Archives: Theory Courses

quiz me on – Atmosphere

What does relative humidity (RH) indicate?
Amount of water the air can hold
What conditions produce the highest rates of evaporation?
Warm air, dry, low pressure
What height does the stratopause extend from the Earths surface?
150,000 ft

( from a question pool of 43 )

quiz me on – PPL MET

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
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 does secondary radar require?
Transponder

( from a question pool of 8 )

quiz me on – Altimetry

Altitude is
the vertical distance of a level, a point, or an object considered as a point measured from mean sea level
height above sea level
Elevation is
Height 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

( from a question pool of 25 )

quiz me on -Speed and Position

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
The direction 10? west of north is?
350?
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

( from a question pool of 36 )

quiz me on – Direction on the earth

The average value of variation in New Zealand is approximately?
20? East
Magnetic North is
the direction of the Earth's magnetic Pole, to which the North-seeking Pole of a magnetic needle points
The reference plane, which we measure latitude from, is the plane of ____?
Equator

( from a question pool of 31 )

quiz me on – ATC Lights

ATC light signals to an Aircraft on the Ground -Cleared to taxi
Series of green flashes
ATC light signals to an Aircraft on the Ground -Danger, be on the alert
Alternating red and green flashes
ATC light signals to an Aircraft in Flight -Land at this aerodrome and proceed to apron
Flashing white

( from a question pool of 24 )

quiz me on – PPLNAV

During a night flight, you observe a steady white light and a flashing red light ahead and at the same altitude. What is the general direction of movement of the other aircraft?
The other aircraft is flying away from you.
Under what condition is pressure altitude and density altitude the same value?
At standard temperature.
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.

( 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 Perfectly Readable with the readability Scale of?
5
Speechless technique using unmodulated - activate button once
YES or AFFIRMATIVE
Q: You have been asked for a Radio check, Unreadable is the readability Scale of?
1

( from a question pool of 21 )

quiz me on – ELT

An ELT can activate itself

True

What frequency/s does an ELT transmit on?

121.5 and 406MHz

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 )