Meteorology - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

Question 1

What type of cloud can produce hail showers?

Accepted Answer

CB

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CS

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AC

Answer

NS

Question 2

One of the most serious consequences of icing on the wings of an aircraft is?

Accepted Answer

The stalling speed increasing substantially.

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The wing construction being unable to bear the increased load.

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Lift becoming too great as the aircraft becomes heavier.

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The lift coefficient increasing as the aircraft becomes heavier.

Question 3

You are flying from Munich to Amsterdam. Which of the following flight levels would you choose in order to avoid turbulence and icing?

Accepted Answer

FL 260[see Annex]

Answer

FL 180

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FL 320

Answer

FL 140

Question 4

Convective weather phenomena include:

Accepted Answer

Thunderstorms, hail, tornadoes, wind gusts, heavy showers, lightning strikes.

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Heavy showers, lightning strikes, hail, mist, squalls, light rain over a large area.

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Thunderstorms, tornadoes, hail, haze, wind gusts, advection fog.

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Hail, lightning strikes, wind lulls, squalls, stratocumulus, low level wind maximum.

Question 5

In which of the following situations can freezing rain be encountered?

Accepted Answer

Ahead of a warm front in the winter

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Behind a warm front in the summer

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Ahead of a cold front in the winter

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Ahead of a cold front in the summer

Question 6

What is the strong relatively cold katabatic wind, blowing down the northern Adriatic coast, mainly during the winter and spring called?

Accepted Answer

Bora.

Answer

Scirocco.

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Mistral.

Answer

Ghibli.

Question 7

Which one of the following statements concerning the formation of aircraft icing is most correct ?

Accepted Answer

A cloud consisting of both supercooled water droplets and ice crystals produces aircraft icing

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Probability of icing increases when dry snow starts to fall from a cloud.

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Risk for icing increases when cloud temperature decreases well below minus 12 degrees

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Greatest risk of icing conditions is experienced in cirrus clouds.

Question 8

Which of the following statements is true with regard to a mature thunderstorm:

Accepted Answer

Both up-currents and down-currents appear concurrently.

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The cloud top assumes anvil shaped.

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The top of the cloud is negatively charged and the base is positively charged.

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Water droplets, hail and snow are all present.

Question 9

The tropopause is lower

Accepted Answer

Over the North Pole than over the equator

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South of the equator than north of it

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In summer than winter in moderate latitudes

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Over the equator than over the South Pole

Question 10

What feature is normally associated with the initial stage of a thunderstorm?

Accepted Answer

Continuous updraft

Answer

Roll cloud

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Frequent lightning

Answer

Rain or hail at the surface

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