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quiz me on – PPL Law

The holder of a Recreational Pilot Licence must:
Not carry more than 1 passenger, or fly over a congested area of a city or town
What is night?
The hours between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight
When can an operational test on an ELT be performed?
The first five minutes of each hour

( from a question pool of 180 )

quiz me on – Human Factors

Invulnerability
A medical condition where oxygen starvation occurs is known as:
hypoxia
Which choice has the lowest ceiling given the following reports:
few at 900 ft, broken at 1500 ft

( from a question pool of 110 )

quiz me on – Met Exam 2

What low level cloud appears as grey or white in patches, sheets or layers, and almost always with dark rounded masses or rolls?
Stratocumulus.
What are the characteristics of drizzle?
Small and close water drops. Low air buoyancy is required for drizzle to fall. Normally associated with shallow, low lever cloud such as stratus.
How often are SPECIs issued?
Whenever weather deteriorates below predetermined minima.

( from a question pool of 62 )

quiz me on – Met Exam 1

What is the layer of air below the tropopause called?
Troposphere.
What techniques should a VFR pilot adopt to allow safe flight around a tornado?
Pilots should remain well clear of tornados at all times.
What will cause the formation of frontal fog? O Precipitation from the cold sector drops into the warm sector. Frontal fog forms if the wind is strong enough.
Frontal fog forms if the wind is light enough.

( from a question pool of 94 )

quiz me on – NZ Climate

With regards to Whakatane (which has high ground to the east) what conditions would you expect at the airport if there were a strong easterly wind?
No cloud, turbulent, good visibility
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)
With regards to Tauranga (with the Kaimai ranges to the south) where would you expect most of the cloud to sit with a northerly wind?
Overhead the airfield

( from a question pool of 13 )

quiz me on – Temperature & heat exchange

What is the term used to describe the long-wave radiation emitted by the Earth back into the atmosphere?
Terrestrial radiation
Solar radiation is what?
Energy given off by the sun
What location will receive more solar radiation?
Equator

( from a question pool of 9 )

quiz me on – Inversions Cloud and Precipitation

The process of turning water vapor directly into ice is called?
Deposition
Super saturation
Clouds are made up of mainly what?
Water

( from a question pool of 14 )

quiz me on – Atmosphere(2)

With regards to latitude, where on the Earths surface receives the most solar radiation?
Equator
What holds more water vapor?
Warm air
When the Earths surface warms air particles through touching the surface is what?
Conduction

( from a question pool of 28 )