CAP BILLY MITCHELL AEROSPACE TEST
STUDY
As part of commercial space travel, Virgin Galactic offers paying passenger trips to
space aboard what space vehicle? - Correct Answers -The Shepard rocket
What senses changes in air pressure and gives the pilot a rate of climb? - Correct
Answers -The vertical speed indicator
Why did Apollo 13 have to abort its landing on the Moon? - Correct Answers -Due to
loss of service module cryogenic oxygen
What is true about solar eclipses? - Correct Answers -occurs during daylight hours
when the Moon moves directly between the Sun and the Earth
In France, whose idea of launching rockets through tubes became the forerunner of the
bazooka? - Correct Answers -Jean Froissart
A wing-mounted airplane engine is often covered with a streamlined enclosure called a -
Correct Answers -Nacelle
What two planets are so similar that they are called the twin planets? - Correct Answers
-Uranus and Neptune
What is a mission of a LANDSAT? - Correct Answers -locates natural resources and
monitors conditions on the Earth's surface
How does Bernoulli's principle affect the design of airplane wings? - Correct Answers -
Air flows faster over the top of the wing and slower underneath
What is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - Correct Answers -Cumulus Nimbus
clouds indicate good weather
What is the geocentric theory? - Correct Answers -Earth is the center of the Universe
In order to stay in orbit around Earth, an object must be at an altitude of at least how
many miles? - Correct Answers -80 or 90 miles (129 to 145 km)
What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize - Correct Answers -
Mojave Aerospace Ventures
, In 1958, who became responsible for research and development in the area of military
aerospace activities? - Correct Answers -Department of Defence (DOD)
What is used to set the heading indicator in the airplane panel? - Correct Answers -A
precision compass usually mounted above the instrument panel
What was the significant purpose for the creation of the Ansari X-Prize? - Correct
Answers -to encourage private/commercial spaceflight
One knot is equivalent to how many miles per hour? - Correct Answers -1.15 mph
During a fall or spring equinox, what area of Earth receives the most direct sunlight? -
Correct Answers -The equator
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? - Correct Answers -The Mission Controllers
What is NOT true about Mars - Correct Answers -There is not water on Mars
What kind of system is the command-and-control function of a satellite? - Correct
Answers -Satellite control system (SCS)
What astronomer first used the term "satellites" to describe the moons of Jupiter that he
could see? - Correct Answers -Galileo Galilei
Space, as described by the Air Force and NASA, begins at an altitude of _____ miles. -
Correct Answers -An altitude of 100 km (62 miles)
Who is known as the "Father of Modern Astronautics"? - Correct Answers -Tsiolkovsky
What percentage of all of the atmosphere's air is located below 18,000 feet above sea
level? - Correct Answers -50%
Why does the planet Uranus have 42 years of daylight followed by 42 years of night? -
Correct Answers -parts of its orbit one or other of the poles directly face the Sun
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
What type of front occurs when the air moving into the area is colder than the present
air, causing the heavier, colder air to push the warmer air up and out of the way? -
Correct Answers -Cold Front
STUDY
As part of commercial space travel, Virgin Galactic offers paying passenger trips to
space aboard what space vehicle? - Correct Answers -The Shepard rocket
What senses changes in air pressure and gives the pilot a rate of climb? - Correct
Answers -The vertical speed indicator
Why did Apollo 13 have to abort its landing on the Moon? - Correct Answers -Due to
loss of service module cryogenic oxygen
What is true about solar eclipses? - Correct Answers -occurs during daylight hours
when the Moon moves directly between the Sun and the Earth
In France, whose idea of launching rockets through tubes became the forerunner of the
bazooka? - Correct Answers -Jean Froissart
A wing-mounted airplane engine is often covered with a streamlined enclosure called a -
Correct Answers -Nacelle
What two planets are so similar that they are called the twin planets? - Correct Answers
-Uranus and Neptune
What is a mission of a LANDSAT? - Correct Answers -locates natural resources and
monitors conditions on the Earth's surface
How does Bernoulli's principle affect the design of airplane wings? - Correct Answers -
Air flows faster over the top of the wing and slower underneath
What is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - Correct Answers -Cumulus Nimbus
clouds indicate good weather
What is the geocentric theory? - Correct Answers -Earth is the center of the Universe
In order to stay in orbit around Earth, an object must be at an altitude of at least how
many miles? - Correct Answers -80 or 90 miles (129 to 145 km)
What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize - Correct Answers -
Mojave Aerospace Ventures
, In 1958, who became responsible for research and development in the area of military
aerospace activities? - Correct Answers -Department of Defence (DOD)
What is used to set the heading indicator in the airplane panel? - Correct Answers -A
precision compass usually mounted above the instrument panel
What was the significant purpose for the creation of the Ansari X-Prize? - Correct
Answers -to encourage private/commercial spaceflight
One knot is equivalent to how many miles per hour? - Correct Answers -1.15 mph
During a fall or spring equinox, what area of Earth receives the most direct sunlight? -
Correct Answers -The equator
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? - Correct Answers -The Mission Controllers
What is NOT true about Mars - Correct Answers -There is not water on Mars
What kind of system is the command-and-control function of a satellite? - Correct
Answers -Satellite control system (SCS)
What astronomer first used the term "satellites" to describe the moons of Jupiter that he
could see? - Correct Answers -Galileo Galilei
Space, as described by the Air Force and NASA, begins at an altitude of _____ miles. -
Correct Answers -An altitude of 100 km (62 miles)
Who is known as the "Father of Modern Astronautics"? - Correct Answers -Tsiolkovsky
What percentage of all of the atmosphere's air is located below 18,000 feet above sea
level? - Correct Answers -50%
Why does the planet Uranus have 42 years of daylight followed by 42 years of night? -
Correct Answers -parts of its orbit one or other of the poles directly face the Sun
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
What type of front occurs when the air moving into the area is colder than the present
air, causing the heavier, colder air to push the warmer air up and out of the way? -
Correct Answers -Cold Front
