Meteorology - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

Question 1

Altostratus clouds are classified as

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Medium level clouds

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High level clouds

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Low level clouds

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Convective clouds

Question 2

The QNH at an airfield in California located 69 metres below sea level is 1018 hPa. The air temperature is 10°C higher than a standard atmosphere. What is the QFF?

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More than 1018 hPa

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Less than 1018 hPa

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1018 hPa

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It is not possible to give a definitive answer

Question 3

In the vicinity of industrial areas, smoke is most likely to affect surface visibility when

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There is a low level inversion

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The surface wind is strong and gusty

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A rapid moving cold front has just passed the area

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Cumulus clouds have developed in the afternoon

Question 4

Which of the following are medium level clouds?

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Altostratus and altocumulus

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Cirrocumulus and cirrostratus

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All convective clouds

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Cumulonimbus

Question 5

If the QFE at Locarno (200 metres above sea level) is 1000 hPa, what is the approximate QNH?

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1025 hPa

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985 hPa

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1035 hPa

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990 hPa

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

In which of these temperature bands is ice most likely to form on the aircraft's surface?

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0°C to -10°C

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+10°C to 0°C

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-20°C to -35°C

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-35°C to -50°C

Question 8

Under anticyclone conditions in the northern hemisphere, with curved isobars the speed of the gradient wind is

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Greater than the geostrophic wind

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The same as the thermal component

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Less than the geostrophic wind

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Proportional only to the Coriolis force

Question 9

In the lower levels of the atmosphere when the environmental lapse rate is greater than saturated adiabatic lapse rate but less than dry adiabatic lapse rate - the air mass is described as being:

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Conditionally unstable

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Stable

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Absolutely unstable

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Unstable

Question 10

While crossing a jet stream at right angles in Western Europe (3000 FT below its core) and OAT is decreasing, what would be the prevailing wind?

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Crosswind from the left

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A tailwind.

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A headwind.

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Crosswind from the right

Exam questions Meteorology - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license: Meteorology 10 Questions no time limit

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