Meteorology - EASA PPL(A) - Private Pilot License

Question 1

For a VFR private pilot, what should be remembered about pressure gradient?

Accepted Answer

A stronger gradient normally indicates stronger wind

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It guarantees smooth air

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It replaces NOTAM

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It determines fuel grade

Question 2

Which process may result in an inversion layer at about 5000 ft (1500 m) height?

Accepted Answer

Widespread descending air within a high pressure area

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Intensive sunlight insolation during a warm summer day

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Ground cooling by radiation during the night

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Advection of cool air in the upper troposphere

Question 3

What is the correct operational meaning of sea breeze?

Accepted Answer

It is a local circulation caused by differential heating of land and sea

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It is unrelated to wind or cloud

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It guarantees smooth air

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It is checked only once per year

Question 4

When preparing a PPL(A) flight, what is correct about carburettor icing weather?

Accepted Answer

It can occur in humid air even when outside temperature is above freezing

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It means the aircraft is unserviceable

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It occurs only in snow

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It is an aircraft maintenance forecast

Question 5

During a local VFR flight, what is the correct operational meaning of warm fronts?

Accepted Answer

They are often associated with layered cloud and widespread precipitation

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It applies only after landing

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It means the aircraft is unserviceable

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It is an aircraft maintenance forecast

Question 6

What wind conditions can be expected in areas showing large distances between isobars?

Accepted Answer

Variable winds, formation of local wind systems

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Formation of local wind systems with strong prevailing westerly winds

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Strong prevailing easterly winds with rapid backing

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Strong prevailing westerly winds with rapid veering

Question 7

What type of fog emerges if humid and almost saturated air, is forced to rise upslope of hills or shallow mountains by the prevailing wind?

Accepted Answer

Orographic fog

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Steaming fog

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Radiation fog

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Advection fog

Question 8

Which statement is correct for TAF?

Accepted Answer

It forecasts aerodrome weather for a specified period

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It is a radio licence condition

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It changes magnetic variation

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It applies only to turbine aircraft

Question 9

Winds blowing downhill are defined as...

Accepted Answer

Katabatic winds.

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Anabatic winds.

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Convergent winds.

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Subsident winds.

Question 10

Which meteorological statement is correct? In TAF, TEMPO indicates...

Accepted Answer

temporary fluctuations expected for less than one hour at a time and less than half the period

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It determines aircraft empty mass

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It removes the need for alternates

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It is a radio licence condition

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