CAP BILLY MITCHELL AEROSPACE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following is part of the cockpit instrumentation for a hot air balloon? (MOD
1) - Correct Answers -All of the above answers are correct
What started the "race for space" between the US and the USSR? (MOD 4) - Correct
Answers -LIKE: the launch of Sputnik by the USSR.
What is the most efficient mixture ratio of fuel to air (stoichiometric ratio)? (MOD 2) -
Correct Answers -LIKE: About 14.7 parts air to 1 part fuel
A brute force attack: (MOD 7) - Correct Answers -LIKE: Tries to gain access by trying
every possible key
LIKE: Choose the incorrect statement about the air we breathe. (MOD ?) - Correct
Answers -The atmosphere is made of 78% oxygen
Hailey's Comet reappears every _____ years. (MOD 5) - Correct Answers -76
Which statement explains why the heliocentric theory is not entirely correct? (MOD 6) -
Correct Answers -The entire universe does not revolve around the Sun, only the planets
and other objects *inside our solar system*
Which country launched the first space station, and what was its name? (MOD 6) -
Correct Answers -LIKE: The Soviet Union; Salyut I
The Sun is a _______. (MOD 5) - Correct Answers -star
In order to stay in orbit around Earth, an object must be at an altitude of at least how
many miles? (MOD 5) - Correct Answers -80-90 miles
What term is defined as a grouping of stars named after mythical figures and animals?
(MOD 5) - Correct Answers -Constellation
LIKE: What was the name of the first manmade satellite in space? - Correct Answers -
Sputnik
What is the Schweizer TG-4A? (MOD 1) - Correct Answers -Sailplane
Which of the following is not an example of a UAV? (MOD 1) - Correct Answers -NOT:
Global Hawk, MQ-9, Ikhana, (Reapers/Predators)
, Who led the development of the first successful Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile
in August ...? (MOD 4) - Correct Answers -Sergei Korolev
In what year was the first US satellite successfully launched into orbit around the Earth?
(MOD 6) - Correct Answers -1958
What kind of star has the longest life? (MOD 5) - Correct Answers -a cooler, low mass
star
What part of the rocket is considered the "brain"? (MOD 4) - Correct Answers -the
guidance system
What image did NASA's first weather satellite, Tiros I, send on the same day it was
launched? (MOD 6) - Correct Answers -hurricane
Which of the following describes living conditions onboard the International Space
Station? (MOD 6) - Correct Answers -LIKE: sleeping bags placed vertically on the walls
Temperature data is part of what satellite subsystem? (MOD 6) - Correct Answers -
Thermal control
In what year did the world's first launch of a liquid-propellant rocket occur? (MOD 4) -
Correct Answers -1926
The Moon's distance from the Earth changes slightly because... (MOD 5) - Correct
Answers -the Moon has an elliptical orbit.
What was the name of the jet-powered car that broke the sound barrier in 1997? Who
was the driver? - Correct Answers -Thrust SSC; Andy Green
What is the part of the sun that gives off light? - Correct Answers -Photosphere
What is the temperature in Fahrenheit if the Celsius temperature is 30 degrees? -
Correct Answers -86°F
Which of the following is part of Kepler's laws? (MOD 6) - Correct Answers -LIKE: The
orbit of each planet is an ellipse, with the sun at the focus; A planet covers the same
area of space in the same amount of time no matter where it is in its orbit; A planet's
orbital period is proportional to the size of its orbit (its semi-major axis)
What kind of system is the command and control function of a satellite? (MOD 6) -
Correct Answers -NOT: thermal control system
POSSIBLY: subsystem
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following is part of the cockpit instrumentation for a hot air balloon? (MOD
1) - Correct Answers -All of the above answers are correct
What started the "race for space" between the US and the USSR? (MOD 4) - Correct
Answers -LIKE: the launch of Sputnik by the USSR.
What is the most efficient mixture ratio of fuel to air (stoichiometric ratio)? (MOD 2) -
Correct Answers -LIKE: About 14.7 parts air to 1 part fuel
A brute force attack: (MOD 7) - Correct Answers -LIKE: Tries to gain access by trying
every possible key
LIKE: Choose the incorrect statement about the air we breathe. (MOD ?) - Correct
Answers -The atmosphere is made of 78% oxygen
Hailey's Comet reappears every _____ years. (MOD 5) - Correct Answers -76
Which statement explains why the heliocentric theory is not entirely correct? (MOD 6) -
Correct Answers -The entire universe does not revolve around the Sun, only the planets
and other objects *inside our solar system*
Which country launched the first space station, and what was its name? (MOD 6) -
Correct Answers -LIKE: The Soviet Union; Salyut I
The Sun is a _______. (MOD 5) - Correct Answers -star
In order to stay in orbit around Earth, an object must be at an altitude of at least how
many miles? (MOD 5) - Correct Answers -80-90 miles
What term is defined as a grouping of stars named after mythical figures and animals?
(MOD 5) - Correct Answers -Constellation
LIKE: What was the name of the first manmade satellite in space? - Correct Answers -
Sputnik
What is the Schweizer TG-4A? (MOD 1) - Correct Answers -Sailplane
Which of the following is not an example of a UAV? (MOD 1) - Correct Answers -NOT:
Global Hawk, MQ-9, Ikhana, (Reapers/Predators)
, Who led the development of the first successful Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile
in August ...? (MOD 4) - Correct Answers -Sergei Korolev
In what year was the first US satellite successfully launched into orbit around the Earth?
(MOD 6) - Correct Answers -1958
What kind of star has the longest life? (MOD 5) - Correct Answers -a cooler, low mass
star
What part of the rocket is considered the "brain"? (MOD 4) - Correct Answers -the
guidance system
What image did NASA's first weather satellite, Tiros I, send on the same day it was
launched? (MOD 6) - Correct Answers -hurricane
Which of the following describes living conditions onboard the International Space
Station? (MOD 6) - Correct Answers -LIKE: sleeping bags placed vertically on the walls
Temperature data is part of what satellite subsystem? (MOD 6) - Correct Answers -
Thermal control
In what year did the world's first launch of a liquid-propellant rocket occur? (MOD 4) -
Correct Answers -1926
The Moon's distance from the Earth changes slightly because... (MOD 5) - Correct
Answers -the Moon has an elliptical orbit.
What was the name of the jet-powered car that broke the sound barrier in 1997? Who
was the driver? - Correct Answers -Thrust SSC; Andy Green
What is the part of the sun that gives off light? - Correct Answers -Photosphere
What is the temperature in Fahrenheit if the Celsius temperature is 30 degrees? -
Correct Answers -86°F
Which of the following is part of Kepler's laws? (MOD 6) - Correct Answers -LIKE: The
orbit of each planet is an ellipse, with the sun at the focus; A planet covers the same
area of space in the same amount of time no matter where it is in its orbit; A planet's
orbital period is proportional to the size of its orbit (its semi-major axis)
What kind of system is the command and control function of a satellite? (MOD 6) -
Correct Answers -NOT: thermal control system
POSSIBLY: subsystem
