Meteorology

Question 1

southern Oregon is ____

Answer 1

clear

Question 2

cold front is blowing from _____

Answer 2

northwest

Question 3

the stronger side/more turbulant side of the jet stream is the ____

Answer 3

northern side

Question 4

the jet strip dips south in the winter, is _____

Answer 4

higher in altitude, stronger/faster

Question 5

Turbulance is the most when ____

Answer 5

Mike has the controls

Question 6

wingtip vortices begin on _____

Answer 6

takeoff/rotation for larger aircraft

Question 7

A low pressure gradient is strongest/lowest pressure is where _____

Answer 7

isogenic lines are closest together

Location F in the figure is the best answer

Question 8

ATIS information is obtained from____

Answer 8

UHF/VHF radio, not the VOR voice

Question 9

Is it against OPNAV 3710 to go into a SIGMET?

Answer 9

No, however the area 2 in that particular question is the best answer (southern texas)

Question 10

how many millibars?

Answer 10

1014.2 millibars

Question 11

When flight planning, use ____

Answer 11

actual weather where you are, actual and forecasted enroute, and forecasted at you destination

Question 12

A metar is ______

Answer 12

a report of what is

Question 13

discuss BECOMING and TEMPO

Answer 13

BECOMING and TEMP can both be at the same time and should be referred to for weather minimums

Question 14

what are the minimums for single piloted aircraft

Answer 14

200-1/2

departing, but also generally

Question 15

forecast for TIK, lowest mins

Answer 15

500-1

Question 16

an AIRMET is ____

Answer 16

the same as a SIMGET, but it is published for less serious reasons

Question 17

A DD-175-1 must ____

Answer 17

be filed for all IFR flights in IMC conditions. IFR is the answer, not all flights

Question 18

the weather brief is good until _____

Answer 18

answer is next to the void box at the bottom of the WX brief, it has a void time of 1630, a re-brief time of 1710 and a new expiration next to the (1750/1730) thats the right answer, look at extension time

Question 19

when should a PIREP be made?

Answer 19

all of the above

Question 20

If caught in a microburst _____

Answer 20

add full power and wave off/abort

Question 21

The T-45 is considered ____

Answer 21

a single pilot aircraft, disregard the fact that it has 2 radios

Question 22

In one question about forecasted turbulance

Answer 22

its moderate to severe #3

Question 23

sever turbulance over Maine is _____

Answer 23

from the surface to 12,000’

Question 24

the freezing level in northeastern Oregon is _____

Answer 24

10,000’ MSL (interpolate) low level significant weather prog chart

Question 25

ceilings are always in ___

Answer 25

AGL

Question 26

weather over northeast ____

Answer 26

light snow and tops of 14,000’

Question 27

when planning a cross country from Florida to Mississippi (or something like that) _____

Answer 27

the wind is a left crosswind at 65 kts

Question 28

winds aloft question

Answer 28

know how to read them when above 100 kts

Question 29

know what a stationary front looks like

Answer 29

know it

Question 30

On a weather depiction chart, there will be a question about wether an area is VFR, MVFR, or IFR

Answer 30

its VFR despite the 3/4 cloud cover symbol

Question 31

can you go through a thunderstorm?

Answer 31

NO, DIVERT

Question 32

if you end up going through a thunderstorm _____

Answer 32

set attitude and ride it out, do not chase the needles

Question 33

Thunderstorm threatens aircraft with ______

Answer 33

lightening, icing, and hail

Question 34

a warm front has _____

Answer 34

stratiform clouds and rain on either side

Question 35

one questions is reading a METAR and asks which answer is right

Answer 35

the answer is visibility is increasing at the station (they put the METARS from latest to earliest to confuse you so it looks like visibility is going down, but look at the times. visibility does increase

Question 36

one question says you are going through CA and Oregon west of the cascades on a flight. they ask you what the conditions will be

Answer 36

the answer is both

the conditions before and after 1700z. make sure you look it over to double check

Question 37

know about structural icing

Answer 37

it decreases lift because it changes the shape of the airfoil

Question 38

on a radar summary chart they ask about whats going on in Maine and into the Atlantic

Answer 38

the answer is snow observed and echo tops at 14,000’ MSL

Question 39

one question about san francisco (SFO)

Answer 39

the answer is the weak pressure system will be formed in coastal sections by 0200z

Question 40

they ask about a forecast for Texas and Oklahoma

Answer 40

the answer is something to the effect of occasional severe turbulance below 6,000’

Question 41

one asks about the filing of weather brief

Answer 41

the answer is 2 1/2 hours prior to takeoff and 30 minutes after, its void