CAP Billy Mitchell Aerospace Test Questions & Answers 2024

CAP Billy Mitchell Aerospace Test Questions & Answers 2024 A heading indicator is also known as a... - answerDirectional Gyro Which of the following is NOT true regarding microbursts? - answerMicrobursts 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? - answerThe Sun What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7? - answerSaturn IB What temperature scale is based on absolute zero and commonly used by scientists? - answerKelvin Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? - answerWilliam Hale What is the definition for orbit? - answerThe path a satellite takes around a celestial body What US manned space program was the first to use a two man capsule? - answerGemini The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space Station is equivalent to how many chest x-rays? - answerAbout 8 Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? - answerJohn Glenn In July of 2008, which NASA spacecraft confirmed water on Mars? - answerPhoenix Lander What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins? - answer62 miles What altitude does NASA say space begins? - answer76 miles Which of the following pairs are NOT examples of NASA spinoffs? - answerTang; 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? - answerComet Which of Jupiter's moons is described as "a giant pizza covered with melted cheese and splotches of tomato and ripe olives"? - answerIo How many Jupiters could fit inside the sun? - answer915 The four cycles of a four cycle engine are intake, ________, ignition/power, and exhaust. - answerCompression Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"? - answerKonstantin Tsiolkovsky Who was the first female commander of a Space Shuttle? - answerEileen Collins What does Newton's third law of motion state? - answerFor 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? - answerIf mass increases, acceleration decreases What is one problem of operation an engine using a fuel mixture that is too lean? - answerThe engine runs too hot The successful mission of which vehicle marked the beginning of military operations in space? - answerX-37B (OTV-1) in 2010 Hailey's Comet reappears every _____ years - answer76 For what does GNSS stand? - answerGlobal 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. - answerApollo- Soyuz Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - answerThey are high in the sky A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many feet? - answer6,076 feet What is a star? - answerA large body of burning hot gases In which of the American space programs did American men walk on the moon? - answerApollo Program What does the planet Uranus have 42 years of daylight followed by 42 years of night? - answerBecause it is tilted 60 degrees on its axis What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize - answerScaled Composites While GPS has many uses, it was primarily develope