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CHAPTER 6 JEPPESEN KNOWLEDGE TEST GUIDE Flashcards

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1
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WHAT CAUSES VARIATION IN ALTIMETER SETTINGS BETWEEN WEATHER REPORTING PONTS

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UNEQUAL HEATING OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE

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THE WIND AT 5,000 FEET AGL IS SOUTHWESTERLY, WHILE THE SURFACE WIND IS SOUTHERLY. THIS IS DIFFERENCE IN DIRECTION IS PRIMARILY DUE TO

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FRICTION BETWEEN THE WIND AND THE EARTH’S SURFACE

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CONVECTIVE CIRCULATION PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH SEA BREEZES ARE CAUSED BY

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COOL, DENSE AIR MOVING INLAND FROM OVER THE WATER

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EVERY PHYSICAL PROCESS OF WEATHER IS ACCOMPANIED BY OR IS THE RESULT OF A

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HEAT EXCHANGE

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WHEN THERE IS A TEMPERATURE INVERSION, YOU WOULD EXPECT TO EXPERIENCE

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AN INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE AS ALTITUDE INCREASES

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THE MOST FREQUENT TYPE OF GROUND OR SURFACE-BASED TEMPERATURE INVERSION IS THAT WHICH IS PRODUCED BY

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TERRESTRIAL RADIATION ON A CLEAR RELATIVELY STILL NIGHT

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WHICH WEATHER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED BENEATH A LOW-LEVEL TEMPERATURE INVERSION LAYER WHEN THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS HIGH?

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SMOOTH AIR, POOR VISIBILITY, FOG HAZE OR LOW CLOUDS

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WHAT IS MEANT BY DEWPOINT

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THE TEMPERATURE TO WHICH AIR MUST BE COOLED TO BECOME SATURATED

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THE AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR WHICH AIR CAN HOLD DEPENDS ON THE

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AIR TEMPERATURE

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CLOUDS, FOG, OR DEW WILL ALWAYS FORM WHEN

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WATER VAPOR CONDENSES

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WHAT ARE THE PROCESSES BY WHICH MOISTURE IS ADDED TO UNSATURATED AIR

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EVAPORATION AND SUBLIMATION

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WHICH CONDITIONS RESULT IN THE FORMATION OF FROST

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THE TEMPERATURE OF THE COLLECTING SURFACE IS AT OR BELOW THE DEWPOINT OF THE ADJACENT AIR, AND THE DEWPOINT IS BELOW FREEZING

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THE PRESENCE OF ICE PELLETS AT THE SURFACE IS EVIDENCE THAT THERE

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IS A TEMPERATURE INVERSION WITH FREEZING RAIN AT HIGHER ALTITUDES

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WHAT MEASUREMENT CAN BE USED TO DETERMINE THE STABILITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE

A

ACTUAL LAPSE RATE

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WHAT WOULD DECREASE THE STABILITY OF AN AIR MASS

A

WARMING FROM BELOW

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WHAT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF STABLE AIR

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STRATIFORM CLOUDS

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WHEN WARM
MOIST AIR FLOWS UPSLOPE, IT

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PRODUCES STRATUS TYPE CLOUDS

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IF AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS FORCED UPWARD, WHAT TYPE CLOUDS CAN BE EXPECTED

A

CLOUDS WITH CONSIDERABLE VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATED TURBULENCE

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WHAT FEATURE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A TEMPERATURE INVERSION

A

A STABLE LAYER OF AIR

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WHAT IS THE APPROXIMATE BASE OF THE CUMULUS CLOUDS IF THE SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE AI 1,000’ MSL IS 70 DEG F AND THE DEWPOINT IS 48 DEG F

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6,000’ MSL
- TEMP AND DEWPOINT CONVERGE @ 4.4DEG F / 1,000 ‘
- ESTIMATE THE CLOUD BASE BY …..
(70 DEG F - 48 DEG F) / 4.4 DEG F X 1000’ = 5,000’
BECAUSE THE SURFACE IS 1,000’ + 5,000 = 6,000’

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AT APPROXIMATELY WHAT ALTITUDE ABOVE THE SURFACE WOULD THE PILOT EXPECT THE BASE OF CUMULIFORM CLOUDS IF THE SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE IS 82 DEG F AND THE DEWPOINT IS 38 DEG F

A

10,000 MSL
TEMP AND DEWPOINT CONVERGE @ 4.4 DEF F / 1,000’
(82 DEG F - 38 DEG F) / 4.4 DEG F X 1000’ = 10,000’

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WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A MOIST, UNSTABLE AIR MASS?

