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a. 10 miles from the severe thunderstorm.
b. 10 or 15 miles depending on the aircraft and thunderstorm size.
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SIGMETs (other than domestic convective SIGMETs) may be valid for not more than
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d. 4 hours for other phenomena and may be issued 2 hours before the valid time.
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What minimum thickness of cloud layer is indicated if precipitation is reported as light or greater
intensity?
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a. 2,000 feet thick.
b. 2,000 feet, a thickness which allows the cloud tops to be higher than the freezing level.
c. 4,000 feet thick.
d. A thickness which allows the cloud tops to be higher than the freezing level.
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A jet stream is a narrow, shallow, meandering river of maximum winds extending around the globe in
a wavelike pattern with speeds of
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a. 50 knots or greater.
b. 71 knots or greater.
c. 100 knots or greater.
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a. 6,500 feet to 23,000 feet.
b. 8,500 feet to 18,000 feet.
c. 4,500 feet to 18,000 feet.
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Which is a necessary condition for the occurrence of a low level temperature inversion wind shear?
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a. A wind direction difference of at least 30° between the wind near the surface and the wind just
above the inversion.
b. A calm or light wind near the surface and a relatively strong wind just above the inversion.
c. The temperature differential between the cold and warm layers must be at least 10 °C and a
relatively strong wind just above the inversion.
d. The temperature differential between the cold and warm layers must be at least 10 °C.
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A cyclone is
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a. a hurricane force storm in the Indian Ocean with highest sustained winds of 65 knots or higher.
b. a tropical depression in the Northwest Pacific with sustained winds of 63 knots.
c. a tropical storm in the Atlantic or Northwest Pacific with highest sustained winds of 35 through 64
knots.
d. a tropical storm in the Atlantic with highest sustained winds of 35 through 64 knots.
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a. Absence of wind and turbulence.
b. upper limit of cloud, absence of wind and turbulence.
c. Absolute upper limit of cloud formation.
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Which area or areas of the Northern Hemisphere experience a generally east to west movement of
weather systems?
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a. Arctic and subtropical.
b. Arctic only.
c. Subtropical only.
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a. The northeast and southeast trade winds meet there; this meeting causes air uplift and often
produces tropical cyclone.
b. belt of converging trade winds and rising air that encircles the Earth near the Equator.
c. type of Tropical Cyclone in South Chinese Sea.
d. called equatorial calms, equatorial regions of light ocean currents and winds within
the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ).
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a. By wind or the movement of air.
b. By evaporation similar to the clearing of fog.
c. By convective mixing in cool night air.
d. all of above.
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How does Coriolis force affect wind direction in the Southern Hemisphere?
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a. Causes clockwise rotation around a low.
b. Has exactly the same effect as in the Northern Hemisphere.
c. Causes wind to flow out of a low toward a high with the same effect as in the Northern
Hemisphere.
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d. consolidationcoalescence process.
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The ITCZ lies near the equator, bringing precipitation caused by:
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a. Radiation.
b. Convection.
c. Mountain wave.
d. Sea breeze.
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At lower levels of the atmosphere, friction causes the wind to flow across isobars into a low because
the friction
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a. decreases pressure gradient force.
b. decreases windspeed and Coriolis force.
c. creates air turbulence and raises atmospheric pressure.
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Convective clouds which penetrate a stratus layer can produce which threat to instrument flight?
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a. Clear air turbulence.
b. Embedded thunderstorms.
c. Freezing rain.
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What condition is indicated when ice pellets are encountered during flight?
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a. Freezing rain at higher levels.
b. Thunderstorms with snow at higher levels.
c. Snow at higher levels.
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Select one:
a. Freezing rain.
b. Freezing rain with ice pellets.
c. Ice pellets.
d. Wet snow.
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Winds in Indonesia are moderate and generally predictable, with monsoons usually blowing in:
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a. from the south east in December through March.
b. from the south and east in June through September.
c. from the north west in June through September.
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a. Generally low humidity in wet season high in dry season.
b. High humidity in the mountainous area.
c. The general area's relative humidity ranges between 70 and 90%.
d. Humidity ranges between 70 and 90% with 100 percent in mountainous area.
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Frozen dew is
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a. white, hard and opaque.
b. hard and opaque.
c. hard and transparent.
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a. High pressure area.
b. Calm.
c. COL.
d. None of above
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a. In a break in the tropopause where intensified temperature gradients are located.
b. a single continuous band, encircling the Earth In areas of strong low pressure systems in the
stratosphere.
c. In areas of strong low pressure systems in the stratosphere.
d. In a single continuous band, encircling the Earth, where there is a break between the equatorial
and polar tropopause.
