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CAP Billy Mitchell Aerospace Milestone Test, Exams of Advanced Education

Cheyney University of PennsylvaniaAdvanced Education

CAP Billy Mitchell Aerospace Milestone Test

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CAP BILLY MITCHELL AEROSPACE
MILESTONE TEST
1. the direction from which the wind is blowing:
Wind
direction
2. the region of the earth that receives most of the sun's heat: The
Equator
3.
the first layer of the atmosphere in which the vast majority of
weather, storms, and temperature differences occur. It extends
from sea level up to
20,000 feet over the poles and to 60,000 feet
over the equatorial regions and most of the atmosphere is contained
in this region: The Troposphere
4. the first known powered aircraft with humans on board: Hot air
balloon
5. made a historic flight over Paris, France on November 21, 1783.
Their flight lasted 25 min and they flew approximately 5 miles from
their launch point:
Pi-
latre d'Rozier and Francois d'Arlandes
6. An artificial force that pushes or pulls an aircraft forward through
the air and opposes drag: Thrust
7.
the first true powered flight with humans on board that
historians agree
on: Hot air ballon
8. Created the first successful, manned, hot air balloon in 1783: Joseph
and Etienne
Montgolfier
9.
An artificial upward force that opposes gravity and supports the
weight of an aircraft:
Lift
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CAP BILLY MITCHELL AEROSPACE

MILESTONE TEST

  1. the direction from which the wind is blowing: Wind direction
  2. the region of the earth that receives most of the sun's heat: The Equator
  3. the first layer of the atmosphere in which the vast majority of weather, storms, and temperature differences occur. It extends from sea level up to 20,000 feet over the poles and to 60,000 feet over the equatorial regions and most of the atmosphere is contained in this region: The Troposphere
  4. the first known powered aircraft with humans on board: Hot air balloon
  5. made a historic flight over Paris, France on November 21, 1783. Their flight lasted 25 min and they flew approximately 5 miles from their launch point: Pi- latre d'Rozier and Francois d'Arlandes
  6. An artificial force that pushes or pulls an aircraft forward through the air and opposes drag: Thrust
  7. the first true powered flight with humans on board that historians agree on: Hot air ballon
  8. Created the first successful, manned, hot air balloon in 1783: Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier
  9. An artificial upward force that opposes gravity and supports the weight of an aircraft: Lift

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  1. A natural force which slows the forward movement of an aircraft in flight and opposes thrust: Drag
  2. Rotation around the lateral axis and the elevator moving up and down causes this motion. The nose up/nose down motion: Pitch
  3. Rotation around the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals. The nose right/nose left motion: Yaw
  4. credited with the first manned, controlled powered flight. Made their his- toric flight on December 17, 1903: Wright Brothers
  5. Rotation around the longitudinal axis caused by the ailerons moving up- ward and downward. Results in the wings moving up or down: Roll
  6. becomes an artificial compass and gives the pilot directional information. Also can be set without the aircraft facing north: Heading Indicator(directional gyro)
  7. 6076 feet: Nautical mile
  8. 5,280 feet: Statute mile
  9. the top or beginning of the Earth's atmosphere; the altitude the Air Force and NASA define as the beginning of space and anyone who reaches this height is awarded astronaut wings: 50 miles above the surface
  10. Is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins: 62 miles

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  1. How long did the flight that put John Glenn into orbit around the Earth last?: About 5 hours
  2. Achieved the first successful flight with a liquid-propellant rocket which was fueled by liquid oxygen and gasoline; is called the "Father of Modern Rocketry": Robert Goddard
  3. A Greek who developed the first rocket engine, which was propelled by steam: Hero

