CAAP PPL – METEOROLOGY UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
Every physical process of weather is accompanied by or is the result of a
A. Pressure differential
B. Heat exchange
C. Movement of air - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅B
What causes variations in altimeter settings between weather reporting points?
A. Coriolis force
B. Variation of terrain elevation
C. Unequal heating of the Earth's surface - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅C
The wind at 5,000 feet AGL is south westernly while the surface wind is southerly. This
difference is primarily due to
A. Stronger pressure gradient at higher altitudes
B. Stronger Coriolis force at the surface
C. Friction between the wind and the surface - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅C
Convective circulation patterns associated with sea breezes are caused by
A. Warm, dense air moving inland from over the water
B. Cool, dense air moving inland from over the water
C. Water absorbing and radiating heat faster than the land - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅B
The development of thermals depends upon
A. Temperature inversions
B. A counterclockwise circulation of air
C. Solar heating - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅C
, The boundary between two different air masses is referred to as a
A. Frontolysis
B. Front
C. Frontogenesis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅B
One weather phenomenon which will always occur when flying across a front is a change in the
A. Wind direction
B. Stability of the air mass
C. Type of precipitation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A
One of the most easily recognize discontinuities across a front is
A. An increase in cloud coverage
B. An increase in relative humidity
C. A change in temperature - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅C
If there is thunderstorm activity in the vicinity of an airport at which you plan to land, which
hazardous atmospheric phenomenon might be expected on the landing approach?
A. Precipitation static
B. Steady rain
C. Wind-shear turbulence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅C
A nonfrontal, narrow band of active thunderstorm that often develop ahead of a cold front is
known as a
A. Squall line
B. Dry line
C. Prefrontal system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A
What conditions are necessary for the formation of thunderstorms?
AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
Every physical process of weather is accompanied by or is the result of a
A. Pressure differential
B. Heat exchange
C. Movement of air - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅B
What causes variations in altimeter settings between weather reporting points?
A. Coriolis force
B. Variation of terrain elevation
C. Unequal heating of the Earth's surface - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅C
The wind at 5,000 feet AGL is south westernly while the surface wind is southerly. This
difference is primarily due to
A. Stronger pressure gradient at higher altitudes
B. Stronger Coriolis force at the surface
C. Friction between the wind and the surface - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅C
Convective circulation patterns associated with sea breezes are caused by
A. Warm, dense air moving inland from over the water
B. Cool, dense air moving inland from over the water
C. Water absorbing and radiating heat faster than the land - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅B
The development of thermals depends upon
A. Temperature inversions
B. A counterclockwise circulation of air
C. Solar heating - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅C
, The boundary between two different air masses is referred to as a
A. Frontolysis
B. Front
C. Frontogenesis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅B
One weather phenomenon which will always occur when flying across a front is a change in the
A. Wind direction
B. Stability of the air mass
C. Type of precipitation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A
One of the most easily recognize discontinuities across a front is
A. An increase in cloud coverage
B. An increase in relative humidity
C. A change in temperature - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅C
If there is thunderstorm activity in the vicinity of an airport at which you plan to land, which
hazardous atmospheric phenomenon might be expected on the landing approach?
A. Precipitation static
B. Steady rain
C. Wind-shear turbulence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅C
A nonfrontal, narrow band of active thunderstorm that often develop ahead of a cold front is
known as a
A. Squall line
B. Dry line
C. Prefrontal system - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A
What conditions are necessary for the formation of thunderstorms?
