MET INRAT EXAM QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
Advection fog would result from which of the following scenarios? - Correct Answers -A
cold and moist air mass travelling over even cooler ground in the winter.
What differentiates one air mass from another? In other words, how would you define
an air mass - Correct Answers -It's a large section of the troposphere with uniform
properties of temperature and moisture in the horizontal
Which of the following is not an air mass that occurs in Canada in the summer time? -
Correct Answers -Continental arctic
Approaching a winter warm front from the cold air side, in what order do you expect to
encounter precipitation? - Correct Answers -Snow, ice pellets, freezing rain, rainCorrect
response
The Minister of Transport has designated which of the following agencies to
disseminate aviation weather observations and forecast to pilots? - Correct Answers -
Nav Canada
What is a TROWAL - Correct Answers -A trough of warm air aloft.
Frontal weather is determined by the moisture content of the __________, the stability
of the ___________, and the speed of the __________.* - Correct Answers -Warm air
mass, warm air mass, cold air mass
Which of the following is not considered to be an aviation weather forecast?* - Correct
Answers -METAR
How are calm winds reported in a METAR?* - Correct Answers -00000kt. Correct
response
CALM.
/////kt.
VRB0kt.
What is meant by prevailing visibility? - Correct Answers -The maximum distance that
an object can be seen over half of the horizon.Correct response
ANSWERS
Advection fog would result from which of the following scenarios? - Correct Answers -A
cold and moist air mass travelling over even cooler ground in the winter.
What differentiates one air mass from another? In other words, how would you define
an air mass - Correct Answers -It's a large section of the troposphere with uniform
properties of temperature and moisture in the horizontal
Which of the following is not an air mass that occurs in Canada in the summer time? -
Correct Answers -Continental arctic
Approaching a winter warm front from the cold air side, in what order do you expect to
encounter precipitation? - Correct Answers -Snow, ice pellets, freezing rain, rainCorrect
response
The Minister of Transport has designated which of the following agencies to
disseminate aviation weather observations and forecast to pilots? - Correct Answers -
Nav Canada
What is a TROWAL - Correct Answers -A trough of warm air aloft.
Frontal weather is determined by the moisture content of the __________, the stability
of the ___________, and the speed of the __________.* - Correct Answers -Warm air
mass, warm air mass, cold air mass
Which of the following is not considered to be an aviation weather forecast?* - Correct
Answers -METAR
How are calm winds reported in a METAR?* - Correct Answers -00000kt. Correct
response
CALM.
/////kt.
VRB0kt.
What is meant by prevailing visibility? - Correct Answers -The maximum distance that
an object can be seen over half of the horizon.Correct response