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  1. the leading Soviet rocket scientist; known as the "Father of the Soviet Space Program." He organized and led the development of the first successful Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile in 1957: Sergei Korolev
  2. laid scientific foundation for modern rocketry with his laws of motion; His laws of motion influenced the design of rockets: Sir Isaac Newton
  3. space pioneer; wrote a book about rocket travel into outer space.: Hermann Oberth
  4. A society in Germany, started because of Hermann Oberth's writings, that led to the development of the V-2 rocket.: The society for space travel
  5. Became the first American in space aboard the Mercury capsule, Freedom 7: Alan Shepard
  6. How long did the first US flight to space last?: 15 minutes; the Redstone rocket wasn't powerful enough to place the Mercury capsule into orbit but it did reach an altitude of 116 miles.
  7. President John F. Kennedy announced the objective of by the end of the decade: Putting a man on the moon
  8. first US space station, launched by the Saturn V in 1973. It's mission was to put laboratory into space: Skylab
  9. Which Skylab mission was the longest and how long did it last?: The last or third mission; 84 days

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  1. The rocket system that lifts a spacecraft and gives the spacecraft enough force to reach orbit: A launch vehicle
  2. The first US satellite, launched in 1958. The first spacecraft to recognize the Van Allen radiation belt around the Earth.: Explorer I
  3. The civilian agency with the goal of peaceful exploration of space for the benefit of all mankind: NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
  4. Paved the way for the Apollo missions by demonstrating rendezvous and docking procedures; also were designed to carry two crew members: The Gemini Missions
  5. The three stage Saturn V rocket was developed with what goal?: Send humans to the moon
  6. Which Apollo mission landed on the moon?: Apollo 11, in 1969, powered by the Saturn V launch vehicle.
  7. Takes the info from the guidance system and steers the rocket to its desti- nation. Also keeps the rocket stable.: Control System
  8. gets the rocket to its destination; the brain of the rocket: Guidance System
  9. the tendency of an object at rest to stay at rest and an object in motion to stay in motion: Inertia; Newton's First Law
  10. Which of Newton's laws says that a body at rest remains at rest and a body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force: Newton's First Law of Motion; law of inertia

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  1. everything associated with propelling the rocket: Propulsion system
  2. Modern rockets consist of four major systems, what are they and what do they work together to do?: Air frame, guidance, control, and propulsion; deliver the payload
  3. Provides the shape of the rocket and all of the other systems are contained within it; the skin of the rocket: The airframe
  4. the driver of a rocket-powered car called the Blue Flame that set the land speed record.: Gary Gabelich
  5. the driver of the jet-engine powered Thrust SSC that broke the sound barrier on land: Andy Green
  6. The jet-engine powered car that broke the sound barrier on land. Driven by Andy Green: Thrust SSC
  7. A rocket-powered car that set the land speed record. Driven by Gary Gabelich: Blue Flame
  8. an enormous collection of stars arranged in a particular shape: Galaxy
  9. region beyond the Earth's atmosphere where there is very little molecular activity: Space
  10. all encompassing term that includes everything: Universe
  11. Russian space station that fell back to Earth in 2001, marking the end of the Russian Space Program: Mir
  12. an award given to anyone who reaches an altitude of 50 miles: Astronaut Wings

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  1. It rises, it expands and the pressure drops. Is less dense, has less mass, and weighs less: Warm (heated) air
  2. The age a cadet is eligible by federal aviation regulation (FAA) to solo a glider: 14
  3. Once a cadet has soloed a glider, they can then move on to poweredflight training with the eventual goal to achieve the covet- ed .: Private Pilot's Certificate
  4. Instrument to provide the height of the balloon above sea level, also in- dicates the height at which the balloon is flying. In an airplane, it measures pressure and displays this as height above sea level: Altimeter
  5. One of several vertical panels that make up the envelope: Gore
  6. an instrument which measures the temperature within the envelope of a hot air balloon. A temperature gauge which displays both the hot air temper- ature inside the envelope and that of the outside air: Thermistor
  7. an instrument to determine the rate of climb or descent; displays a rate of change in altitude: Vertical Velocity Indicator(VVI)/ variometer
  8. One of two fabrics most widely used for making the panels of a hot air balloon. It is the lighter and stronger of the two fabrics, and both fabrics are coated with polyurethane and other additives to give it longer wear and greater resistance to ultraviolet sunlight damage: Nylon

