CAP BILLY MITCHELL AEROSPACE
TEST EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
A heading indicator is also known as a... - ANS Directional Gyro
Which of the following is NOT true regarding microbursts? - ANS 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? - ANS The Sun
What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7? - ANS Saturn IB
What temperature scale is based on absolute zero and commonly used by scientists? -
ANS Kelvin
Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? - ANS William Hale
What is the definition for orbit? - ANS The path a satellite takes around a celestial body
What US manned space program was the first to use a two man capsule? - ANS Gemini
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,The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space Station is equivalent to
how many chest x-rays? - ANS About 8
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? - ANS John Glenn
In July of 2008, which NASA spacecraft confirmed water on Mars? - ANS Phoenix Lander
What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins? - ANS 62 miles
Space, as described by the Air Force and NASA, begins at an altitude of _______miles. -
ANS 76 miles
Which of the following pairs are NOT examples of NASA spinoffs? - ANS 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? - ANS Comet
Which of Jupiter's moons is described as "a giant pizza covered with melted cheese and
splotches of tomato and ripe olives"? - ANS Io
How many Jupiters could fit inside the sun? - ANS 915
The four cycles of a four cycle engine are intake, ________, ignition/power, and exhaust. -
ANS Compression
Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"? - ANS Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
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,Who was the first female commander of a Space Shuttle? - ANS Eileen Collins
What does Newton's third law of motion state? - ANS 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? - ANS If mass increases, acceleration decreases
What is one problem of operation an engine using a fuel mixture that is too lean? - ANS The
engine runs too hot
The successful mission of which vehicle marked the beginning of military operations in space? -
ANS X-37B (OTV-1) in 2010
Hailey's Comet reappears every _____ years - ANS 76
For what does GNSS stand? - ANS 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. - ANS Apollo-Soyuz
Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - ANS They are high in the sky
A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many feet? - ANS 6,076 feet
What is a star? - ANS A large body of burning hot gases
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, In which of the American space programs did American men walk on the moon? - ANS Apollo
Program
What does the planet Uranus have 42 years of daylight followed by 42 years of night? -
ANS Because it is tilted 60 degrees on its axis
What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize - ANS Scaled Composites
While GPS has many uses, it was primarily developed for which of the following purposes? -
ANS To enhance the effectiveness of US and allied military forces
How long does it take for Neptune to complete an orbit - ANS 165 years
What is the standard pressure? - ANS 29.92 inches of mercury
What term is defined as the tendency of an object at rest to stay at rest and an object in motion
to stay in motion? - ANS Inertia
What rocket was used to launch Gemini missions in 1965 and 1966 - ANS Titan II
What was the European Space Agency's "short-term" space station called that conducted
experiments from inside the payload bay of a Space Shuttle? - ANS STS-78
What term describes spacecraft that fly by, orbit, or land on a celestial body other than Earth? -
ANS Space probes
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TEST EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
A heading indicator is also known as a... - ANS Directional Gyro
Which of the following is NOT true regarding microbursts? - ANS 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? - ANS The Sun
What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7? - ANS Saturn IB
What temperature scale is based on absolute zero and commonly used by scientists? -
ANS Kelvin
Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? - ANS William Hale
What is the definition for orbit? - ANS The path a satellite takes around a celestial body
What US manned space program was the first to use a two man capsule? - ANS Gemini
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,The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space Station is equivalent to
how many chest x-rays? - ANS About 8
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? - ANS John Glenn
In July of 2008, which NASA spacecraft confirmed water on Mars? - ANS Phoenix Lander
What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins? - ANS 62 miles
Space, as described by the Air Force and NASA, begins at an altitude of _______miles. -
ANS 76 miles
Which of the following pairs are NOT examples of NASA spinoffs? - ANS 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? - ANS Comet
Which of Jupiter's moons is described as "a giant pizza covered with melted cheese and
splotches of tomato and ripe olives"? - ANS Io
How many Jupiters could fit inside the sun? - ANS 915
The four cycles of a four cycle engine are intake, ________, ignition/power, and exhaust. -
ANS Compression
Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"? - ANS Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
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,Who was the first female commander of a Space Shuttle? - ANS Eileen Collins
What does Newton's third law of motion state? - ANS 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? - ANS If mass increases, acceleration decreases
What is one problem of operation an engine using a fuel mixture that is too lean? - ANS The
engine runs too hot
The successful mission of which vehicle marked the beginning of military operations in space? -
ANS X-37B (OTV-1) in 2010
Hailey's Comet reappears every _____ years - ANS 76
For what does GNSS stand? - ANS 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. - ANS Apollo-Soyuz
Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - ANS They are high in the sky
A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many feet? - ANS 6,076 feet
What is a star? - ANS A large body of burning hot gases
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, In which of the American space programs did American men walk on the moon? - ANS Apollo
Program
What does the planet Uranus have 42 years of daylight followed by 42 years of night? -
ANS Because it is tilted 60 degrees on its axis
What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize - ANS Scaled Composites
While GPS has many uses, it was primarily developed for which of the following purposes? -
ANS To enhance the effectiveness of US and allied military forces
How long does it take for Neptune to complete an orbit - ANS 165 years
What is the standard pressure? - ANS 29.92 inches of mercury
What term is defined as the tendency of an object at rest to stay at rest and an object in motion
to stay in motion? - ANS Inertia
What rocket was used to launch Gemini missions in 1965 and 1966 - ANS Titan II
What was the European Space Agency's "short-term" space station called that conducted
experiments from inside the payload bay of a Space Shuttle? - ANS STS-78
What term describes spacecraft that fly by, orbit, or land on a celestial body other than Earth? -
ANS Space probes
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