Weather Radar Unit 3

1.

1 point

Weather Flights that use an open principal user processor are limited when compared to an
OPUP at an Operational Weather Squadron because the WF has

only one monitor.

a smaller graphics user interface.

just one RDA.

exportable software.

2.

1 point

Who determines the various alert thresholds for meteorological phenomena?

Local unit radar committee.

A nearby NWS Warning and Forecast Office.

Principal user processor operator.

RDA/RPG remote access terminal operator.

3.

1 point

The main difference between an open principal user processor (OPUP) used at an
Operational Weather Squadron and an OPUP used at a Combat Weather Team is

monitor size.

functionality of the OPUP.

CPU size.

capability of the OPUP.

4.

1 point

The workstation is the interface to which processors in the Weather Surveillance Radar
1988–Doppler system?

Analog and digital processors.

Duplexer and klystron processors.

Display and graphic processors.

Base and derived data processors.

5.

1 point

Which procedure is not a way to request products on the principal user processor?

Product-parameter selection list.

Routine product set (RPS) lists.

One-time product requests.

Alert paired product requests.

6.

1 point

Which archive levels are at the radar data acquisition?

II and IV.

II and III.

I and III.

I and II.

7.

1 point

What are the different groups of alert thresholds?

Analog group, digital group, and graphic group.

Centroid group, coherent group, and variance group.

User-defined group, storm-based group, and storm-oriented group.

Volume group, forecast group, and grid group.

8.

1 point

The two ways to select products from the principal user processor database are by using the

graphic tablet and puck and through the applications terminal.

routine product set (RPS) list and one-time product requests.

system console and the alphanumeric terminal.

dial-up and networking capabilities.

9.

1 point

A principal user with dedicated communications to a WSR–88D unit is called

an external user.

an associated user.

a nonassociated user.

a principal user.

10.

1 point

The open principal user processor software concepts replaces the graphics tablet and puck
because it uses

UNIX software.

Graphics user interface.

System language “C”.

POSIX communication protocol.

11.

1 point

A request for a product not on the current routine product set list is called

a routine data delivery.

an archive product request.

a routine product request.

a one-time product request.

12.

1 point

Which archive level is the most important and useful because it allows the total recreation
of a weather scenario?

Archive Level III.

Archive Level I.

Archive Level II.

Archive Level IV.

13.

1 point

Which archive level can only record those products being received at the principal user
processor?

Archive Level I.

Archive Level IV.

Archive Level III.

Archive Level II.

14.

1 point

The primary interface used to request, control, and manipulate Weather Surveillance Radar
1988–Doppler system products is the

applications terminal.

system console.

alphanumeric keyboard.

graphic tablet and puck.