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quiz me on – Atmosphere

When a change of state from Ice to liquid takes place, the process is called?
Melting
When ice melts directly into a gas, it is called what?
Sublimation
Is the tropopause higher or lower over the poles?
Lower

( from a question pool of 43 )

quiz me on – PPL MET

One is 

1
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 OVC ?
8 oktas

( 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
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 radar works on the echo principal?
Primary

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quiz me on – Altimetry

height above sea level
Elevation is
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
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

( from a question pool of 25 )

quiz me on -Speed and Position

When an aircraft flies at 100kts directly into a steady 20kt headwind, its indicated airspeed will be ____ and its ground speed will be ____?
100Kts, 80Kts
scale and the relationship between chart and earth distances is
the ratio of a given chart length to the actual distance on the Earth that it represents
True airspeed (TAS) is
the speed of the aircraft relative to the air mass in which it is flying

( 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
True direction is
horizontal direction expressed as angular distance from True North
In the southern Hemisphere, if an aircraft is accelerated or decelerated, the magnetic compass will normally indicate
a turn momentarily.

( from a question pool of 31 )

quiz me on – ATC Lights

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

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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 density altitude?
The pressure altitude corrected for nonstandard temperature.

( from a question pool of 18 )

quiz me on – Radio check and Speechless

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 with the readability Scale of?
4
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 Unreadable with the readability Scale of?
1

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quiz me on – ELT

An ELT can activate itself

True
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 


( from a question pool of 6 )