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CAP BILLY MITCHELL AEROSPACEREVIEW EXAM
A heading indicator is also called a... - ANSWER: Directional Gyro
Which of the following is NOT true about microbursts? - ANSWER Microbursts
often come gradually, giving a pilot time to react.
Which of the following gives energy, causing our atmosphere to flow horizontally
and vertically? - ANSWER The sun
Which rocket was utilized to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7? -
Answer Saturn IB
What temperature scale is based on absolute zero and is widely used by scientists? -
Kelvin answered.
Who devised the spin stabilization technique? - ANSWER William Hale
What is the definition of orbit? - ANSWER The route a satellite takes around a
celestial body
What US manned space program was the first to deploy a two-person capsule? -
Answer: Gemini
How many chest X-rays does the International Space Station's daily radiation dose
equate to? - ANSWER: About eight
,Who was the first American to orbit Earth? ANSWER John Glenn
In July 2008, which NASA spacecraft discovered water on Mars? - Answer
Phoenix Lander
What is the widely acknowledged height at which space begins? - ANSWER: 62
miles
What altitude does NASA claim space begins? - ANSWER: 76 miles
Which of the following pairs do not represent NASA spinoffs? - ANSWER Tang;
Velcro.
What phrase refers to a massive dirty snowball made up of frozen gasses, water,
dust, and icy lumps that shed itself as it rolls, leaving a lengthy tail? - ANSWER
Comet
Which of Jupiter's moons has been described as "a giant pizza covered with melted
cheese, splotches of tomato, and ripe olives"? - ANSWER Io
How many Jupiters might fit inside the sun? - ANSWER 915
A four-cycle engine has four cycles: intake, ___, ignition/power, and exhaust. -
Answer Compression
Who is regarded as the "Father of Modern Astronautics?" - ANSWER Konstantin
Tsiolkovsky
Who was the first female commander of a space shuttle? - ANSWER Eileen
Collins
,What does Newton's Third Law of Motion state? - ANSWER Every action has an
equal and opposite reaction.
What does Newton's second rule of motion say about acceleration as mass
increases? - ANSWER If mass increases, acceleration drops.
What is one disadvantage of operating an engine with an excessively lean fuel
mixture? - ANSWER The engine gets too hot.
Which vehicle's successful mission launched military activity in space? - Answer:
X-37B (OTV-1) in 2010.
Hailey's Comet returns every _____ years - ANSWER 76.
What does the acronym GNSS stand for? - Answer: Global Navigation Satellite
System.
What was the name of the first collaborative multinational space mission,
conducted in 1975? This entailed the rendezvous in space of American and Soviet
human spacecraft. - ANSWER Apollo-Soyuz
Which of the following is NOT true about cumulus clouds? - ANSWER They're
high in the sky.
A nautical mile is longer than a statute mile and equals how many feet? - Answer:
6,076 ft.
, What is a star? - ANSWER A vast volume of flaming, heated gases
Which of the American space initiatives resulted in American men walking on the
Moon? - ANSWER Apollo Program
Uranus has 42 years of sunshine and 42 years of night. - Answer: Because it is
slanted 60 degrees on its axis.
What is the name of the business that won the Ansari X-Prize? Scaled Composites.
While GPS has numerous applications, it was primarily designed for which of the
following? - ANSWER To increase the effectiveness of US and partner military
forces.
How long does it take for Neptune to complete an orbit? 165 years.
What is the standard pressure? - ANSWER 29.92 inches of mercury.
What phrase describes the tendency of an object at rest to remain at rest and an
object in motion to remain in motion? - ANSWER Inertia
What rocket was used to launch Gemini missions in 1965 and 1966? - Titan II.
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