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Home > Training for exam quizzes ATPL, PPL(A), PPL(H), BPL Hot Air, BPL Gas, SPL - Sailplane, EASA Drone, FAA Drone > Meteorology - Quiz SPL - Sailplane Pilot License

Quiz Meteorology - Quiz SPL - Sailplane Pilot License

Test 10 Questions Quiz SPL - Sailplane Pilot License - Meteorology, no time limit

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1 - What weather phenomenon designated by "2" has to be expected on the lee side during "Foehn" conditions? See figure (MET-001). Siehe Anlage 1

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Cumulonimbus Cumulonimbus Altocumulus lenticularis Altocumulus Castellanus

2 - What conditions are favourable for the formation of thunderstorms? Calm winds and cold air, overcast cloud cover with St or As. Warm and dry air, strong inversion layer Warm humid air, conditionally unstable environmental lapse rate Clear night over land, cold air and patches of fog

3 - What kind of reduction in visibility is not very sensitive to changes in temperature? Radiation fog (FG) Mist (BR) Patches of fog (BCFG) Haze (HZ)

4 - What process results in the formation of "orographic fog" ("hill fog")? Prolonged radiation during nights clear of clouds Warm, moist air is moved across a hill or a mountain range Evaporation from warm, moist ground area into very cold air Cold, moist air mixes with warm, moist air

5 - What weather development will result from convergence at ground level? Ascending air and cloud formation Descending air and cloud dissipation Ascending air and cloud dissipation Descending air and cloud formation

6 - What frontal line divides subtropical air from polar cold air, in particular across Central Europe? Warm front Cold front Occlusion Polar front

7 - What is the gas composition of "air"? Oxygen 78 % Water vapour 21 % Nitrogen 1 % Oxygen 21 % Nitrogen 78 % Noble gases / carbon dioxide 1 % Oxygen 21 % Water vapour 78 % Noble gases / carbon dioxide 1 % Nitrogen 21 % Oxygen 78 % Noble gases / carbon dioxide 1 %

8 - What conditions are mandatory for the formation of thermal thunderstorms? Absolutely stable atmosphere, high temperature and high humidity Absolutely stable atmosphere, high temperature and low humidity Conditionally unstable atmosphere, high temperature and high humidity Conditionally unstable atmosphere, low temperature and low humidity

9 - Under which conditions "back side weather" ("Rückseitenwetter") can be expected? After passing of a cold front Before passing of an occlusion During Foehn at the lee side After passing of a warm front

10 - In a METAR, "(moderate) showers of rain" are designated by the identifier... .+TSRA SHRA. TS. .+RA.

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