Air Meteorology

First 7 Chapters Test 2

Time 01:30 Hr

1) The temperature in ISA at 17 km is ..

a) -56.5°C
b) 65.5° C
c) 35.5° C

2) Maximum concentration of ozone is at a height of…….

a) 1015 km
b) 20-25 km
c) 3035 km
3) Lapse rate in the troposphere is produce by……. and in the stratosphere by…..
a) evaporation; condensation
b) Rising air; solar radiation
c) terrestrial radiation; solar radiation; convection

4) There is reversal of temperature in the atmosphere at 8 km because

a) Lase rate at poles is always higher than at equator
b) Lapse rate at equator is always higher than at poles
c) Lapse rate reverses at poles and becomes negative
5) Above the tropopause, how does temperature vary with increasing altitude in the ICAO standard
atmosphere?
a) Continually increases
b) Remains constant then increases
c) Continually decreases
6) If the actual temperature at 5,000 ft is + 25°C, then the deviation is:
a) ISA +9.9
b) ISA -20
c) ISA +20
7) In the mid-latitudes the stratosphere extends on average from:
a) 85 km to more than 200 km
b) 0 km to 11 km
c) 11 km to 50 km
8) A region between two Lows and Two Highs is
a) Depression
b) Secondary Low
c) Col
9) The rate of fall of pressure with height in a warm air mass compared to cold air mass will be
a) Same
b) More
c) Less
10) Which is true
a) Trough has frontal characteristics
b) At trough winds back in N - hemisphere
c) At trough winds veer in N hemisphere
11) In the Southern Hemisphere, around a Low-Pressure Area wind blows
a) In clockwise direction
b) In anticlockwise direction
c) Across isobars towards the centre
12) Atmospheric pressure is due to
a) wind
b) gravity
c) density
13) When considering the actual tropopause which statement is correct?
a. It is low over the poles and high over the Equator
b. It is high over the poles and low over the Equator
c. It is the same height of 36090 ft all over the world
14) When an altimeter subscale is set to the aerodrome QFE, the altimeter reads:
a. the elevation of the aerodrome at the aerodrome reference point
b. zero at the aerodrome reference point
c. the pressure altitude at the aerodrome reference point
15) Diurnal variation of temperature over ocean is ...
a) More than land
b) Above 3°C
c) Less than 1°C
16) Water vapour is transparent to terrestrial radiation
a) completely
b) partially
c) indifferent
17) The liquid used in Minimum Thermometer is
a) mercury
b) alcohol
c) sprit
18) A clear and calm night is cooler than a cloudy night, because nocturnal radiation
a) escape through cloud
b) are partly radiated back by clouds to earth
c) are fully absorbed by H₂O

19) Diurnal variation of the surface temperature will:

a) be at a minimum in calm conditions
b) be unaffected by a change of wind speed
c) decrease as wind speed increases

