CAP Billy Mitchell Aerospace Exam Module 1-7 questions with verified detailed solutions

CAP Billy Mitchell Aerospace Exam Module 1-7 questions
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As part of commercial space travel, Virgin Galactic offers paying passenger trips to space
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aboard what space vehicle? - correct answer✔✔The Shepherd rocket
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What senses changes in air pressure and gives the pilot a rate of climb? - correct
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answer✔✔The vertical speed indicator || || ||




Why did Apollo 13 have to abort its landing on the Moon? - correct answer✔✔Due to loss of
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service module cryogenic oxygen
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What is true about solar eclipses? - correct answer✔✔occurs during daylight hours when
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the Moon moves directly between the Sun and the Earth
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In France, whose idea of launching rockets through tubes became the forerunner of the
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bazooka? - correct answer✔✔Jean Froissart || || || ||




A wing-mounted airplane engine is often covered with a streamlined enclosure called a -
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correct answer✔✔Nacelle ||




What two planets are so similar that they are called the twin planets? - correct
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answer✔✔Uranus and Neptune || ||




What is a mission of a LANDSAT? - correct answer✔✔locates natural resources and
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monitors conditions on the Earth's surface || || || || ||

, How does Bernoulli's principle affect the design of airplane wings? - correct answer✔✔Air
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flows faster over the top of the wing and slower underneath
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What is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - correct answer✔✔Cumulus Nimbus clouds
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indicate good weather || ||




What is the geocentric theory? - correct answer✔✔Earth is the center of the Universe
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In order to stay in orbit around Earth, an object must be at an altitude of at least how many
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miles? - correct answer✔✔80-90 miles
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What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize - correct answer✔✔Mojave
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Aerospace Ventures ||




One knot is equivalent to how many miles per hour? - correct answer✔✔1.15 mph
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During a fall or spring equinox, what area of Earth receives the most direct sunlight? -
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correct answer✔✔The equator || ||




Changes can be made, if necessary, to an unmanned rocket's trajectory provided that the
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guidance system includes a radio link between the rocket's guidance system and what/who?
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- correct answer✔✔The Mission Controllers
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What is NOT true about Mars - correct answer✔✔There is not water on Mars
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What kind of system is the command-and-control function of a satellite? - correct
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answer✔✔Satellite control system (SCS) || || ||