ATSC 113 Midterm 1 Exam Questions
with Verified Answers (Rated A+)
LG4a. The most violent stage of thunderstorm cell, when there are both up and
downdrafts is
a. cirrus
b. cumulus
c. residue
d. dissipating
e. mature - Answer-mature
This type of storm that is rotating as a mesocyclone is called a/an
a. dust devil
b. mammatus cloud
c. air mass thunderstorm
d. mesosphere
e. supercell - Answer-supercell
Which is FALSE? if you flew into a thunderstorm, the connective turbulence would likely
cause your aircraft to:
a. experience violent shaking
b. be violently pushed up and down to different altitudes
c. experience intense rolling and pitching motions
d. experience engine failure
e. experience intense yawing motions - Answer-experience engine failure
Which statement is TRUE? The gust front
a. is a large scale weather system associated with anticyclones
, b. forms as the outside wall of multi-vortex tornado
c. forms when downburst air hits the ground and spreads out
d. is the bottom edge of the downburst
e. is what pushes the thunderstorm along - Answer-forms when downburst air hits the
ground and spreads out
Lightning
a. is the weather phenomenon most hazardous to aviation
b. causes fuel tanks to explode modern composite aircraft
c. affects only pilots flying IFR through thunderstorms
d. is the other word for P-static
e. is not usually hazard to aircraft - Answer-is not usually hazard to aircraft
Which is FALSE? Hail can
a. occur outside of the visible thunderstorm cloud
b. break windscreens
c. accumulate on aircraft causing the aircraft weight to increase
d. damage aircraft when parked outside on the ground
e. dent the leading edge aircraft wings - Answer-accumulate on aircraft causing the
aircraft weight to increase
Is is safe to fly near a tornado, but only when the tornado intensity is roughly
a. EF2
b. EF5
c. EF3
d. EF4
e. never safe to fly near tornado - Answer-never safe to fly tornado
Which raincloud is likely to be most turbulent?
with Verified Answers (Rated A+)
LG4a. The most violent stage of thunderstorm cell, when there are both up and
downdrafts is
a. cirrus
b. cumulus
c. residue
d. dissipating
e. mature - Answer-mature
This type of storm that is rotating as a mesocyclone is called a/an
a. dust devil
b. mammatus cloud
c. air mass thunderstorm
d. mesosphere
e. supercell - Answer-supercell
Which is FALSE? if you flew into a thunderstorm, the connective turbulence would likely
cause your aircraft to:
a. experience violent shaking
b. be violently pushed up and down to different altitudes
c. experience intense rolling and pitching motions
d. experience engine failure
e. experience intense yawing motions - Answer-experience engine failure
Which statement is TRUE? The gust front
a. is a large scale weather system associated with anticyclones
, b. forms as the outside wall of multi-vortex tornado
c. forms when downburst air hits the ground and spreads out
d. is the bottom edge of the downburst
e. is what pushes the thunderstorm along - Answer-forms when downburst air hits the
ground and spreads out
Lightning
a. is the weather phenomenon most hazardous to aviation
b. causes fuel tanks to explode modern composite aircraft
c. affects only pilots flying IFR through thunderstorms
d. is the other word for P-static
e. is not usually hazard to aircraft - Answer-is not usually hazard to aircraft
Which is FALSE? Hail can
a. occur outside of the visible thunderstorm cloud
b. break windscreens
c. accumulate on aircraft causing the aircraft weight to increase
d. damage aircraft when parked outside on the ground
e. dent the leading edge aircraft wings - Answer-accumulate on aircraft causing the
aircraft weight to increase
Is is safe to fly near a tornado, but only when the tornado intensity is roughly
a. EF2
b. EF5
c. EF3
d. EF4
e. never safe to fly near tornado - Answer-never safe to fly tornado
Which raincloud is likely to be most turbulent?
