CAP BILLY MITCHELL AEROSPACE TEST
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Which of the following is NOT true regarding microbursts? 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? Answer: The Sun
⩥ What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission,
Apollo 7? Answer: Saturn IB
⩥ What temperature scale is based on absolute zero and commonly used
by scientists? Answer: Kelvin
⩥ Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? Answer:
William Hale
⩥ What is the definition for orbit? Answer: The path a satellite takes
around a celestial body
,⩥ What US manned space program was the first to use a two man
capsule? Answer: Gemini
⩥ The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space
Station is equivalent to how many chest x-rays? Answer: About 8
⩥ Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? Answer: John Glenn
⩥ In July of 2008, which NASA spacecraft confirmed water on Mars?
Answer: Phoenix Lander
⩥ What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins?
Answer: 62 miles
⩥ What altitude does NASA say space begins? Answer: 76 miles
⩥ Which of the following pairs are NOT examples of NASA spinoffs?
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? Answer: Comet
,⩥ Which of Jupiter's moons is described as "a giant pizza covered with
melted cheese and splotches of tomato and ripe olives"? Answer: Io
⩥ How many Jupiters could fit inside the sun? Answer: 915
⩥ The four cycles of a four cycle engine are intake, ________,
ignition/power, and exhaust. Answer: Compression
⩥ Who is known as the "Father or 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: 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? Answer: If mass increases,
acceleration decreases
⩥ What is one problem of operation an engine using a fuel mixture that
is too lean? Answer: The engine runs too hot
, ⩥ The successful mission of which vehicle marked the beginning of
military operations in space? Answer: X-37B (OTV-1) in 2010
⩥ Hailey's Comet reappears every _____ years Answer: 76
⩥ For what does GNSS stand? 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. Answer: Apollo-Soyuz
⩥ Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds?
Answer: They are high in the sky
⩥ A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many
feet? Answer: 6,076 feet
⩥ What is a star? Answer: A large body of burning hot gases
⩥ In which of the American space programs did American men walk on
the moon? Answer: Apollo Program
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Which of the following is NOT true regarding microbursts? 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? Answer: The Sun
⩥ What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission,
Apollo 7? Answer: Saturn IB
⩥ What temperature scale is based on absolute zero and commonly used
by scientists? Answer: Kelvin
⩥ Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? Answer:
William Hale
⩥ What is the definition for orbit? Answer: The path a satellite takes
around a celestial body
,⩥ What US manned space program was the first to use a two man
capsule? Answer: Gemini
⩥ The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space
Station is equivalent to how many chest x-rays? Answer: About 8
⩥ Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? Answer: John Glenn
⩥ In July of 2008, which NASA spacecraft confirmed water on Mars?
Answer: Phoenix Lander
⩥ What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins?
Answer: 62 miles
⩥ What altitude does NASA say space begins? Answer: 76 miles
⩥ Which of the following pairs are NOT examples of NASA spinoffs?
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? Answer: Comet
,⩥ Which of Jupiter's moons is described as "a giant pizza covered with
melted cheese and splotches of tomato and ripe olives"? Answer: Io
⩥ How many Jupiters could fit inside the sun? Answer: 915
⩥ The four cycles of a four cycle engine are intake, ________,
ignition/power, and exhaust. Answer: Compression
⩥ Who is known as the "Father or 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: 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? Answer: If mass increases,
acceleration decreases
⩥ What is one problem of operation an engine using a fuel mixture that
is too lean? Answer: The engine runs too hot
, ⩥ The successful mission of which vehicle marked the beginning of
military operations in space? Answer: X-37B (OTV-1) in 2010
⩥ Hailey's Comet reappears every _____ years Answer: 76
⩥ For what does GNSS stand? 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. Answer: Apollo-Soyuz
⩥ Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds?
Answer: They are high in the sky
⩥ A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many
feet? Answer: 6,076 feet
⩥ What is a star? Answer: A large body of burning hot gases
⩥ In which of the American space programs did American men walk on
the moon? Answer: Apollo Program
