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    (601) Which 24 satellite constellation provides navigation and timing information to military and civilian users worldwide?

    • Military Strategic and Tactical Relay (Milstar).
    • Global Positioning System (GPS).
    • Wideband global satellite communication (SATCOM) system (WGS).
    • Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP).
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  • 2. 

    (609) Which orbit is used to place a satellite that is no longer working?

    • Transfer.

    • Near earth.

    • Disposal.

    • Rendezvous.

    Correct Answer
    A. Disposal.
  • 3. 

    (601) Which system was National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) attempt atballoon communications?

    • Echo.

    • Score.

    • Milstar.

    • Telstar.

    Correct Answer
    A. Echo.
  • 4. 

    (609) Which type of reentry is used to minimize the risk of injury to civilian populations?

    • Retrieval.

    • Controlled.

    • Unscheduled.

    • Uncontrolled.

    Correct Answer
    A. Controlled.
  • 5. 

    (607) Which antenna tracking method uses a joystick to control the antenna?

    • Autotrack.

    • Slave mode.

    • Forced track.

    • Manual track.

    Correct Answer
    A. Manual track.
  • 6. 

    (609) Which action corrects a satellite period, inclination, and argument of perigee?

    • Station keeping maneuver.

    • On-orbit reconstitution.

    • End of life operations.

    • Disposal.

    Correct Answer
    A. Station keeping maneuver.
  • 7. 

    (615) What system gives China worldwide coverage independent of foreign control?

    • Iridium.

    • Beidou.

    • Meridian.

    • Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS).

    Correct Answer
    A. Beidou.
  • 8. 

    (604) Which rocket motor is simple to build, cheaper to produce, and provides additional thrust at liftoff?

    • Ion engine.

    • Gas-propellant.

    • Solid-propellant.

    • Liquid-propellant.

    Correct Answer
    A. Solid-propellant.
  • 9. 

    (607) Which antenna tracking method uses ephemeris loaded into a computer to generate antenna pointing angles?

    • Manual track.

    • Forced track.

    • Slave mode.

    • Autotrack.

    Correct Answer
    A. Slave mode.
  • 10. 

    (611) Which area of the earth has a stronger gravitational pull on a satellite?

    • Hill.

    • Lake.

    • Ravine.

    • Mountain.

    Correct Answer
    A. Mountain.
  • 11. 

    (613) Which medium-lift rocket launched the first dog into space?

    • Zenit.

    • Dnepr.

    • Soyuz.

    • Proton.

    Correct Answer
    A. Soyuz.
  • 12. 

    (601) Which system was the first multi-national funded communications satellite positioned over the Atlantic Ocean?

    • Echo.

    • Score.

    • Milstar.

    • Telstar.

    Correct Answer
    A. Telstar.
  • 13. 

    (603) In what common method of solar cell construction are the solar cell edges overlapped?

    • Flat mounting.

    • Body mounting.

    • Paddle mounting.

    • Shingle mounting.

    Correct Answer
    A. Shingle mounting.
  • 14. 

    (606) Which subsystem keeps a satellite within certain temperature limits?

    • Propulsion.

    • Electrical power.

    • Thermal control.

    • Telemetry, tracking, and control.

    Correct Answer
    A. Thermal control.
  • 15. 

    (608) Which Defense Meteorological Satellite Program’s (DMSP) space environment sensor measures geomagnetic fluctuations associated with geophysical phenomena?

    • Pitch.

    • Crosslink.

    • Magnetometer.

    • Temperature profiler.

    Correct Answer
    A. Magnetometer.
  • 16. 

    (610) How often is ranging conducted on each satellite?

    • At least once a day.

    • Scheduled once a week.

    • Only when the satellite is maneuvered.

    • Only when tasked with a command support.

    Correct Answer
    A. At least once a day.
  • 17. 

    (603) Which is a power storage component in the electrical power subsystem?

    • Solar arrays.

    • Rechargeable batteries.

    • Solar array drive assembly.

    • Radioisotope thermoelectric generators.

    Correct Answer
    A. Rechargeable batteries.
  • 18. 

    (604) Which is not an ideal characteristic of liquid-propellants?

    • Low freezing point (wide range of operation).

    • Low heat of combustion per unit of propellant mixture.

    • Low toxicity and corrosiveness (easy handling and storage).

    • Large availability of raw materials and ease of manufacture.

