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CFI Written Exam with verified detailed
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In what part of the atmosphere does most weather occur? - ✔✔Trophoshere
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Which is the primary driving force of weather on the Earth? - ✔✔The Sun
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The most frequent type of ground or surface-based temperature inversion is that which is
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produced by - ✔✔terrestrial radiation on a clear, relatively still night
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Which weather conditions should be expected beneath a low-level temperature inversion layer
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when the relative humidity is high? - ✔✔Smooth air and poor visibility
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An altimeter indicates 1,850 feet MSL when set to 30.18. What is the approximate pressure
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altitude? - ✔✔1,590 feet || || ||
The windflow around a low pressure is - ✔✔cyclonic
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Winds at 5,000 feet AGL on a particular flight are southwesterly while most of the surface winds
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are southerly. This difference in direction is primarily due to - ✔✔friction between the wind and
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the surface
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In the Northern Hemisphere, a pilot making a long distance flight from east to west would most
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likely find favorable winds associated with high- and low-pressure systems by flying to the -
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✔✔south of a high and to the north of a low || || || || || || || || || ||
The general circulation of air associated with a high-pressure area in the Northern Hemisphere is -
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✔✔outward, downward, and clockwise
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Which is an operational consideration regarding actual air temperature and dewpoint temperature
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spread? - ✔✔The temperature spread decreases as the relative humidity increases
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The ratio of the existing water vapor in the air, as compared to the maximum amount that could
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exist at a given temperature, is called - ✔✔relative humidity
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What is the process by which ice can form on a surface directly from water vapor on a cold, clear
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night? - ✔✔Sublimation || ||
The height of the bases of the middle clouds in the middle latitudes ranges from - ✔✔6,500 feet
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to 23,000 feet
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Which middle level clouds are characterized by rain, snow, or ice pellets posing a serious icing
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problem if temperature are near or below freezing? - ✔✔Nimbostratus
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Frontal waves normally form on - ✔✔slow-moving cold fronts or stationary fronts
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Cool air moving over a warm surface is generally characterized by - ✔✔instability and showers
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Which statement is true regarding a cold front occlusion? - ✔✔The air ahead of the warm front is
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warmer than the air behind the overtaking cold front
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Tornadoes are most likely to occur with which type of thunderstorms? - ✔✔Steady-state
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thunderstorms associated with cold fronts or squall lines || || || || || || ||
Which type of cloud is associated with violent turbulence and a tendency toward the production
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of funnel clouds? - ✔✔Cumulonimbus mamma
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Radiation fog is most likely to occur under what conditions? - ✔✔High humidity during the early
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evening, cool cloudless night with light winds, and favorable topography
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Advection fog is formed as a result of - ✔✔moist air moving over a colder surface
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Fog associated with a warm front is a result of saturation due to - ✔✔evaporation of precipitation
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GIVEN: KOUN 151355Z AUTO 22010KT 10SM CLR BLO 120 13/10 A2993 PMK A02 $. The
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ASOS report indicates that the location is - ✔✔possibly in need of maintenance
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Interpret the following radar weather report: LIT 1133 AREA 4TRW 22/100 88/170 196/180/
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220/115 C2425 MT 310 AT 162/110 - ✔✔The maximum top of the cells is located 162 degrees
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and 110 NM from the station (LIT)
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To determine the freezing level and areas of probable icing aloft, you should refer to - ✔✔an
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AIRMER or SIGMET || ||
What is the meaning of MVFR, as used in the categorical outlook portion of an Aviation Area
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Forecast? - ✔✔A ceiling of 1,000 to 3,000 feet and || || || || || || || || ||
What is the meaning of MVFR, as used in the categorical outlook portion of an Aviation
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Forecast? - ✔✔A ceiling of 1,000 to 3,000 feet and/or visibility of 3 to 5 miles.
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What information would be covered in an AIRMET? - ✔✔Widespread mountain obscurement
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Which in-flight advisory would contain information on severe icing? - ✔✔SIGMET
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What information is contained in a special CONVECTIVE SIGMET in the conterminous United
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State - ✔✔Tornadoes, embedded thunderstorms, and hail 3/4 inch or greater In diameter.
