Practice Test 2

Question 1

If a fixed-wing aircraft has tricycle landing gear, it:

Answer 1

Has landing gear supporting the nose of the aircraft

Question 2

A floor or horizontal surface on a ship is called a:

Answer 2

deck

Question 3

What is the nickname for the EA-6B?

Answer 3

Prowler

Question 4

Who was Yuri Gagarin?

Answer 4

The first man into space: Soviet cosmonaut

Question 5

The wings of an airplane design are angled upward. This is called:

Answer 5

Dihedral

Question 6

Who is considered to be the Father of the Navy?

Answer 6

John Paul Jones

Question 7

Where is the bow of a ship?

Answer 7

In the front

Question 8

When a pilot pushes forward on the control stick, the elevators will

Answer 8

Move downward

Question 9

From where is longitude measured?

Answer 9

The prime meridian

Question 10

If one end of a runway was numbered 10, what number would designate the other end of the same runway?

Answer 10

28

Question 11

From where is latitude measured?

Answer 11

The equator

Question 12

Who was the first American to complete an orbital space mission?

Answer 12

John Glenn, Jr.

Question 13

What were the names, in chronological order, of the 3 primary American manned space programs?

Answer 13

Mercury, Gemini, Apollo

Question 14

For the F/A-18 aircraft, what does “F/A” stand for?

Answer 14

Fighter/attack

Question 15

A ship’s gunwales are

Answer 15

the upper edges of the vessel’s sides

Question 16

Above what altitude would you normally need oxygen?

Answer 16

10,000ft

Question 17

Who first broke the sound barrier, and in what year?

Answer 17

Chuck Yeager, 1947 (in the Bell X-1 rocketplane)

Question 18

Who was the first man to walk on the moon?

Answer 18

Neil Armstrong

Question 19

Semper Fidelis is the motto of the

Answer 19

U.S. Marine Corps

Question 20

Who was the first American woman in space and in what year?

Answer 20

Sally Ride, 1983

Question 21

A ship designated with a hull number starting with “CG” is what kind of ship?

Answer 21

Guided missile cruiser

Question 22

The first conflict to see widespread use of the helicopter was the:

Answer 22

Korean War

Question 23

Aircraft position lights should:

Answer 23

1. Be on from dusk till dawn
2. Show red on the left wing
3. Show green on the right wing

Question 24

The first American spacecraft to explore the outer solar system was the:

Answer 24

Pioneer 10

Question 25

The 4 types of airspeed are:

Answer 25

Indicated, calibrated, equivalent, and true

Question 26

The airspeed indicator measures and shows the difference between

Answer 26

Impact and static pressure

Question 27

The typical air wing aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier usually includes:

Answer 27

3-4 fighter/attack squadrons, an electronic attack squadron, a command and control squadron, a logistic support squadron, an anti-submarine warfare helicopter squadron, and an anti-surface warfare helicopter squadron.

Question 28

A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has what designation?

Answer 28

CVN

Question 29

Conventional American helicopters have a main rotor that turns in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction?

Answer 29

Counterclockwise