General questions Flashcards
When turning on the battery on start
You have to check the warnings for what and why and what do you do?
SRTRT warning because the starter is engaged and you need to do engine shutdown procedure which is Alternator off and battery off and get out of aircraft.
What is the transponder code for radio failure?
7600
What is the transponder code for emergency in flight?
7700
Get taxi clearance
Southort ground, this is shotgun 1-1, Taxis with information ____
ATC : “Shotgun 11, southport ground, time 46, altimeter 2980, runway 31R, taxi via golf, runway 27, crossrunway 27”.
Altimeter 2980, cross runway 27, two souls on board, aircraft oscar, 1.1 in the practice area, shotgood 11.
The threshold of a runway can be displaced true or false.
Yes
If the transponder is in SBY mode then the transponder is :
Energized but not able to reply any interrogations
Strati-form type clouds indicate what kind of atmosphere? Stable or unstable?
Stable
In a metar BR means?
Mist
Relative humidity increases as the temperature ________.
Decreases.
Ice crystals and freezing rain are formed in the same way?
No.
Chinook example
Addition of latent heat (evaporation)
Advection
Saturated, cool air
Adiabatic cooling with convection
Release of latent heat
Adiabatic heating with convection
Total heating
What do you call temperature near freezing and falling snow is melting near the surface?
Unknown temperature.
Digital winds bulletins are amended how many times a day?
4 times
Halo effect clouds
Cirrusstratus
GFA are issued how many times a day and at what times?
2330 and effective at 0000
0530 and effective at 0600
1130 and effective at 1200
1730 and effective at 1800
Digital upper winds bulletin at 3000ft winds are not forecast if station elevation is 1500ft or higher, True or False?
True
Water vapours concentration in atmosphere varies from 0 to __%?
4%
How many times a day GFA are amended?
Amended 4 times a day
Supercell refers to a rotating updraft, True or False?
True
What type of fog results from the air cooling?
Advection fog, radiation fog and upslope fog.
What is the definition of a ceiling in metar’s?
The lowest broken (BRK) or overcast (OVC) cloud layer.
Three could types that count as a ceiling?
OVC
BRK
VV
Types of cloud that do not count as a ceiling?
FEW
SKC
CLR
SKT or SCT
Meaning of WS in a METAR.
Wind shear
Meaning of GR in metars?
Hail
Sky condition code for 1-2, 3-4, 5-7 and 8 OKTAS?
FEW, SCT, BRK, OVS
If the angle of attack increases, where does the center of pressure moves?
Forward