CAP Billy Mitchell Aerospace
Practice COMPLETE (2026)
EXAM TEST WITH LATEST
UPDATED (QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS)
A heading indicator is also known as a... - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Directional Gyro
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
Space, as described by the Air Force and NASA, begins at an altitude of
_______miles. - 🧠 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
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, 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
Practice COMPLETE (2026)
EXAM TEST WITH LATEST
UPDATED (QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS)
A heading indicator is also known as a... - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Directional Gyro
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
Space, as described by the Air Force and NASA, begins at an altitude of
_______miles. - 🧠 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
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, 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
