AFJROTC // Aviation History
(Commercial and General Aviation Take
Off, The US Air Force Is Born, The
Modern Air Force) Final 2025/2026 Exam
All Answers and Illustrations Given
What act was the first regulation of aviation in the United States? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Air Commerce Act
What new federal agency took charge of civil aviation in 1938? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Civil Aeronautics Authority
What agency was in charge of air traffic control in 1940? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Civil Aeronautics Administration
What agency licensed pilots and planes in 1940? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Civil
Aeronautics Administration
What agency made safety rules and regulated airlines as businesses in
1940? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Civil Aeronautics Board
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,What act required airliners to have flight data recorders? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Airways Modernization Act
What act transferred duties of the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) to
the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA)? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Federal Aviation Act
What were some of the improvements that were instituted by the FAA
under Lieutenant General Elwood "Pete" Quesada? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Improved air traffic control systems
Which president wanted Congress to authorize the US Department of
Transportation (DOT)? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔President Lyndon Johnson
What percentage of the airspace does the Air Traffic Organization (ATO)
control? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔17%
What organization is responsible for investigating accidents in all modes of
transportation? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔National Transportation Safety Board
What organization is responsible for coordinating federal assistance to the
families of aviation accident victims? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔National
Transportation Safety Board
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,What act created the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Aviation and Transportation Security Act
When was the Department of Homeland Security created? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔2002
What agency controlled airline routes as the jet era began? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Civil Aeronautics Board
Between 1965 and 1978, how many airline applications for new routes
were approved? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Fewer than 10%
How full did flights need to be to guarantee a 12 percent return on flights? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔55 percent
What act allowed airlines to enter or leave markets and set fares as they
saw fit? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Airline Deregulation Act
What was a result of the Airline Deregulation Act? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔More
people flew
What airline went bankrupt but was able to reorganize and stay in
business? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Continental
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, What airline was founded by Herb Kelleher and Rollin King? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Southwest
How many airlines have sought bankruptcy protection or gone out of
business since 1978? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔150
What percentage of the market do the top four airlines currently control? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔70 percent
What is an example of a flow in a network industry? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Aircraft
What is an example of a grid in a network industry? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Airports
What made air travel more comfortable? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pressurized
cabins
What was the most widely used aircraft right after the war? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔DC-3
What did the Lockheed Constellation start out as? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C-69
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(Commercial and General Aviation Take
Off, The US Air Force Is Born, The
Modern Air Force) Final 2025/2026 Exam
All Answers and Illustrations Given
What act was the first regulation of aviation in the United States? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Air Commerce Act
What new federal agency took charge of civil aviation in 1938? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Civil Aeronautics Authority
What agency was in charge of air traffic control in 1940? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Civil Aeronautics Administration
What agency licensed pilots and planes in 1940? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Civil
Aeronautics Administration
What agency made safety rules and regulated airlines as businesses in
1940? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Civil Aeronautics Board
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,What act required airliners to have flight data recorders? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Airways Modernization Act
What act transferred duties of the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) to
the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA)? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Federal Aviation Act
What were some of the improvements that were instituted by the FAA
under Lieutenant General Elwood "Pete" Quesada? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Improved air traffic control systems
Which president wanted Congress to authorize the US Department of
Transportation (DOT)? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔President Lyndon Johnson
What percentage of the airspace does the Air Traffic Organization (ATO)
control? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔17%
What organization is responsible for investigating accidents in all modes of
transportation? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔National Transportation Safety Board
What organization is responsible for coordinating federal assistance to the
families of aviation accident victims? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔National
Transportation Safety Board
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,What act created the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Aviation and Transportation Security Act
When was the Department of Homeland Security created? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔2002
What agency controlled airline routes as the jet era began? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Civil Aeronautics Board
Between 1965 and 1978, how many airline applications for new routes
were approved? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Fewer than 10%
How full did flights need to be to guarantee a 12 percent return on flights? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔55 percent
What act allowed airlines to enter or leave markets and set fares as they
saw fit? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Airline Deregulation Act
What was a result of the Airline Deregulation Act? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔More
people flew
What airline went bankrupt but was able to reorganize and stay in
business? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Continental
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, What airline was founded by Herb Kelleher and Rollin King? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Southwest
How many airlines have sought bankruptcy protection or gone out of
business since 1978? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔150
What percentage of the market do the top four airlines currently control? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔70 percent
What is an example of a flow in a network industry? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Aircraft
What is an example of a grid in a network industry? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Airports
What made air travel more comfortable? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Pressurized
cabins
What was the most widely used aircraft right after the war? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔DC-3
What did the Lockheed Constellation start out as? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔C-69
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