Meteorology - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

Question 1

Which of the following statements concerning the lifting of a parcel of air is correct ?

Accepted Answer

Unsaturated parcels cool more rapidly than saturated parcels

Answer

Saturated parcels always cool at a rate of 0.65°C per 100m

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Unsaturated parcels cool at a rate of 0.65°C per 100m

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Unsaturated parcels cool less rapidly than saturated parcels

Question 2

When fog is reported, the visibility is below

Accepted Answer

1 km

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1.5 km

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0.8 km

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3 km

Question 3

In which of the following areas do surface high pressure systems usually predominate over the North Atlantic region between 30°N and 65°N and the adjoining land areas during the northern summer?

Accepted Answer

Azores, SE USA, SW Europe

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Iceland, SW USA, Azores

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Greenland, Azores, NE Canada

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Greenland, SW Europe, NE Canada

Question 4

During the formation of rime ice in flight, water droplets freeze

Accepted Answer

Rapidly and do not spread out

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Slowly and spread out

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Slowly and do not spread out

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Rapidly and spread out

Question 5

The maximum amount of water vapour that the air can contain depends on the

Accepted Answer

Air temperature

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Stability of the air

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Relative humidity

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Dewpoint

Question 6

An inversion is

Accepted Answer

An increase of temperature with height

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A decrease of temperature with height

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A decrease of pressure with height

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An increase of pressure with height

Question 7

What information is required to convert a minimum safe altitude into a lowest usable flight level?

Accepted Answer

Lowest value of QNH and the highest negative temperature deviation from ISA

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Highest value of QNH and the highest positive temperature deviation from ISA

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Highest value of QNH and the highest negative temperature deviation from ISA

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Lowest value of QNH and the lowest negative temperature deviation from ISA

Question 8

Continuous updraughts occur in a thunderstorm during the

Accepted Answer

Initial stage.

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Dissipating stage.

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Mature stage.

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Period in which precipitation is falling.

Question 9

Which statement is correct for the southern hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

In the friction layer the wind backs with increasing height

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The jet streams are Easterly

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If the wind veers with increasing height then warm air is advected

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The wind veers at the passage of a cold front

Question 10

What is the strong relatively cold katabatic wind, blowing down the northern Adriatic coast, mainly during the winter and spring called?

Accepted Answer

Bora.

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Scirocco.

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Mistral.

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Ghibli.

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