Archives: Theory Courses

quiz me on – Atmosphere

What holds more water vapor?
Warm air
What height does the stratopause extend from the Earths surface?
150,000 ft
When ice melts directly into a gas, it is called what?
Sublimation

( from a question pool of 43 )

quiz me on – PPL MET

When the weather report states the sky is covered by 8 oktas , the cloud is said to be?
OVC
How many oktas cover the sky when the reported weather reads OVC ?
8 oktas
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 type of information is sent when transmitting mode C?
Position and altitude
What does secondary radar require?
Transponder
What causes Multi path error?
Satellite signals arriving at the receiver from different directions and different times

( from a question pool of 8 )

quiz me on – Altimetry

Height is
the vertical distance of a level, a point or an object considered as a point measured from a specific datum and includes the vertical dimension of an object
an average level for the surface the Earth's oceans from which heights such as elevations may be measured
Mean Sea Level (MSL) is
Elevation is
height above sea level

( from a question pool of 25 )

quiz me on -Speed and Position

Velocity is
the speed and direction of particular object
You are steering 280? magnetic and the variation is 4? west, what will be your true heading?
276? T
To obtain maximum distance over the ground, the airspeed to use is the
best lift/drag speed.

( from a question pool of 36 )

quiz me on – Direction on the earth

Magnetic variation is
the difference between True North and Magnetic North at a location
Magnetic dip is
the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the horizontal plane at any specific location
South is expressed as what direction?
180?

( from a question pool of 31 )

quiz me on – ATC Lights

ATC light signals to an Aircraft on the Ground -Alternating red and green flashes
Danger, be on the alert
ATC light signals to an Aircraft in Flight -Series of green flashes
Return for landing (clearance to land and to taxi will be given in due course)
ATC light signals to an Aircraft in Flight -Cleared to land
Steady green

( from a question pool of 24 )

quiz me on – PPLNAV

Which initial action should a pilot take prior to entering controlled airspace?
Contact the tower and request permission to enter.
If a flight is made from an area of low pressure into an area of high pressure without the altimeter setting being adjusted, the altimeter will indicate
higher than the actual altitude above sea level.
Under what condition is indicated altitude the same as true altitude?
When at 10,000 feet AMSL with the altimeter set at 1013hPa.

( from a question pool of 18 )

quiz me on – Radio check and Speechless

Speechless technique using unmodulated - NO
activate button twice
Speechless technique using unmodulated - activate button once
YES or AFFIRMATIVE
Q: You have been asked for a Radio check, Unreadable is the readability Scale of?
1

( from a question pool of 21 )

quiz me on – ELT

Why must you not turn the ELT off (to ARM) after an emergency activation?
May interfere with search procedures

What does ELT stand for?

Emergency locator transmitter 

An ELT can activate itself

True

( from a question pool of 6 )