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quiz me on – PPL Law

dangerous goods?
Postage articles
(i) Airworthiness certificate (ii) Pilots logbook (iii) Tech log (iv) Release to service (v) Aircraft flight manual (vi) Pilots licence (vii) Weight and balance form
i, iii, v. vii
What are parallels of latitude?
Small circles that are at right angles to the axis of rotation including the equator

( from a question pool of 180 )

quiz me on – Human Factors

You are flying an old unpressurised twin from the west coast of the south island to christchurch. You are forced by terrain to climb to 8,000'AMSL where it is very cold and you turn on the aircraft's heater. You start to feel light headed. You are most probably suffering from:
carbon monoxide poisoning
IN GENERAL, A HEAVY SMOKER:
Will probably suffer from Hypoxia at a lower altitude
The best type of sunglasses for pilots are:
Non Polarised

( from a question pool of 110 )

quiz me on – Met Exam 2

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.
Why is it important to ensure an aircraft has the correct subscale adjustment on their altimeter when using an aerodrome?
So the altimeter shows the correct altitude,
What should pilots be cautious of in terms of up and down drafts when there is a strong north-westerly wind blowing across the Southern Alps?
Downdrafts on the leeward side of the mountain.

( from a question pool of 62 )

quiz me on – Met Exam 1

What causes the formation of steaming fog?
Evaporation into cool air that becomes saturated quickly and condenses.
What is a danger of turbulence?
Potential loss of control and structural damage.
If the cloud is said to be 1 okta, this is classified as:
FEW.

( from a question pool of 94 )

quiz me on – NZ Climate

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
Does the east coast or west coast experience higher annual temperature change?
East
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)

( from a question pool of 13 )

quiz me on – Temperature & heat exchange

What location will receive more solar radiation?
Equator
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

( from a question pool of 9 )

quiz me on – Inversions Cloud and Precipitation

When the temperature of air increases with height, this is known as?
Inversion
What is bigger?
Rain drops
The amount of water vapor in the air, depends primarily on what?
Temperature

( from a question pool of 14 )

quiz me on – Atmosphere(2)

How much oxygen makes up the Earths atmosphere?
21%
What height does the stratopause extend from the Earths surface?
150,000 ft
Is the tropopause higher or lower over the poles?
Lower

( from a question pool of 28 )