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- 1. Multiple Choice
AIRMETs are issued on a scheduled basis every
A. 15 minutes after the hour only
B. 15 minutes until the AIRMET is canceled
C. six hours
- 2. Multiple Choice
The Hazardous Inflight Weather Advisory Service (HIWAS) is a continuous broadcast over selected VORs of
A. SIGMETs, CONVECTIVE SIGMETs, AIRMETs, Severe Weather Forecast Alerts (AWW), and Center Weather Advisories
B. SIGMETs, CONVECTIVE SIGMETs, AIRMETs, Wind Shear Advisories, and Severe Weather Forecast Alerts (AWW)
C. Wind Shear Advisories, Radar Weather Reports, SIGMETs, CONVECTIVE SIGMETs, AIRMETs, and Center Weather Advisories (CWA)
- 3. Multiple Choice
Pilots of IFR flights seeking ATC in-flight weather avoidance assistance should keep in mind that
A. ATC radar limitations and, frequency congestion may limit the controllers capability to provide this service
B. circumnavigating severe weather can only be accommodated in the en route areas away from terminals because of congestion
C. ATC Narrow Band Radar does not provide the controller with weather intensity capability
- 4. Multiple Choice
SIGMETs are issued as a warning of weather conditions potentially hazardous
A. particularly to light aircraft
B. to all aircraft
C. only to light aircraft operations
- 5. Multiple Choice
Consider this AIRMET which includes your route of flight:
DFWS WA 211445 AIRMET IFR . . . OK TX FROM END TO TXK TO HOU TO LBB TO END CIG BELOW 010. CONDS ENDG 15-18Z
This indicates
A. there will be icing in clouds below 10,000 feet MSL
B. visibility will be less than 3 SM until 15Z
C. the area will have low ceilings before 15Z
- 6. Multiple Choice
SIGMETs are issued as a warning of weather conditions potentially hazardous
A. particularly to large commercial operators
B. to all aircraft regardless of size or operating environment
C. particularly to light aircraft
- 7. Multiple Choice
The reporting station originating this Aviation Routine Weather Report has a field elevation of 620 feet. If the reported sky cover is one continuous layer, what is its thickness (tops of OVC are reported at 6,500 feet)?
METAR KMDW 121856Z AUTO 32005KT 1 1/2SM +RA BR OVC007 17/16 A2980
A. 5,180 feet
B. 5,800 feet
C. 5,880 feet
- 8. Multiple Choice
The station originating the following weather report has a field elevation of 1,300 feet MSL. From the bottom of the overcast cloud layer, what is its thickness (tops of OVC are reported at 3,800 feet)?
SPECI KOKC 2228Z 28024G36KT 3/4SM BKN008 OVC020 28/23 A3000
A. 500 feet
B. 1,700 feet
C. 2,500 feet
- 9. Multiple Choice
Interpret the remarks section of METAR surface report for KBNA.
METAR KBNA 211250Z 33018KT 290V260 1/2SM R31/2700FT +SN BLSNFG VV008 00/M03 A2991 RMK RAESNB42
A. The wind is variable from 290° to 360°
B. Heavy blowing snow and fog on runway 31
C. Rain ended 42 minutes past the hour, snow began 42 minutes past the hour
- 10. Multiple Choice
A ceiling is defined as the height of the
A. highest layer of clouds or obscuring phenomena aloft that covers over 6/10 of the sky
B. lowest layer of clouds that contributed to the overall overcast
C. lowest layer of clouds or obscuring phenomena aloft that is reported as broken or overcast
- 11. Multiple Choice
What significant sky condition is reported in this METAR observation?
METAR KBNA 1250Z 33018KT 290V360 1/2SM R31/2700FT +SN BLSNFG VV008 00/M03 A2991 RMK RERAE42SNB42
A. Runway 31 ceiling is 2,700 feet
B. Sky is obscured with vertical visibility of 800 feet
C. Measured ceiling is 300 feet overcast
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is the thickness of the cloud layer given a field elevation of 1,500 feet MSL with tops of the overcast at 7,000 feet MSL?
