CAP BILLY MITCHELL AEROSPACE
TEST QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
A heading indicator is also known as a... - Correct Answers -Directional Gyro
Which of the following is NOT true regarding microbursts? - Correct Answers -
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 Answers -The Sun
What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7? - Correct
Answers -Saturn IB
What temperature scale is based on absolute zero and commonly used by scientists? -
Correct Answers -Kelvin
Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? - Correct Answers -William Hale
What is the definition for orbit? - Correct Answers -The path a satellite takes around a
celestial body
What US manned space program was the first to use a two man capsule? - Correct
Answers -Gemini
The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space Station is
equivalent to how many chest x-rays? - Correct Answers -About 8
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? - Correct Answers -John Glenn
In July of 2008, which NASA spacecraft confirmed water on Mars? - Correct Answers -
Phoenix Lander
What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins? - Correct Answers -62
miles
What altitude does NASA say space begins? - Correct Answers -76 miles
Which of the following pairs are NOT examples of NASA spinoffs? - Correct Answers -
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 Answers -
Comet
Which of Jupiter's moons is described as "a giant pizza covered with melted cheese and
splotches of tomato and ripe olives"? - Correct Answers -Io
How many Jupiters could fit inside the sun? - Correct Answers -915
The four cycles of a four cycle engine are intake, ________, ignition/power, and
exhaust. - Correct Answers -Compression
Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"? - Correct Answers -Konstantin
Tsiolkovsky
Who was the first female commander of a Space Shuttle? - Correct Answers -Eileen
Collins
What does Newton's third law of motion state? - Correct Answers -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 Answers -If mass increases, acceleration decreases
What is one problem of operation an engine using a fuel mixture that is too lean? -
Correct Answers -The engine runs too hot
The successful mission of which vehicle marked the beginning of military operations in
space? - Correct Answers -X-37B (OTV-1) in 2010
Hailey's Comet reappears every _____ years - Correct Answers -76
For what does GNSS stand? - Correct Answers -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
Answers -Apollo-Soyuz
Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - Correct Answers -They
are high in the sky
A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many feet? - Correct
Answers -6,076 feet
What is a star? - Correct Answers -A large body of burning hot gases
, In which of the American space programs did American men walk on the moon? -
Correct Answers -Apollo Program
What does the planet Uranus have 42 years of daylight followed by 42 years of night? -
Correct Answers -Because it is tilted 60 degrees on its axis
What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize - Correct Answers -
Scaled Composites
While GPS has many uses, it was primarily developed for which of the following
purposes? - Correct Answers -To enhance the effectiveness of US and allied military
forces
How long does it take for Neptune to complete an orbit - Correct Answers -165 years
What is the standard pressure? - Correct Answers -29.92 inches of mercury
Which of the following does NOT help to explain why Earth has seasons? - Correct
Answers -the distance between the Earth and the Sun
Which of the following is NOT true about Mars? - Correct Answers -Of all the planets,
Mars has the least favorable conditions for life to exist.
In 1957, which country launched the first manmade satellite? - Correct Answers -Russia
(Soviet Union)
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? - Correct Answers -Inertia
What rocket was used to launch Gemini missions in 1965 and 1966 - Correct Answers -
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? - Correct
Answers -STS-78
What term describes spacecraft that fly by, orbit, or land on a celestial body other than
Earth? - Correct Answers -Space probes
Which control surface creates/affects the yaw motion of an airplane? - Correct Answers
-Rudder
What is one significant way that the Gemini missions paved the way for Apollo
missions? - Correct Answers -They demonstrated rendezvous and docking procedures
TEST QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
A heading indicator is also known as a... - Correct Answers -Directional Gyro
Which of the following is NOT true regarding microbursts? - Correct Answers -
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 Answers -The Sun
What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7? - Correct
Answers -Saturn IB
What temperature scale is based on absolute zero and commonly used by scientists? -
Correct Answers -Kelvin
Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? - Correct Answers -William Hale
What is the definition for orbit? - Correct Answers -The path a satellite takes around a
celestial body
What US manned space program was the first to use a two man capsule? - Correct
Answers -Gemini
The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space Station is
equivalent to how many chest x-rays? - Correct Answers -About 8
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? - Correct Answers -John Glenn
In July of 2008, which NASA spacecraft confirmed water on Mars? - Correct Answers -
Phoenix Lander
What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins? - Correct Answers -62
miles
What altitude does NASA say space begins? - Correct Answers -76 miles
Which of the following pairs are NOT examples of NASA spinoffs? - Correct Answers -
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 Answers -
Comet
Which of Jupiter's moons is described as "a giant pizza covered with melted cheese and
splotches of tomato and ripe olives"? - Correct Answers -Io
How many Jupiters could fit inside the sun? - Correct Answers -915
The four cycles of a four cycle engine are intake, ________, ignition/power, and
exhaust. - Correct Answers -Compression
Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"? - Correct Answers -Konstantin
Tsiolkovsky
Who was the first female commander of a Space Shuttle? - Correct Answers -Eileen
Collins
What does Newton's third law of motion state? - Correct Answers -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 Answers -If mass increases, acceleration decreases
What is one problem of operation an engine using a fuel mixture that is too lean? -
Correct Answers -The engine runs too hot
The successful mission of which vehicle marked the beginning of military operations in
space? - Correct Answers -X-37B (OTV-1) in 2010
Hailey's Comet reappears every _____ years - Correct Answers -76
For what does GNSS stand? - Correct Answers -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
Answers -Apollo-Soyuz
Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - Correct Answers -They
are high in the sky
A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many feet? - Correct
Answers -6,076 feet
What is a star? - Correct Answers -A large body of burning hot gases
, In which of the American space programs did American men walk on the moon? -
Correct Answers -Apollo Program
What does the planet Uranus have 42 years of daylight followed by 42 years of night? -
Correct Answers -Because it is tilted 60 degrees on its axis
What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize - Correct Answers -
Scaled Composites
While GPS has many uses, it was primarily developed for which of the following
purposes? - Correct Answers -To enhance the effectiveness of US and allied military
forces
How long does it take for Neptune to complete an orbit - Correct Answers -165 years
What is the standard pressure? - Correct Answers -29.92 inches of mercury
Which of the following does NOT help to explain why Earth has seasons? - Correct
Answers -the distance between the Earth and the Sun
Which of the following is NOT true about Mars? - Correct Answers -Of all the planets,
Mars has the least favorable conditions for life to exist.
In 1957, which country launched the first manmade satellite? - Correct Answers -Russia
(Soviet Union)
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? - Correct Answers -Inertia
What rocket was used to launch Gemini missions in 1965 and 1966 - Correct Answers -
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? - Correct
Answers -STS-78
What term describes spacecraft that fly by, orbit, or land on a celestial body other than
Earth? - Correct Answers -Space probes
Which control surface creates/affects the yaw motion of an airplane? - Correct Answers
-Rudder
What is one significant way that the Gemini missions paved the way for Apollo
missions? - Correct Answers -They demonstrated rendezvous and docking procedures
