TEST QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+ PREMIUM RESOURCE
●● What is the composition of the atmosphere?
Answer: 78% Nitrogen 21% Oxygen 1% Other gasses
●● What is ATIS
Answer: Automated Terminal Information Service
●● What is a mode C transponder?
Answer: A transponder with altitude encoding / reporting capabilities
●● What are standard conditions?
Answer: 29.92" Hg | 15*C | 1013.2 mb
●● What is magnetic variation?
Answer: The difference between true North and magnetic North
●● What is the primary cause of all weather?
Answer: Uneven heating of the earths surface
,●● Where can a pilot identify jet routes?
Answer: On enroute high altitude charts
●● What's an MEA?
Answer: Minimum enroute altitude
●● What is windshear?
Answer: Rapid shift in wind speed or direction in a relatively short time,
distance, or altitude.
●● What is DH?
Answer: Decision height
●● What conditions must be present for structural icing?
Answer: Visible moisture
Temperatures below freezing
●● What is a critical factor of VOR's?
Answer: They are limited to line of sight
●● What is a STAR?
, Answer: Standard Terminal Arrival Procedure
●● What's an NDB?
Answer: A non-directional beacon
●● FL 350 is what airspace
Answer: Class A
●● What best describes a micro-burst?
Answer: A concentrated area of windshear that flows downward and
outward from a strong thunderstorm
●● What is a VHF radio?
Answer: A very high frequency radio
●● What happens to Standard temperature as you climb through the
troposphere?
Answer: It decreases 2*C per 1000'
●● Can the dispatcher declare an emergency?
Answer: Yes
●● What is a SPECI?