CAP BILLY MITCHELL AEROSPACE
COMPREHENSIVE TEST STUDY GUIDE WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● Which of the following is NOT true regarding microbursts?
Answer: Microbursts usually occur gradually, thus allowing a pilot time
to react
●● Which of the following provides energy that caused our atmosphere
to move both horizontally and vertically?
Answer: The Sun
●● What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission,
Apollo 7?
Answer: Saturn IB
●● What temperature scale is based on absolute zero and commonly
used by scientists?
Answer: Kelvin
●● Who developed a technique called spin stabilization?
Answer: William Hale
,●● What is the definition for orbit?
Answer: The path a satellite takes around a celestial body
●● What US manned space program was the first to use a two man
capsule?
Answer: Gemini
●● The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space
Station is equivalent to how many chest x-rays?
Answer: About 8
●● Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
Answer: John Glenn
●● In July of 2008, which NASA spacecraft confirmed water on Mars?
Answer: Phoenix Lander
●● What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins?
Answer: 62 miles
●● Space, as described by the Air Force and NASA, begins at an altitude
of _______miles.
Answer: 76 miles
,●● Which of the following pairs are NOT examples of NASA spinoffs?
Answer: Tang; Velcro
●● What term is described as a giant dirty snowball composed of frozen
gases, water, dust, and icy lumps that sheds itself as it moves, leaving a
long tail?
Answer: Comet
●● Which of Jupiter's moons is described as "a giant pizza covered with
melted cheese and splotches of tomato and ripe olives"?
Answer: Io
●● How many Jupiters could fit inside the sun?
Answer: 915
●● The four cycles of a four cycle engine are intake, ________,
ignition/power, and exhaust.
Answer: Compression
●● Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"?
Answer: Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
, ●● Who was the first female commander of a Space Shuttle?
Answer: Eileen Collins
●● What does Newton's third law of motion state?
Answer: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
●● According to Newton's second law of motion, what happens to
acceleration if the mass increases?
Answer: If mass increases, acceleration decreases
●● What is one problem of operation an engine using a fuel mixture that
is too lean?
Answer: The engine runs too hot
●● The successful mission of which vehicle marked the beginning of
military operations in space?
Answer: X-37B (OTV-1) in 2010
●● Hailey's Comet reappears every _____ years
Answer: 76
●● For what does GNSS stand?
Answer: Global Navigation Satellite System
COMPREHENSIVE TEST STUDY GUIDE WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● Which of the following is NOT true regarding microbursts?
Answer: Microbursts usually occur gradually, thus allowing a pilot time
to react
●● Which of the following provides energy that caused our atmosphere
to move both horizontally and vertically?
Answer: The Sun
●● What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission,
Apollo 7?
Answer: Saturn IB
●● What temperature scale is based on absolute zero and commonly
used by scientists?
Answer: Kelvin
●● Who developed a technique called spin stabilization?
Answer: William Hale
,●● What is the definition for orbit?
Answer: The path a satellite takes around a celestial body
●● What US manned space program was the first to use a two man
capsule?
Answer: Gemini
●● The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space
Station is equivalent to how many chest x-rays?
Answer: About 8
●● Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
Answer: John Glenn
●● In July of 2008, which NASA spacecraft confirmed water on Mars?
Answer: Phoenix Lander
●● What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins?
Answer: 62 miles
●● Space, as described by the Air Force and NASA, begins at an altitude
of _______miles.
Answer: 76 miles
,●● Which of the following pairs are NOT examples of NASA spinoffs?
Answer: Tang; Velcro
●● What term is described as a giant dirty snowball composed of frozen
gases, water, dust, and icy lumps that sheds itself as it moves, leaving a
long tail?
Answer: Comet
●● Which of Jupiter's moons is described as "a giant pizza covered with
melted cheese and splotches of tomato and ripe olives"?
Answer: Io
●● How many Jupiters could fit inside the sun?
Answer: 915
●● The four cycles of a four cycle engine are intake, ________,
ignition/power, and exhaust.
Answer: Compression
●● Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"?
Answer: Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
, ●● Who was the first female commander of a Space Shuttle?
Answer: Eileen Collins
●● What does Newton's third law of motion state?
Answer: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
●● According to Newton's second law of motion, what happens to
acceleration if the mass increases?
Answer: If mass increases, acceleration decreases
●● What is one problem of operation an engine using a fuel mixture that
is too lean?
Answer: The engine runs too hot
●● The successful mission of which vehicle marked the beginning of
military operations in space?
Answer: X-37B (OTV-1) in 2010
●● Hailey's Comet reappears every _____ years
Answer: 76
●● For what does GNSS stand?
Answer: Global Navigation Satellite System
