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quiz me on – Atmosphere

When changing ice to liquid water, is latent heat required or released?
Required
Condensation is a process that changes what?
Vapor to liquid
When a change of state from Ice to liquid takes place, the process is called?
Melting

( 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

One is 

1
When the weather report states the sky is covered by 1-2 oktas , the cloud is said to be?
FEW

( from a question pool of 9 )

quiz me on – VFR planning, procedures and GPS

What causes receiver error?
Satellite not correctly matching pseudo-random code with that of the satellite
What does secondary radar require?
Transponder
What type of radar works on the echo principal?
Primary

( 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
a position vertically below an aircraft
Ground position is
Altitude is
the vertical distance of a level, a point, or an object considered as a point measured from mean sea level

( from a question pool of 25 )

quiz me on -Speed and Position

the airspeed read directly from the airspeed indicator on an aircraft
Indicated airspeed (IAS) is
the ratio of a given chart length to the actual distance on the Earth that it represents
scale and the relationship between chart and earth distances is
A Metre is
a metric unit of length equal to approximately 1.094 yards or 3.3 feet

( from a question pool of 36 )

quiz me on – Direction on the earth

True direction is
horizontal direction expressed as angular distance from True North
Latitude of a place is
its angular distance in degrees North or South from the equator
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 -Series of red flashes
Taxi clear of landing area in use
ATC light signals to an Aircraft on the Ground -Stop
Steady red
ATC light signals to an Aircraft on the Ground -Series of green flashes
Cleared to taxi

( from a question pool of 24 )

quiz me on – PPLNAV

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.
How many satellites make up the Global Positioning System (GPS)?
24.

East is expressed  as what direction?

090?

( from a question pool of 18 )

quiz me on – Radio check and Speechless

Speechless technique using unmodulated - activate button four times
AT NOMINATED POSITION
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
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

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

What does ELT stand for?

Emergency locator transmitter 


( from a question pool of 6 )