeker scan?

Conical

What infrared seekers uses many detectors and each one detects a small portion of a scene?

staring

The primary countermeasure to defeat infrared missiles is

deploying a self-protection flare

An effective infrared countermeasures tactic by using the natural enviornment is

maneuvering into the sun

What infrared countermeasures tactic is used to reduce an engine infrared signature?

Introducing smoke into engine exhaust

Using a modulated high intensity energy to break an IR missile's lock, is an example of

active infrared countermeasures

In what frequency region do the missiles approach warning systems operate?

Infrared

What feature of a missile approach warning systems relates to timeliness?

Rapid identification of infrared missile threats

What feature of a missile approach warning systems relates to reliability?

Low false alarm rate

What is one disadvantage of active missile approach warning system?

Can be tracked by passive detection

The advantage of a passive missile approach warning system is

the system is tuned to look for infrared signature of missile's exhaust plume

When a photon causes the release of another photon, it is called

Stimulated emission

Monochromatic, in a relationship to laser theory, means single

frequency

What region of the frequency specturm is Air Force aircraft laser sensors used?

Infrared

The relationship between a laser's coherency and bandwidth is

inversely proportional

When white light is compared to laser light,

White light has a wider bandwitch than laser light

What is not a battlefield usage of the laser?

Contrail detection

The laser danger zone for direct beam viewing extends over an extremely

long distance because the beam spreads so little

Specular laser reflections from flat objects like mirrors, window glass, and reflectors on vehichle tail lights have

the same minumum safe range as direct viewing

In what altitude range are contrails most likely to form/?

15000-35000ft

How many major components make up the Pilot Alert System?

2

What technology does the Pilot Alert System employ to detect contrail from the #3 engine exhaust?

Laser

In which mode of operation does Pilot Alert System search for contrails?

Detect

Each strip of chaff is a diploe reflector that is cut to

one-half the wavelength of radar's frequency

What chaff characteristics is the length of time that chaff is at an effective altitude?

persistence

What chaff dispensing tactic confuses radar operators with multiple false targets?

Area saturation

The chaff tactic that dispenses large quantities of chaff in a continuous ribbon is called

corridor operation

What type of radar is self-protection chaff tactic used that causes errors in the azimuth, elevation, and range tracking circuits?

monopulse

Against what type of radar is self-protection chaff tactics least effective?

doppler

what type of threat are flares used to counter?

infrared missiles

What important tactic must be performed with flare deployment to effectively defeat infrared threats?

Evasive maneuver

A typical flare cartidge is composed of magnesium and tetraflouroethylene and burns at

2000 to 2200 degees K

What affect does rise time have on a flare decoying an infrared missile?

Flare burns longer at high altitude, but takes much longer to reach peak intensity

What flare characteristics determines how far the infrared seeker will be pulled off the target?

burn time

What type of flare does not leave a visual signature such as smoke or flame?

covert

A spectrum analyzer is a reciever, with the output of a

cathode-ray tube display instead of a speaker

What indivates the relative signal strength of the received radio frequency signal?

Vertical deflection of the trace

The span of the display, on a spectrum analyzer, is the size of the band of frequencies that are displayed and adjusted with the

FREQUENCY SPAN control

How many operating modes does the pulse generator have?

5

On the pulse generator, selection of NORM mode produces

a continuous pulse output

What mode generates a preselected number of pulses from 1 to 1999?

E.BUR.

The four control modes allow you to vary the output

pulse characteristics

The multipurpose Electro-Optical end-to-end tester sources are harmful to eyes and skin at ranges less than

3 feet

The multipurpose Electro-Optical end-to-end tester laser is or may be operating, approved eyewear must be worn within the nominal hazard zone of

187 feet

What is the frequency range of the PLM-4 Radar simulator?

.5-18.0 GHz

What does the radar signal simulator require for frequency stability?

System warm up

What test equipment is used to check the aircraft expendables (chaff and flare) systems?

Countermeasures dispenser tester

The specific type of payload and magazine presence are simulated by

coding plunger pins

The countermeasures dispenser tester performs all of the following test functions except

RESET ALE-45

What countermeasures dispenser tester functional check measures the firing pulse amplitude and pulse duration?

Fire

Which message describes the impact of threat changes on an electronic warfare system?

system impact message

What describes in detail how an Electronic Warfare Integrated Reprogramming change affects an Electronic Warfare system?

Reprogramming impact message

The software that contains algorithms, that receive, identify, process, and do jamming tasks is the

operational flight program

What notifies units to upload a specific Electronic Warfare software change?

Implementation message

What is not a part of the Electronic Warfare Integrated Reprogramming exercise?

Evaluation of routine operational change request

What category of exercise evaluates the entire Electronic Warfare Integrated Reprogramming process?

Air Force directed

Which of the following is an Air Force reprogramming exercise?

SERENE BYTE

What two primary reprogramming exercises will you probably be involved in?

SERENE BYTE and PACER WARE

The common aircraft portable reprogramming equipment uses what type of computer?

ruggedized laptop

The common aircraft portable reprogramming equipment is powered by an

AC adapter and lithium-Ion battery

Which is a DOD-owned network approved for classified data transfer?

SIPRNET