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quiz me on – PPL Law

A pilot elects to carry out a direct approach to the runway-in-use at an unattended aerodrome where a number of aircraft are in the traffic pattern. Is this approach permissible?
Yes, provided the pilot gives priority to aircraft already in the circuit and those executing the standard joining procedure, and conforms with the circuit direction
Following an extended period of flying away from home base, by when must a pilot enter applicable flight details into their log book?
Within 48 hours of returning to home base
How often must a VFR pilot operating in controlled airspace report their position to ATC?
At the points or times instructed to by ATC

( from a question pool of 180 )

quiz me on – Human Factors

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS ARE GENERALLY CAUSED BY:
Poor pilot judgement
You are the pilot for a group of divers who are travelling away for a weekend. For the return trip you:
decide that the best option is to delay the scuba divers for at least 24 hours. However the people who only been snorkeling need not delay

The black hole visual illusion can occur:

When a night approach is made over unlighted terrain such as water, and the pilot perceives that they are higher than they actually are



( from a question pool of 110 )

quiz me on – Met Exam 2

What is the difference between visibility distance and visibility range?
Distance is not affected by illumination and relies on transparency but range can be affected by objects and different backgrounds.
What type of cloud looks like sheep wool and is not associated with any form of precipitation?
Cirrocumulus.
What are the main gases in the lower atmosphere and what is the percentage of each gas?
Nitrogen 78%, Oxygen 21%, other gases 1%.

( from a question pool of 62 )

quiz me on – Met Exam 1

Which of the following will cause a land breeze?
Warm, rising air over the sea. Cooling, sinking air over the land.
Prevailing westerly winds. Northern areas are subtropical with the remainder being temperate.
What is an air mass?
A large parcel of air with a uniform temperature and moisture content over a large horizontal distance.

( 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 most of the cloud to sit with a northerly wind?
Overhead the airfield
Does the North or South Island experience greater annual temperature fluctuations?
North
With regards to Wellington (with the Rimutaka ranges to the west and north) where would you expect the most severe turbulence to take place with a northwesterly wind?
South east of the ranges

( from a question pool of 13 )

quiz me on – Temperature & heat exchange

What location will receive more solar radiation?
Equator
Select all the influences that change the amount of incoming solar radiation?
Clouds, dust, water vapor
Solar radiation is what?
Energy given off by the sun

( from a question pool of 9 )

quiz me on – Inversions Cloud and Precipitation

What is bigger?
Rain drops
What holds more water?
Warm air
The condensation process, during which water vapor turns to liquid, requires what?
Condensation nuclei

( from a question pool of 14 )

quiz me on – Atmosphere(2)

When ice melts directly into a gas, it is called what?
Sublimation
What is solar radiation?
Energy given off by the sun
What conditions give the highest rates of evaporation?
Ward dry wind, Low pressure

( from a question pool of 28 )