AEC-00K-CPL-S2-STUD16 - Météo Mai 2015

1- An air mass can be defined as a large part of the troposphere with uniform characteristics
of _____ and _____ on the _____ plan
a. density pressure vertical
b. temperature pressure vertical
c. temperature humidity horizontal
d. temperature pressure horizontal

2- What are the four air masses present in Canada, form north to south?
a. cA mA mP mT
b. cA mA mP cT
c. mA cA mT mP
d. cA mA mT mP

3- Tropical maritime air is generally hot,…

a. humid and stable.
b. dry and stable.
c. dry and unstable.
d. humid and unstable.

4- A warm front is defined as…

a. warm air advancing.
b. cold air retreating.
c. warm air retreating.
d. cold air advancing.

5- The word meaning increase is…

a. occlusion.
b. trowal.
c. frontolyse.
d. frontogénèse.

6- If warm humid and unstable air is brought up by cold air,

__________ and __________ will likely be present.
a. stratus continuous rain
b. cirrus clear sky
c. towering cumulus thunderstorms
d. stratus fog.

7- The basic criterias for thunderstorm formation are…

a. stable air, lifting process and high humidity.
b. stable air, nucleus and high humidity.
c. unstable air, lifting process and low humidity.
d. unstable air, lifting process and high humidity.

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8- The dangers associated with clear ice are…
a. loss of lift, increase of drag, increase of weight and fluttering.
b. carburretor icing, loss of power and of altitude.
c. bad visibility and bad radio communication.
d. All of the above.

9- The slope of a cold front that advances is _____. The _____ ascension of the _____ air
produces _____ clouds.
a. shallow slow cold stratiforms
b. shallow slow warm stratiforms
c. steep fast warm cumuliforms
d. steep fast clod cumuliforms

10- In Canada, the warm air mass in altitude is know as…

a. a trough aloft.
b. an upper front.
c. an higher front.
d. a TROWAL.

11- The most severe thunderstorms are usually linked to…

a. cold front.
b. warm.
c. squall line.
d. air mass.

12- Icing on aircraft can be present when flying in or close of clouds when the OAT is within…
a. -40°C and +2°C.
b. -13°C and +38°C.
c. -20°C and 0°C.
d. -15°C and +28°C

13- Supercooled water droplets are water droplets…

a. that change from solid to liquid when the temperature is 0°C.
b. stay liquid at temperature below 0°C.
c. that change from liquid to solid when the temperature is 0°C.
d. that change from liquid to solid when the temperature is above 0°C.

14- When a pilot flies at low altitudes toward a warm front during winter,
he can expect, in order,…
a. freezing rain, snow and ice pellets.
b. ice pellets, snow and freezing rain.
c. snow, ice pellets and freezing rain.
d. ice pellets, freezing rain and snow.

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15- Horn frost forms on airplanes when its surfaces are at
temperatures _____ and when ambiant air is _____ and humid.
a. below freezing level hot
b. above freezing level hot
c. below freezing level cold
d. above freezing level cold

16- In case of clear ice, the solidification of water droplets is happening

_____ of initial hitting point.
a. ahead
b. behind
c. ahead and behind
d. None of the above.

17- La quantité d'eau interceptée par l'avion dans un laps de temps donné s'appelle…
a. The rate of intake.
b. The rate of catch.
c. The rate of freezing.
d. Answer a or b.

18- The _____ wings that fly _____ catch more water than the _____ wings.
a. Thin fast thick
b. Thick fast thin
c. thin slowly thick
d. thick slowly thin

19- Freezing drizzle comes from which type of clouds…

a. cumulus.
b. cirrus.
c. stratus.
d. None of the above.

20- When the airplane skin temperature is below freezing level and it encouters snow and ice
crystals, the rate of catch will be…
a. weak
b. moderate
c. extreme
d. None of the above.

21- At which stage of the thunderstoms will strong downdrafts be present?

a. Towering stage.
b. Mature stage.
c. Dissipating stage.
d. answers b and c.

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22- An orographical thunderstorm is…
a. formed by humid and unstable warm air that is forced to climb due to a mountain.
b. that is produced only in the morning , at dawn.
c. that is produced only at night, as a boreal aurora.
d. None of the above.

23- A convective thunderstorm is related to…

a. a warm front.
b. a cold front.
c. a stationary front.
d. none of the above.

24- Hail,strong wing and tornados are related to …

a. convective thunderstorms.
b. air mass thunderstorms.
c. frontal thunderstorms.
d. squall lines.

25- Danger associated with thunderstorms are…

a. wind and turbulences.
b. wind and turbulences, rain, thunder, hail, icing.
c. change of pressure.
d. answer b and c.

26- Basic criteria for thunderstorms are:

Write the answer: ____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

27- Thunderstorms at warm fronts are _____ and _____.

a. short violents
b. formed during the evening or night charged with static electrity
c. embeded in stratiform clouds not visible
d. embeded in cumiliiform clouds not visible

28- Thunderstorms related to squall lines reach their maximum intensity…

a. at the end of the day.
b. at the end of the morning and the begining of the afternoon.
c. when squall lines are parallel to isobars.
d. just before the squall line disipate.

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29- What type of thunderstorms is usually isolated and scattered over a large area ?
a. Orographical.
b. Frontal.
c. Squall line.
d. Air mass related.

30- The most severe icing is during the _____ stage of the tunderstorm.
a. towering
b. maturie
c. dissipating
d. None of the above. Icing is produced before the storm.

31- A hurricane is a…
a. tropical cyclone.
b. tropical anticyclonel.
c. an area of high pressure.
d. answer b and c.

32- The main source of energy of a hurricane is _____ due to _____ in altitude.
a. release of latent heat vaporisation of water
b. absorption of latent heat vaporisation of water
c. absorption of latent heat condensation of vapour
d. release of latent heat condensation of vapour

33- Tornados are areas of…

a. Deep concentrated high pressure
b. Deep concentrated low pressure
c. mix of high and low pressure giving a movement due to their rotation.
d. mix of high and low pressure that gives them a funnel form.

34- Windspeed at a tornado can reach…

a. 100 nœuds.
b. 200 nœuds.
c. 300 nœuds.
d. 400 nœuds.

35- In flight, you wish to change your flight plan. You will then contact…
a. The FIC.
b. The FISE.
c. The FSS.
d. answer b or c.

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36- A UNICOM (AU) can give…
a. assistance to VFR pilotes in flight that requires radar guidance to the airport.
b. assistance to VFR pilotes in flight that requires VDF guidance to the airport.
c. informations to IFR pilotes in flight relatived to the approach and landing.
d. answer b and c.

37- The PATWAS is a weather information service available…

a. in flight, on the FIC frequency of the desired area.
b. in phone, at 1 866 GOMETEO.
c. on the internet at www.flightplanning.navcanada.ca
d. all of the above.

38- In the ATIS, wind direction is given in _____ degrees and

Cloud height in feet _____.
a. magnetic AGL
b. true AGL
c. magnetic ASL
d. true ASL

39- What does AWWS stand for?

a. Aviation World Weather Service.
b. Aviation Weather Web Site.
c. Automated Wind Warning System.
d. Aviation Weather Watch Service.

40- What does UNICOM stand for…

a. Unidirectional Communications.
b. Unified Communications.
c. Universal Communications.
d. Uniform Communications.

Nom: _____________________________________________ Date:_____________________

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