METAR KHOB 151250Z 17006KT 4SM OVC010 13/11 A2998
A. 4,500 feet
B. 6,500 feet
C. 5,500 feet
- 13. Multiple Choice
Interpret this PIREP.
MRB UA/OV MRB/TM 1430/FL 060/TP C182/SK BKN BL /WX RA/TB MDT
A. Ceiling 6,000 feet intermittently below moderate thundershowers; turbulence increasing westward
B. FL 60,000, intermittently below clouds; moderate rain, turbulence increasing with the wind
C. At 6,000 feet; between layers; moderate turbulence; moderate rain
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which response most closely interprets the following PIREP?
UA/OV OKC 063064/TM 1522/FL080/TP C172/TA –04 /WV245040/TB LGT/RM IN CLR.
A. 64 nautical miles on the 63 degree radial from Oklahoma City VOR at 1522 UTC, flight level 8,000 feet. Type of aircraft is a Cessna 172
B. Reported by a Cessna 172, turbulence and light rime icing in climb to 8,000 ft
C. 63 nautical miles on the 64 degree radial from Oklahoma City, thunderstorm and light rain at 1522 UTC
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is the base of the ceiling in the following pilot report?
KMOB UA /OV APE230010/TM 1515/FL085/TP BE20/SK BKN065/WX FV03SM HZ FU/TA 20/TB LGT
A. There is not a defined ceiling in this report
B. There is a layer reported at 8,500 feet
C. There is a broken layer at 6,500 feet
- 16. Multiple Choice
Use the TAF to determine the wind shear forecast.
TAF
KCVG 231051Z 231212 12012KT 4SM –RA BR OVC008 WS005/27050KT TEMPO 1719 1/2SM –RA FG
FM1930 09012KT 1SM –DZ BR VV003 BECMG 2021 5SM HZ=
A. Wind shear from the surface to 500 feet AGL from 270° at 50 KT
B. Wind shear at 500 feet MSL from 270° at 50 KT
C. Wind shear at 500 feet AGL from 270° at 50 KT
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the forecast wind at 1800Z in the following TAF?
KMEM 091740Z 1818 00000KT 1/2SM RAFG OVC005=
A. Calm
B. Unknown
C. Not recorded
- 18. Multiple Choice
When the visibility is greater than 6 SM on a TAF it is
A. expressed as 6PSM
B. expressed as P6SM
C. omitted from the report
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which weather product is a concise statement of the expected weather for an airport’s runway complex?
A. Area Forecast (FA)
B. Weather Depiction Charts
C. Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF)
- 20. Multiple Choice
A “VRB” wind entry in a Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) will be indicated when the wind is
A. 3 knots or less
B. 6 knots or less
C. 9 knots or less
- 21. Multiple Choice
The body of a Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) covers a geographical proximity within a
A. 5 nautical mile radius of the center of an airport
B. 5 statute mile radius from the center of an airport runway complex
C. 5 to 10 statute mile radius from the center of an airport runway complex
- 22. Multiple Choice
Use the following TAF to determine the wind shear forecast.
KOKC 051130Z 051212 14008KT 5SM BR BKN030
TEMPO 1316 1 1/2SM BR
FM1600 16010KT P6SM SKC
BECMG 2224 20013G20KT 4SM SHRA OVC020
PROB40 0006 2SM TSRA OVC008CB WS010/18040KT
BECMG 0608 21015KT P6SM NSW SCT040 =
A. Wind shear is not in this forecast
B. Wind shear at 200 feet MSL, 13kts gusting to 20kts
C. Wind shear at 1,000 feet, wind from the south at 40kts
- 23. Multiple Choice
In the following METAR/TAF for HOU, what is the ceiling and visibility forecast on the 7th day of the month at 0600Z?
