Archives: Theory Courses

quiz me on – NZ Climate

With regards to Napier (with the Ruahine ranges to the west) where would you expect the cloud to sit with an Easterly wind?
Over the airport
With regards to Tauranga (with the Kaimai ranges to the south) where would you expect the best visibility with regards to a westerly wind?
East of the ranges
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

Solar radiation is what?
Energy given off by the sun
When warm air particles rise and warm other air particles, this is called?
Convection
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

What is required for the formation of hail?
Strong up and down drafts
Clouds are made up of mainly what?
Water
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 conditions give the highest rates of evaporation?
Ward dry wind, Low pressure
What is the area between 2 highs and 2 lows referred to?
Col
When changing water vapor to ice, is latent heat required or released?
Released

( from a question pool of 28 )

quiz me on – Atmosphere

What is commonly regarded as having low-level divergence airflows?
Anti-cyclone
Deposition is a process that changes what?
Vapor to ice
When a change of state from Vapor to ice takes place, the process is called?
Deposition

( from a question pool of 43 )

quiz me on – PPL MET

How many oktas cover the sky when the reported weather reads BKN ?
5-7 oktas
When the weather report states the sky is covered by 1-2 oktas , the cloud is said to be?
FEW
How many oktas cover the sky when the reported weather reads SCT ?
3-4 oktas

( from a question pool of 9 )

quiz me on – VFR planning, procedures and GPS

What does secondary radar require?
Transponder
What causes Multi path error?
Satellite signals arriving at the receiver from different directions and different times
What type of information is sent when transmitting mode C?
Position and altitude

( from a question pool of 8 )

quiz me on – Altimetry

height above sea level
Elevation is
Altitude is
the vertical distance of a level, a point, or an object considered as a point measured from mean sea level
height above ground level
AGL is

( from a question pool of 25 )

quiz me on -Speed and Position

Ground speed (GS) is
The speed of an aircraft with reference to the ground, measured in knots
A Kilometre is
the length of 1/10,000th part of the average distance between Equator and either Pole
How can you determine if another aircraft is on a collision course with your aircraft?
The other aircraft will always appear to get larger and closer at a rapid rate.

( from a question pool of 36 )

quiz me on – Direction on the earth

A circle on the Earths surface, whose centre is the centre of the Earth, is called a ____?
Great circle
Magnetic North is
the direction of the Earth's magnetic Pole, to which the North-seeking Pole of a magnetic needle points
Longitude is the position from the prime meridian in which direction?
East or west

( from a question pool of 31 )