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On a Surface Analysis Weather Chart, isobars are usually spaced at intervals of - ✔✔4 millibars =
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On a Weather Depiction Chart, what weather conditions would be contained in an unshaded area
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that is outlined by a smooth line - ✔✔Ceiling between 1,000 and 3,000 feet and/or visibility
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between 3 and 5 miles. || || || ||
A Weather Depiction Chart is useful to a pilot in determining - ✔✔areas where weather
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conditions were reported above or below VFR minimums. || || || || || || ||
What does the heavy dashed line that forms a rectangular box on a radar summary chart refer to? -
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✔✔Severe weather watch area
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How long do the maximum intensity winds last in an individual microburst? - ✔✔2 to 4 minutes
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The position of fronts and pressure systems (as of chart time) is best determined by referring to a -
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✔✔Surface Analysis Chart
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If an area on a Convective Outlook Chart is labeled APCHG, this indicates - ✔✔Winds greater
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than or equal to 35 knots but less than 50 knots
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A surface inversion can - ✔✔Produce poor visibility
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Convective SIGMETs are issued for which weather conditions? - ✔✔Embedded thunderstorms, || || || || || || || || || || ||
lines of thunderstorms, and thunderstorms with 3/4 inch hail or tornadoes
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A Weather Depiction Chart can help pilots to - ✔✔See the overall critical weather minimums
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over a wide area. || || ||
You must have a type rating to operate - ✔✔any turbo-jet powered airplan
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CFI Written Exam with verified detailed
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solutions
In what part of the atmosphere does most weather occur? - ✔✔Trophoshere
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Which is the primary driving force of weather on the Earth? - ✔✔The Sun
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The most frequent type of ground or surface-based temperature inversion is that which is
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produced by - ✔✔terrestrial radiation on a clear, relatively still night
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Which weather conditions should be expected beneath a low-level temperature inversion layer
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when the relative humidity is high? - ✔✔Smooth air and poor visibility
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An altimeter indicates 1,850 feet MSL when set to 30.18. What is the approximate pressure
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altitude? - ✔✔1,590 feet || || ||
The windflow around a low pressure is - ✔✔cyclonic
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Winds at 5,000 feet AGL on a particular flight are southwesterly while most of the surface winds
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are southerly. This difference in direction is primarily due to - ✔✔friction between the wind and
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the surface
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In the Northern Hemisphere, a pilot making a long distance flight from east to west would most
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likely find favorable winds associated with high- and low-pressure systems by flying to the -
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✔✔south of a high and to the north of a low || || || || || || || || || ||
The general circulation of air associated with a high-pressure area in the Northern Hemisphere is -
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✔✔outward, downward, and clockwise
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Which is an operational consideration regarding actual air temperature and dewpoint temperature
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spread? - ✔✔The temperature spread decreases as the relative humidity increases
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The ratio of the existing water vapor in the air, as compared to the maximum amount that could
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
exist at a given temperature, is called - ✔✔relative humidity
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What is the process by which ice can form on a surface directly from water vapor on a cold, clear
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night? - ✔✔Sublimation || ||
The height of the bases of the middle clouds in the middle latitudes ranges from - ✔✔6,500 feet
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to 23,000 feet
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Which middle level clouds are characterized by rain, snow, or ice pellets posing a serious icing
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problem if temperature are near or below freezing? - ✔✔Nimbostratus
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Frontal waves normally form on - ✔✔slow-moving cold fronts or stationary fronts
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Cool air moving over a warm surface is generally characterized by - ✔✔instability and showers
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Which statement is true regarding a cold front occlusion? - ✔✔The air ahead of the warm front is
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warmer than the air behind the overtaking cold front
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Tornadoes are most likely to occur with which type of thunderstorms? - ✔✔Steady-state
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thunderstorms associated with cold fronts or squall lines || || || || || || ||
Which type of cloud is associated with violent turbulence and a tendency toward the production
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of funnel clouds? - ✔✔Cumulonimbus mamma
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Radiation fog is most likely to occur under what conditions? - ✔✔High humidity during the early
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evening, cool cloudless night with light winds, and favorable topography
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Advection fog is formed as a result of - ✔✔moist air moving over a colder surface
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Fog associated with a warm front is a result of saturation due to - ✔✔evaporation of precipitation
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GIVEN: KOUN 151355Z AUTO 22010KT 10SM CLR BLO 120 13/10 A2993 PMK A02 $. The
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ASOS report indicates that the location is - ✔✔possibly in need of maintenance
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Interpret the following radar weather report: LIT 1133 AREA 4TRW 22/100 88/170 196/180/
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220/115 C2425 MT 310 AT 162/110 - ✔✔The maximum top of the cells is located 162 degrees
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and 110 NM from the station (LIT)
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To determine the freezing level and areas of probable icing aloft, you should refer to - ✔✔an
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AIRMER or SIGMET || ||
What is the meaning of MVFR, as used in the categorical outlook portion of an Aviation Area
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Forecast? - ✔✔A ceiling of 1,000 to 3,000 feet and || || || || || || || || ||
What is the meaning of MVFR, as used in the categorical outlook portion of an Aviation
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Forecast? - ✔✔A ceiling of 1,000 to 3,000 feet and/or visibility of 3 to 5 miles.
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What information would be covered in an AIRMET? - ✔✔Widespread mountain obscurement
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Which in-flight advisory would contain information on severe icing? - ✔✔SIGMET
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What information is contained in a special CONVECTIVE SIGMET in the conterminous United
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State - ✔✔Tornadoes, embedded thunderstorms, and hail 3/4 inch or greater In diameter.
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On a Surface Analysis Weather Chart, isobars are usually spaced at intervals of - ✔✔4 millibars =
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On a Weather Depiction Chart, what weather conditions would be contained in an unshaded area
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that is outlined by a smooth line - ✔✔Ceiling between 1,000 and 3,000 feet and/or visibility
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between 3 and 5 miles. || || || ||
A Weather Depiction Chart is useful to a pilot in determining - ✔✔areas where weather
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
conditions were reported above or below VFR minimums. || || || || || || ||
What does the heavy dashed line that forms a rectangular box on a radar summary chart refer to? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔Severe weather watch area
|| || || ||
How long do the maximum intensity winds last in an individual microburst? - ✔✔2 to 4 minutes
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
The position of fronts and pressure systems (as of chart time) is best determined by referring to a -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔Surface Analysis Chart
|| || ||
If an area on a Convective Outlook Chart is labeled APCHG, this indicates - ✔✔Winds greater
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
than or equal to 35 knots but less than 50 knots
|| || || || || || || || || ||
A surface inversion can - ✔✔Produce poor visibility
|| || || || || || ||
Convective SIGMETs are issued for which weather conditions? - ✔✔Embedded thunderstorms, || || || || || || || || || || ||
lines of thunderstorms, and thunderstorms with 3/4 inch hail or tornadoes
|| || || || || || || || || ||
A Weather Depiction Chart can help pilots to - ✔✔See the overall critical weather minimums
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over a wide area. || || ||
You must have a type rating to operate - ✔✔any turbo-jet powered airplan
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