ATSC 113 Flying Module A Questions with All Correct Answers ( Update)
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ATSC 113 Flying
ATSC 113 Flying Module A Questions with All Correct Answers ( Update)
Which of the following aviation activities is NOT directly affected by poor visibility, for flights not on instruments? - Answer- passenger safety briefing
VFR means visual flight rules, where you use your view out the wind...
ATSC 113 Flying Module A Questions
with All Correct Answers (2024-2025
Update)
Which of the following aviation activities is NOT directly affected by poor visibility, for
flights not on instruments? - Answer- passenger safety briefing
VFR means visual flight rules, where you use your view out the windscreen to navigate,
control your aircraft, and land at airports. - Answer- true
If you fly VFR to your destination airport only to find it "socked in" (completely covered)
with dense fog, your best course of action is to - Answer- Fly to an alternate airport and
land there, to wait until the fog clears at your primary airport.
Which is NOT an obscuration hazard to aviation. - Answer- bright sunlight
If you were to draw the change of pressure with increasing altitude, you would draw it so
that pressure decreases with height more slowly at 2 km altitude than at 30 km altitude.
- Answer- false
If you fly above 62,000 feet in an unpressurized aircraft, what do you need to stay alive?
- Answer- a pressure suit (e.g., space suit)
For higher density altitude, which is FALSE: - Answer- airplanes need shorter runways
to take off
Wind shear is the change of wind speed and/or temperature with altitude. - Answer-
False
Which of the following conditions is NOT ideal for soaring? - Answer- Katabatic winds
On average in the troposphere, temperature ____ with increasing altitude. - Answer-
decreases
Modern commercial airlines have large jet aircraft with typical cruise altitudes in the -
Answer- stratosphere
Statically unstable air typically occurs - Answer- at midday under clear skies
, If the turbulence you feel while flying causes slight erratic changes in the aircraft and
causes slight strain against seat belts with little or no difficulty in walking, then the
turbulence intensity would be indicated as - Answer- light
Mountain waves can form in the atmosphere if the air is ___ and winds are ___ . -
Answer- statically stable / perpendicular to the mountain range
If Kelvin-Helmholtz waves occur in a thin layer of clouds, you would see the waves as -
Answer- billow clouds
Strong mountain wake turbulence can form in the atmosphere if the air is ___ and winds
are ___ . - Answer- statically neutral / fast
If the rate of ice accumulation on an aircraft is such that even short encounters with
icing conditions become potentially hazardous. Or of use of deicing/anti-icing equipment
or flight diversion (to fly somewhere else) is necessary. Then a pilot report the ice as:` -
Answer- moderate
Which one cloud type is often associated with warm fronts? - Answer- stratiform
The most-dangerous, and often longest-lived, thunderstorms are: - Answer- supercells
Aviation authorities in the US and Canada recommend that you stay at least ____
nautical miles away from thunderstorms. - Answer- 20
If you flew into a thunderstorm, the convective turbulence would likely NOT cause your
aircraft ... : - Answer- engine to die
You are approaching for landing, but there are violent downburst winds. What should
you NOT do? - Answer- Proceed to land as normal, at your current speed
Lightning strikes usually cause negligible damage to aircraft. - Answer- true
Large hailstones form when the updraft speed in the thunderstorm ______ the terminal
fall velocity of the hailstone. - Answer- is greater than
What is NOT a likely shape for a tornado? - Answer- sphere
A report of a routine weather observation at a weather station is called a/an - Answer-
METAR
atmospheric boundary layer (ABL)/ planetary boundary layer (PBL) - Answer- both
clear-air buoyant updrafts/downdrafts and wind shear can create turbulence in the
bottom 300 m to 4 km of the atmosphere.
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