{ "50": [ { "num": 16, "text": "Which conditions are likely for the formation of advection fog?", "options": { "A": "Warm, humid air cools during a cloudy night", "B": "Cold, humid air moves over a warm ocean", "C": "Humidity evaporates from warm, humid ground into cold air", "D": "Warm, humid air moves over a cold surface" }, "correct": "D" }, { "num": 17, "text": "What process results in the formation of \"advection fog\"?", "options": { "A": "Cold, moist air is being moved across warm ground areas", "B": "Cold, moist air mixes with warm, moist air", "C": "Prolonged radiation during nights clear of clouds", "D": "Warm, moist air is moved across cold ground areas" }, "correct": "D" }, { "num": 18, "text": "What pressure pattern can be observed when a cold front is passing?", "options": { "A": "Continually increasing pressure", "B": "Shortly decreasing, thereafter increasing pressure", "C": "Continually decreasing pressure", "D": "Constant pressure pattern" }, "correct": "B" }, { "num": 19, "text": "What frontal line divides subtropical air from polar cold air, in particular across Central Europe?", "options": { "A": "Warm front", "B": "Cold front", "C": "Occlusion", "D": "Polar front" }, "correct": "D" }, { "num": 20, "text": "What weather conditions in Central Europe are typically found in high pressure areas during summer?", "options": { "A": "Large isobar spacing with calm winds, formation of local wind systems", "B": "Small isobar spacing with calm winds, formation of local wind systems", "C": "Large isobar spacing with strong prevailing westerly winds", "D": "Small isobar spacing with strong prevailing northerly winds" }, "correct": "A" }, { "num": 21, "text": "What weather conditions can be expected in high pressure areas during winter?", "options": { "A": "Calm winds and widespread areas with high fog", "B": "Changing weather with passing of frontal lines", "C": "Squall lines and thunderstorms", "D": "Calm weather and cloud dissipation, few high Cu" }, "correct": "A" }, { "num": 22, "text": "What temperatures are most dangerous with respect to airframe icing?", "options": { "A": ".+20° to -5° C", "B": ".-20° to -40° C", "C": ".+5° to -10° C", "D": "0° to -12° C" }, "correct": "D" }, { "num": 23, "text": "Which type of ice forms by large, supercooled droplets hitting the front surfaces of an aircraft?", "options": { "A": "Hoar frost", "B": "Clear ice", "C": "Rime ice", "D": "Mixed ice" }, "correct": "B" }, { "num": 24, "text": "What conditions are mandatory for the formation of thermal thunderstorms?", "options": { "A": "Absolutely stable atmosphere, high temperature and high humidity", "B": "Absolutely stable atmosphere, high temperature and low humidity", "C": "Conditionally unstable atmosphere, high temperature and high humidity", "D": "Conditionally unstable atmosphere, low temperature and low humidity" }, "correct": "C" }, { "num": 25, "text": "Which stage of a thunderstorm is dominated by updrafts?", "options": { "A": "Dissipating stage", "B": "Mature stage", "C": "Cumulus stage", "D": "Upwind stage" }, "correct": "C" }, { "num": 26, "text": "Heavy downdrafts and strong wind shear close to the ground can be expected...", "options": { "A": "Near the rainfall areas of heavy showers or thunderstorms.", "B": "During approach to an airfield at the coast with a strong sea breeze.", "C": "During cold, clear nights with the formation of radiation fog.", "D": "During warm summer days with high, flatted Cu clouds." }, "correct": "A" }, { "num": 27, "text": "Which weather chart shows the actual air pressure as in MSL along with pressure centers and fronts?", "options": { "A": "Wind chart", "B": "Surface weather chart", "C": "Prognostic chart", "D": "Hypsometric chart" }, "correct": "B" }, { "num": 28, "text": "What information can be obtained from satallite images?", "options": { "A": "Overview of cloud covers and front lines", "B": "Turbulence and icing", "C": "Temperature and