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Space Stations

Quiz Number:  14
Course Name:  Industrial Technology/Engineering
Quiz N0. = 14
Teacher:  E. Schmidt
Teacher's Home Page:  http://www.oocities.org/Baja/2140/ENG.htm
Teacher's Email:  schmidte@putnam.k12.il.us

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No. of Questions= 25 ,Pass mark is - 70 %.

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1.  ISS stands for International Space Station:

a) true
b) false
2.  In orbit construction will begin in 1999:

a) true
b) false
3.  44 launches will be required to complete the facility:

a) true
b) false
4.  The station will have over a 1000 foot long wing span:

a) true
b) false
5.  The station will be 290 feet long:

a) true
b) false
6.  The weight of the station will be nearly one million pounds:

a) true
b) false
7.  There will be enough space for 12 astronauts to live on the station:

a) true
b) false
8.  In 1999 a crew of 3 will begin living aboard:

a) true
b) false
9.  The station commander will be an American astronaut:

a) true
b) false
10.  His name will be Yuri Gidzenko:

a) true
b) false
11.  15 nations are included in the venture:

a) true
b) false
12.  The US, Italy, France and Denmark are part of the cooperating nations:

a) true
b) false
13.  The space station will be at an average altitude of 6000 miles:

a) true
b) false
14.  This project costs the American taxpayer about 8 dollars per year:

a) true
b) false
15.  Every dollar spent by NASA returns at least 2 dollars in direct and indirect benifits:

a) true
b) false
16.  Some of the non-recycleable waste will be brought back to earth:

a) true
b) false
17.  Some of the non-recycleable waste will be disintegrated entering the earths atmosphere:

a) true
b) false
18.  The original name of the craft was "Freedom":

a) true
b) false
19.  The new name of the craft is Alpha-Beta;

a) true
b) false
20.  Pilot astronauts must have 1000 hours of experience in jet aircraft:

a) true
b) false
21.  Astronauts must have a bachelors degree:

a) true
b) false
22.  The station's living quarters will have as much space as five 747 jetliners:

a) true
b) false
23.  Bill Shepard is one of the US astronauts involved in the first flight:

a) true
b) false
24.  England is not involved in the project:

a) true
b) false
25.  NASA's budget is less than 1% on the US federal budget:

a) true
b) false




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