Quiz BPL Hot Air - Balloon Pilot License

Question 1

A flight is called a "visual flight", if the...

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Flight is conducted under visual flight rules.

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Flight is conducted in visual meteorological conditions.

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Visibility in flight is more than 8 km

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Visibility in flight is more than 5 km.

Question 2

The term "ceiling" is defined as the...

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Height of the base of the lowest layer of clouds covering more than half of the sky below 20000 ft

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Height of the base of the highest layer of clouds covering more than half of the sky below 20000 ft.

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Height of the base of the lowest layer of clouds covering more than half of the sky below 10000 ft.

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Altitude of the base of the lowest layer of clouds covering more than half of the sky below 20000 ft

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

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4

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5

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2

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3

Question 4

With Central European Summer Time (CEST) given as UTC+2, what UTC time corresponds to 1600 CEST?

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1400 UTC.

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1700 UTC.

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1600 UTC

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1500 UTC.

Question 5

During a flight in an air mass with a temperature equal to ISA and the QNH set correctly, the indicated altitude is...

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Equal to the true altitude.

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Equal to the standard atmosphere.

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Lower than the true altitude.

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Higher than the true altitude.

Question 6

Which of the gases stated below is NOT made up from hydrocarbons?

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Hydrogen

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Propane

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Butane

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Methane

Question 7

From which altitude on does the body usually react to the decreasing atmospheric pressure?

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7000 feet

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12000 feet

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2000 feet

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10000 feet

Question 8

At time of take-off, ground wind speed is 2 m/s. Along take-off flight path, at a distance of 320 m obstacles erect up to 30 m. What is the minimum rate of climb to keep a clearance of 50 m above the obstacles? (Consider double the ground wind speed for the flight path)

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1 m/s

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1.5 m/s

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2 m/s

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0.5 m/s

Question 9

The majority of aviation accidents are caused by...

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Human failure

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Technical failure

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Geographical influences.

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Meteorological influences.

Question 10

With Central European Time (CET) given as UTC+1, what UTC time corresponds to 1700 CET?

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1600 UTC.

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1800 UTC

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1500 UTC.

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1700 UTC.

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