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Questions for IC PRESSURE
Answer the following questions
Test Mode
Training Mode
1. Lines drawn through places of equal pressure are known as
Isoclinal
Isogonal
Isotherms
Isobars
2. Low pressure is associated with
Bad Weather
Good Weather
None
3. Which of the following would cause true altitude to increase when altimeter indicates constant altitude?
Hot/High
Cold/Low
Cool/Low
Warm/Low
4. In a high pressure area winds are
Normal
Weak
Strong
5. In constant pressure chart of 500 hPa, isohypse are drawn at interval of
20 gpm
60 gpm
80 gpm
40 gpm
6. Flying from Delhi to Kolkata at constant indicated altitude but, experiencing drift to Starboard. The actual altitude will be (vis-à-vis) indicated altitude
Same
Lower
Higher
7. Poor visibility is associated with
Trough
High
Low
8. Altimeter always measure the height of aircraft above
datum at which its sub-scale is set
MSL
datum of 1013.2 hPa
9. In the Southern Hemisphere, around a Low pressure Area wind blows
Across isobars towards the centre
In clockwise direction
In anticlockwise direction
10. 40,000 ft height in ISA approximately corresponds to pressure level
200 hPa
500 hPa
400 hPa
11. A region between two Lows and Two Highs is
Col
Depression
Secondary low
12. The rate of fall of pressure with height in a warm air mass compared to cold air mass will be
More
Less
Same
13. An aerodrome is at the mean sea level. Its QNH is 1014.0 hPa. Its QFF will be
1013.25
1014.0 hPa
More than QNH
Difficult to tell
14. 850 hPa in ISA approximately corresponds to the height
7,000 ft
10,000 ft
5,000 ft
15. Steep pressure gradient would mean
Contours far apart, weak wind
Contours far apart, strong wind
Isobars closely packed and strong wind
Isobars far apart and temperature low
16. 700 hPa in ISA corresponds to the Fight level
10,000 ft
20,000 ft
18,000 ft
17. An aircraft is gaining altitude, inspite of altimeter reading constant altitude. Why?
Temperature has decreased
Flying towards High
Standard pressure has risen
Flying towards Low
18. An increase of 1000 ft at msl is associated with decrease of pressure of
33 hPa
1000 hPa
100 hPa
3 hPa
19. Altimeter of a/c on ground reads aerodrome elevation; its sub-scale is set to
QNH
QNE
QFF
QFE
20. On either side, perpendicular to the ______ pressures rise
Ridge
Trough
Low
21. 200 hPa in ISA corresponds to the level
20,000 ft
40,000 ft
30,000 ft
22. An contour of 9160 m can be expected on a constant pressure chart of pressure level
300 hPa
500 hPa
400 hPa
200 hPa
23. Which is true?
Trough has frontal characteristics
At trough winds veer in N-hemisphere
At trough winds back in N-hemisphere
24. What type of inversion occurs when a stable layer lies in a high pressure area
Negative
Subsidence
Subsidence
Radiation
25. Two aircraft flying at same indicated altitude with altimeters set to 1013.2 h.Pa. One is flying over cold air mass and other over warm air mass. Which of the two has greater altitude?
Ac flying over warm air mass
Ac flying over cold air mass
26. QNH of an aerodrome 160 m AMSL is 1005 hPa. QFE? Assuming 1hPa = 8m
1005 hPa
990 hPa
985 hPa
1010 hPa
27. Instrument for recording pressure is called
Barometer
Hygrograph
Anemograph
28. 24,000 ft height in ISA corresponds to pressure level
400 hPa
500 hPa
300 hPa
29. 300 hPa in ISA corresponds to the level
30,000 ft
20,000 ft
35,000 ft
30. Fall of pressure with height is more rapid in
Warm areas
Cold areas
Humid areas
31. Isallobars are lines of equal
Pressure
Temperature Tendency
Pressure Tendency
32. Atmospheric pressure is due to
Temperature
gravity
density
Wind
33. What kind of a barometer is an altimeter
Aneroid
Alcohol
Mercury
34. In contour chart of 300 hPa, isohypse (contours) are drawn at interval of
80 gpm
60 gpm
20 gpm
40 gpm
35. 18,000 ft height in ISA corresponds to the pressure level
500 hPa
700 hPa
200 hPa
36. Semi diurnal pressure changes are most pronounced in
Polar region
Tropics
Middle latitudes
37. Flying from Low to High an altimeter would read
Over
constant
Under
38. Winds in a low pressure
Go straight
Diverge
Converge
39. The movement of wind in relation to a cyclone is
Descending and cooling
Ascending and diverging
Descending and subsiding
Ascending and converging
40. The relationship between height and pressure is made use in construction of
ASI
Altimeter
V S I
41. Bad weather and better visibility is associated with
High
Col
Low
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