Aerospace Quiz

1. Who started aviation?

- The Wright Brothers
2. Name 5 sub disciplines that make up Aerospace engineering
- Aerodynamics, Thermodynamics, Electronic engineering, propulsion and aviation
3. In which era did aerospace engineering first emerged?
- 1950s
4. What kind of wings to helicopters have?
- Rotary wing
5. How old is MAS?
- 70 years old
6. Aerospace engineering can be split into how many sections and what are they
- two. Aeronautical and astronautical
7. who is the founder of aerospace engineering?
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
8. Give 1 example of an aeroplane’s engine
- Example
9. What does the Aileron do?
- Involved in rolling
10. What does a horizontal stabiliser do
- prevents pitching
11. what is the shape on the wing’s cross section
- Aerofoil
12. Nowadays, what are aircraft mostly made of?
- Composite material
13. How many satellites are there in orbit?
Approximately 2500. ( around this value is acceptable)
14. How are satellites put into orbit?\
- with the help of rockets
15. how fast is the International Space Station?
- 8 km/s
16. what fuel(propellants) is used for rockets?
- Liquid and solid propellants
17. What kind of planet is Jupiter?
- Gas giant
18. Why do the comet’s tail always point away from the sun?
-comet tails are pushed away by the light and solar wind that is always
streaming out of the Sun
19. What is it called when the aircraft is leaving the ground?
- Take off
20. What is it called when the aircraft has deployed its landing gears and ready to
land?
-Approach
21. What is the average speed of a commercial aircraft?
- 800 km/h
22. What is the average speed of a fighter jet?
-2500 km/h
23. what is the fear of flying called?
-Aviophobia
24. what is the name of the turbojet-powered supersonic passenger jet airliner that has
stopped operations since 2003?
-Concord
25. What do satellites run on?
-nuclear reactors or solar energy
26. First man to enter space?
Yuri Gagarin
27. First man on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
28. what satellites does Malaysia own?
-MEASAT and RazakSAT (either one is fine)
29. What metal is used on Satellites?
- Aluminum
30. What does NASA stand for?
-National Aeronautics and Space Administration
31. How long does it take to leave earth?
-150 seconds ( around this value is acceptable)
32. What food do astronauts eat?
- Freeze dried foods
33. What is Pluto known as now?
- Dwarf Planet
34. What is a light aircraft that can fly without an engine for a certain distance called?
- Glider
35. What is another name for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle?
-Drone
36. Which type of aircraft does in flight refueling?
- Military aircraft
37. Which company managed to reuse rockets?
- SpaceX
38. What is the name of the force that propels rockets?
- Thrust
39. What is a Newtonian Fluid??
- its a fluid that has linear strain rate when stress is applied to it
40. What is the origin of the word engineer?\
- Latin word Ingenium