ATPL Theory Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest Update

ATPL Theory Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest Update What is a rhumb line? - Answer- a line on earth surface which has a constant angle to the meridian What is a great circle - Answer- Shortest line between two points on the surface of the earth What is a microburst? - Answer- A strong downburst from a CB, usually 4km in diameter. 10 minutes on a meridian is equal to - Answer- 10 nm How does thrust reverse work - Answer- redirection of air mass produced by the fan Whats it called when water vapour directly to ice - Answer- resublimation 4 phases of a jet engine - Answer- induction, compression, combustion, exhaustion What process takes place inside the carburettor - Answer- Fuel/Air mixing Ice directly to water vapour - Answer- sublimation What is a sharklet - Answer- A wingtip design reducing induced drag, smaller vortex What kind of line does a runway centreline have - Answer- dashed Runway edge lights turn yellow - Answer- for the last 600m If you have net performance you are clear of an obstacle by - Answer- 35ft Types of fog - Answer- (Advection, radiation, frontal (front of a warm front super humid, evaporation) What is gross performance - Answer- the average performance expected of a fleet of aircraft if properly maintained and flown in accordance to the manual What kind of line does taxiway marking have - Answer- continuous yellow You see yellow lights near the runway centreline what does this indicate - Answer- rapid exit taxiway Where is the strongest CAT in a jet stream - Answer- Cold air side, below tropopause. To the left when looking downstream What is the gradient wind - Answer- blow around curved isobars TEMPO - Answer- temporary change to weather not lasting more than one hour or half the indicated period. what is a trend - Answer- a trend is the forecast for the next 2 hours in the northern hemisphere, wind at your back where is the high pressure - Answer- to the right MOCA - Answer- Minimum Obstruction Clearance Altitude geostrophic wind - Answer- blows parallel to straight isobars METAR/TAF reference height for cloud - Answer- AGL What is LDA - Answer- Landing distance available, starts 50ft above threshold Standard holding pattern - Answer- Right hand turns Timing inbound 0 - 14,000' 1 minute 14,001' - above 1 ½ minutes Wind direction around a low pressure in SH - Answer- clockwise What is BEM - Answer- Basic empty mass of the aircraft including unusable fluids What airspeed do you maintain after an EF - Answer- VYSE planning LDA for Cat A jet aircraft - Answer- 60% Vr must be what VMCA - Answer- 1.05 CAS - Answer- IAS Corrected for position and instrument error EAS - Answer- CAS corrected for compressibility TAS - Answer- EAS corrected for density What is a Wet start - Answer- when fuel is already in the combustion chamber Memorise GPWS modes - Answer- In other set What is a hung start - Answer- engine starts but unable to get to a self-sustaining rpm Mean chord line - Answer- Wing area divided by wing span Gas makeup of atmosphere - Answer- 78% Nitrogen 21% oxygen 0.9% argon washout of the wing - Answer- twisting of it, reducing angle of incidence COFP - Answer- Imaginary point where all aerodynamic forces act through COFG - Answer- Imaginary point where all weight acts through What is the movement area - Answer- All airside surfices, including the apron