dew point of environmental air", "D": "Flight visibility, ground visibility, and ground contact" }, "correct": "A" }, { "num": 29, "text": "What information can be found in the ATIS, but not in a METAR?", "options": { "A": "Operational information such as runway in use and transition level", "B": "Information about current weather, for example types of precipitation", "C": "Approach information, such as ground visibility and cloud base", "D": "Information about mean wind speeds, maximum speeds in gusts if applicable" }, "correct": "A" }, { "num": 30, "text": "What type of cloud indicates thermal updrafts?", "options": { "A": "Stratus", "B": "Cirrus", "C": "Cumulus", "D": "Lenticularis" }, "correct": "C" }, { "num": 36, "text": "The saturated adiabatic lapse rate is...", "options": { "A": "Equal to the dry adiabatic lapse rate.", "B": "Higher than the dry adiabatic lapse rate.", "C": "Proportional to the dry adiabatic lapse rate.", "D": "Lower than the dry adiabatic lapse rate." }, "correct": "D" }, { "num": 37, "text": "The dry adiabatic lapse rate has a value of...", "options": { "A": "0,65° C / 100 m.", "B": "1,0° C / 100 m.", "C": "2° / 1000 ft.", "D": "0,6° C / 100 m." }, "correct": "B" }, { "num": 38, "text": "What weather conditions may be expected during conditionally unstable conditions?", "options": { "A": "Towering cumulus, isolated showers of rain or thunderstorms", "B": "Layered clouds up to high levels, prolonged rain or snow", "C": "Sky clear of clouds, sunshine, low winds", "D": "Shallow cumulus clouds with base at medium levels" }, "correct": "A" }, { "num": 39, "text": "What cloud type does the picture show? See figure (MET-004). Siehe Anlage 3", "options": { "A": "Altocumulus", "B": "Cirrus", "C": "Cumulus", "D": "Stratus" }, "correct": "B" }, { "num": 40, "text": "The formation of medium to large precipitation particles requires...", "options": { "A": "Strong updrafts.", "B": "An inversion layer.", "C": "A high cloud base.", "D": "Strong wind." }, "correct": "A" }, { "num": 41, "text": "The symbol labeled (2) as shown in the picture is a / an... See figure (MET-005) Siehe Anlage 4", "options": { "A": "Front aloft.", "B": "Cold front.", "C": "Occlusion.", "D": "Warm front." }, "correct": "D" }, { "num": 42, "text": "What visual flight conditions can be expected within the warm sector of a polar front low during summer time?", "options": { "A": "Good visibility, some isolated high clouds", "B": "Moderate to good visibility, scattered clouds", "C": "Visibilty less than 1000 m, cloud-covered ground", "D": "Moderate visibility, heavy showers and thunderstorms" }, "correct": "B" }, { "num": 43, "text": "What visual flight conditions can be expected after the passage of a cold front?", "options": { "A": "Good visiblity, formation of cumulus clouds with showers of rain or snow", "B": "Poor visibility, formation of overcast or ground-covering stratus clouds, snow", "C": "Scattered cloud layers, visbility more than 5 km, formation of shallow cumulus clouds", "D": "Medium visibility with lowering cloud bases, onset of prolonged precipitation" }, "correct": "A" }, { "num": 44, "text": "What is the usual direction of movement of a polar front low?", "options": { "A": "Parallel to the the warm-sector isobars", "B": "To the northeast during winter, to the southeast during summer", "C": "Parallel to the warm front line to the south", "D": "To the northwest during winter, to the southwest during summer" }, "correct": "A" }, { "num": 45, "text": "What pressure pattern can be observed during the passage of a polar front low?", "options": { "A": "Rising pressure in front of the warm front, constant pressure within the warm sector, rising pressure behind the cold front", "B": "Rising pressure in front of the warm front, rising pressure within the warm sector, falling pressure behind the cold front", "C": "Falling pressure in front of the warm front, constant pressure within the