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Continuing Education Atmosphere
If a helicopter crew declares an emergency, what is the order of the first 3 basic emergency priorities the communication specialist can give the crew?
  1. Heading, Frequency, Altitude
  2. Frequency Altitude, Heading
  3. Altitude, Heading, Frequency
Continuing Education Atmosphere
Hot air is                                   , therefore, aircraft performance is decreased.
  1. Less dense
  2. more dense
  3. temperature doesn't affect density
Continuing Education Atmosphere
If the temperature/dewpoint spread is small and decreasing, what type weather is most likely to develop?
  1. Freezing precipitation
  2. Thunderstorms
  3. Fog or low clouds
Continuing Education Atmosphere
It is 30 degrees Celsius outside. What happens to my take off distance as the temperature decreases?
  1. Take off distance INCREASES.
  2. Take off distance DECREASES.
  3. Take off distance STAYS THE SAME.
Continuing Education Atmosphere
Which combination of atmospheric conditions will reduce aircraft takeoff and climb performance the most?
  1. Low temperature, low relative humidity, and low density altitude
  2. High temperature, low relative humidity, and low density altitude
  3. High temperature, high relative humidity, and high density altitude
Continuing Education Atmosphere
An example of a NOTAM would be                        .
  1. Runway Closure
  2. Severe Turbulence
  3. Moderate Icing at FL230
Continuing Education Atmosphere
(Refer to Figure 15.) In the TAF for KMEM, what does "SHRA" stand for?
  1. Rain showers
  2. A shift in wind direction is expected
  3. A significant change in precipitation is possible
Continuing Education Atmosphere
(Refer to Figure 12.) Which of the reporting stations have VFR weather?
  1. All
  2. KINK, KBOI, and KJFK
  3. KINK, KBOI, and KLAX
Continuing Education Atmosphere
An example of an AIRMET is                                           .
  1. Moderate Turbulence from SFC - 10,000 feet
  2. Severe Icing at FL270
  3. Severe Turbulence from SFC - 10,000 feet
Continuing Education Atmosphere
An example of a SIGMET is                           .
  1. Severe Turbulence at FL230
  2. Moderate Icing at F230
  3. Mountain Obscuration
Continuing Education Atmosphere
What instrument approach is considered a precision approach?
  1. VOR Approach
  2. LOC Approach
  3. ILS Approach
Continuing Education Atmosphere
The primary function of flaps is                              .
  1. a high lifting device
  2. drag
  3. to slow down during a descent
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
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