Archives: Theory Courses

quiz me on – Atmosphere

Melting is a process that changes what?
Ice to liquid
What is commonly regarded as having low-level divergence airflows?
Anti-cyclone
When a change of state from Liquid to vapor takes place, the process is called?
Evaporation

( from a question pool of 43 )

quiz me on – PPL MET

How many oktas cover the sky when the reported weather reads FEW ?
1-2 oktas

One is 

1
When the weather report states the sky is covered by 5-7 oktas , the cloud is said to be?
BKN

( from a question pool of 9 )

quiz me on – VFR planning, procedures and GPS

What is the ionosphere propagation effect?
Results from charged particles in the atmosphere interfering with satellite signal travel times
What causes Multi path error?
Satellite signals arriving at the receiver from different directions and different times
What type of radar works on the echo principal?
Primary

( from a question pool of 8 )

quiz me on – Altimetry

A Fix is
the geographical position of an aircraft at a specific time determined by visual reference to features on the ground or by radio navigation aids
height above ground level
AGL is
AGL is
height above ground level

( from a question pool of 25 )

quiz me on -Speed and Position

The speed of an aircraft with reference to the ground, measured in knots
Ground speed (GS) is
The direction 270? clockwise from north is called?
West
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

Geographic Pole is
the two points on the surface of a rotating planet and the line between them forms the rotational axis
Deviation is the angular difference between which two directions?
Compass and magnetic
Magnetic dip is
the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the horizontal plane at any specific location

( from a question pool of 31 )

quiz me on – ATC Lights

ATC light signals to an Aircraft on the Ground -Taxi clear of landing area in use
Series of red flashes
ATC light signals to an Aircraft on the Ground -Series of red flashes
Taxi clear of landing area in use
ATC light signals to an Aircraft in Flight -Steady green
Cleared to land

( from a question pool of 24 )

quiz me on – PPLNAV

Altimeter setting is the value to which the barometric pressure scale of the altimeter is set so the altimeter indicates
true altitude at field elevation.
What is absolute altitude?
The vertical distance of the aircraft above the surface.
During flight, when are the indications of a magnetic compass accurate?
Only in straight-and-level unaccelerated flight.

( from a question pool of 18 )

quiz me on – Radio check and Speechless

Speechless technique using unmodulated - activate button once
YES or AFFIRMATIVE
You are unable to receive any signals from your VHF radio when you know the set is serviceable, it is switched on correctly, the volume is up and the squelch control is set correctly. What is the possible cause of your non-reception?
You are out of range of any stations
Q: You have been asked for a Radio check, Your Reply to test transmissions should be as follows: The identification of the station calling The identification of the station replying Information regarding the readability of Readable now and then with the readability Scale of?
2

( from a question pool of 21 )

quiz me on – ELT

What does ELT stand for?

Emergency locator transmitter 

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

An ELT can activate itself

True

( from a question pool of 6 )