ATSC Flying Midterm Exam Questions
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The type of storm that is rotating as a mesocyclone is called a/an
A. dust devil
B. mammatus cloud
C. mesosphere
D. supercell
E. air-mass thunderstorm - Answer-D. supercell
Which is FALSE? If you flew into a thunderstorm, the convective turbulence would likely
cause your aircraft to:
A. experience engine failure
B. be violently pushed up and down to different altitudes
C. experience intense yawing motions
D. experience intense rolling and pitching motions
E. experience violent shaking - Answer-A. experience engine failure
Which statement is TRUE? The gust front
A. is the bottom edge of the downburst.
B. forms as the outside wall of a multi-vortex tornado.
C. is a large-scale (synoptic) weather system associated with anticyclones.
D. forms when downburst air hits the ground and spreads out.
E. is what pushes the thunderstorm along. - Answer-D. forms when downburst air hits
the ground and spreads out
Lightning
A. is the another word for P-static
B. causes fuel tanks to explode on modern composite aircraft
C. is the weather phenomenon most hazardous to aviation
D. is not usually a hazard to aircraft
E. affects only pilots flying IFR through thunderstorms - Answer-D. is not usually a
hazard to haircraft
Which is FALSE? Hail can
A. occur outside of the visible thunderstorm cloud
B. dent the leading edge of aircraft wings
C. damage aircraft when parked outside on the ground
, D. break windscreens
E. accumulate on aircraft causing the aircraft weight to increase - Answer-E.
accumulate on aircraft causing the aircraft weight to increase
It is safe to fly near a tornado, but only when the tornado intensity is roughly:
A. EF4
B. EF3
C. EF5
D. EF2
E. (never safe to fly near a tornado) - Answer-E. never safe to fly near a tornado
Which raincloud is likely to be most turbulent?
A. nimbocirrus
B. altonimbus
C. nimbofractus
D. cumulonimbus
E. nimbostratus - Answer-D. cumulonimbus
Which cloud is NOT associated with mountains?
A. anabatic cumulus
B. lenticular
C. orographic thunderstorms
D. fumulus
E. banner - Answer-D. fumulus
If low clouds cover 2/8 of the sky and mid-level clouds (not hidden behind the low
clouds) actually cover 3/8 of the sky, then the coverage of mid-level clouds would be
reported as ___?
A. 4/8.
B. 5/8.
C. 2/8.
D. 1/8.
E. 3/8. - Answer-B. 5/8
Which statement is correct regarding a cloud ceiling for aviation?
A. To be valid at all locations, cloud ceiling is given as an altitude above mean sea level.
B. Cloud ceiling is the height above ground of the lowest layer of clouds reported as
broken or overcast.
C. The altitude of clouds below 20,000 feet altitude that cover less than half of the sky is
a cloud ceiling.
D. Cloud tops stop rising when they hit the cloud ceiling.
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The type of storm that is rotating as a mesocyclone is called a/an
A. dust devil
B. mammatus cloud
C. mesosphere
D. supercell
E. air-mass thunderstorm - Answer-D. supercell
Which is FALSE? If you flew into a thunderstorm, the convective turbulence would likely
cause your aircraft to:
A. experience engine failure
B. be violently pushed up and down to different altitudes
C. experience intense yawing motions
D. experience intense rolling and pitching motions
E. experience violent shaking - Answer-A. experience engine failure
Which statement is TRUE? The gust front
A. is the bottom edge of the downburst.
B. forms as the outside wall of a multi-vortex tornado.
C. is a large-scale (synoptic) weather system associated with anticyclones.
D. forms when downburst air hits the ground and spreads out.
E. is what pushes the thunderstorm along. - Answer-D. forms when downburst air hits
the ground and spreads out
Lightning
A. is the another word for P-static
B. causes fuel tanks to explode on modern composite aircraft
C. is the weather phenomenon most hazardous to aviation
D. is not usually a hazard to aircraft
E. affects only pilots flying IFR through thunderstorms - Answer-D. is not usually a
hazard to haircraft
Which is FALSE? Hail can
A. occur outside of the visible thunderstorm cloud
B. dent the leading edge of aircraft wings
C. damage aircraft when parked outside on the ground
, D. break windscreens
E. accumulate on aircraft causing the aircraft weight to increase - Answer-E.
accumulate on aircraft causing the aircraft weight to increase
It is safe to fly near a tornado, but only when the tornado intensity is roughly:
A. EF4
B. EF3
C. EF5
D. EF2
E. (never safe to fly near a tornado) - Answer-E. never safe to fly near a tornado
Which raincloud is likely to be most turbulent?
A. nimbocirrus
B. altonimbus
C. nimbofractus
D. cumulonimbus
E. nimbostratus - Answer-D. cumulonimbus
Which cloud is NOT associated with mountains?
A. anabatic cumulus
B. lenticular
C. orographic thunderstorms
D. fumulus
E. banner - Answer-D. fumulus
If low clouds cover 2/8 of the sky and mid-level clouds (not hidden behind the low
clouds) actually cover 3/8 of the sky, then the coverage of mid-level clouds would be
reported as ___?
A. 4/8.
B. 5/8.
C. 2/8.
D. 1/8.
E. 3/8. - Answer-B. 5/8
Which statement is correct regarding a cloud ceiling for aviation?
A. To be valid at all locations, cloud ceiling is given as an altitude above mean sea level.
B. Cloud ceiling is the height above ground of the lowest layer of clouds reported as
broken or overcast.
C. The altitude of clouds below 20,000 feet altitude that cover less than half of the sky is
a cloud ceiling.
D. Cloud tops stop rising when they hit the cloud ceiling.
