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Exam simulation Meteorology - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

Exam simulation ATPL Meteorology 120 questions on 120 minutes

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1 - In a low pressure system the convergence at the surface is caused by
2 - Which of the following types of jet streams can be observed all year round?
3 - What type of low pressure area is associated with a surface front?
4 - What characteristics will the surface winds have in an area where the isobars on the weather map are very close together?
5 - The passage of a warm front can be associated with areas of fog. The types of fog just in advance and just after the passage are respectively
6 - In relation to the polar front jet stream, the greatest rate of wind shear is most likely to occur
7 - Altostratus clouds are classified as
8 - A cumulus congestus is:
9 - The intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) particularly affects
10 - In which of these temperature bands is ice most likely to form on the aircraft's surface?
11 - What is the approximate maximum diameter of the area affected by damaging winds at the surface caused by a microburst?
12 - The air mass affecting position "C" is most likely to be:
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13 - If the QNH at Locarno (200 metres above sea level) is 1025 hPa, what is the approximate QFE?
14 - For both saturated and unsaturated air instability will occur when the
15 - Which one of the following statements regarding the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is correct?
16 - Which of the following weather reports could be, in accordance with the regulations, abbreviated to "CAVOK"?
17 - Which FL corresponds with the 700 hPa pressure level?
18 - Continuous updraughts occur in a thunderstorm during the
19 - An air mass is stable when
20 - If a saturated air mass descends down a slope its temperature increases at
21 - In the southern hemisphere what wind effect would you expect when flying from a high pressure area towards a low pressure area at FL 100?
22 - Which of the following conditions gives the highest value of the QNH?
23 - The tropopause is a level at which
24 - The formation of morning fog before sunrise is possible if
25 - Which of the following processes will increase the stability of an air mass?
26 - At about what geographical latitude as average is assumed for the zone of prevailing westerlies?
27 - What positions are connected by isobars on the surface weather chart?
28 - Of what does lenticular cloud provide evidence?
29 - With all other quantities being constant, the density of the atmosphere increases with increasing
30 - Which jet stream blows all year round, over the northern hemisphere?
31 - Which forces are balanced with geostrophic winds?
32 - In which of the following conditions is moderate to severe airframe icing most likely to be encountered?
33 - Frontal fog can be formed by
34 - What is the approximate composition of the dry air by volume in the troposphere?
35 - Surface temperature inversions are frequently generated by
36 - A significant inversion at low height is a characteristic of:
37 - The wind indicator for a weather observation receives the measured value from an anemometer. Where is this instrument placed?
38 - Above and below a low level inversion the wind is likely to
39 - Which statement is correct concerning a mountain ridge where a marked mountain wave has been reported?
40 - Freezing fog consists of
41 - Which of the following zones is most likely to encounter little or no precipitation?
42 - Assuming the usual direction of movement, where will this polar frontal wave have moved to (after a certain time)?
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43 - Clear ice is formed when supercooled droplets are
44 - A plain in Western Europe with an average height of 500 m (1600 FT) above sea level is covered with a uniform SC layer of cloud during the summer months. At what height above the ground is the base of this cloud to be expected?
45 - Which of the following statements is true regarding moderate to severe airframe icing?
46 - Areas of sinking air are generally cloudless because as air sinks it
47 - A parcel of rising air stays unsaturated. Which of the following statements is correct?
48 - Select the answer which you consider will complete correctly the following statement in relation to the main pressure systems affecting the North Atlantic region between 30°N and 65°N. During winter the predominant mean low pressure system at the surface is usually centred over
49 - What is a trend forecast?
50 - At what time of the year are typhoons most likely to occur over the southern islands of Japan?
51 - In what height range and at what intensity could you encounter turbulence in CAT area n°2?
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52 - In the northern hemisphere the gradient wind of a cyclonic pressure distribution is 350/24, over the sea the surface wind would approximate
53 - Which cloud type may indicate the presence of severe turbulence?
54 - A high pressure area (slack pressure gradient) covers part of the Mediterranean Sea and coastal region during the summer. What surface wind direction is likely at an airport at the coast on a sunny afternoon?
55 - At a certain position, the temperature at 300 hPa is -48°C and the tropopause is at FL 330. What is the most likely temperature at FL 350?
56 - What is the technical term for an increase in temperature with altitude?
57 - Absolute instability in the atmosphere will occur when the environmental lapse rate is
58 - Where is the coldest air to be found, in an occlusion with cold front characteristics?
59 - Thunderstorms reach their greatest intensity during the
60 - The isobars drawn on a surface weather chart represent lines of equal pressure
61 - Which statement is correct for the southern hemisphere?
62 - For a VFR aircraft, the conditions in which it could encounter severe airframe icing are:
63 - If you are flying at FL 100 in an air mass that is 10°C warmer than a standard atmosphere, what is the outside temperature likely to be?
64 - In which zone of a polar front jet stream is the strongest CAT to be expected?
65 - A blocking anticyclone in the northern hemisphere is
66 - Why do tropical revolving storms tend to develop mostly in the western parts of the tropical oceans?
