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1. A plain in Western Europe at 500m (1600ft) AMSL is covered with a uniform alto - cumulus cloud during summer months. At what height AGL is the base of the cloud expected?
1500 - 7000ft
7000 - 15000ft
15000 - 25000ft
100 - 1500ft
2. Which of the following will indicate medium level instability, possibly leading to thunderstorms?
Altocumulus Capillatus
Altocumulus Castellanus
Red Cirrus
Halo
3. What cloud does hail fall from?
Cb
Cu
Ns
Ci
4. Lack of cloud at low level in a stationary high is due to
sinking air
instability
divergence at high level
rising air
5. Ceilometers measure
Cloud height
Turbulence
RVR
Met Vis
6. What are Lenticularis clouds a possible indication of?
Mountain waves
Instability
Horizontal wind shear in the upper atmosphere
Developing Cu and Cb
7. What type of cloud is usually found at high level?
Ac
Cc
Ns
St
8. Flying conditions in Ci cloud and horizontal visibility
Greater than 1000m vis, light/mod rime ice
Less then 500m vis, no icing
Less than 500m vis, light/mod clear icing
Greater than 1000m vis, no icing
9. When a CC layer lies over a West European plane in summer, with a mean terrain height of 500 m above sea level, the average cloud base could be expected
5000 - 15000 ft above ground level
15 000 - 25 000 ft above ground level
15 000 - 35 000 ft above ground level
0- 100 ft above ground level
10. Clouds classified as low level are considered to have a base height of
500 - 1000ft
the surface - 6500ft
1000 - 2000ft
100 - 200ft
11. Which of the following clouds may extend into more than one layer?
Cirrus.
Altocumulus.
Stratus
Nimbostratus.
12. From which cloud do you get hail?
Cb
Sc
Ts
Ns
13. What is the most common freezing precipitation?
Freezing graupel
Freezing rain and freezing drizzle
Freezing pellets
Freezing hail and freezing snow
14. CB cloud in summer contains
Water droplets and ice crystals
Ice crystals
Water droplets
Water droplets, ice crystals and super cooled water droplets
15. What is the base of alto cumulus in summer?
1500 - 7000’
0 - 1500’
7000’ - 16500’
7000’ - 15000’
16. To dissipate cloud
Decrease in temperature
Subsidence
Increase pressure
Convection
17. Cu is an indication of
the approach of a cold front
vertical movement of air
the approach of a warm front
stability
18. Which cloud would you encounter the most intensive rain?
Sc
St
Ci
Ns
19. What would be reflected to radar?
Fog
Cloud
Mist
Hail
20. When would you mostly likely get fair weather Cu?
07:00
15:00
17:00
12:00
21. A layer of air cooling at the SALR compared to the DALR would give what kind of cloud?
No cloud if saturated
Cumulus if saturated
Stratus if saturated
Convective cloud
22. Over flat dry land what would cause cloud?
Convective uplift during the day.
Orographic uplift.
Release of latent heat.
Advection.
23. In a Tropical Downpour the visibility is sometimes reduced to
500m
1000m
less than 100m
200m
24. What will snow most likely fall from?
Ci
Ns
Cs
Ac
25. Which of the following cloud types can stretch across all three cloud levels (low, medium and high level)?
ST
CI
CB
AC
26. Which of the following cloud types can stretch across at least two cloud levels?
NS
ST
CI
SC
27. What type of cloud is associated with drizzle?
Ac
Ci
St
Cb
28. Altostratus is
A heap type cloud
A low level cloud
A high level cloud
A medium level cloud
29. Fair weather cumulus gives an indication of
Smooth flying below
Poor visibility
Thunderstorms
Turbulence
30. If you see Alto Cu Castellanus what does it indicate?
Middle level instability
Instability in the lower atmosphere
Subsistence
The upper atmosphere is stable
31. From which of the following clouds are you least likely to get precipitation in summer?
CS/AS
CB/CU
CU/ST
CS/NS
32. Which clouds are evidence of stable air?
Cu, Cb
St, As
Cb, Cc
Cu, Ns
33. What cloud types are classified as medium cloud?
Cb + St
Ci + Cs
Ns + Sc
Ac + As
34. What type of cloud extends into another level?
Acc
Ci
As
Ns
35. What is the composition of Ci cloud?
Ice crystals
Super cooled water droplets
Smoke particles
Water droplets
36. Which cloud would produce showers?
AS
CS
NS
CB
37. In what cloud is icing and turbulence most severe?
Sc
Ns
Ci
Cb
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