Meteorology Exam examples ⋆ Flexwing Scotland

#1. Up to approx 6,000 feet the SALR cools at :

1.5 Degrees Celsius per 1000 Feet

3 Degrees Celsius per 1000 feet

A variable rate

Sorry – wrong answer. Ref Page 123 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#2. Disturbed air left behind an aircraft is called:

Rotor Effect

Wake Turbulence

Wave Effect

Sorry Wrong answer – Ref Page 120 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#3. If the take-off speed of an aircraft is 45 mph and there is a 10 mph headwind, what groundspeed will the aircraft take off?

45 mph

25 mph

35 mph

Sorry – Wrong answer – Ref Page 114 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#4. Dew Point refers to :

Temperature

Humidity

Time

Sorry – Wrong Answer – Ref Page 124 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#5. The rate at which temperature drops with height is called:

Rotor Effect

Lapse Rate

Wave Effect

Sorry – Wrong answer – Ref Page 121 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#6. Aircraft should always take off:

Into Tailwind

Into Crosswind

Into Headwind

Sorry – Wrong answer. Ref Page 114 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#7. As Relative Humidity Increases:

Density remains the same

Density Increases

Density Decreases

Sorry – Wrong Answer – Ref Page 107 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#8. If the Wind changes from South-West to West it will said to be :

Veening

Backing

Blocking

Blowing

Veering

Sorry – Wrong Answer – Ref Page 111 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#9. Air Masses – The Polar Continental type is classed as:

Cold/Moist

Warm/Dry

Cold/Dry

Sorry – Wrong Answer – Ref Page 134 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#10. Which of these statements is correct?

Density of a "parcel" of air increases as the air gets thinner with height

Density of a "parcel" of air remains the same as the air gets thinner with height

Density of a "parcel" of air decrease as the air gets thinner with height

Sorry – Wrong Answer – Ref Page 106 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#11. DALR is an Abbreviation for:

Dry Adriabatic Lattitude Rate

Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate

Dry Adriatic Lapse Rate

Sorry – Wrong answer – Ref Page 123 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

#12. Air on meeting mountains will rise to pass over them. As it does so, it will cool adiabatically and form cloud. This cloud is called:

Cirrus

Stratos

Orographic

Sorry – Wrong Answer – Ref Page 133 of Cosgrove 8th Edition

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