Meteorology - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

Question 1

What is a favourable synoptic situation for the development of a Scirocco?

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Low pressure area in the western part of the Mediterranean sea

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High pressure area over Italy

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Extension of the Azores high pressure area over the Alps

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High pressure area in the western part of the Mediterranean sea

Question 2

From summer to winter the average geographic position of the polar front jet stream over the North Atlantic moves

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Towards the south and the speed increases

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Towards the north and the speed decreases

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Towards the south and the speed decreases

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Towards the north and the speed increases

Question 3

An unstable air mass will normally be characterised by

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Cumuliform cloud and good visibility except in precipitation

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Stratiform cloud

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Poor visibility due to haze at the lower levels

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Continuous light rain from medium level layer cloud

Question 4

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

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Frontal fog and advection fog

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Advection fog and steaming fog

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Arctic smoke and frontal fog

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Advection fog and radiation fog

Question 5

Hoar frost forms on an aircraft as a result of

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Water vapour turning directly into ice crystals on the aircraft surface

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Freezing rain striking the aircraft

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Droplets forming on the aircraft and then freezing

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Small super-cooled droplets striking the aircraft

Question 6

Low level vertical wind shear can be expected during the night

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In association with radiation inversions

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In unstable atmospheres

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And early morning only in summer

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And early morning only in winter

Question 7

Which one of the following precipitation types gives the most severe icing?

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Freezing rain.

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Snowfall.

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Ice pellets.

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Mixed rain and snow.

Question 8

On a particular day part of a polar front jet stream runs from north to south in the northern hemisphere. This means that

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The polar air is below and to the east of the core of the jet

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Above the core of the jet the horizontal temperature gradient runs from north to south

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Below the core of the jet the horizontal temperature gradient runs from north to south

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The polar air is on the eastern side and above the core of the jet

Question 9

During the climb after take-off, the altimeter setting is adjusted at the transition altitude. If the local QNH is 966 hPa, what will happen to the altimeter reading during the resetting procedure?

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It will increase

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It will remain the same

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It will decrease

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It is not possible to give a definitive answer

Question 10

The station pressure used in surface weather charts is:

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QFF

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QNH

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QFE

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QNE

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