Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
111 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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 |