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CAP Billy Mitchell Aerospace Review Questions withCorrect Answers
A heading indicator is also known as a... Correct Answer-Directional
Gyro
Which of the following is NOT true regarding microbursts? Correct
Answer-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 Answer-The Sun
What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo
7? Correct Answer-Saturn IB
What temperature scale is based on absolute zero and commonly used by
scientists? Correct Answer-Kelvin
Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? Correct Answer-
William Hale
What is the definition for orbit? Correct Answer-The path a satellite
takes around a celestial body
What US manned space program was the first to use a two man capsule?
Correct Answer-Gemini
,The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space
Station is equivalent to how many chest x-rays? Correct Answer-About
8
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? Correct Answer-John
Glenn
In July of 2008, which NASA spacecraft confirmed water on Mars?
Correct Answer-Phoenix Lander
What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins? Correct
Answer-62 miles
What altitude does NASA say space begins? Correct Answer-76 miles
Which of the following pairs are NOT examples of NASA spinoffs?
Correct Answer-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 Answer-Comet
Which of Jupiter's moons is described as "a giant pizza covered with
melted cheese and splotches of tomato and ripe olives"? Correct
Answer-Io
,How many Jupiters could fit inside the sun? Correct Answer-915
The four cycles of a four cycle engine are intake, ________,
ignition/power, and exhaust. Correct Answer-Compression
Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"? Correct Answer-
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Who was the first female commander of a Space Shuttle? Correct
Answer-Eileen Collins
What does Newton's third law of motion state? Correct Answer-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 Answer-If mass increases,
acceleration decreases
What is one problem of operation an engine using a fuel mixture that is
too lean? Correct Answer-The engine runs too hot
The successful mission of which vehicle marked the beginning of
military operations in space? Correct Answer-X-37B (OTV-1) in 2010
, Hailey's Comet reappears every _____ years Correct Answer-76
For what does GNSS stand? Correct Answer-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 Answer-Apollo-Soyuz
Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? Correct
Answer-They are high in the sky
A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many
feet? Correct Answer-6,076 feet
What is a star? Correct Answer-A large body of burning hot gases
In which of the American space programs did American men walk on
the moon? Correct Answer-Apollo Program
What does the planet Uranus have 42 years of daylight followed by 42
years of night? Correct Answer-Because it is tilted 60 degrees on its axis
What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize Correct
Answer-Scaled Composites
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