Question Bank

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

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

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

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

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

7. Isobars on a surface chart are lines of equal

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

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

10. The station pressure used in surface weather charts is

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

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

13. The greater the pressure gradient the

14. 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?

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

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

17. 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?

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

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

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

21. 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?

22. 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?

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

24. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

32. 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?

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

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

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