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ARMY SPACE CADRE COURSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Name: Score:68 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 68
Which spacecraft subsystem houses and protects the rest of the spacecraft, and provides a
sturdy support surface for mounting solar arrays and antennas?
Guidance subsystem
Chemical monopropellant
Structural subsystem
Managerial subsystem
Term 2 of 68
Which portions of the EM Spectrum can penetrate Earth's Atmosphere?
Radio/Microwave, IR, Visible, and UV
Velocity and Reentry Angle
Inclination
Electromagnetic Radiation and Charged Particles
Term 3 of 68
Which two Brigades conduct operations for USASMDC/ARSTRAT?
3rd Space Brigade 100th Missile Defense Brigade
1st Space Brigade 97th Missile Defense Brigade
1st Space Brigade 99th Missile Defense Brigade
1st Space Brigade
100th Missile Defense Brigade
,Term 4 of 68
How are operators/users important to the acquisition process?
Fuel Cells and Batteries
The National Security Strategy
Global Strike, Space, Cyberspace, ISR, IMD and WMD
They determine the requirement for a need
Term 5 of 68
Which country only launches retrograde orbits for space vehicles?
Jerusalem
Iran
Israel
Egypt
Term 6 of 68
Which of Newton's Laws describes how a rocket works?
1st Law: an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon
2nd law: force equals mass times acceleration
4th law: energy cannot be created or destroyed
3rd Law: for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
Term 7 of 68
Are satellites in Low Latitude (Low inclination) or high Latitude (high inclination) orbits most
affected by Scintillation?
High latitude orbits above 60 degrees latitude
Low Latitude orbits between approximately +/- 20 degrees Latitude
Polar Orbits that circle the earth at the Equator
Geostationary orbits that remain fixed over one point on earth
,Term 8 of 68
Which type of radar is continuously searching for new objects?
The Radar's Frequency
Missile Defense
Surveillance Radars
Chemical Monopropellant
Term 9 of 68
Define Bandwidth on the EM spectrum:
The color spectrum visible to the human eye
The height of a wave in the spectrum
The WIDTH of a BAND or grouping of a particular portion of the EM spectrum.
The frequency of sound waves in the atmosphere
Term 10 of 68
What is the orbital element that relates to the maximum latitude of a satellite's ground trace?
Predisposition
The Radar's Frequency
Predilection
Inclination
Term 11 of 68
What is the most common type of thruster used for satellite on-orbit propulsion and attitude
control?
The Radar's Frequency
Inclination
Geosynchronous (geo)
Chemical Monopropellant
, Term 12 of 68
Which JFCC is responsible for space?
Apogee
JFCC Space
The Radar's Frequency
Disa
Term 13 of 68
What was the significance of the Army Signal Corps bouncing radar signals off moon and
receiving the reflected signal back on earth in 1946?
It demonstrated the ability for
radio waves to escape the ionosphere which would
enable communication with satellites and
the detection of missiles above the ionosphere
Space Situational Awareness
Space Force Enhancement
Space Support
Space Control
Space Force Application
It adds new technology to the satellite as it becomes available instead of defining all
technologies wanted and waiting until all have been developed
Inclination
Term 14 of 68
Goddard's work largely anticipated these critical elements to launching rockets
A grouping of radiation types and energized photons
Joint Space Operations Center
(JSpOC)
The length of the launch window.
Gyroscopic control, gimbal-steering
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