Practice Test 2 Flashcards
If a fixed-wing aircraft has tricycle landing gear, it:
Has landing gear supporting the nose of the aircraft
A floor or horizontal surface on a ship is called a:
deck
What is the nickname for the EA-6B?
Prowler
Who was Yuri Gagarin?
The first man into space: Soviet cosmonaut
The wings of an airplane design are angled upward. This is called:
Dihedral
Who is considered to be the Father of the Navy?
John Paul Jones
Where is the bow of a ship?
In the front
When a pilot pushes forward on the control stick, the elevators will
Move downward
From where is longitude measured?
The prime meridian
If one end of a runway was numbered 10, what number would designate the other end of the same runway?
28
From where is latitude measured?
The equator
Who was the first American to complete an orbital space mission?
John Glenn, Jr.
What were the names, in chronological order, of the 3 primary American manned space programs?
Mercury, Gemini, Apollo
For the F/A-18 aircraft, what does “F/A” stand for?
Fighter/attack
A ship’s gunwales are
the upper edges of the vessel’s sides
Above what altitude would you normally need oxygen?
10,000ft
Who first broke the sound barrier, and in what year?
Chuck Yeager, 1947 (in the Bell X-1 rocketplane)
Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Semper Fidelis is the motto of the
U.S. Marine Corps
Who was the first American woman in space and in what year?
Sally Ride, 1983
A ship designated with a hull number starting with “CG” is what kind of ship?
Guided missile cruiser
The first conflict to see widespread use of the helicopter was the:
Korean War
Aircraft position lights should:
- Be on from dusk till dawn
- Show red on the left wing
- Show green on the right wing
The first American spacecraft to explore the outer solar system was the:
Pioneer 10
The 4 types of airspeed are:
Indicated, calibrated, equivalent, and true
The airspeed indicator measures and shows the difference between
Impact and static pressure
The typical air wing aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier usually includes:
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.
A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has what designation?
CVN
Conventional American helicopters have a main rotor that turns in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction?
Counterclockwise
