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quiz me on – PPL Law

What is meant by BWR?
Basic weather report
Is an ATC clearance required to fly through a VFR Transit Lane and may any type of aircraft use such a lane?
A clearance is not required, any type of aircraft may fly through it
Northeast and southwest are:
Inter-cardinal points

( from a question pool of 180 )

quiz me on – Human Factors

THE TIME TAKEN FOR A PILOT WHO IS MAINTAINING A GOOD LOOKOUT TO AVOID A POTENTIAL COLLISION IS:
5 or more seconds
Flying with a cold or flu is not advisable due to:
Sinus and middle ear effects
You are flying as a co-pilot on a large twin engine aircraft. Whilst cruising at FL150 with a cabin altitude of 8,000 feet, your cabin crew give you a report of an elderly woman passenger who is suffering from nausea and having "Difficulty breathing". You:
recommend your crew to provide oxygen to the women, as you suspect she is suffering from mild hypoxia

( from a question pool of 110 )

quiz me on – Met Exam 2

What is altitude?
Vertical distance, measured in feet above mean sea level.
What are the characteristics of a polar continental air mass?
Cold and very dry.
What is required for a radiation inversion to be formed?
Clear skies, dry air, light winds.

( from a question pool of 62 )

quiz me on – Met Exam 1

What are the flight conditions like below an inversion?
Poor visibility, turbulent air, moist air increasing the risk of carb icing, wind shear and turbulence can be experienced climbing through the inversion.
What are the factors affecting slant range?
The density of impurities in the air and the heights and angle of the aircraft compared to the object.
What is a limitation of a non-specific aviation weather report?
Accuracy cannot be guaranteed.

( from a question pool of 94 )

quiz me on – NZ Climate

If you are flying VFR in a small aircraft, traveling North alongside a mountain range, what side would you be better off flying on with regards to turbulence if there was a strong Westerly wind?
West (Windward)
Does the east coast or west coast experience higher annual temperature change?
East
With regards to Tauranga (with the Kaimai ranges to the south) where would you expect the most turbulence with regards to a southwesterly wind?
North – East of the ranges

( from a question pool of 13 )

quiz me on – Temperature & heat exchange

What does diurnal mean?
24 hour cycle
Which location has the highest albedo?
Snow field
Select all the influences that change the amount of incoming solar radiation?
Clouds, dust, water vapor

( from a question pool of 9 )

quiz me on – Inversions Cloud and Precipitation

The amount of water vapor in the air, depends primarily on what?
Temperature
What is meant by the term sleet?
Rain and snow
When the temperature of air increases with height, this is known as?
Inversion

( from a question pool of 14 )

quiz me on – Atmosphere(2)

What does relative humidity (RH) indicate?
Amount of water the air can hold
What would indicate a strong wind?
High pressure gradient
When ice melts directly into a gas, it is called what?
Sublimation

( from a question pool of 28 )