CAP BILLY MITCHELL AEROSPACE
EXAM MODULE 1-7 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
The Shepherd rocket - ANS As part of commercial space travel, Virgin Galactic offers paying
passenger trips to space aboard what space vehicle?
The vertical speed indicator - ANS What senses changes in air pressure and gives the pilot a
rate of climb?
Due to loss of service module cryogenic oxygen - ANS Why did Apollo 13 have to abort its
landing on the Moon?
occurs during daylight hours when the Moon moves directly between the Sun and the Earth -
ANS What is true about solar eclipses?
Jean Froissart - ANS In France, whose idea of launching rockets through tubes became the
forerunner of the bazooka?
Nacelle - ANS A wing-mounted airplane engine is often covered with a streamlined enclosure
called a
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, Uranus and Neptune - ANS What two planets are so similar that they are called the twin
planets?
locates natural resources and monitors conditions on the Earth's surface - ANS What is a
mission of a LANDSAT?
Air flows faster over the top of the wing and slower underneath - ANS How does Bernoulli's
principle affect the design of airplane wings?
Cumulus Nimbus clouds indicate good weather - ANS What is NOT true regarding cumulus
clouds?
Earth is the center of the Universe - ANS What is the geocentric theory?
80-90 miles - ANS In order to stay in orbit around Earth, an object must be at an altitude of at
least how many miles?
Mojave Aerospace Ventures - ANS What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-
Prize
1.15 mph - ANS One knot is equivalent to how many miles per hour?
The equator - ANS During a fall or spring equinox, what area of Earth receives the most direct
sunlight?
The Mission Controllers - ANS Changes can be made, if necessary, to an unmanned rocket's
trajectory provided that the guidance system includes a radio link between the rocket's
guidance system and what/who?
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EXAM MODULE 1-7 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
The Shepherd rocket - ANS As part of commercial space travel, Virgin Galactic offers paying
passenger trips to space aboard what space vehicle?
The vertical speed indicator - ANS What senses changes in air pressure and gives the pilot a
rate of climb?
Due to loss of service module cryogenic oxygen - ANS Why did Apollo 13 have to abort its
landing on the Moon?
occurs during daylight hours when the Moon moves directly between the Sun and the Earth -
ANS What is true about solar eclipses?
Jean Froissart - ANS In France, whose idea of launching rockets through tubes became the
forerunner of the bazooka?
Nacelle - ANS A wing-mounted airplane engine is often covered with a streamlined enclosure
called a
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, Uranus and Neptune - ANS What two planets are so similar that they are called the twin
planets?
locates natural resources and monitors conditions on the Earth's surface - ANS What is a
mission of a LANDSAT?
Air flows faster over the top of the wing and slower underneath - ANS How does Bernoulli's
principle affect the design of airplane wings?
Cumulus Nimbus clouds indicate good weather - ANS What is NOT true regarding cumulus
clouds?
Earth is the center of the Universe - ANS What is the geocentric theory?
80-90 miles - ANS In order to stay in orbit around Earth, an object must be at an altitude of at
least how many miles?
Mojave Aerospace Ventures - ANS What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-
Prize
1.15 mph - ANS One knot is equivalent to how many miles per hour?
The equator - ANS During a fall or spring equinox, what area of Earth receives the most direct
sunlight?
The Mission Controllers - ANS Changes can be made, if necessary, to an unmanned rocket's
trajectory provided that the guidance system includes a radio link between the rocket's
guidance system and what/who?
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