    Correct Answer
    A. Low heat of combustion per unit of propellant mixture.
  • 19. 

    (604) What is a rough measure that calculates how fast a rocket can travel by how fast propellant is ejected out of the back of the rocket engine?

    • Specific density.

    • Specific impulse.

    • Hygroscopicity.

    • Ignition uniformity.

    Correct Answer
    A. Specific impulse.
  • 20. 

    (609) Which object is considered obscura for a sensor’s line-of-sight (LOS)?

    • Cow in a pasture.

    • Metal fencing around radar.

    • Antenna nearby emitting radio frequency (RF) energy.

    • A mountain range with an elevation of 9,500 feet.

    Correct Answer
    A. A mountain range with an elevation of 9,500 feet.
  • 21. 

    (612) Which system can detect what is underneath solid objects?

    • Visible.

    • Infrared.

    • Signals intelligence (SIGINT).

    • Synthetic aperture radar (SAR).

    Correct Answer
    A. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR).
  • 22. 

    (615) Which Russian national satellite system has two levels of services, the primary service being solely for their military?

    • Iridium.

    • Meridian.

    • Meteosat.

    • Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS).

    Correct Answer
    A. Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS).
  • 23. 

    (602) Which main part of a satellite houses those systems that perform the primary mission?

    • Satellite bus.

    • Communications/payload.

    • Structures and mechanisms.

    • Telemetry, tracking, and control.

    Correct Answer
    A. Communications/payload.
  • 24. 

    (603) Which effect occurs when a solar cell converts sunlight into electricity?

    • Gyroscopic.

    • Photoelectric.

    • Thermoelectric.

    • Electromagnetic.

    Correct Answer
    A. Photoelectric.
  • 25. 

    (606) What type of thermal control subsystem does not consume energy and possesses none or few moving parts?

    • Active.

    • Passive.

    • Radiators.

    • Cryogenic.

    Correct Answer
    A. Passive.
  • 26. 

    (609) What is the elevation of an object that is directly overhead the tracking station?

    • 45°.

    • 90°.

    • 120°.

    • 180°.

    Correct Answer
    A. 90°.
  • 27. 

    (613) Which launch agency uses the Soyuz and the Vega as their primary launch vehicles?

    • Arianespace.

    • Guiana Space Center.

    • China National Space Administration.

    • Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

    Correct Answer
    A. Arianespace.
  • 28. 

    (613) Which space agency only launches into a retrograde orbit due to overflight of Arab countries?

    • Guiana Space Center.

    • Israeli launch facility.

    • Indian Space Research Organization.

    • Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

    Correct Answer
    A. Israeli launch facility.
  • 29. 

    (603) What type of battery is used as a continuous energy source and cannot be recharged?

    • Primary.

    • Secondary.

    • Tertiary.

    • Fuel cell.

    Correct Answer
    A. Primary.
  • 30. 

    (603) What component is the heart of a fuel cell by generating electricity in the form of direct current?

    • Heat recovery.

    • Fuel cell stack.

    • Fuel processor.

    • Current inverters and conditioners.

    Correct Answer
    A. Fuel cell stack.
  • 31. 

    (604) Which is not an ideal characteristic of solid-propellants?

    • High density.

    • Hygroscopic.

    • Safe and easy to handle.

    • Smokeless and flashless.

    Correct Answer
    A. Hygroscopic.
  • 32. 

    (606) What thermal control subsystem components are activated by temperature sensing transducers?

    • Vanes and louvers.

    • Mirrors and louvers.

    • Vanes and sun shields.

    • Mirrors and sun shields.

    Correct Answer
    A. Vanes and louvers.
  • 33. 

    (607) What tracking method is a precise digital ranging signal modulated onto the uplink carrier?

    • Passive.

    • Passive beacon.

    • Beacon transponder.

    • Pseudo-random noise.

    Correct Answer
    A. Pseudo-random noise.
  • 34. 

    (614) Which location is ideally suited to launch satellites into polar and retrograde orbits?

    • White Sands Missile Range.

    • Poker Flats Research Range.

    • Vandenberg Air Force Base.

    • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

    Correct Answer
    A. Vandenberg Air Force Base.
  • 35. 

    (614) What is accomplished during the post-launch phase?

    • The mobile service tower is rolled away from the vehicle and secured.

