Quiz BPL Gas - Balloon Pilot License

Question 1

The ratio between air pressures at different heights is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

Height number

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Height value

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Pressure number

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Height ratio

Question 2

How many satellites are necessary for a precise and verified three-dimensional determination of the position?

Accepted Answer

Four

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Five

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Two

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Three

Question 3

Given the following masses: Empty mass 260 kg Instruments 20 kg per gas container (full): 30 kg per person: 80 kg Assuming ISA temperatures, how many persons may be carried in the basket at maximum, if the balloon with 4 gas containers has to climb up to pressure altitude 9.000 ft ? (use attachment ECQB-PPL_BPL001) Siehe Anlage 1

Accepted Answer

4

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5

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2

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3

Question 4

When air masses meet each other head on, how is this referred to and what air movements will follow?

Accepted Answer

Convergence resulting in air being lifted

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Divergence resulting in air being lifted

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Convergence resulting in sinking air

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Divergence resulting in sinking air

Question 5

Which approximate, geometrical form describes the shape of the Earth best for navigation systems?

Accepted Answer

Ellipsoid

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Sphere of ecliptical shape

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Flat plate

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Perfect sphere

Question 6

What is the mass of a "cube of air" with the edges 1 m long, at MSL according ISA?

Accepted Answer

1,225 kg

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0,1225 kg

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12,25 kg

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0,01225 kg

Question 7

An aerodrome beacon (ABN) is a...

Accepted Answer

Rotating beacon installed at an airport or aerodrome to indicate its location to aircraft pilots from the air.

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Rotating beacon installed at an airport or aerodrome to indicate its location to aircraft pilots from the ground.

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Rotating beacon installed at the beginning of the final approach to indicate its location to aircraft pilots from the air.

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Fixed beacon installed at an airport or aerodrome to indicate its location to aircraft pilots from the air

Question 8

According ISA, what is the density of air at MSL?

Accepted Answer

1.225 kg/m3

Answer

1.225 g/m3

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1225 kg/m3

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12.25 kg/m3

Question 9

Which transponder code should be set during a radio failure without any request?

Accepted Answer

7600

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7000

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7500

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7700

Question 10

In which situations should a pilot use blind transmissions?

Accepted Answer

When no radio communication can be established with the appropriate aeronautical station, but when evidence exists that transmissions are received at that ground unit

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When a transmission containing important navigational or technical information is to be sent to several stations at the same time

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When a pilot has flown into cloud or fog unintentionally and therefore would like to request navigational assistance from a ground unit

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When the traffic situation at an airport allows the transmission of information which does not need to be acknowledged by the ground station

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