FAA sample question 17

FAA sample question 17 of 46 · Operations

A local TV station has hired a remote pilot to operate their small UA to cover news stories. The remote pilot has had multiple near misses with obstacles on the ground and two small UAS accidents. What would be a solution for the news station to improve their operating safety culture?

A. The news station should implement a policy of no more than five crashes/incidents within 6 months.

B. The news station does not need to make any changes; there are times that an accident is unavoidable.

C. The news station should recognize hazardous attitudes and situations and develop standard operating procedures that emphasize safety.

Answer: C. The news station should recognize hazardous attitudes and situations and develop standard operating procedures that emphasize safety.

A safety culture fixes the cause: recognise the hazardous attitudes and situations and write procedures around them. Accepting a quota of crashes, or accepting them as unavoidable, fixes nothing.

The FAA published this sample set in August 2021. Our answers were checked against the current regulations and against the testing-supplement figures in September 2026.

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