20) If you are flying at 10,000 ft in an air mass that is 10°C warmer than a standard atmosphere,
what is the outside temperature likely to be?
a) -15°C
b) +5°C
c) +15°C
21) The diurnal variation in temperature is largest when the sky is:
a) overcast and winds are weak
b) overcast and winds are strong
c) clear and winds are weak
22) Generally as altitude increases:
a. temperature decreases and density increases
b. temperature, pressure and density decreases
c. temperature and pressure increase and density decreases
23) Density at the surface will be low when:
a. pressure is high and temperature is high
b. pressure is high and temperature is low
c. pressure is low and temperature is high
24) Density at the surface will be low when:
a) Pressure is high and temperature is low
b) Pressure is low and temperature is high
c) Pressure is high and temperature is high
25) If the outside air temperature at a given altitude is colder than ISA, the density altitude will be:
a) lower than pressure altitude
b) the same as the pressure altitude
c) higher than pressure altitude
26) What is the density at sea level in the International Standard Atmosphere?
a) 122.5 g/m3
b) 1225 g/m3
c) 12.25 g/m3
27) Under what conditions would density be the least at any given place?
a) Low altitude, high temperature and high humidity
b) High altitude, high temperature and high humidity
c) High altitude, high temperature and low humidity
d) Low altitude, low temperature and low humidity
28) High pressure will:
a) decrease air density
b) not effect air density
c) Increase air density
29) A change of state directly from a solid to a vapour or vice versa is:
a) Condensation
b) Evaporation
c) Sublimation
30) Apart from moisture and cooling, what else is required for condensation to take place in the
atmosphere?
a) Lifting
b) Freezing nuclei
c) Condensation nuclei
31) During a night with a clear sky, surface temperature will ____ relative humidity will ____ and
dew point will ____.
a) rise rise fall
b) fall rise remain the same
c) fall rise rise
32) What temperature change must occur during the night in order to induce saturation?
a) It must decrease to +5°C
b) It must decrease to +7°C
c) It must decrease to +6°C
33) For any given pressure, the relative humidity depends on:
a) moisture content and temperature of the air
b) moisture content of the air only
c) temperature of the air only
34) If the temperature of liquid water falls below freezing, what may occur?
a) Condensation
b) The absorption of latent heat
c) Freezing but only if seed crystals or freezing nuclei are present
35) In which layer is most of the atmospheric humidity concentrated?
a) Troposphere
b) Tropopause
c) Stratopause
36) Lines of constant wind speed drawn on weather charts are called
a) Isobars
b) Isotachs
c) Isogons
37) Sudden change in wind speed from 10 kt to 30 kt and then to 15 kt is
a) Gust
b) Squall
c) gale
38) Gale is
a) persistent strong winds with mean speed 44 kt, associated with thunderstorm
b) marked increase in wind speed lasing few minutes associated with CB or DS (dust storm)
c) persistent strong winds exceeding 33 kt, associated with depression

39) The inertial flow is

a) cyclonic in both the Hemispheres
b) anticyclonic in both the Hemispheres
c) anticyclonic around an anticyclone
40) What is a land breeze?
a. From land over water at night
b. From land over sea by day
c. From sea over land by night
41) Flying away from an area of low pressure in the Southern Hemisphere at low
altitudes, where is the wind coming from?
a. Right and slightly on the nose
b. Left and slightly on the tail
c. Left and slightly on the nose
42) A large pressure gradient is shown by:
a. closely spaced isobars - low temperature
b. distant spaced isobars - high temperature
c. close spaced isobars - strong winds
43) Where would an anemometer be placed?
a. Close to station, 2 m above ground
b. On the roof of the station
c. 10 m above aerodrome elevation on a mast
44) RVR is reported when visibility falls below
a) 500 m
b) 1000 m
c) 1500 m
45) Warm and moist air moving over a cold ground gives rise to:
a) Thunder clouds
b) Fog and stratus
c) Frontal clouds
46) The radiation fog activity increases after the passage of a ……....
a) WD
b) Depression
c) Col
47) For formation of Radiation fog
a) There should be sufficient moisture in atmosphere, cloudy sky, nil wind
b) There should be sufficient moisture in atmosphere, clear sky, light wind.
c) There should be sufficient moisture in atmosphere, cloudy sky, strong wind
48) Radiation fog is most likely:
a. with a wind speed up to 15 kt, a clear sky and a high relative humidity
b. with a wind of 2-8 kt, a high density and the summer season
c. in an anticyclone in winter
49) Frontal fog is most likely to:
a. form ahead of a vigorous fast moving cold front
b. form ahead of a warm front
c. form on a vigorous cold front and last for many hours
50) Several types of pressure distribution may be associated with radiation fog but all
have one feature in common which is:
a. closely spaced isobars
b. a tight pressure gradient
c. a slack pressure gradient
Answers
1. A
2. B
3. B
4. C
5. B
6. C
7. C
8. C
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. C
13. A
14. B
15. C
16. B
17. B
18. B
19. C
20. B
21. C
22. B
23. C
24. B
25. A
26. B
27. B
28. C
29. C
30. C
31. B
32. A
33. A
34. C
35. A
36. B
37. A
38. C
39. B
40. A
41. C
42. C
43. C
44. C
45. B
46. A
47. B
48. C
49. B
50. C