warm sector, rising pressure behind the cold front", "D": "Falling pressure in front of the warm front, constant pressure within the warm sector, falling pressure behind the cold front" }, "correct": "C" }, { "num": 46, "text": "What change of wind direction can be expected during the passage of a polar front low in Central Europe?", "options": { "A": "Backing wind during passage of the warm front, veering wind during passage of the cold front", "B": "Veering wind during passage of the warm front, veering wind during passage of the cold front", "C": "Veering wind during passage of the warm front, backing wind during passage of the cold front", "D": "Backing wind during passage of the warm front, backing wind during passage of the cold front" }, "correct": "B" }, { "num": 47, "text": "What pressure pattern may result from cold-air inflow in high tropospheric layers?", "options": { "A": "Alternating pressure", "B": "Formation of a large ground low", "C": "Formation of a high in the upper troposphere", "D": "Formation of a low in the upper troposphere" }, "correct": "D" }, { "num": 48, "text": "Cold air inflow in high tropospheric layers may result in...", "options": { "A": "Showers and thunderstorms.", "B": "Frontal weather.", "C": "Calm weather and cloud dissipation", "D": "Stabilisation and calm weather." }, "correct": "A" }, { "num": 49, "text": "How does inflowing cold air affect the shape and vertical distance between pressure layers?", "options": { "A": "Increasing vertical distance, raise in height (high pressure)", "B": "Decreasing vertical distance, raise in height (high pressure)", "C": "Decrease in vertical distance, lowering in height (low pressure)", "D": "Increase in vertical distance, lowering in height (low pressure)" }, "correct": "C" }, { "num": 50, "text": "What weather conditions can be expected in high pressure areas during summer?", "options": { "A": "Calm weather and cloud dissipation, few high Cu", "B": "Changing weather with passing of frontal lines", "C": "Squall lines and thunderstorms", "D": "Calm winds and widespread areas with high fog" }, "correct": "A" }, { "num": 51, "text": "What weather conditions can be expected during \"Foehn\" on the windward side of a mountain range?", "options": { "A": "Layered clouds, mountains obscured, poor visibility, moderate or heavy rain", "B": "Dissipating clouds with unusual warming, accompanied by strong, gusty winds", "C": "Calm wind and forming of high stratus clouds (high fog)", "D": "Scattered cumulus clouds with showers and thunderstorms" }, "correct": "A" }, { "num": 52, "text": "What chart shows areas of precipitation?", "options": { "A": "Satellite picture", "B": "Wind chart", "C": "Radar picture", "D": "GAFOR" }, "correct": "C" }, { "num": 53, "text": "An inversion is a layer ...", "options": { "A": "With constant temperature with increasing height", "B": "With increasing pressure with increasing height.", "C": "With increasing temperature with increasing height.", "D": "With decreasing temperature with increasing height." }, "correct": "C" }, { "num": 61, "text": "What condition may prevent the formation of \"radiation fog\"?", "options": { "A": "Calm wind", "B": "Clear night, no clouds", "C": "Low spread", "D": "Overcast cloud cover" }, "correct": "D" }, { "num": 62, "text": "The symbol labeled (3) as shown in the picture is a / an... See figure (MET-005) Siehe Anlage 4", "options": { "A": "Cold front.", "B": "Warm front.", "C": "Front aloft.", "D": "Occlusion." }, "correct": "D" }, { "num": 63, "text": "A boundary between a cold polar air mass and a warm subtropical air mass showing no horizontal displacement is called...", "options": { "A": "Cold front.", "B": "Warm front.", "C": "Stationary front.", "D": "Occluded front." }, "correct": "C" }, { "num": 64, "text": "What situation may result in the occurrence of severe wind shear?", "options": { "A": "Flying ahead of a warm front with visible Ci clouds", "B": "Cross-country flying below Cu clouds with about 4 octas coverage", "C": "During final approach, 30 min after a heavy shower has passed the airfield", "D": "When a shower is visible close to the airfield" }, "correct": "D" }, { "num": 65, "text": "What kind of reduction in visibility is not very sensitive to changes in temperature?", "options": { "A": "Radiation fog (FG)", "B": "Mist (BR)", "C": "Patches of fog (BCFG)", "D": "Haze (HZ)" }, "correct": "D" }, { "num": 66, "text": "In a METAR, \"(moderate) showers of rain\" are designated by the identifier...", "options": { "A": ".+TSRA", "B": "SHRA.", "C": "TS.", "D": ".+RA." }, "correct": "B" }, { "num": 67, "text": "SIGMET warnings are issued for...", "options": { "A": "Specific routings.", "B": "Countries.", "C": "FIRs / UIRs.", "D": "Airports." }, "correct": "C" }, { "num": 68, "text": "Mountain side updrafts can be intensified by ...", "options": { "A": "Solar irradiation on the lee side", "B": "Thermal radiation of the windward side during the night", "C": "Solar irradiation on the windward side", "D": "By warming of upper atmospheric layers" }, "correct": "C" }, { "num": 76, "text": "Clouds in high layers are referred to as...", "options": { "A": "Cirro-.", "B": "Strato-.", "C": "Nimbo-.", "D": "Alto-." }, "correct": "A" }, { "num": 77, "text": "What factor may affect the top of cumulus clouds?", "options": { "A": "The spread", "B": "Relative humidity", "C": "The absolute humidity", "D": "The presence of an inversion layer" }, "correct": "D" }, { "num": 78, "text": "What factors may indicate a tendency to fog formation?", "options": { "A": "Strong winds, decreasing temperature", "B": "Low spread, decreasing temperature", "C": "Low pressure, increasing temperature", "D": "Low spread, increasing temperature" }, "correct": "B" }, { "num": 79, "text": "What process results in the formation of \"orographic fog\" (\"hill fog\")?", "options": { "A": "Prolonged radiation during nights clear of clouds", "B": "Warm, moist air is moved across a hill or a mountain range", "C": "Evaporation from warm, moist ground area into very cold air", "D": "Cold, moist air mixes with warm, moist air" }, "correct": "B" }, { "num": 80, "text": "What factors are required for the formation of precipitation in clouds?", "options": { "A": "The presence of an inversion layer", "B": "Moderate to strong updrafts", "C": "Calm winds and intensive sunlight insolation", "D": "High humidity and high temperatures" }, "correct": "B" }, { "num": 81, "text": "What wind conditions can be expected in areas showing large distances between isobars?", "options": { "A": "Strong prevailing westerly winds with rapid veering", "B": "Strong prevailing easterly winds with rapid backing", "C": "Formation of local wind systems with strong prevailing westerly winds", "D": "Variable winds, formation of local wind systems" }, "correct": "D" }, { "num": 82, "text": "Under which conditions \"back side weather\" (\"Rückseitenwetter\") can be expected?", "options": { "A": "After passing of a cold front", "B": "Before passing of an occlusion", "C": "During Foehn at the lee side", "D": "After passing of a warm front" }, "correct": "A" }, { "num": 83, "text": "What wind is reportet as 225/15 ?", "options": { "A": "North-east wind with 15 kt", "B": "South-west wind with 15 kt", "C": "South-west wind with 15 km/h", "D": "North-east wind with 15 km/h" }, "correct": "B" }, { "num": 84, "text": "What weather is likely to be experienced during \"Foehn\" in the Bavarian area close to the alps?", "options": { "A": "Cold, humid downhill wind on the lee side of the alps, flat pressure pattern", "B": "Nimbostratus cloud in the southern alps, rotor clouds at the lee side, warm and dry wind", "C": "High pressure area overhead Biskaya and low pressure area in Eastern Europe", "D": "Nimbostratus cloud in the northern alps, rotor clouds at the windward side, warm and dry wind" }, "correct": "B" } ] }