A

CUMULIFORM CLOUDS AND SHOWERY PRECIPITATION

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WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF UNSTABLE AIR

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TURBULENCE AND GOOD SURFACE VISIBILITY

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A STABLE AIR MASS IS MOST LIKELY TO HAVE WHICH CHARACTERISTIC

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SMOOTH AIR

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THE SUFFIX “NIMBUS” USED IN NAMING CLOUDS MEANS

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A RAIN CLOUD

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CLOUDS ARE DIVIDED INTO FOUR FAMILIES ACCORDING TO THEIR

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HEIGHT RANGE

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ONE OF THE MOST EASILY RECOGNIZD DISCONTINUITIES ACROSS A FRONT IS

A

A CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE

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ONE WEATHER PHENOMENON THAT ALWAYS OCCURS WHEN FLYING ACROSS A FRONT IS A CHANGE IN THE

A

WIND DIRECTION

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STEADY PRECIPITATION PRECEEDING A FRONT IS AN INDICATION OF

A

STRATIFORM CLOUDS WITH LITTTLE OR NO TURBULANCE

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WHAT SITUATION IS MOST CONDUCIVE TO THE FORMATION OF RADIATION FOG

A

WARM, MOIST AIR OVER LOW, FLATLAND AREAS ON CLEAR CALM NIGHTS

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IF THE TEMPERATURE/ DEWPOINT SPREAD IS SMALL AND DECREASING, AND THE TEMPERATURE IS 62 DEG F, WHAT TYPE OF WEATHER IS MOST LIKELY TO DEVELOP

A

FOG OR LOW CLOUDS

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IN WHICH SITUATION IS ADVECTION FOG MOST LIKELY TO FORM

A

AN AIRMASS MOVING INLAND FROM THE COAST DURING WINTER

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WHAT TYPES OF FOG DEPEND UPON WIND TO EXIST

A

ADVECTION FOG / UPSLOPE FOG
“A.U. FOG”

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LOW LEVEL TURBULANCE CAN OCCUR AND ICING CAN BECOME HAZARDOUS IN WHICH TYPE OF FOG

A

STEAM FOG

35
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AN ALMOND OR LENS-SHAPED CLOUD THAT APPEARS STATIONARY, BUT CAN CONTAIN WINDS OF 50 KTS OR MORE IS REFERRED TO

A

LENTICULAR CLOUD

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THE CRESTS OF STANDING MOUTAIN WAVES MAY BE MARKED BY STATIONARY, LENS SHAPED CLOUDS KNOWN AS

A

STANDING LENTICUALR CLOUDS

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WHAT CLOUDS HAVE THE GREATEST TURBULANCE

A

CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS

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WHAT CLOUD TYPES WOULD INDICATE CONVECTIVE TURBULANCE

A

TOWERING CUMULUS CLOUDS

39
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POSSIBLE MOUTAIN WAVE TURBULENCE COULD BE ANTICIPATED WHEN WINDS OF 40 KNOTS OR GREATER BLOW

A

ACROSS A MOUTAIN RIDGE, AND THE AIR IS STABLE
“MOUTAIN RIDGE TURBULANCE STABLE”

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WHERE DOES WIND SHEAR COME FROM

A

AT ALL ALTITUDES, IN ALL DIRECTIONS

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WHEN MAY HAZARDOUS WINDSHEAR BE EXPECTED

A

IN AREAS OF LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURE INVERSION, FRONTAL ZONES, AND CLEAR AIR TURBULANCE

42
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A PILOT CAN EXPECT A WIND SHEAR ZONE IN A TEMPERATURE INVERSION WHENEVER THE WIND SPEEED AT 2,000’ TO 4,000 ABOVE THE SURFACE IS AT LEAST

A

25 KNOTS

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ONE FLIGHT CONDITION NECESSARY FOR STRUCTURAL ICING TO FORM IS

A

VISABLE MOISTURE

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IN WHICH ENVIRONMET IS AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL ICE MOST LIKELY TO HAVE THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATION RATE?