    • Fire and safety personnel inspect the launch pad for fire and safety hazards.

    • A final check of the vehicle and vehicle power is switched to internal power.

    • A simulated flight verifies all functions from engine ignition to payload separation.

    Correct Answer
    A. Fire and safety personnel inspect the launch pad for fire and safety hazards.
  • 36. 

    (601) Which satellite system is managed by Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)?

    • Global Positioning System (GPS).

    • Wideband global satellite communication (SATCOM) system (WGS).

    • Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP).

    • Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS).

    Correct Answer
    A. Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS).
  • 37. 

    (601) Which satellite system uses the government’s allocated 500 Megahertz of X-band and 1 Gigahertz of Ka-band spectrum?

    • Military Strategic and Tactical Relay (Milstar).

    • Global Positioning System (GPS).

    • Wideband global satellite communication (SATCOM) system (WGS).

    • Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS).

    Correct Answer
    A. Wideband global satellite communication (SATCOM) system (WGS).
  • 38. 

    (601) The recurrence of global weather monitoring with the combination of day/night and dawn/dusk coverage is every

    • Two hours.

    • Four hours.

    • Six hours.

    • 12 hours.

    Correct Answer
    A. Six hours.
  • 39. 

    (602) Which is not part of the structures and mechanisms subsystem?

    • Booms used to deploy solar arrays.

    • Space launch vehicle’s payload fairing.

    • Components connecting various satellite sections together.

    • Equipment for separating the satellite from the launch vehicle.

    Correct Answer
    A. Space launch vehicle’s payload fairing.
  • 40. 

    (602) Which type of stress is the satellite’s structure subject to during handling and stacking sequences?

    • Testing.

    • Transport.

    • Pre-launch.

    • Manufacture.

    Correct Answer
    A. Pre-launch.
  • 41. 

    (604) What type of liquid propellant adds a catalyst to increase the speed of reaction?

    • Bipropellant.

    • Tripropellant.

    • Solid propellant.

    • Monopropellant.

    Correct Answer
    A. Bipropellant.
  • 42. 

    (607) What is the process of pointing the ground antenna at a satellite that is emitting a signal?

    • Tracking.

    • Acquiring.

    • Maneuvering.

    • Commanding.

    Correct Answer
    A. Acquiring.
  • 43. 

    (609) TEARR data is used immediately after a launch to gather information to determine the

    • Early orbit determination.

    • Weekly scheduling data.

    • Line of sight solution.

    • Re-entry assessment.

    Correct Answer
    A. Early orbit determination.
  • 44. 

    (609) What is the result when data from two objects that might collide is inserted into a modeling program?

    • Satellite Catalog (SATCAT).

    • Early Orbit Determination.

    • Time of Closest Approach (TCA).

    • Calculated Time of Approach.

    Correct Answer
    A. Time of Closest Approach (TCA).
  • 45. 

    (610) How is a pseudorandom noise (PRN) pattern generated for use in the ranging calculation?

    • JSpOC generates it.

    • Orbital analyst creates it.

    • Space operator creates it.

    • Automated Remote Tracking Station’s (ARTS) tracking, range, and rate receiver (TRR) ground station equipment creates it.

    Correct Answer
    A. Automated Remote Tracking Station’s (ARTS) tracking, range, and rate receiver (TRR) ground station equipment creates it.
  • 46. 

    (601) What satellite system uses a type of spread spectrum that repeats switching of frequencies during transmission?

    • Military Strategic and Tactical Relay (Milstar).

    • Global Positioning System (GPS).

    • Wideband global satellite communication (SATCOM) system (WGS).

    • Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS).

    Correct Answer
    A. Military Strategic and Tactical Relay (Milstar).
  • 47. 

    (603) What is used to protect solar cells from radiation damage?

    • Sun shields.

    • Special mirrors.

    • Thermal blankets.

    • Layers of quartz or sapphire.

    Correct Answer
    A. Layers of quartz or sapphire.
  • 48. 

    (608) What is the rotational movement of a body that occurs about the longitudinal axis through the body?

    • Yaw.

    • Roll.

    • Stall.

    • Pitch.

    Correct Answer
    A. Roll.
  • 49. 

    (612) Which National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload is used for “heat scaring”?

    • Visible.

    • Infrared.

    • Signals Intelligence.

    • Synthetic Aperture Radar.

    Correct Answer
    A. Infrared.

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