Aviation Meteorology Test 

Instructor : Ayush Gupta                                                                  Name :

Results:                                                                                                 Time :

1. MSA given as 12,000 ft, flying over mountains in temperatures +9°C, QNH set as
1023 (obtained from a nearby airfield). What will the true altitude be when 12 000 ft is reached?
A- 11940
B- 12210
C- 12864

2. What is Relative Humidity dependent upon?

A- Moisture content and temperature of the air
B- Temperature of the air
C- Temperature and pressure

3. Height of the tropopause at 50°N:

A- 11KM
B- 16KM
C- 20KM

4. A steep pressure gradient is characterized by:

A- isobars close together, strengthened wind
B- isobars far apart, temperature decreasing
C- isobars close together, temperature increasing

5. If you fly with left drift in the Northern Hemisphere, what is happening to your true
altitude?
A- Increases
B- Decreases
C- Remains the same

6. QNH at Timbuktu (200 m AMSL) is 1015 hPa. What is the QFE?

(Assume 1 hPa = 8 m)
A- 1000
B- 990
C- 1020

7. Sublimation:
A- liquid to solid
B- vapour to liquid
C- solid to vapour
8. What is the coldest time of the day?
A- 1 h before sunrise
B- at exact moment of sunrise
C- 1/2 h after sunrise

9. Why does air cool as it rises?

A- It expands
B- It contracts
C- The air is colder at higher latitudes

10. Dew point is defined as:

A- the lowest temperature at which evaporation will occur for a given pressure
B- the lowest temperature to which air must be cooled in order to reduce the relative
humidity
C- the temperature to which moist air must be cooled to reach saturation

11. If when heading south in the Southern Hemisphere you experience starboard drift:
A- you are flying away from a lower temperature
B- you are flying towards a lower temperature
C- you are flying out of a high

12. What is the tropopause?

A- The layer between the troposphere and stratosphere
B- The boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere
C- Where temperature increases with height

13. Where do you find the majority of the air within the atmosphere?
A- Tropopause
B- Troposphere
C- Stratosphere

14. Which of these would cause your true altitude to decrease with a constant
indicated altitude?
A- Cold/Low
B- Hot/High
C- Cold/High

15. Where is the ozone layer?

A- Troposphere
B- Mesosphere
C- Stratosphere

16. QNH is defined as:

A- the pressure at MSL obtained using the standard atmosphere
B- the pressure at MSL obtained using the actual conditions
C- QFE reduced to MSL using the standard atmosphere
17. Density is ………… at equator than poles
A- Higher
B- Same
C- Lower

18. Density Altitude differs from Pressure Altitude for every ……. Change in temperature
A- 3 deg
B- 10 deg
C- 1 deg

19. The amount of water vapour which air can hold largely depends on:
A- relative humidity
B- air temperature
C- stability of air

20. What is the approximate composition of the dry air by volume in the
troposphere?
A- 21% oxygen, 78% nitrogen, and the rest other gases
B- 10% oxygen, 89% nitrogen, and the rest other gases
C- 88% oxygen, 9% nitrogen, and the rest other gases

21. The thickness of the troposphere varies with:

A- Latitude
B- Longitude
C- the wind

22. An inversion is:

A- an increase of temperature with height
B- an increase of pressure with height
C- a decrease of temperature with height

23. The rate of decrease of temperature with height per 100m in the International
Standard Atmosphere is:
A- 1deg C
B- 0.5 deg C
C- 0.65 deg C

24. The radiation of the sun heats:

A- the air in the troposphere directly
B- the surface of the earth, which heats the air in the troposphere
C- the air in the troposphere only directly if no clouds are present

25. The temperature at FL 160 is -22oC. What will the temperature be at FL 90 if the ICAO
standard lapse rate is applied?
A- -4 deg C
B- +4 deg C
C- -8 deg C
26. An inversion is a layer of air in which the temperature:
A- increases with height more than 1degC/100m,
B- remains constant with height
C- increases with height

27. If the depth of the troposphere increases, the temperature at the tropopause must:
A- Decrease
B- stay the same
C- increase

