Assorted Review Questions Flashcards
What is the maximum speed for an approach that involves a procedure turn?
200 knots IAS
What is a contact approach? Who can initiate it?
Contact approaches are used when a visual approach isn’t possible, but the pilot is able to see the ground at some point during the instrument approach. ONLY THE PILOT can initiate a contact approach; ATC cannot do it. Contact approaches do not have a missed approach.
Prerequisites (don’t need to test on this, just for reference):
You need to remain clear of clouds, have 1 statute mile of flight visibility, and reasonably expect to continue to the airport in those conditions. Plus, the airport must have a published instrument approach.
What illusion can be caused by a sloping cloud formation, an obscured horizon, and a dark scene spread with ground lights/stars?
False horizons
What will happen if you disengage the auto sensitivity while conducting a GPS approach?
The approach mode annunciation will disengage.
What weather would you expect when moist, cool air blows over a warm land mass?
Thunderstorms – the cool air is warmed by the warmer surface below, creating convective currents, and causing air to rise. This leads to moist, unstable air, which causes cumulus clouds, showers, and turbulence.
What aural indication will you receive when passing the outer marker?
Dash, dash, dash
IFR below 18,000 feet, VORs used to describe the “route of flight” should be a maximum of how many miles apart?
80 miles
Decode the following winds aloft forecast: at 34,000 feet, wind = 760150
Wind = 260 @ 101 kts, temperature = -50ºC
In a standard atmosphere, how much does the temperature change every 1,000 feet? In other words, what is the temperature lapse rate?
2ºC per 1,000 ft.
Regarding slant range error, what’s the furthest you can be from a DME station and still consider the reading reliable?
1 or more miles per 1,000 ft. of altitude above the facility
When is supplemental oxygen required?
- Between 12,500-14,000 ft., the MINIMUM FLIGHT CREW must use supplemental oxygen for any part of the flight EXCEEDING 30 MINUTES
- Above 14,000 ft., the MINIMUM FLIGHT CREW must use supplemental oxygen for the ENTIRE FLIGHT TIME
- Above 15,000 ft., the minimum flight crew AND PASSENGERS must use supplemental oxygen for the entire flight time
When do frontal waves normally form?
Frontal waves & cyclones (areas of low pressure) usually form on slow-moving cold fronts or on stationary fronts.
If you encounter icing with the autopilot on, what should you be aware of?
It may be best to periodically disengage the autopilot and hand-fly the aircraft
How long down the runway is: (a) the touchdown zone marker, and (b) the fixed distance marker?
(a) 500 ft, (b) 1,000 ft
Where do squall lines most often develop?
Ahead of a cold front
If both the ram air and drain hole of the pitot system are blocked, how will the airspeed indicator react to large changes in power during level flight?
During level flight, the airspeed indicator will remain constant even during large power changes
When using a VOR test facility (VOT) to test a dual VOR system, (a) what radials should the VORs be set to and (b) what is an acceptable deviation between the two VORs?
It should be set to 180º TO and 360º FROM, and a deviation of 4º is acceptable
If the weather at your destination is VFR, but the airport has NO INSTRUMENT APPROACH, how much fuel do you need to plan for?
Enough fuel to get to your destination, to fly to an alternate, and to fly for 45 mins at cruising speed
The presence of wet snow at your flight level indicates the freezing level is where in relation to you?
The freezing level is above you
If the pitot tube becomes clogged with ice, which instrument (s) will be affected?
The airspeed indicator ONLY
On the written test, most “rate of climb” questions are (a) high, (b) medium, or (c) low?
Most rate of climb are HIGH
On the written test, most “initial rate of descent” questions are (a) high, (b) medium, or (c) low?
Most rate of descent are MEDIUM
To enter a CONSTANT AIRSPEED descent, and maintain cruising speed, how should power and pitch attitude be adjusted?
SIMULTANEOUSLY reduce power and adjust pitch using the attitude indicator
What information does HIWAS broadcast?
SIGMETs, Convective SIGMETs, AIRMETs, Severe Weather Forecast Alerts (AWW), and Center Weather Advisories
What vertical speed should be used on ATC-ordered altitutde changes of more than 1,000 feet?
As rapidly as possible to 1,000 ft. above/below the assigned altitude, then between 500-1,500 feet/minute until reaching the assigned altitude
When the pilot is conducting “timed approaches from a holding fix,” what weather conditions are required at the airport?
The reported ceiling and visibility minimums must be equal to or greater than the HIGHEST CIRCLING MINIMUMS for the procedure
What would be the difference in indicated altitude if the altimeter setting was changed from 29.92” to 30.10”?
The altitude would INCREASE by 180 ft. Increase HG, increase indicated altitude.
Clouds, fog, or dew will always form WHEN:
Water vapor condenses (NOT necessarily when temperature and dewpoint are equal)
In what type of air does a temperature inversion normally form?
In STABLE air
What type of icing should be expected when SLDs (supercooled large droplets) that splash or spatter on impact at temperatures below 5ºC?
Ice that forms on the wing AFT of the active part of the deicing boots
What causes surface winds to flow against the isobars at an ANGLE rather than PARALLEL to the isobars?
Surface friction causes this
Which precipitation type typically indicates freezing rain at higher altitudes?
Ice pellets
What type of clouds will be formed if very stable moist air is forced UP SLOPE?
Stratified clouds with little vertical development
By what measurement of the atmosphere can STABILITY be determined?
Ambient lapse rate
What determines the structure/type of clouds which form as a result of air being forced to ascend?
The stability of the air BEFORE lifting occurs
What does the suffix “nimbus” mean in naming clouds?
Rain cloud
What are the four families of clouds?
High, middle, low, and those with extensive vertical development
Steady precipitation, as opposed to showers, preceding a front, is usually associated with what type of clouds/turbulence?
Stratiform clouds with little or no turbulence
What are characteristics of an unstable cold air mass moving over a warm surface?
Cumuliform clouds, turbulence, and GOOD visibility
What is meant by the term “embedded thunderstorms”?
Thunderstorms are obscured by massive cloud layers and cannot be seen