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1. What does ISRO stand for?

1. Who was the first human to walk on the surface of the moon?

A) International Solar Radiation Organisation

A) Chuck Yeager

B) John Glenn

B) Indian Satellite Research Organisation

C) Neil Armstrong

D) Alan Sheppard

C) Indian Space Research Organisation

D) Indian Space Rocket Organisation

2. What was the name of the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth?
A) MIR

B) Sputnik

2. From which state are the Space Shuttles launched?

C) Explorer

D) Fireball XL5

A) New Mexico

B) Texas

C) Florida

D) Lunacy

3. What is the largest planet in our Solar System?

A) Mars

B) Jupiter

3. Name the first Space Shuttle that travelled to Earth orbit?

C) Earth

D) Europa

A) Atlantis

B) Columbia

C) Discovery

D) Enterprise

4. What is the event called when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and the
Earth and casts a shadow on the Earth's surface?
4. Which manned space program came before the Apollo program?
A) Solar Eclipse

B) Lunar Eclipse

C) Cislunar Occlusion

D) The End of the World

A) Gemini

B) Voyager

C) SST

D) Titan

5. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

5. Which country sent the first human into space?
A) USA

B) USSR

C) Japan

D) Roswell

A) Jupiter

B) Pluto

C) Mars

D) Betelgeuse

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1. Cassiopeia is the name of a;

A) Galaxy

B) Nova

1. What is the closest planet to the Sun?

C) Constellation

D) Car

A) Mercury

B) Earth

C) Venus

D) Pluto

2. About how fast does the Space Shuttle travel on orbit?

A) 625mph

B) 17,600mph

2. What do you call the pulling force that keeps us on the surface of the Earth?

C) 65,000mph

D) Escape Velocity

A) The Atmosphere

B) Gravity

C) Weight

D) Super Glue

3. Who became the only person to hit a golf ball on the Moon?
A) Alan Shepard

B) John Glenn

3. What is the name of the Galaxy in which we live?

C) Neil Armstrong

D) Tiger Wood

A) Andromeda

B) Milky Way

C) Galactose

D) Alpha Quadrant

4. Name a country other than the United States that is building part of the
International Space Station.
4. What is the name of the rocket that launched the astronauts to the Moon?
A) Canada

B) Russia

C) Sweden

D) France

5. What do you call a rock that enters Earth's atmosphere from outer space and
reaches the ground?
A) Meteor

B) Meteorite

C) Meteoroid

D) A Very Hot Rock

A) LEM

B) Atlas

C) Titan

D) Saturn 5

5. Where did the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft land when they returned
to Earth?
A) Florida

B) Pacific/Atlantic

C) Houston

D) Roswell, NM

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1. As an Aerospace Engineer one must be able to handle design deadlines and

A.personal problems
B.design deadlines
C.testing failures
D.angry bosses

1. Cylinders in small aircraft engines are most often arranged...

A.like an "L"
B.in an "X" configuration
C.in a horizontally-opposed configuration
D.in a "T" configuration

2. _______ Engineers operate within Earth's atmosphere and _______ engineers

operate outside of Earth's atmosphere.
A.Aeronautical, Astronautical
B.Astronautical, Aeronautical
C.Earth, Space
D.Ground level, Outerspace

2. When fossil fuels are used to create thrust, it is...

A.converting mechanical energy into chemical energy
B.Bernoulli's Principle
C.converting chemical energy into mechanical energy
D.Newtons first law

3. Aerospace Engineers develop technologies for use in

A.aviation
B.defense systems
C.computers
D.A and B only
4. Name one type of engineering involved in aerospace engineering.
5. The Aerospace Engineering field is mainly male dominated.
A.F
B.T

3. A "*" (star) above an airport symbol means...

A.The airport has a rotating beacon in operation from sunset to sunrise
B.The airport has a rotating beacon in operation from sunrise to sunset
C.There is an astronamical observatory on the airport
D.The VASI approach lights are available from sunset to sunrise
4. What engine component uses Bernoulli's Principle?
A.An alternator
B.A carburetor
C.A magneto
D.A piston
5. What instrument uses the principle of a gyroscope for operation?
A.Altimeter
B.Attitude indicator
C.Heading indicator
D.Both B and C

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1. Under standard conditions, a parcel of air, one square inch and 50 miles tall
weighs...
A.29.92 pounds
B.1013.2 grams
C.14.7 pounds
D.None of the above
2. In a flight profile, what phase is reached when the pilot levels off at the desired
altitude.
A.Decent
B.Approach
C.Departure
D.Cruise
3. The VFR weather minimums for class C airspace are...
A.500' below the clouds
B.1000' above the clouds
C.2000' horizontally from any cloud
D.All of the above
4. Runway numbers of "11" and "29" are...* Degrees
A.110* and 290* true
B.110* and 290* magnetic
C.11* and 29* true
D.11* and 29* magnetic
5. When approaching a precision runway, the pilot sees 8 stripes at the beginning
of the runway. What do these stripes tell the pilot?
A.The runway is 8000' long
B.The runway is closed
C.These are the threshold marking of a precision runway
D.A portion of the runway is unusable

H
1. If the airport beacon is flashing one white, one green, one yellow, it is a...
A.Water airport
B.Civilian airport
C.Military airport
D.Helicopter airport
2. Which wind direction indicator shows where the wind is from?
A.Wind sock
B.Tetrahedron
C.Wind tee
D.Segmented circle
3. A sectional aeronautical chart has a scale of...
A.1inch equals one nautical mile
B.1inch equals 500,000 miles
C.1inch equals 5,280 feet
D.1inch equals 8 statute miles
4. A latitude line is...
A.A meridian
B.The Prime meridian
C.A line from the North Pole to the South Pole
D.A parallel
5. A statute mile is...
A.6,076 feet
B.5,280 feet
C.6,076 meters
D.5,280 meters