General Knowledge
The four core values.
What are integrity first, volunteer service, excellence in all we do, and respect?
The date CAP was founded.
When was 1 December 1941?
The first rank a cadet earns.
What is Cadet Airmen (C/Amn)
The piece of equipment is carried by CAP ground teams to navigate during search and rescue missions.
What is a compass (or GPS)?
The four forces of flight.
What are lift, thrust, drag, and gravity?
The name of the Northeast Region Commander.
Who is Everett C. Hume?
The founder of CAP.
Who was Gill Robb Wilson?
The age limit for Orientation Flights.
What is 18?
You must have this certification in order to use radios.
What is ICUT?
The three axes of an aircraft are.
What is the longitudinal, vertical, and lateral axis?
The primary aircraft used by Civil Air Patrol for missions.
What is the Cessna 172?
In 2001, CAP took the first aerial photos of this significant terrorist attack site.
What is the World Trade Center?
The five milestones in cadet promotions.
What are the Wright Brothers, Billy Mitchell, Amelia Earhart, Ira Eaker, and Gen. Carl A. Spaatz?
This certification is required for CAP members to participate in emergency services missions.
What is General Emergency Services (GES) 116 certification?
The instrument that shows the rate at which the aircraft is climbing or descending.
What is the vertical speed indicator (VSI)?
The CAP motto.
What is semper vigilans?
The first General to command CAP during WWII.
What Army Major General John F. Curry
This is what NCSA stands for.
What is national cadet special activity?
This specialized team in CAP is trained to locate and assist downed aircraft and lost individuals.
What is a Ground Search and Rescue (SAR) team?
This aerodynamic principle explains why airspeed increases over the curved upper surface of a wing, creating lift.
What is Bernoulli's principle?
CAPs mission statement.
What is supporting America's communities with emergency response, diverse aviation and ground services, youth development, and promotion of
air, space and cyber power.
The origional purpose for creating CAP.
What is allowing civilian pilots to help the military in WWII?
This rank requires a cadet to have graduated from an encampment as one of its prerequisites.
What is the Billy Mitchell Award?
This emergency services exercise simulates a full-scale mission, testing the readiness and coordination of CAP cadets and senior members.
What is the SAREX (Search and Rescue Exercise)?
The prestigious award given to cadets who excel in aerospace education, and demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills.
What is the Brewer Award?