CAP Billy Mitchell Aerospace TestB
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
A heading indicator is also known as a... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Directional Gyro
Which of the following is NOT true regarding microbursts? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The Sun
What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Saturn IB
What temperature scale is based on absolute zero and commonly used by scientists? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Kelvin
Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- William
Hale
What is the definition for orbit? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The path a satellite takes
around a celestial body
What US manned space program was the first to use a two man capsule? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Gemini
The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space Station is equivalent to
how many chest x-rays? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- About 8
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- John Glenn
,In July of 2008, which NASA spacecraft confirmed water on Mars? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Phoenix Lander
What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
62 miles
What altitude does NASA say space begins? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 76 miles
Which of the following pairs are NOT examples of NASA spinoffs? - CORRECT
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? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Comet
Which of Jupiter's moons is described as "a giant pizza covered with melted cheese and
splotches of tomato and ripe olives"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Io
How many Jupiters could fit inside the sun? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 915
The four cycles of a four cycle engine are intake, ________, ignition/power, and exhaust. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Compression
Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Who was the first female commander of a Space Shuttle? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Eileen Collins
What does Newton's third law of motion state? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- If mass increases, acceleration decreases
What is one problem of operation an engine using a fuel mixture that is too lean? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The engine runs too hot
The successful mission of which vehicle marked the beginning of military operations in
space? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- X-37B (OTV-1) in 2010
Hailey's Comet reappears every _____ years - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 76
For what does GNSS stand? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Global Navigation Satellite
System
What was the name of the first joint international space mission that took place in 1975? This
involved the linkup in space of American and Soviet manned spacecraft. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Apollo-Soyuz
Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
They are high in the sky
A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many feet? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 6,076 feet
What is a star? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A large body of burning hot gases
In which of the American space programs did American men walk on the moon? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Apollo Program
What does the planet Uranus have 42 years of daylight followed by 42 years of night? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Because it is tilted 60 degrees on its axis
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
A heading indicator is also known as a... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Directional Gyro
Which of the following is NOT true regarding microbursts? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The Sun
What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Saturn IB
What temperature scale is based on absolute zero and commonly used by scientists? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Kelvin
Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- William
Hale
What is the definition for orbit? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The path a satellite takes
around a celestial body
What US manned space program was the first to use a two man capsule? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Gemini
The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space Station is equivalent to
how many chest x-rays? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- About 8
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- John Glenn
,In July of 2008, which NASA spacecraft confirmed water on Mars? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Phoenix Lander
What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
62 miles
What altitude does NASA say space begins? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 76 miles
Which of the following pairs are NOT examples of NASA spinoffs? - CORRECT
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? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Comet
Which of Jupiter's moons is described as "a giant pizza covered with melted cheese and
splotches of tomato and ripe olives"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Io
How many Jupiters could fit inside the sun? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 915
The four cycles of a four cycle engine are intake, ________, ignition/power, and exhaust. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Compression
Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Who was the first female commander of a Space Shuttle? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Eileen Collins
What does Newton's third law of motion state? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- If mass increases, acceleration decreases
What is one problem of operation an engine using a fuel mixture that is too lean? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The engine runs too hot
The successful mission of which vehicle marked the beginning of military operations in
space? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- X-37B (OTV-1) in 2010
Hailey's Comet reappears every _____ years - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 76
For what does GNSS stand? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Global Navigation Satellite
System
What was the name of the first joint international space mission that took place in 1975? This
involved the linkup in space of American and Soviet manned spacecraft. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Apollo-Soyuz
Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
They are high in the sky
A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many feet? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 6,076 feet
What is a star? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A large body of burning hot gases
In which of the American space programs did American men walk on the moon? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Apollo Program
What does the planet Uranus have 42 years of daylight followed by 42 years of night? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Because it is tilted 60 degrees on its axis
