EASA Questions Meteorology Wind

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Question 1 - 5 of 20 (10 points each question)

1) (For this question use annex 050-4379A) Looking at the chart, at what altitude above Frankfurt would you expect the tropopause to be located? Report

FL 280

FL 310

FL 350

2) (For this question use annex 050-4380A) If you are flying from Zurich to London at FL 220, what conditions can you expect at cruising altitude? Report

Flight largely in cloud; no turbulence

Prolonged severe turbulence and icing throughout the flight

Scattered thunderstorms

3) (For this question use annex 050-4382A) On which of these routes would you not have to worry about turbulence at FL 340? Report

Zurich - Athens

Rome - Berlin

Shannon - Hamburg

4) (For this question use annex 050-4383A) If you are flying from Zurich to Stockholm at FL 240, what conditions can you expect at cruising altitude? Report

Cloud most of the way; little chance of CAT

Scattered thunderstorms

Largely free of cloud; moderate icing half way along the route

5) (For this question use annex 050-4384A) Judging by the chart, what windspeeds can you expect at FL 340 above Rome? Report

140 km/h

145 kt

340 kt

6) (For this question use annex 050-4385A) Judging by the chart, on which of these routes can you expect to encounter moderate and locally severe CAT at FL 300? Report

Paris - Bordeaux

Zurich - Rome

London - Zurich

7) (For this question use annex 050-4386A) If you are flying from Zurich to Shannon at FL 340, where will your cruising altitude be? Report

Constantly in the stratosphere

Constantly in the troposhere

First in the troposphere and later in the stratosphere

8) If the QNH at Locarno (200 metres above sea level) is 1015 hPa, what is the approximate QFE? (Assume 1hPa = 8m) Report

1005 hPa

990 hPa

995 hPa

9) (For this question use annex 050-4388A) On which of these routes would you not need to worry about icing at FL 180? Report

Zurich - Madrid

Zurich - Hamburg

Hamburg - Stockholm

10) (For this question use annex 050-4372A) Select from the map the average temperature for the route Athens - Geneva at FL 150. Report

-27°C

-14°C

-21�C

11) In Zurich during a summer day the following weather observations were taken: 160450Z 23015KT 3000 +RA SCT008 SCT020 OVC030 13/12 Q1010 NOSIG = 160650Z 25008KT 6000 SCT040 BKN090 18/14 Q1010 RERA NOSIG = 160850Z 25006KT 8000 SCT040 SCT100 19/15 Q1009 NOSIG = 161050Z 24008KT 9999 SCT040 SCT100 21/15 Q1008 NOSIG = 161250Z 23012KT CAVOK 23/16 Q1005 NOSIG = 161450Z 23016KT 9999 SCT040 BKN090 24/17 Q1003 BECMG 25020G40KT TS = 161650Z 24018G35KT 3000 +TSRA SCT006 BKN015CB 18/16 Q1002 NOSIG = 161850Z 28012KT 9999 SCT030 SCT100 13/11 Q1005 NOSIG = What do you conclude based on these observations? Report

A cold front passed the station early in the morning and a warm front during late afternoon

A trough line passed the station early in the morning and a warm front during late afternoon

A warm front passed the station early in the morning and a cold front during late afternoon

12) (For this question use annex 050-4391A) Which typical weather condition is shown by the design for the area of Central Europe ? Report

Uniform pressure pattern

Cutting wind

Westerly waves

13) (For this question use annex 050-4392A) Which typical weather condition is shown by the design for northern Italy? Report

Westerly wind

Easterly wind

High pressure

14) (For this question use annex 050-4393A) The attached chart shows the weather conditions on the ground at 1200 UTC on October 10. Which of the following reports reflects weather development at Zurich Airport? Report

TAF LSZH 101601 05020G35KT 8000 BKN015 TEMPO 1720 05018KT 0300 +SHSN VV002 =

TAF LSZH 101601 23012KT 6000 RA BKN012 OVC030 TEMPO 2023 22025G40KT 1600 +SNRA BKN003 OVC015 =

TAF LSZH 101601 VRB02KT 8000 SCT280 BECMG 1618 00000KT 3500 MIFG BECMG 1820 1500 BCFG BECMG 2022 0100 FG VV001 =

15) You have been flying for some time in dense layered cloud. The outside air temperature is -25°C. Which of the following statements is true? Report

If you do not have weather radar on board there is no need to worry, as CB is unlikely to form in such cloud

In a dense layered cloud icing is unlikely also at an outside air temperature of -5°C

Severe airframe icing is unlikely under these conditions

16) Thunderstorms in exceptional circumstances can occur in a warm front if Report

the cold air is convectively unstable.

the cold air is convectively stable.

the warm air is convectively unstable.

17) An airborne weather radar installation makes it possible to detect the location of Report

all clouds

cumulonimbus, but provided that cloud of this type is accompanied by falls of hail

zones of precipitation, particulary liquid-state precipitation, and also their intensity

18) The upper wind and temperature chart of 250 hPa corresponds, in a standard atmosphere, to about Report

39 000 FT

30 000 FT

34 000 FT

19) Marseille Information gives you the following meteorological information for Ajaccio and Calvi for 1600 UTC : Ajaccio: wind 360°/2 kt, visibility 2000 m, rain, BKN stratocumulus at 1000 FT, OVC altostratus at 8000 FT, QNH 1023 hPa. Calvi: wind 040°/2 kt, visibility 3000 m, mist, FEW stratus at 500 FT, SCT stratocumulus at 2000 FT, OVC altostratus at 9000 FT, QNH 1023 hPa. The ceilings (more than 4 oktas) are therefore: Report

8000 FT at Ajaccio and 9000 FT at Calvi

1000 FT at Ajaccio and 2000 FT at Calvi

1000 FT at Ajaccio and 9000 FT at Calvi

20) Marseille Information gives you the following meteorological information for Ajaccio and Calvi for 1600 UTC : Ajaccio: wind 360°/2 kt, visibility 2000 m, rain, BKN stratocumulus at 1000 FT, OVC altostratus at 8000 FT, QNH 1023 hPa. Calvi: wind 040°/2 kt, visibility 3000 m, mist, FEW stratus at 500 FT, SCT stratocumulus at 2000 FT, OVC altostratus at 9000 FT, QNH 1023 hPa. The ceilings (more than 4 oktas) are therefore: Report

8000 FT at Ajaccio and 9000 FT at Calvi

1000 FT at Ajaccio and 2000 FT at Calvi

1000 FT at Ajaccio and 9000 FT at Calvi

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