67 - A wind speed of 350 kt within a jet stream core should be world-wide regarded as:
68 - Where, as a general rule, is the core of the polar front jet stream to be found?
69 - In a land- and sea-breeze circulation the land-breeze blows:
70 - Which of the following cloud types can project up into the stratosphere?
71 - Which one of the displayed cloud forms is representative of altocumulus lenticularis?
72 - What is characteristic of the pamperos?
73 - Which FL corresponds with the 500 hPa pressure level?
74 - In the lower part of the stratosphere the temperature
75 - If Paris reports a wind of 16020KT on the METAR, what wind velocity would you expect to encounter at a height of 2000 feet above the ground?
76 - Mark the correct statement concerning lightning discharge.
77 - In the month of August you prepare a flight (cruising level FL 370) from Bombay (19°N - 73°E) to Bangkok (13°N - 100°E). What wind conditions can you expect?
78 - An aircraft is flying through the polar front jet stream from south to north, beneath the core. How would the OAT change, in the northern hemisphere, during this portion of the flight?
79 - Which one of the following types of cloud is most likely to produce heavy precipitation?
80 - How does freezing rain develop?
81 - A layer is conditionally unstable if the air
82 - During a flight over the sea at FL 100 from Marseille (QNH 1012 hPa) to Palma de Mallorca (QNH 1012 hPa), the true altitude is constantly increasing. What action, if any, should be taken?
83 - Which of the following conditions are most favourable to the formation of mountain waves?
84 - Which degree of turbulence is described by the following ICAO definition?"There may be moderate changes in aircraft attitude and/or altitude but the aircraft remains in positive control at all times. Usually, small variations in air speed. Changes in accelerometer readings of 0,5 to 1,0 g at the aircraft's center of gravity. Occupants feel strain against seat belts. Loose objects move about. Food service and walking are difficult.
85 - What is the boundary layer between troposphere and stratosphere called?
86 - About ten identical clouds are in the sky, well isolated from one another, dense, with well defined contours, developing vertically in a cauliflower shape. The side of these clouds lit by the sun is bright white. Their base, relatively dark, is essentially horizontal and at FL 30, and their tops at FL 150. These clouds are
87 - What is the difference between radiation fog and advection fog?
88 - Strongly developed cumulus clouds are an indication of
89 - You plan to fly across a mountain range where the recommended minimum altitude is 12 000 ft AMSL. The air mass is on average 10°C warmer than ISA and the altimeter is set to QNH 1023 hPa. What will the altimeter indicate at the recommended minimum altitude?
90 - What type of front / occlusion usually moves the fastest?
91 - The ICAO Standard Atmosphere (ISA) assumes that temperature will reduce at the rate of:
92 - Clouds, classified as being low level are considered to have bases from
93 - Solid precipitation which is transparent or translucent and has a diameter of 5mm or less formed by the freezing of raindrops or refreezing of melted snow, and usually bounces off hard surfaces, is a description of
94 - How does relative humidity and the dewpoint in an unsaturated air mass change with varying temperature?
95 - What values are used for the forecasted wind at higher levels?
96 - What type of cloud can produce hail showers?
97 - Wind is caused by
98 - What are the characteristics of cumuliform clouds?
99 - The most dangerous icing conditions are encountered in
100 - Which of the following conditions are you most likely to encounter when approaching an active warm front at medium to low level?
101 - How are well separated CB clouds described on the Significant Weather Chart?
102 - The presence of altocumulus castellanus indicates
103 - In the weather pattern behind a cold front, the visibility outside precipitation is
104 - An aircraft is flying at FL 80. The local QNH is 1000 hPa. After the second altimeter has been adjusted to the local QNH, the reading will be approximately:
105 - Runway Visual Range (RVR) is
106 - In order to calculate QFE from QNH, which of the following must be known?
107 - What is the correct term for the descending air flow in a large high pressure area?
108 - Where is a squall line to be expected?
109 - An aircraft is descending to land under IFR. If the local QNH is 1009 hPa, what will happen to the altitude reading when the altimeter is reset at the transition level?
110 - Considering the route from Lisbon to Freetown, the Harmattan is a
111 - Considering the sector Rome to 25°N on the route indicated, what mean upper winds may be expected at FL 300 during winter?
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112 - Half the mass of the atmosphere is found in the first:
113 - Which of the following is true of a land breeze?
114 - When water vapour condenses or water freezes
115 - Assume that an aircraft is flying in the northern hemisphere at the 500 hPa pressure surface on a heading of 270 degrees. Which of the following statements is correct?
116 - How are the air masses distributed in a cold occlusion?
117 - In which of the following situations is an aircraft most susceptible to icing?
118 - A temperature of +15°C is recorded at an altitude of 500 metres above sea level. If the vertical temperature gradient is that of a standard atmosphere, what will the temperature be at the summit of a mountain, 2500 metres above sea level?
119 - An air mass is unstable when
120 - An aircraft is flying at FL 180 in the northern hemisphere with a crosswind from the left. Which of the following is correct concerning its true altitude?
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