MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT): AVIATION
EXAM 2025 WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1. what are the main components of a jet engine? - CORRECT
-c. intake, compressor,combustor, turbine, and exhaust
2. the part of the "stack" of the space transport system that looks like an
airplane is called the _________. - CORRECT -a. orbiter
3. Skylab, the united states' first space station, was used to
_____________. - CORRECT -c. preform medical
examination and observations of earth
4. fill in the blank: the first american astronaut who flew to space
was________. - CORRECT -c. Alan Shepard
5. the first jet engines were built ___________. - CORRECT
-d. for use on military aircraft
6. what was one reason the soviet unions launch of sputnik in 1957
sparked the united states to want to become number one in space
exploration? - CORRECT -a. the united states was afraid that
the soviet union was spying
, 7. why did the us congress establish NASA in 1958? -
CORRECT -b. to put emphasis on winning the "space race"
against the soviet union
8. what was the purpose of NASA's mercury and gemini missions in the
1950's and 1960's? - CORRECT -c. they acted as stepping-
stones to landing on the moon
9. what event ended the space race? - CORRECT -a. neil
armstrong became the first man on the moon on july 20, 1969
10. NACA hired five female "compters" in 1935 to _________. -
CORRECT -d. preform complex calculations so NACA
engineers could focus on research
11. how did the invention of jet engine technology impact passenger
travel? - CORRECT -a. it enabled travel at higher speeds
12. the mercury 7 astronauts who were selected in 1959 ___________. -
CORRECT -b. were all men who had served as military test
pilots
EXAM 2025 WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1. what are the main components of a jet engine? - CORRECT
-c. intake, compressor,combustor, turbine, and exhaust
2. the part of the "stack" of the space transport system that looks like an
airplane is called the _________. - CORRECT -a. orbiter
3. Skylab, the united states' first space station, was used to
_____________. - CORRECT -c. preform medical
examination and observations of earth
4. fill in the blank: the first american astronaut who flew to space
was________. - CORRECT -c. Alan Shepard
5. the first jet engines were built ___________. - CORRECT
-d. for use on military aircraft
6. what was one reason the soviet unions launch of sputnik in 1957
sparked the united states to want to become number one in space
exploration? - CORRECT -a. the united states was afraid that
the soviet union was spying
, 7. why did the us congress establish NASA in 1958? -
CORRECT -b. to put emphasis on winning the "space race"
against the soviet union
8. what was the purpose of NASA's mercury and gemini missions in the
1950's and 1960's? - CORRECT -c. they acted as stepping-
stones to landing on the moon
9. what event ended the space race? - CORRECT -a. neil
armstrong became the first man on the moon on july 20, 1969
10. NACA hired five female "compters" in 1935 to _________. -
CORRECT -d. preform complex calculations so NACA
engineers could focus on research
11. how did the invention of jet engine technology impact passenger
travel? - CORRECT -a. it enabled travel at higher speeds
12. the mercury 7 astronauts who were selected in 1959 ___________. -
CORRECT -b. were all men who had served as military test
pilots