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  1. One of two fabrics most widely used for making the panels of a hot air balloon. Of the two fabrics, this one can withstand higher temperatures. Both fabrics are coated with polyurethane and other additives to give it longer wear and greater resistance to ultraviolet sunlight damage: Dacron
  2. Instrument(s) found inside the cockpit of a hot air balloon: An altimeter, vertical velocity indicator, and a thermistor
  3. The propulsion system for an aircraft: An airplane engine
  4. Also known as an internal combustion engine because a fuel mixture is burned within the engine.: Reciprocating engine
  5. Needed to let the fuel/air into the cylinder or By which a suction is created sucking air in from the outside: Movement of the pistons
  6. What pilots use to control the fuel/air mixture from inside the cockpit or The device that controls the ratio of the fuel/air mixture to the cylinders: Mixture Control
  7. A hand-operated control controlled by the pilot in the cockpit that controls engine speed by regulating the amount of air and fuel that flows into it during the intake or suction phase.: The throttle control
  8. Produces alternating current, which is then converted to direct current: Al- ternator
  9. An instrument in the cockpit that monitors the electrical current, or flow.- : Ammeter

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  1. What is the purpose of the turn coordinator and the inclinometer?: The turn coordinator and inclinometer show whether a turn was executed properly.
  2. Using the inclinometer, how can the pilot tell if a turn was executed prop- erly or not?: If a turn was done properly the ball inside the inclinometer will stay in the center throughout the turn but if the turn isn't done properly then the ball will not stay in the center indicating poor technique
  3. What three things are true about a glass airplane cockpit?: A glass cockpit features electronic instrument displays, reduces the pilot's workload and at the same time gives the pilot situational awareness, and it has improved pilot eflciency and airplane safety. Glass cockpits were put in recent space shuttles
  4. The GPS has many uses and purposes today, but what was it originally designed for?: The Global Positioning System was designed as a dual-use system with the primary purpose of enhancing the ettectiveness of U.S. and allied military forces. To assist the U.S. military in accurately determining their location
  5. When was the GPS created and by whom?: 1973, the Department of Defense
  6. What is defined as the constellation of satellites that orbit the Earth?: The GPS(Global Positioning System), it allows pilots to accurately determine their position anywhere on the Earth within seconds
  7. What are three things that are true about microbursts?: Microbursts are particularly

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  1. What will happen if a pilot doesn't take into account the Coriolis Effect when flying south from the North Pole to the equator?: He will land west of the intended destination. Results in wrong destination
  2. What causes the Earth to have seasonal changes?: the tilt of the Earth on its axis. Also the Earth's rotations plus revolution and the sun unevenly heating the Earth. NOT the Earths distance from the sun
  3. What do warmer temperatures result in when dealing with aircraft?: Long acceleration times to attain proper takeott speed, a pilot needs to calculate the distance needed to make sure there is enough runway for takeott. Warmer temperatures impact takeotts. Pressure ditterences
  4. A region of the atmosphere where electrons are gained or lost. It begins at an altitude of about 25 miles and extends outward to about 250 miles.: Ionos- phere, which is filled with ions and caused by powerful ultraviolet radiation from the sun and the ultra high frequency cosmic rays from the stars
  5. A region of the atmosphere where the sun's radiation reacts with the oxygen molecules and causes them to pick up a third atom, creating ozone. It performs the very important function of shielding use from ultraviolet and infrared radiation and extends from about 10 to 30 miles in altitude.: Ozonosphere

