REVISION NO.

: May 4, 2010

CPL – METEOROLOGY
1. Every physical process of weather is accompanied by or is the result of…..

a heat exchange
the movement of air
a pressure differential

2. Moisture is added to a parcel of air by…..

Sublimation and condensation

Evaporation and condensation
Evaporation and sublimation

3. With regards to windflow patterns show on surface analysis charts; when the
isobars are…..

Close together, the pressure gradient force is slight and wind velocities are
weaker
Not close together, the pressure gradient force is greater and wind velocities are
stronger.
Close together, the pressure gradient force is greater and wind velocities
are stronger.

4. What causes wind?

The earth's rotation

Air mass modification
Pressure differences

5. Which is true regarding cold front occlusion? The air ahead of the warm
front….

Is colder than the air behind the overtaking cold front.

Is warmer than the air behind the overtaking cold front.
Has the same temperature as the air behind the overtaking cold front.

6. Which is true with respect to a high-or-low pressure system?

A high-pressure area or ridge is an area of rising air.

A high-pressure area or trough is an area descending air.
A high-pressure area or ridge is an area of descending air.

7. What prevents air from flowing directly from high-pressure are to low-pressure
areas?

Coriolis Force
Surface friction
Pressure gradient force

8. The jet stream and associated clear air turbulence can sometimes be visually
identified in flight by…..

dust or haze at flight level

long streaks of cirrus clouds
a constant outside air temperature
9. Which feature is associated with the tropopause?

Constant height above the Earth

Abrupt change in temperature lapse rate.
Absolute upper limit of cloud formation

10. What is the standard temperature at the 10,000 feet?

-5°C
-15°C
+5°C

11. What are the standard temperature and pressure values for sea level?

15°C and 29.92" Hg

59°F and 1013.2" Hg
15°C and 19.92" Mb

12. Which is true regarding actual air temperature and due point temperature
spread? The temperature spread…..

Decreases as the relative humidity decreases.

Decreases as the relative humidity increases.
Increases as the relative humidity increases

13. Which combination of weather-producing variables would likely result in

cumuliform type clouds, good visibility, and showery rain?

Stable, moist air and orographic lifting

Unstable, moist air and orographic lifting
Unstable, moist air and no lifting mechanism

14. Which characteristics of a cold air mass moving over a warm surface?

Cumiliform clouds, turbulence, and poor visibility.

Cumiliform clouds, turbulence, and good visibility.
Stratiform clouds, smooth air and poor visibility.

15. Fog produced by frontal activity is a result of saturation due to…..

Nocturnal cooling
Adiabatic cooling
Evaporation of precipitation

16. What are the characteristic of stable air?

Good visibility, steady precipitation, stratus clouds

Poor visibility, steady precipitation, stratus clouds
Poor visibility, intermittent precipitation, cumulus clouds

17. Which would decrease the stability of an air mass?

Warming from below

Cooling from below
Decrease in water vapWor
18. Which is a characteristic of stable air?

Cumiliform clouds
Excellent visibility
Restricted visibility

19. A moist, unstable air mass is characterized by…..

Poor visibility and smooth air

Cumiliform clouds and showery precipitation
Stratiform clouds and continuous precipitation

20. From which measurement of the atmosphere can stability be determined?

Atmospheric pressure
The ambient lapse rate
The dry adiabatic rate

21. What visible signs indicate extreme turbulence in thunderstorms?

Base of the clouds near the surface, heavy rain and hail.
Low ceiling and visibility, hail and precipitation static.
Cumulonimbus clouds, very frequent lightning and roll clouds
22. What feature is normally associated with the cumulus stage of a
thunderstorm?

Roll cloud
Continuous updraft
Beginning of rain at the surface

23. Which statement is true concerning squall lines?

They form slowly, but move rapidly.

They are associated with frontal system only
They offer the most intense weather hazards to aircraft
24. Select the true statement pertaining to the life's cycle of a thunderstorm.

Updrafts continue to develop throughout the dissipating stage of a thunderstorm.

The beginning of rain at the Earth's surface indicates the mature stage of
the thunderstorm.
The beginning of rain at the Earth's surface indicates the dissipating stage of the
thunderstorm.

25. Which weather phenomenon signals the beginning of the mature stage of
thunderstorm?

The start of rain

The appearance of an anvil top
Growth rate of cloud is maximum
182#57
26. The conditions necessary for the formation of stratiform clouds are a lifting
action and:

Unstable, dry air

Stable, moist air
Unstable, moist air
184#68
27. During the life cycle of a thunderstorm, which stage is characterized
predominately by downdrafts?

Mature
Developing
Dissipating
185#74
28. Ice pellets encountered during flight are normally evidence that:

A warm front has passed

A warm front is about to pass
There are thunderstorms in the area
186#79
29. Turbulence that is encountered above 15,000 feet AGL not associated with
cumuliform cloudiness, including thunderstorms, should be reported as:

Severe turbulence
Clear air turbulence
Convective turbulence
187#83
30. When flying low over hilly terrain, ridges, or mountain ranges, the greatest
potential from turbulent air currents will usually be encountered on the:

Leeward side when flying with a tailwind

Leeward wide when flying into the wind
Windward side when flying into the wind
187#86
31. During an approach, the most important and most easily recognized means
of being alerted to possible wind shear is monitoring the:

Amount of trim required to relieve control pressures

Heading changes necessary to remain on the runway centreline
Power and vertical velocity required to remain on the proper glidepath
188#89
32. Hazardous wind shear is commonly encountered

Near warm or stationary frontal activity

When the wind velocity is stronger than 35 knots
In area of temperature inversion and near thunderstorms
179#40
33. With respect to advection fog, which statement is true?

It is slow to develop and dissipates quite rapidly

It forms almost exclusively at night or near daybreak
It can appear suddenly during day or night, and it is more persistent than
radiation fog

181#51
34. When an air mass is stable, which of these conditions is most likely to exist?

Numerous towering cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds

Moderate to severe turbulence at the lower levels
Smoke, dust, haze, etc., concentrated at the lower levels with resulting
poor visibility
183#61

35. The most severe weather conditions such as destructive winds, heavy hail,
and tornadoes, are generally associated with:

Slow-moving warm fronts which slope above the tropopause

Squall lines
Fast-moving occluded fronts