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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did it cost Northrop to build the B-2?
(a) $800 million.
(b) $700 million.
(c) $300 million.
(d) $500 million.
2. When did the Concord first fly?
(a) 7 years after the Blackbird.
(b) 5 years after the Blackbird.
(c) 9 years after the Blackbird.
(d) 4 years after the Blackbird.
3. How much did Skunk Works pay an hour to use wind tunnels for testing?
(a) $10,000 to $15,000.
(b) $3,000 to $4,000.
(c) $17,000 to $20,000.
(d) $5,000 to $7,500.
4. What was the code name of the most sensitive project during Rich's years at Skunk Works?
(a) Oceanside.
(b) Insight.
(c) Tagboard.
(d) Undertow.
5. Which of Johnson's operational rules at Skunk Works said it was better to starve than to do business with the Navy?
(a) Number 9.
(b) Number 6.
(c) Number 7.
(d) Number 15.
6. When was the Blackbird retired?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1992.
7. How many years did Rich work at Lockheed?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 45 years.
8. What was the farthest distance that Johnson would put an engineer from the assembly line?
(a) 25 ft.
(b) 15 ft.
(c) 50 ft.
(d) 100 ft.
9. How much was spent in the 1980s on military acquisitions?
(a) $1 trillion.
(b) $500 billion.
(c) $2 trillion.
(d) $750 billion.
10. How much faster was the Blackbird than the Concorde?
(a) 20 percent.
(b) 10 percent.
(c) 40 percent.
(d) 30 percent.
11. How old was Rich when the Blackbird was designed?
(a) 32.
(b) 31.
(c) 34.
(d) 29.
12. At what temperature did aluminum lose its strength?
(a) 900 degrees.
(b) 150 degrees.
(c) 500 degrees.
(d) 300 degrees.
13. Which two groups agreed to purchase the drone?
(a) Army and Navy.
(b) Navy and Marines.
(c) CIA and Air Force.
(d) Air Force and Navy.
14. Where was a piece of a drone found years after the project had been canceled?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Siberia.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) China.
15. What did the CIA nickname the Blackbird project?
(a) Snake.
(b) Oxcart.
(c) Falcon.
(d) Phoenix.
Short Answer Questions
1. What metal was used to build the drone?
2. What vehicle passed too closely to a truck carrying the Blackbird?
3. Which country had a satellite that was a threat against U.S. surface vessels?
4. Who was the largest builder of planes in the aerospace industry in the 1980s?
5. In the 1960s, where were increasing numbers of Soviet Bear bombers flying to?
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