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quiz me on – Atmosphere

When changing water vapor to ice, is latent heat required or released?
Released
Does higher or lower altitudes have a higher ambient pressure?
Lower
When a change of state from Liquid to ice takes place, the process is called?
Freezing

( 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

One is 

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

( from a question pool of 9 )

quiz me on – VFR planning, procedures and GPS

What results from water vapor in the tropopause slowing down the satellite signals, which cause ranging errors?
Tropospheric Propagation Effect
When a RAIM warning is displayed, it indicates that the minimum level of navigation accuracy displayed is?
Minimum navigation accuracy is not met
What type of information is sent when transmitting mode C?
Position and altitude

( from a question pool of 8 )

quiz me on – Altimetry

the process of calculating one's current position by using a previously determined position, or fix, and advancing that position based upon known or estimated speeds over elapsed time, and course
Dead reckoning (DR) position is
height above ground level
AGL 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
Height is

( from a question pool of 25 )

quiz me on -Speed and Position

A Foot is
a unit of length defined as being 0.3048 m exactly, it is subdivided into 12 inches
What is the estimated time en route from Airport A to airport B, with a distance of 50nm and a ground speed of 100 knots. Add 3-1/2 minutes for departure and climb-out.
34 minutes.
A Knot (kt) is
1 nautical mile per hour which equals 1.852 kph or 1.151 mph

( from a question pool of 36 )

quiz me on – Direction on the earth

Compass bearing is
the direction from us to another object - expressed as Compass bearing
The basic reference for longitude is the ____ meridian?
Prime meridian
A circle on the Earths surface, whose centre is the centre of the Earth, is called a ____?
Great circle

( from a question pool of 31 )

quiz me on – ATC Lights

ATC light signals to an Aircraft in Flight -Give way to other aircraft and continue circling
Steady red
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 on the Ground -Stop
Steady red

( from a question pool of 24 )

quiz me on – PPLNAV

Under what condition is indicated altitude the same as true altitude?
When at 10,000 feet AMSL with the altimeter set at 1013hPa.
What is density altitude?
The pressure altitude corrected for nonstandard temperature.
What is true altitude?
The vertical distance of the aircraft above sea level.

( from a question pool of 18 )

quiz me on – Radio check and Speechless

Q: You have been asked for a Radio check, Unreadable is the readability Scale of?
1
Q: You have been asked for a Radio check, Readable now and then is the readability Scale of?
2
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 Unreadable with the readability Scale of?
1

( from a question pool of 21 )

quiz me on – ELT

When may you test your ELT?

First 5 minutes after the hour 

What frequency/s does an ELT transmit on?

121.5 and 406MHz

An ELT can activate itself

True

( from a question pool of 6 )