Question Bank

1. If you are flying at FL 100 in an air mass that is 10°C warmer than a standard atmosphere, what is the outside temperature likely to be?

2. If you are planning a flight at FL 290, which of these upper wind and temperature charts would be nearest your flight level?

3. What is the approximate vertical interval which is equal to a pressure change of 1 hPa at an altitude of 5500m?

4. The QFF at an airfield located 400 metres above sea level is 1016 hPa. The air temperature is 10°C higher than a standard atmosphere. What is the QNH?

5. A 300 hPa pressure level can vary in height. In temperate regions which of the following average heights is applicable?

6. If the pressure surfaces bulge upwards in all levels then the pressure system is a

7. In the troposphere the decrease of pressure per 100 m increase in height

8. Which constant pressure altitude chart is standard for a 30,065 FT pressure level (FL 300)?

9. The QFF at an airfield in California located 69 meters below sea level is 1030 hPa. The air temperature is 10°C lower than a standard atmosphere. What is the QNH?

10. The isobars drawn on a surface weather chart represent lines of equal pressure

11. Half the mass of the atmosphere is found in the first

12. The greater the pressure gradient the

13. When planning a flight at FL 110, which upper wind and temperature chart would be nearest your flight level?

14. How would you characterise an air temperature of -30°C at the 300 hPa level over Western Europe?

15. Which constant pressure altitude chart is standard for 18,289 FT pressure level (FL 180)?

16. The QNH at an airfield located 0 meters above sea level is 1022 hPa. The air temperature is not available. What is the QFF?

17. The station pressure used in surface weather charts is

18. The QNH at an airfield in California located 69 meters below sea level is 1018 hPa. The air temperature is 10°C higher than a standard atmosphere. What is the QFF?

19. A 500 hPa pressure level can vary in height. In temperate regions which of the following average heights is applicable?

20. The QFF at an airfield located 400 meters above sea level is 1016 hPa. The air temperature is 10°C lower than a standard atmosphere. What is the QNH?

21. The QNH at an airfield located 200 metres above sea level is 1009 hPa. The air temperature is 10°C lower than a standard atmosphere. What is the QFF?

22. Isobars on a surface chart are lines of equal

23. A 200 hPa pressure altitude level can vary in height. In temperate regions which of the following average heights is applicable?

24. If you are planning a flight at FL 170, which of these upper wind and temperature charts would be nearest your flight level?

25. The 850 hPa pressure level can vary in height. In temperate regions which of the following average heights is applicable?

26. Which constant pressure altitude chart is standard for a 9,882 FT pressure level (FL 100)?

27. A 700 hPa pressure level can vary in height. In temperate regions which of the following average heights is applicable?

28. he QNH at an airfield located 200 metres above sea level is 1022 hPa. The air temperature is not available. What is the QFF?

29. Which of the following is true concerning atmospheric pressure?

30. The upper wind and temperature chart of 250 hPa corresponds, in a standard atmosphere, to about

31. Which constant pressure altitude chart is standard for a 38,662 FT pressure level (FL 390)?

32. What positions are connected by isobars on the surface weather chart?

33. In what hPa range is an upper weather chart for FL 340 situated?

34. Which constant pressure altitude chart is standard for a 4781 FT pressure level (FL50)?

35. When planning a flight at FL 60, which upper wind and temperature chart would be nearest your flight level?