Archives: Theory Courses

quiz me on – Atmosphere

What does relative humidity (RH) indicate?
Amount of water the air can hold
With regards to latitude, where on the Earths surface receives the most solar radiation?
Equator
When a change of state from Vapor to liquid takes place, the process is called?
Condensation

( 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
How many oktas cover the sky when the reported weather reads SCT ?
3-4 oktas
When the weather report states the sky is covered by 3-4 oktas , the cloud is said to be?
SCT

( from a question pool of 9 )

quiz me on – VFR planning, procedures and GPS

What does secondary radar require?
Transponder
What causes receiver error?
Satellite not correctly matching pseudo-random code with that of the satellite
What is the ionosphere propagation effect?
Results from charged particles in the atmosphere interfering with satellite signal travel times

( from a question pool of 8 )

quiz me on – Altimetry

the vertical distance of a level, a point, or an object considered as a point measured from mean sea level
Altitude is
Pressure Altitude (PA) is
the indicated altitude when an altimeter is set to ISA at sea level (1013), when set to 1013 the altimeter reads Flight Levels (FL)
the indicated altitude when an altimeter is set to ISA at sea level (1013), when set to 1013 the altimeter reads Flight Levels (FL)
Pressure Altitude (PA) 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
The direction 10? west of north is?
350?
You are steering 280? magnetic and the variation is 4? west, what will be your true heading?
276? T

( from a question pool of 36 )

quiz me on – Direction on the earth

Latitude of a place is
its angular distance in degrees North or South from the equator
Longitude is the position from the prime meridian in which direction?
East or west
Geographic Pole is
the two points on the surface of a rotating planet and the line between them forms the rotational axis

( from a question pool of 31 )

quiz me on – ATC Lights

ATC light signals to an Aircraft in Flight -Danger, be on the alert
Alternating red and green flashes
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 on the Ground -Alternating red and green flashes
Danger, be on the alert

( from a question pool of 24 )

quiz me on – PPLNAV

What is absolute altitude?
The vertical distance of the aircraft above the surface.
How many Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites are required to yield a three dimensional position (latitude, longitude, and altitude) and time solution?
4
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

Speechless technique using unmodulated - activate button once
YES or AFFIRMATIVE
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 Perfectly Readable with the readability Scale of?
5
Your contact with a ground station fails on the selected frequency. You should?
Attempt to establish communication on another frequency appropriate to the route

( from a question pool of 21 )

quiz me on – ELT

An ELT can activate itself

True

When may you test your ELT?

First 5 minutes after the hour 

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

( from a question pool of 6 )