Astronomy 1 A Semester Final Exam

Which of the following is MOST likely to be her official job? Justine just got a job offer from NASA and accepted the position. She works in this big room and communicates with some of the spacecraft, sending signals back and forth. Which of the following is MOST likely to be her official job?

• data analyst

• astronaut

• software engineer

• member of the mission control team

Today, what types of degree do MOST astronomy positions require? Responses • a high school diploma or bachelor’s • a bachelor’s or master’s • a master’s or a high school diploma • a PhD or master’s

• a high school diploma or bachelor’s

• a bachelor’s or master’s

• a master’s or a high school diploma

• a PhD or master’s

Which government organization might he consult to compare different careers in terms of salary, education requirements, etc.? Tuyen is a junior in college studying astrophysics and is beginning to discern which specific careers he might be interested in pursuing. Which government organization might he consult to compare different careers in terms of salary, education requirements, etc.?

• The United Nations

• NASA

• Astronomers Without Borders

• Bureau of Labor Statistics

Which career path might be a good fit for Nisha right now? Nisha has been a journalist all her life, mostly covering space missions and news, but has recently had twins and is looking for a career change. For this season of life, she’s more interested in working with other people’s writings and getting them in front of readers. Which career path might be a good fit for Nisha right now?

• data science

• space law

• software engineering

• space publishing

The two-year training period that an astronaut must complete is very similar to what other type of training?

• software engineering training

• military training

• pilot training

• healthcare profession training

Is she correct? Your friend Riley tells you that she just watched a documentary on Netflix that breaks down the Apollo 11 mission in light of new declassified documents. She is convinced that because the United States landed on the moon and planted the flag there, they “own” it. Is she correct?

• Yes, because Clause 3 of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights gives any country the right to decide what they own and what they do not.

• No, because Article 2 of the Outer Space Treaty states that no country on Earth may claim any celestial body as their own.

• Yes, because atmospheric science proves that the moon typically sits directly due North of the United States, so space lawyers have determined that it is within US jurisdiction.

• No, because while the United States was the first country to land on the moon, they were not the first country to launch an astronaut into space.

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Why have many universities begun hiring more adjunct professors?

• Universities want to hire the most highly-educated faculty they can and adjunct professors typically hold PhDs or other terminal degrees in their fields.

• Many universities are under pressure to cap salaries at $60,000 so adjunct professors who agree to “job-share” make this more possible.

• They are more cost-effective to hire than full-time professors because they are given fewer benefits, like health insurance.

• Universities are following the trend of European schools who began hiring more adjunct professors decades ago.

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What characteristic may make you likely to pursue a career in space publishing?

• You love creating, running, and troubleshooting new algorithms and exploring the patterns that the algorithms discover.

• You enjoy both the subject matter of space science but also the research around the audience that reads this work and what topics will interest them.

• You have strong opinions about where a country’s airspace ends and outer space begins, and are comfortable defending your views.

• You have studied ways to improve user interface design with respect to NASA’s most current technologies.

How many TB of data does the Hubble Space Telescope capture each year?

• 1

• 10

• 100

• 100

In what order does a flight director prioritize tasks to assure success?

• spacecraft safety, crew safety, mission success

• mission success, spacecraft safety, crew safety

• mission control safety, mission success, spacecraft safety

• crew safety, spacecraft safety, mission success