28. According to ISA the temperature in the lower part of the stratosphere:
A- decreases with altitude
B- is almost constant
C- increases with altitude

29. At altitude, the atmospheric pressure in a column of warm air is likely to be:
A- lower than at the same height in a column of cold air
B- – higher than at the same height in a column of cold air
C- the same irrespective of the temperature

30. A pressure difference of 10 hPa close to the ground corresponds to a height

difference of:
A- about 30ft
B- about 50m
C- about 300ft

31. A rising parcel of air which has no heat entering or leaving it, will:
A- reduce in pressure, decrease in density, increase in volume
B- reduce in pressure, rise in temperature, decrease in density
C- – maintain pressure, reduce in density, increase in volume

32. At FL 180, the air temperature is -35deg C. The air density at this level is:
A- unable to be determined without knowing the QNH
B- greater than the density of the ISA atmosphere at FL 180
C- less than the density of the ISA atmosphere at FL 180

33. The pressure altitude is equal to the true altitude if:

A- the outside air temperature is standard for that height
B- the air pressure is 1013.25 hPa at the surface
C- standard atmospheric conditions occur

34. On the ground, an altimeter will read ___ if QFE is set and ___ if QNH is set
A- airfield elevation; airfield altitude
B- zero ft; airfield altitude
C- zero ft; airfield elevation

35. Above 8 Kms density is ………… at equator than the poles.

A- Higher
 B- Lower
36. Which of the following is correct regarding density variation?
A- ½ of the surface value at 8 kms
B- ¼ of the surface value at 11 kms
C- 1/8 of the surface value at 18 kms

37. Temperature being constant, if pressure increases the density altitude will
A- Increaase
B- Decrease
C- Remains the same

38. For Unsaturated Air which one is correct.

A- TwTw>TT>TdTd
B- TT>TwTw>TdTd
C- TT>TdTd>TwTw

39. The Saturation Vapour Pressure over water is………. Of than the ice
A- More
B- Same
C- Less

40. It is the lowest temperature air would attain by evaporating water into it to saturate it.
A- Wet Bulb Temp
B- Dry Bulb Temp
C- Dew Point

41. Lower Density Altitude means ………… Density

A- Lower
B- Can not Say
C- Higher

42. The tropopause is a level at which:

A- – pressure remains constant
B- – temperature ceases to fall with increasing height
C- water vapour content is greatest

43. Going from the equator to the north pole, the altitude of the tropopause:
A- increases and its temperature increases
B- decreases and its temperature increases
C- decreases and its temperature decreases

44. Half the mass of the atmosphere is found in the first:

A- 8 km
B- 11 km
C- 6 km

45. What of the following is the most important constituent in the atmosphere
from a weather stand point?
A- Hydrogen
 B- Nitrogen
C- Water vapour

46. The diurnal variation in temperature is largest when the sky is:
A- clear and winds are strong
B- – clear and winds are weak
C- overcast and winds are weak

47. How does temperature vary with increasing altitude in the ICAO standard
atmosphere below the tropopause?
A- Increases
B- Decreases
C- At first it increases and higher up it decreases

48. What pressure is defined as QFE?

A- The pressure reduced to sea level using actual temperatures
B- The pressure of the altimeter
C- The pressure at field elevation

49. The QNH is equal to the QFE if:

A- the elevation = 0
B- T actual < T standard
C- T actual = T standard

50. Convert 58 degree F into Kelvin

A- 282
B- 277
C- 287
 ANSWERS
1- C 49- A
2- B 50- C
3- A
4- A
5- A
6- B
7- C
8- C
9- A
10- C
11- A
12- A
13- B
14- A
15- C
16- C
17- C
18- C
19- B
20- A
21- A
22- A
23- A
24- B
25- B
26- C
27- A
28- B
29- B
30- C
31- A
32- B
33- C
34- C
35- A
36- B
37- A
38- B
39- A
40- A
41- C
42- B
43- C
44- C
45- C
46- C
47- B
48- C