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a. base of cumulus clouds or tropopause.
b. At the base of cumulus clouds.
c. At the tropopause.
d. In the stratosphere.
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a. A broad area of low atmospheric pressure located in the equatorial region where the northeasterly
and southeasterly trade winds converge.
b. Belt of converging trade winds and rising air that encircles the Earth near the Equator.
c. The rising air produces high cloudiness, frequent thunderstorms, and heavy rainfall.
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a. Tropical warm font weather System
b. Intertropical Convergence Zone system
c. Tropical front weather system
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a. it can cause breakage of antennas.
b. it can cause blockage of the pitot tube and/or static ports, and breakage of antennas.
c. it can cause blockage of the pitot tube and/or static ports affecting aircraft instruments.
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a. Valley wind.
b. Katabatic wind.
c. Valley wind becomes land breeze.
d. Land breeze.
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a. minimize temperature variations.
b. minimize temperature variations and influence the troposphere.
c. do not influence the troposphere.
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a. applied at an aerodrome for the purpose of ensuring safe operations during lower than standard
category I approaches and low visibility take-offs.
b. procedures for handicap pilots
c. applied at aerodromes with no navigation aids
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Monsoonal winds are weak over Indonesia because of the expanses of water and the low latitude,
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a. From April to October the Australian southeasterly air flows, whereas north of the Equator the
flow becomes a southwesterly.
b. the low-level tropical wind field exhibits a strong seasonal dependence, with a tendency toward
onshore (sea to land) flow during summer and offshore flow during winter.
c. In Java, at sea level alone there are two major regions: an “equatorial” west with no dry season
and a “monsoonal” east with extreme drought in August and September.
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The rate of decrease in wind speed from the jet stream core is considerably greater on the
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a. polar side.
b. both on the polar and equatorial side.
c. equatorial side.
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a. Poor visibility.
b. Cold temperatures.
c. Convection currents at the surface.
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a. at a given atmospheric pressure altitude.
b. reduced to sea level.
c. at the surface and at a given atmospheric pressure altitude.
d. at the surface.
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a. results from relatively warm rain or drizzle falling through cooler air.
b. is usually of short duration.
c. drizzle falling through warmer air and is usually of short duration.
d. results from relatively cooler rain or drizzle falling through warmer air.
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What is the lowest cloud in the stationary group associated with a mountain wave?
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a. Low stratus with standing lenticular.
b. Rotor cloud.
c. Standing lenticular.
d. Low stratus.
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En route at FL 270, the altimeter is set correctly. On descent, a pilot fails to set the local altimeter
setting of 30.57. If the field elevation is 650 feet, and the altimeter is functioning properly, what will it
indicate upon landing?
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a. 585 feet.
b. 1,300 feet.
c. Sea level.
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In which meteorological conditions can frontal waves and low pressure areas form?
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a. Warm fronts or occluded fronts.
b. Warm and cold front occlusions.
c. Slow moving cold fronts or stationary fronts.
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a. Frontogenesis.
b. Squall line.
c. Advective fog.
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a. Nimbostratus.
b. Standing lenticular.
c. Nimbostratus and standing lenticular.
d. Cirrocumulus.
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a. Weather conditions are a combination of strong cold front and strong warm front weather.
b. Surface winds tend to flow parallel to the frontal zone; weather conditions are a combination of
strong cold front and strong warm front.
c. The warm front surface moves about half the speed of the cold front surface.
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What condition produces the most frequent type of Ground or surface based temperature inversion?
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a. Widespread sinking of air within a thick layer aloft resulting in heating by compression.
b. The movement of colder air under warm air or the movement of warm air over cold air.
c. Terrestrial radiation on a clear, relatively calm night.
d. Widespread sinking of air within a thick layer aloft air or the movement of warm air over cold air.
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What is indicated about an air mass if the temperature remains unchanged or decreases slightly as
altitude is increased?
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a. The air is stable.
b. temperature inversion exists, the air is unstable.
c. A temperature inversion exists.
d. The air is unstable.
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When the temperature is 20° C at 15,000 feet indicated, you know that
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a. altimeters automatically compensate for temperature variations.
b. altimeters automatically compensate for temperature variations and is indicating lower than true
altitude.
c. the altimeter is indicating higher than true altitude.