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  1. In a jet engine there are moving parts than there are in a recip- rocating engine.: Fewer; 1 moving part to be exact
  2. Just before takeoff, a pilot sets what to the local pressure?: The altimeter
  3. airspeed is the actual speed of an aircraft through the air.: True
  4. What instrument does a pilot use for corrections to the heading indicator?- : A precision magnetic compass, located usually above the instrument panel
  5. The average distance between the Earth and the Moon is 237,087 and this spacebetween the Earth and it's anoint is called what?: Cislunar Space
  6. The region in space from one solar system to another. The distance from one solar system to another: Interstellar space
  7. Space located within a solar system; measured from the center of the Sun to the orbit of its outermost planet. Often referred to as the solar system: In- terplanetary space
  8. What is the pressure in space?: Nearly zero
  9. Space that is empty or void of molecules: A vacuum; which outer space is almost
  10. Is there gravity in space?: Yes. There is small gravity in space called microgravity
  11. What kind of galaxy has arms spiraling outward from a center? the shape of our galaxy: the Milky Way Galaxy: Spiral galaxy

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  1. First discovered by Dr. James Van Allen using one of the first satellites launched by NASA in 1958: Van Allen Radiation Belts: radiation belts around the Earth filled with charged particles; formed by clouds and currents of particles that are trapped in Earth's magnetic field
  2. Begins at about 215 miles aboveboard the Earth's surface and extends into interplanetary space. Characterized by its magnetic field of force, which sur- rounds the earth and is strongest at the poles and weakest at the equator: The magnetosphere
  3. Which belt of the magnetosphere is between 600 and 3, miles, contains high energy proton data carrying energies of about 100 million bolts, and electrons with energies of about 1 to 3 million bolts. This is the belt that's a real hazard to astronauts working in space: The inner belt
  4. Which belt of the magnetosphere is between 9,000 and 15,000 miles, consists of mostly electrons with energies of 5 to 20 million volts. This the belt that is a hazard to communication satellites whose sensitive circuits can get damaged by the fast- moving particles.: The outer belt

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  1. Why does Mars look red?: Because the rock and dust covering the surface of Mars has a high iron content, which gives it a rusty look
  2. What is true about Mars?: It's a cold planet overall. It has four seasons due to the tilt of its axis, which is about 25 degrees. Mars has 2 moons. Mars has polar ice caps and water. It certainly has the most favorable conditions of any of the other planets in the solar system, other than Earth.
  3. What planet is home to the highest known mountain and largest known canyon in our solar system?: Mars; Olympus Mons and Valles Mineras
  4. What are the four largest moons of Jupiter?: Ganymede, Callisto, Io, and Europa; called the Galilean moons because they were discovered by Galileo
  5. What icy moon is the largest moon in our solar system?: Ganymede: one of Jupiter's moons
  6. What planet could actually float in a body of water if the body of water was large enough to hold it?: Saturn, because it's the only planet in our solar system that's less dense than water
  7. Made of ice chunks, dust, and rocks, Saturn's entire ring system(7 distinct rings) is about 1 mile thick and extends how many miles away from the planet?: 250,000 miles
  8. The only moon known to have clouds and a thick atmosphere. The only body in the solar system, other than Earth, believed to have an active hydro- logic cycle and that's known to have stable liquid on it's surface. Looks more like Earth than any other body in the solar system: Titan; one of Saturn's moons

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  1. What planet is a bluish greenish color because of methane in it's upper atmosphere, has 42 years of daylight followed by 42 years of night because its tilted 60 degrees on its axis, has 11 rings, and 27 known moons most of which are named after Shakespearean characters: Uranus
  2. Which two planets are so similar to each other that they are sometimes called twins?: Uranus and Neptune
  3. Which planet is known as the windiest planet in our solar system?: Neptune; which has a very thin ring system, 13 known moons, the largest of which is Triton, and several large storms, the largest of which is the Great Dark Spot and is about the size of Earth
  4. What is the highest and lowest point of an orbit?: Apogee is the highest and Perigee is the lowest
  5. Satellites that either fly by, orbit, or land on a celestial body, other than Earth: Space probe
  6. Natural or artificial object in space that orbital the Earth: Satellite
  7. When was the first commercial satellite launched?: 1962; Telstar I
  8. When was the first communication satellite launched?: 1958; (COMSAT), Score
  9. What category of satellites locate natural resources and monitor other conditions on the Earth's surface?: Natural resources satellites