A

FREEZING RAIN

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WHY IS FROST CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS TO FLIGHT

A

FROST SPOILS THE SMOOTH AIR FLOW OF AIR OVER THE WINGS, THEREBY DECREASING LLIFTING CAPABILITY

46
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HOW DOES FROST AFFECT THE LIFTING SURFACES OF AN AIRPLANE ON TAKEOFF

A

FROST MAY PREVENT THE AIRPLANE FROM BECOMING AIRBORNE AT A NORMAL TAKEOFF SPEED

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THE CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR THE FORMATION OF CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS ARE LIFTING ACTION AND

A

UNSTABLE, MOIST AIR

47
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HOW DOES FROST ON THE WINGS OF AN AIRPLANE AFFECT TAKEOFF PERFORMANCE

A

FROST DISRUPTS THE SMOOTH FLOW OF AIR OVER THE WING, ADVERSELY AFFECTING ITS LIFTING CAPACITY

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WHAT FEATURE IS NORMALLY ASOCIATED WITH THE CUMULUS STAGE OF A THUNDERSTORM

A

CONTINUOUS UPDRAFTS

49
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THE MATURE STAGE OF A THUNDERSTORM BEGINS WITH

A

THE START OF PRECIPITATION

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WHAT CONDITIONS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE FORMATION OF THUNDERSTORMS

A

HIGH HUMIDITY
LIFTING FORCE
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS

51
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DURING THE LIFE CYCLE OF A THUNDERSTORM, WHICH STAGE IS CHARACHTERIZED PREDOMINANTLY BY DOWNDRAFTS

A

DISSIPATING

52
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THUNDERSTORMS REACH THEIR GREATEST INTENSITY DURING THE

A

MATURE STAGE

53
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THUNDERSTORMS THAT GENERALLY PRODUCE THE MOST INTENSE HAZARD TO AIRCRAFT ARE

A

SQUALL LINE THUNDERSTORMS

54
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A NONFRONTAL, NARROW BAND OF ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS THAT OFTEN DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONTIS KNOWN AS

A

SQUALL LINE

55
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IF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS IN THE VICINITY OF AN AIRPORT AT WHICH YOU PLAN TO LAND, WHICH HAZARDOUS ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENON MIGHT BE EXPECTED ON THE LANDING APPROACH

A

WIND SHEAR TURBULENCE

56
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UPON ENCOUNTERING SEVERE TURBULENCE, WHICH FLIGHT CONDITIONS SHOULD THE PILOT ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN

A

LEVEL FLIGHT ATTITUDE

57
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WHICH WEATHER PHENOMENOM IS ALWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH A THUNDERSTORM

A

LIGHTNING

58
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WING TIP VORTICIES ARE CREATED ONLY WHEN AN AIRCAFT IS

A

DEVELOPING LIFT

59
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THE GREATEST VORTEX STRENGTH OCCURS WHEN THE GENERATING AIRCRAFT IS

A

HEAVY
CLEAN
SLOW

60
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WING TIP VORTICES CREATED BY LARGE AIRCRAFT TEND TO

A

SINK BELOW THE AIRCRAFT GENERATING TURBULENCE

61
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WHEN TAKING OFF OR LANDING AT AN AIRPORT WHERE HEAVY AIRCRAFT ARE OPERATING, PILOTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE HAZARDS OF WINGTIP VORTICES BECAUSE THIS TURBULENCE TENDS TO

A

SINK INTO THE PATH OF AIRCRAFT OPERATING BELOW THE AIRCRAFT GENERATING TURBULENCE

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THE WIND CONDITION THAT REQUIRES MAXIMUM CAUTION WHEN AVOIDING WAKE TURBULENCE ON LANDING IS

A

LIGHT QUATERING TAILWIND

63
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WHN LANDING BEHIND A LARGE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT SHOULD AVOID WAKE TURBULENCE BY STAYING

A

ABOVE THE LARGE AIRCRAFTS FINAL APPROACH PATH AND LANDING BEYOND THE LARGE AIRCRAFT TOUCHDOWN POINT

64
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WHEN DEPARTING BEHIND A HEAVY AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT SHOULD AVOID WAKE TURBULANCE BY MANUEVERING THE AIRCRAFT

A

ABOVE AND UPWIND OF THE HEAVY AIRCRAFT

65
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WHEN LANDING BEHIND A LARGE AIRCRAFT, WHICH PROCEDURE SHOULD BE FOLLOWED FOR VORTEX AVOIDANCE

A

STAY ABOVE ITS FINAL APPROACH FLIGHT PATH ALL THE WAY TO TOUCHDOWN

66
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HOW DOES THE WAKE TURBULANCE VORTEX CIRCULATE AROUND EACH WING TIP

A

OUTWARD, UPWARD AND AROUND EACH WING TIP

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