Weather Test Questions

Question 1

GFA Static Images
2 dots mean
4 dots mean

Answer 1

Light Rain

Heavy Rain

Question 2

GFA Static Images

Red S sign with a dot inside

Answer 2

Freezing rain

Question 3

GFA Static Images

Three Astrisks

Answer 3

Moderate Snow

Question 4

What is microburst?

Answer 4

intense small-scale downdraft produced by a thunderstorm or rain shower

Question 5

Microburst timing and coverage area

Answer 5

up to 15mins and covers 2-5 miles diameter

Question 6

Interpert WS005/27050kt

Answer 6

Windshear at 500 AGL wind 270 50

Question 7

There is visible moisture, expect?

Answer 7

structural icing

Question 8

Wind-shear with string tailwind. How to adjust power

Answer 8

Decrease power, Further decrease power when wind shear happens
If wind changes and come headwind, increase power

Question 9

in a severe turbulence, what condition do you need to maintain

Answer 9

Level flight attitude with recommended power setting.

Don’t turn back

Question 10

Timing for airmet

Answer 10

Max period is 6 hours

Question 11

What info. Airborne weather avoidance radar show?

Answer 11

Location of particles in the atmoshpehre and precipitation size.

Question 12

Airborne weather avoidance radar show: can it show location of cloud size, ceilings or restrictions to visibility?

Answer 12

NO

Question 13

Winter+tem is below freezing and autopilot during climb. concern is:

Answer 13

Increase AOA and vulnerable to icing further aft. Slower speed is more chance of icing.

Question 14

How to report Icing to ATC?

Answer 14

1) Trace 2) light 3) Moderate 4) Severe

Question 15

High level significant weather prognostic chart
Yellow line
360/XXX
HAT symbol

Answer 15

Moderate or greater turbulence
Layer of turbulence between FL24 to 360
Moderate turbulence

Question 16

Wind Barbs symbols mean
one short barb
one long barb
flag
Calm

Answer 16

5knots
10knots
50knots

Question 17

Metar VV008

Answer 17

Sky obscured with a vertical visibility go 800ft

Question 18

Headwing and wind shear to tail. Your next step

Answer 18

Increase power a little

Question 19

First step of planning an instrument cross country actual IFR

Answer 19

Get the big picture
look at surface analysis
weather deposition charts, significant weather prognostic charts
look for high, low level pressure area fronts, dew/ temperature, wind directions, local information

Question 20

Area the TAF established.

Answer 20

5SM miles of a local area

Question 21

Which level of clouds more susceptible to icing

Answer 21

low level

Question 22

What do you need to do with Icing and autopilot

Answer 22

hand-fly the plane and easier to feel if icing is happening

Question 23

METAR RAESNB42

Answer 23

Rain ended and snow begun 42 mins past the hour

Question 24

Moderate icing and winds of 30 knots: segment or airmet?

Answer 24

airmet

Question 25

Difference between Convective segment and non convective segment

Answer 25

Convective segment: Embedded thunderstorms | NonConvective segment: Severe turbalnce, icing, volcano ash.

Question 26

During a descent, icing is happening, mean above:

Answer 26

chance of warmer air

Question 27

How doest frost form?

Answer 27

Temp. of collecting surfaces is below dew point of surrounding air and the dew point is older then freezing

Question 28

Plane encounter heading of 45 know. expect tola of winshear

Answer 28

90knots

Question 29

thunderstorm avoidance

Answer 29

stay 20NM

Question 30

Timeframe of convective outlook:

Answer 30

Day 1 : Five times per day Day 2:Twice a day Day 3:once in a day

Question 31

P6SM. P means:

Answer 31

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