Flight Hazards | PPL(A) Meteorology - EASA & UK CAA

Flight Hazards practice questions for the EASA and UK CAA PPL(A) written exams.

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Visibility-reducing phenomena

Question 1

In terms of visibility which of the following phenomena _______?

Question 2

You take-off from _______. Which of the following runways will provide the WORST visibility?

Question 3

If you _______, to what minimum can the visibility be reduced?

Question 4

Select the correct option(s):

Question 5

_______ acting as a visibility reducer is/are:

Question 6

_______, surface visibility is most likely to be restricted by:

Question 7

Reduction in visibility due to _______:

Turbulence

Question 1

Select the correct option(s) concerning turbulence:

Question 2

When the wind flows _______:

Icing

Question 1

In icing conditions:

Question 2

In icing conditions:

Question 3

Hoar frost:

Question 4

How can icing conditions and icing effects _______?

Question 5

Select the correct option(s):

Question 6

Rime ice:

Question 7

Clear ice:

Inversions

Question 1

Select the correct option(s):

Question 2

Vertical currents within the _______ can reach __(1)__. The combination of these strong vertical currents is called __(2)__.

Question 3

Select the correct option(s):

Question 4

On the _______ of mountain ranges, the air:

Question 5

When frontal clouds approach a _______:

Thunderstorms

Question 1

Select the correct option(s).

Question 2

Cumulonimbus development associated with fronts:

Question 3

Thunderstorms which generally produce the most intense hazard to aircraft are:

Question 4

Select the correct option(s):

Question 5

Convection type Cumulonimbus:

Question 6

Thunderstorm avoidance can mean: Select the correct option(s)

Question 7

Select the correct option(s):

Question 8

Mammatus clouds (Cumulonimbus mammatus):

Question 9

As the aircraft passes through _______, after the strong headwind the wind becomes a strong tailwind, and:

Question 10

What is a _______ area 4 km in diameter or less?

Question 11

Select the correct option(s):

Question 12

What is a strong _______ of damaging winds at or near the surface?

Question 13

The triboelectric effect:

Question 14

From the following, select the correct option concerning thunderstorm seasons in Europe

Question 15

An aircraft _______ will first encounter:

Question 16

Select the correct option(s) concerning squalls and squall line thunderstorms

Question 17

Select the correct option(s) concerning the generation of thunderstoms:

Question 18

The conditions necessary for the formation of thunderstorms:

Question 19

In the towering cumulus stage:

Question 20

In the mature stage:

Question 21

In the _______ of a thunderstorm:

Question 22

Select the correct option regarding thunderstorms:

Question 23

Static dischargers:

Hazards in mountainous areas

Question 1

The sign of a _______ can be:

Question 2

Select the correct option(s):

Question 3

Select the correct option(s):

Wind shear

Question 1

In a wind shear situation, when the aeroplane crosses _______:

Question 2

_______ wind shear exists include:

Question 3

_______ where wind shear exists include:

Question 4

Wind shear conditions:

Question 5

Wind shear is _______

Question 6

Wind shear avoidance during _______:

Question 7

Wind shear avoidance during _______:

Question 8

Wind shear avoidance _______: