Archives: Theory Courses

quiz me on – Atmosphere

Is the tropopause higher or lower over the poles?
Lower
What conditions produce the highest rates of evaporation?
Warm air, dry, low pressure
How much oxygen makes up the Earths atmosphere?
21%

( from a question pool of 43 )

quiz me on – PPL MET

How many oktas cover the sky when the reported weather reads BKN ?
5-7 oktas
When the weather report states the sky is covered by 5-7 oktas , the cloud is said to be?
BKN
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 type of information is sent when transmitting mode C?
Position and altitude
What results from water vapor in the tropopause slowing down the satellite signals, which cause ranging errors?
Tropospheric Propagation Effect
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 level of the ground
Ground level 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
List viewGround position is
a position vertically below an aircraft

( from a question pool of 25 )

quiz me on -Speed and Position

A Knot (kt) is
1 nautical mile per hour which equals 1.852 kph or 1.151 mph
True airspeed (TAS) is
the speed of the aircraft relative to the air mass in which it is flying
Speed is
the rate at which distance changes over time

( from a question pool of 36 )

quiz me on – Direction on the earth

Longitude is the position from the prime meridian in which direction?
East or west
A line joining places of equal variation is called?
Isogonal
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 in Flight -Danger, be on the alert
Alternating red and green flashes
ATC light signals to an Aircraft in Flight -Cleared to land
Steady green
ATC light signals to an Aircraft on the Ground -Return to starting point on aerodrome
Flashing white

( from a question pool of 24 )

quiz me on – PPLNAV

What is density altitude?
The pressure altitude corrected for nonstandard temperature.
When flying over a built up area, a pilot should fly no lower than
1,000 feet AGL
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 - YES or AFFIRMATIVE
activate button once
Speechless technique using unmodulated - activate button three times
SAY AGAIN
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

( from a question pool of 21 )

quiz me on – ELT

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

An ELT can activate itself

True

( from a question pool of 6 )