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Continuing Education Atmosphere
What weather advisory is most significant and pilots should be informed of immediately?
  1. SIGMET
  2. AIRMET
  3. Both are equally important
Continuing Education Atmosphere
Rotors on a helicopter are a lifting device and therefore create                                                                              .
  1. High pressure on top of the rotor and low pressure on the bottom of the rotor
  2. Low pressure on top of the rotor and high pressure on the bottom of the rotor
  3. Neither, the rotor blades do not make lift
Continuing Education Atmosphere
Density altitude is                                               .
  1. Pressure altitude corrected for temperature
  2. True altitude corrected for installation error
  3. Indicated altitude on the airplane's altimeter
Continuing Education Atmosphere
The 1, 2, 3 rule determines if                               .
  1. an alternate airport is needed
  2. we can land at our destination
  3. if we are fit to fly
Continuing Education Atmosphere
A low pressure system rotates                                                          .
  1. clockwise or anti-cyclonic
  2. counterclockwise or cyclonic
  3. in random directions depending where it is in the country
Continuing Education Atmosphere
Indicated altitude is                                                                    .
  1. altitude corrected for installation error
  2. The altitude the altimeter is indicating as it is read by the pilot
  3. Pressure altitude
Continuing Education Atmosphere
On a METAR, the altimeter setting is indicating 29.79. What kind of weather system in over the weather station?
  1. Low Pressure
  2. High pressure
  3. Standard Pressure
Continuing Education Atmosphere
On a METAR, the temperature is indicating 13C and the dew point is -1C. What kind of visibility can we expect?
  1. Poor visibility
  2. Good Visibility
  3. Temperature and Dew point do not affect visibility
Continuing Education Atmosphere
On a METAR, the temperature is indicating 20C and dew point is indicating 20C. What kind of visibility can we expect?
  1. Poor visibility
  2. good visibility
  3. temperature and dew point do not affect visibility
Continuing Education Atmosphere
(Refer to Figure 15.) What is the forecast wind for KMEM from 1600Z until the end of the forecast?
  1. Variable in direction at 4 knots
  2. No significant wind
  3. Variable in direction at 6 knots
Continuing Education Atmosphere
(Refer to Figure 12.) The wind direction and velocity at KJFK is from                 .
  1. 180° at 4 knots
  2. 018° at 4 knots
  3. 040° at 18 knots
Continuing Education Atmosphere
What are the characteristics of unstable air?
  1. Turbulence and good surface visibility
  2. Turbulence and poor surface visibility
  3. Nimbostratus clouds and good surface visibility
Continuing Education Atmosphere
The numbers 9 and 27 on a runway indicate that the runway is oriented at approximately                       .
  1. 009° and 027° true
  2. 090° and 270° true
  3. 090° and 270° magnetic
Continuing Education Atmosphere
Thunderstorms reach their greatest intensity during the                .
  1. Mature Stage
  2. Downdraft Stage
  3. Cumulus Stage
Continuing Education Atmosphere
(Refer to Figure 260, area A.) What is the predominant visibility around the letter A on the Washington and Oregon coast?
  1. VFR – visibility greater than 5 statute miles
  2. MVFR – visibility 3 to 5 statute miles
  3. IFR – visibility 1 to 3 statute miles
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