METEOROLOGY CPL EXAM 2024 WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
A Trough is associated with a - correct answer✔✔ High or anti-cyclone.
Calculate the height above ground for an aircraft passing over a ridge.
Reported altimeter setting: 28.82" Hg
Indicated altitude: 3,000'
Aircraft altimeter: 29.92 "Hg
Height of the ridge: 1,900 ft ASL - correct answer✔✔ Nil
Calculate Airport Pressure Altitude. - correct answer✔✔ 1,817 ft.
Why is the saturated adiabatic lapse rate less than the dry adiabatic lapse rate? - correct answer✔✔
Latent heat release of saturated air upon condensation
Determine the height of convective cloud base and freezing level under these conditions:
Surface Temp: 20 C
Dewpoint Temp: 14 C - correct answer✔✔ Cloud base: 2,000 ft AGL
Freezing level: 11,300 ft AGL
Note the following cloud types:
1. Cumulonimbus.
2. Altoscumulus Castellanus
3. Nimbo Stratus
4. Altostratus
Under which of the above cloud types would you expect significant turbulence? - correct answer✔✔ 1,2
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
A Trough is associated with a - correct answer✔✔ High or anti-cyclone.
Calculate the height above ground for an aircraft passing over a ridge.
Reported altimeter setting: 28.82" Hg
Indicated altitude: 3,000'
Aircraft altimeter: 29.92 "Hg
Height of the ridge: 1,900 ft ASL - correct answer✔✔ Nil
Calculate Airport Pressure Altitude. - correct answer✔✔ 1,817 ft.
Why is the saturated adiabatic lapse rate less than the dry adiabatic lapse rate? - correct answer✔✔
Latent heat release of saturated air upon condensation
Determine the height of convective cloud base and freezing level under these conditions:
Surface Temp: 20 C
Dewpoint Temp: 14 C - correct answer✔✔ Cloud base: 2,000 ft AGL
Freezing level: 11,300 ft AGL
Note the following cloud types:
1. Cumulonimbus.
2. Altoscumulus Castellanus
3. Nimbo Stratus
4. Altostratus
Under which of the above cloud types would you expect significant turbulence? - correct answer✔✔ 1,2
