201-450 VCE test - LPIC-2 test 201, Part 1 of 2, version 4.5 Updated: 2023

5 minutes

The following test is meant to assess your mental speed - how quickly you can process information and make decisions based upon that information. The exercise consists of word/image pairs and simple mathematical equations or number sequences. If a pair matches, click the "Correct" button (the left arrow key on your keyboard). If the pair does not match, click the "Incorrect" button (the right arrow key on your keyboard). However, if the word "Opposite" appears at the top of the screen, you need to reverse your answer.

In the first example (pear and star), the answer would be incorrect ("Incorrect"). For the second example, although it is an exact match, the word Opposite appears at the top of the screen, so rather than choosing "Correct" you would have to choose "Incorrect"

For the mathematical equations simply indicate whether the answer is correct or incorrect. For the number sequences indicate whether the number in red correctly completes the sequence.

As you can see, the first equation is wrong - the answer should be 5, so in this case, you would choose "incorrect". However, although the number sequence is also wrong (the answer should be 22), the word Opposite requires you to reverse your answer, so in this case you would choose "Correct" rather than "Incorrect".

Remember, you are being timed, so try to answer as quickly as possible - and remember to reverse your answer when the word "Opposite" appears.

After finishing the test, you will find out how accurate and fast you were. Have fun!

This test is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional diagnosis or for the treatment of any health condition. If you would like to seek the advice of a licensed mental health professional you can search Psychology Today's directory here.

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The Army’s PrSM Inc 1 weapon is seen during a previous test launch. (Lockheed Martin)

WASHINGTON — The US Army is one step closer to fielding its new Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) to soldiers after a “successful” short-range test of the weapon this week at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, according to the service and the prime contractor. 

Lockheed Martin has been designing and testing the PrSM Increment 1 for several years, and on Monday the Army said it launched the weapon from the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) for its first production qualification test flight.

“Preliminary results from the test show the Precision Strike Missile Increment 1 missile performed nominally in terms of predicted flight trajectory, lethality, near-vertical engagement angle, and height of burst,” the service wrote. “A final flight test report is anticipated in December 2023.”

Lockheed said in a separate statement today that it cannot disclose the distance the missile flew to hit the target, but that it was the “shortest range flown” to date at less than 85 kilometers thus “demonstrating the system’s continued accuracy from launch to impact.”

“While not PrSM’s primary mission range, the short-range flight represents the most stressful, dynamic environment for the missile as it maneuvers at hypersonic speeds to align to the target,” the company wrote. “This test verifies structural integrity of the missile and trajectory control.”

If the final test report is also glowing, the service can begin accepting early operational capability missiles before the start of 2024.

The initial version of the PrSM is expected to replace the MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), hit targets at least 500 km away and designed to be launched from both the HIMARS and the M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS). 

Lockheed has said it has received three production contracts to produce additional early operational capability missiles, with the last one awarded in September.

When the Pentagon released its fiscal 2024 budget request in March, the Army acquisition objective for PrSM Inc 1 was for 3,986 missiles. However, since then the White House has decided to begin shipping ATACMS to Ukraine; Army acquisition chief Doug Bush told reporters the goal will likely be to replace the ATACMS stockpile with PrSM, and so the Army could in theory look to increase its PrSM buy to backfill ATACMS.

However, the Army is also eyeing enhanced versions of the weapon, including an Increment 2 with a multimode seeker, known as the Land-Based Anti-Ship Missile (LBASM) seeker, and a PrSM Inc 3 which would seek to add in enhanced lethality payloads.

Earlier this year the service also tapped Lockheed Martin team and a Raytheon Technologies-Northrop Grumman team to work on competing PrSM Inc 4 designs that can fly more than 1,000 km, possibly double the range of the current version.

These are test versions of electromagnetic coils—versatile tools for space missions—which have been 3D printed in pure copper to produce the required magnetic field shapes.

These are the outputs of just one of more than 2,000 research contracts undertaken during the last three decades of ESA's General Support Technology Programme, working with European industry and academia to finalize promising technologies for spaceflight and the open market.

Electromagnetic coils are variously used as part of electric motors, magnetic bearings and magnetorquers for satellite attitude control. An end-to-end process to produce these coils based on laser powder bed fusion 3D printing was developed for ESA in a project led by Zarm Technik in Germany.

Currently celebrating its 30th anniversary, GSTP began in 1993 as an integral part of ESA's long-term plan, ensuring the Agency kept ahead of technologies it might need. It has evolved into a cornerstone of ESA's technology efforts.

GSTP is an optional ESA program, but its effectiveness is such that every ESA Member States chooses to subscribe to it.

Provided by European Space Agency