PDG Quiz #1 : Enlisted History
Questions from the Enlisted History section of the PDG.
- 1.Lack of success may have more to do with __________ than intellectual ability.
- A.
Poorly developed study skills
- B.
Lack of knowledge
- C.
Lack of preparedness
- D.
Time constraints
- 2.When was the Air Force (as we know it) established?
- A.
18 September 1947
- B.
20 June 1940
- C.
24 May 1918
- D.
1 March 1939
- 3.Who recorded the first successful and useful balloon reconnaissance mission for the Army?
- A.
Edward Ward
- B.
Joseph Barrett
- C.
John La Mountain
- D.
General Benjamin Butler
- 4.Who demonstrated that a balloon could effectively direct artillery fire by telegraph?
- A.
Thaddeus Lowe
- B.
John La Mountain
- C.
Frank P. Lahm
- D.
Gordon Bennett
- 5.What was the name of the 14,000 cubic foot silk balloon that some historians believe was a determining factor in the victory of the battle of San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War?
- A.
Santiago
- B.
El Doradoa
- C.
Sombrero
- 6.What was the name of the man, who along with his wife, created a 14,000 cubic foot silk balloon for use in the Spanish-American War?
- A.
William Ivy Baldwin
- B.
John La Mountain
- C.
Gordon Bennett
- D.
Edward Ward
- 7.Who was the Army's first enlisted pilot?
- A.
Vernon Burge
- B.
Edward Ward
- C.
Joseph Barret
- D.
John La Mountain
- 8.Who was the first enlisted person to die in an accident in a military aircraft?
- A.
Corporal Frank Scott
- B.
Private First Class Vernon Burge
- C.
Lieutenant Benjamin D. Foulois
- D.
Private Glenn Madole
- 9.Select the 3 fundamentals that Edward Ward and Joseph E. Bennett were intitally trained in upon assignment to the Signal Corps Aeronautical Division in August of 1907.
- A.
Fundamentals of balloon fabric
- B.
Manufacture of buoyant gases
- C.
Sending telegraphs from the air
- D.
Inflation and control of balloons
- E.
Balloon operator safety
- 10.When was the 1st Aero Squadron (Provisional) activated?
- A.
5 March 1912
- B.
1 Jan 1918
- C.
5 March 1913
- D.
11 June 1917
- 11.What authorized the Signal Corps to to establish an aviation section consisting of ___ officers and ___ enlisted men?
- A.
U.S. House Resolution 5304, 60 and 260
- B.
Air Activation Act, 260 and 60
- C.
U.S. House Resolution 53, 60 and 260
- D.
President Executive Oder 4305, 250 and 40
- 12.What bill created the military rating of aviation mechanician, and called for a 50% pay raise for enlisted men "instructed in the art of flying'?
- A.
U.S. House Resolution 4
- B.
President Executive Oder 4305
- C.
Congress Act of 1914
- D.
U.S. House Resolution 5304
- 13.How many Aero Squadrons were fully equipped when the US declared war on Germany on 6 April 1917?
- A.
One
- B.
Two
- C.
Three
- D.
Four
- 14.The two largest (1917) special schools/instituitons that trained mechanics were in St Paul, MN and Kelly Field, TX.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.Who is referred to as the "Father of Blind Flight"?
- A.
Sergeant William C. Ocker
- B.
Private First Class Vernon Burge
- C.
General Billy Mitchell
- 16.Who was the only African- American, referred to as the "Black Swallow of Death" to serve as a pilot during WWI?
- A.
Corporal Eugene Bullard
- B.
General Billy Mitchell
- C.
Edward Ward
- D.
Sergeant William C. Ocker
- 17.What Act(s) effectively reserved the cockpit for the commissioned?
- A.
Public Law 99, Flight Officer Act (Public Law 658)
- B.
Flight Officer Act (Public Law 658), Congress Act of 1914
- C.
President Executive Oder 4305, Public Law 99
- 18.What made the air service an official comabat arm of the Army?
- A.
Army Reorganization Act of 1920
- B.
Public Law 99
- C.
U.S. House Resolution 5304
- 19.The mid 1920's say air activites limited to what three things?
- A.
Garnering headlines
- B.
Testing equipment
- C.
Establishing records
- D.
Repairing aircraft
- E.
Training personnel
- 20.The Air Corps Act of 2 July 1926 changed the name of the Air Service to the Air Corps.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.Who was the first Security Forces Airman to die during Operation Iraqi Freedom?
- A.
Airman First Class Elizabeth Jacobson
- B.
Senior Airman Zachary J. Rhyner
- C.
Technical Sergeant John A. Chapman
- 22.What percent of pilots flying in support of Operation Noble Eagle belonged to the ANG?
- A.
80
- B.
100
- C.
75
- D.
50
- 23.When did US, British, and French aircraft began a sustained campaign against terrorist targets in Afghanistan?
- A.
Provide humanitarian airlift to the oppressed 7 October 2001
- B.
9 September 2001
- C.
20 December 2001
- 24.What were the US's two main purposes when arriving in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom?
- A.
Provide humanitarian airlift
- B.
Reconnaissance
- C.
Conduct miliatary action to root out terrorism
- D.
Rescue POW's
- 25.When did the Taliban abandon Kandahar, the last major town under it's control?
- A.
December 2001
- B.
November 2001
- C.
January 2002
- D.
October 2001
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