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a. Near the equator, from about 5° north and 5° south, the northeast trade winds and southeast
trade winds converge in a low-pressure zone.
b. While it remains near the equator, the ITCZ over land ventures farther north or south than the
ITCZ over the oceans due to the variation in land temperatures.
c. The location of the ITCZ can vary as much as 40° to 45° of latitude north or south of the equator
based on the pattern of land and ocean.
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a. Dry humidity in wet season, 100 percent in dry season.
b. Snow in West Papua mountain peak.
c. Rainfall is most in dry season because of highest humidity present during the season.
d. The main variable of Indonesia's climate is not temperature or air pressure, but rainfall.
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Monsoon, a major wind system that seasonally reverses its direction, such as one that blows for
approximately six months from the northeast and six months from the southwest.
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monsoons occur in South Asia (including Indonesia), Africa, Australia, however true monsoons do
not occur in Indian Ocean and Java Ocean.
b.
The most prominent monsoons occur in South Asia (including Indonesia), Africa, Australia, and the
Pacific coast of Central America.
c.
Monsoonal tendencies also are apparent along the Gulf Coast of the United States and in central
Europe; North Atlantic: Scandinavian
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true monsoons do not occur in Indian Ocean and Java Ocean.
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The most prominent monsoons occur in South Asia (including Indonesia), Africa, Australia, and the
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a. The parcel of air resists convection its temperature becomes warmer than the surrounding air.
b. The parcel of air resists convection.
c. The parcel of air cannot be forced uphill.
d. As the parcel of air moves upward, its temperature becomes warmer than the surrounding air.
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Select one:
a. the polar front jetstream, the subtropical jetstream and the polar night jetstream.
b. the polar jetstream, the Tropic of Cancer jetstream, and the Maritime jetstream.
c. the polar jet stream, the subtropical jet stream and the tropic of cancer jet stream.
d. the polar front jetstream, the subtropical jetstream, and the polar jetstream.
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The most threat of precipitation type in Indonesia for aviation associated with ITCZ which requires
high degree of pilot’s situational awareness, knowledge and skill is:
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a. Radiation fog because of reduced visibility
b. The thunderstorm with its associated heavy rain (reduced visibility), microburst and severe wind
shear phenomena
c. Heavy rain forest which may cause water flooding over lower land
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The northeasterly flow from Asia, which becomes northwesterly south of the Equator, is laden with
moisture when it reaches Indonesia, bringing cloudy and rainy weather between November and
May.
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a. Most of the region's annual rainfall is experienced during the wet season and very little
precipitation falls during the dry season.
b. All are correct.
c. The wettest months are December in most of Sumatra and January elsewhere, but rainfall
patterns are highly localized.
d. The Malaysian-Australian monsoon generally maintains its dryness over the islands closer to
Australia, but farther north it carries increasing amounts of moisture.
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What is a characteristic of the troposphere?
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a. There is an overall decrease of temperature with an increase of altitude.
b. It contains all the moisture of the atmosphere.
c. The average altitude of the top of the troposphere is about 6 miles.
d. the top of the troposphere is about 6 miles and contains all the moisture of the atmosphere.
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Tropical Cyclone (TC) / Typhoons in large-scale storms pose little hazard to in Indonesia area but
shall be considered for international flight especially heading to sub-continent region because:
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a. TC development occurs frequently in the month of July / August in South China Sea (sub-
continent), north of Australia (sub-continent) in December / January.
b. In the norther hemisphere, TC movement is from North east toward equator and turning away
toward North west as it approaches the belt of tropic cancer into the continent and dissipating.
c. In the southern hemisphere, TC movement is from South East toward equator and turning away
toward South West as it approaches the belt of tropic Capricorn.
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a. tropical savanna climates or tropical wet and dry climate
b. tropical doldrum climate with heavy rainfall
c. a tropical wet climate featuring wet and dry seasons
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a. Warm air flowing over a colder lake may produce fog.
b. Warm air flowing over a cool lake may produce rain showers.
c. Cold air flowing over a warmer lake may produce advection fog.
d. Warm air flowing over a colder lake may produce fog or rain shower.
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a. warm dry rising air.
b. cold, dry rising air.
c. cold, dry sinking air.
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a. Temperature of the collecting surface is below the dewpoint and the dewpoint is also below
freezing.
b. The temperature of the collecting surface is at or below freezing and small droplets of moisture
are falling.
c. Dew collects on the surface and then freezes because the surface temperature is lower than the
air temperature.
d. Dew collects on the surface and then freezes because the temperature of the surface is below
freezing.
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