KHOU 061734Z 0618/0718 16014G22KT P6SM VCSH BKN018 BKN035
FM070100 17010KT P6SM BKN015 OVC025
FM070500 17008KT 4SM BR SCT008 OVC012
FM071000 18005KT 3SM BR OVC007
FM071500 23008KT 5SM BR VCSH SCT008 OVC015
A. Visibility 6 miles with a broken ceiling at 15,000 feet MSL
B. 4 nautical miles of visibility and an overcast ceiling at 700 feet MSL
C. 4 statute miles visibility and an overcast ceiling at 1,200 feet AGL
- 24. Multiple Choice
A station is forecasting wind and temperature aloft at FL 390 to be 300° at 200 knots; temperature –54°C. How would this data be encoded in the FB?
A. 300054
B. 809954
C. 309954
- 25. Multiple Choice
What wind direction and speed is represented by the entry 9900+00 for 9,000 feet, on a Wind and Temperature Aloft Forecast (FB)?
A. Light and variable; less than 5 knots
B. Vortex winds exceeding 200 knots
C. Light and variable; less than 10 knots
- 26. Multiple Choice
When is the temperature at one of the forecast altitudes omitted at a specific location or station in the Wind and Temperature Aloft Forecast (FB)?
A. When the temperature is standard for that altitude
B. For the 3,000-foot altitude (level) or when the level is within 2,500 feet of station elevation
C. Only when the winds are omitted for that altitude (level)
- 27. Multiple Choice
How much colder than standard temperature is the forecast temperature at 9,000 feet, as indicated in the following excerpt from the Wind and Temperature Aloft Forecast?
FT
6000
0737-04
9000
1043-10
A. 3°C.
B. 10°C
C. 7°C
- 28. Multiple Choice
When is the wind group at one of the forecast altitudes omitted at a specific location or station in the Wind and Temperature Aloft Forecast (FB)? When the wind
A. is less than 5 knots
B. is less than 10 knots
C. at the altitude is within 1,500 feet of the station elevation
- 29. Multiple Choice
Which values are used for winds aloft forecasts?
A. Magnetic direction and knots
B. Magnetic direction and MPH
C. True direction and knots
- 30. Multiple Choice
(Refer to Figure 2) What approximate wind direction, speed, and temperature (relative to ISA) should a pilot expect when planning for a flight over ALB at FL 270?
A. 270° magnetic at 97 knots; ISA –4°C
B. 260° true at 110 knots; ISA +5°C
C. 275° true at 97 knots; ISA +4°C
- 31. Multiple Choice
What approximate wind direction, speed, and temperature (relative to ISA) should a pilot expect when planning for a flight over PSB at FL 270?
A. 260° magnetic at 93 knots; ISA +7°C.
B. 280° true at 113 knots; ISA +3°C
C. 255° true at 93 knots; ISA +6°C
- 32. Multiple Choice
What approximate wind direction, speed, and temperature (relative to ISA) should a pilot expect when planning for a flight over EMI at FL 270?
A. 265° true; 100 knots; ISA +3°C
B. 270° true; 110 knots; ISA +5°C
C. 260° magnetic; 100 knots; ISA –5°C
- 33. Multiple Choice
Decode the excerpt from the Winds and Temperature Aloft Forecast (FB) for OKC at 39,000 feet.
FT
3000 : 9900
9000: 2018+00
12000: 2130-06
24000: 2361-30
39000: 830558
A. Wind 130° at 50 knots, temperature –58°C
B. Wind 330° at 105 knots, temperature –58°C
C.
Wind 330° at 205 knots, temperature –58°C
- 34. Multiple Choice
A prognostic chart depicts the conditions
A. existing at the surface during the past 6 hours
B. which presently exist from the 1,000-millibar through the 700-millibar level
C. forecast to exist at a specific time in the future
- 35. Multiple Choice
The Low-Level Significant Weather Prognostic Chart depicts weather conditions
A. that are forecast to exist at a valid time shown on the chart
B. as they existed at the time the chart was prepared
C. that existed at the time shown on the chart which is about 3 hours before the chart is received
- 36. Multiple Choice
(Refer to Figure 18) The U.S. Low-Level Significant Weather Prognostic Chart at 06Z indicates that central Colorado and southeastern Wyoming can expect
A. moderate or greater turbulence from the FL 100 to FL 180
B. moderate or greater turbulence above FL 240
C. no turbulence is indicated
- 37. Multiple Choice
(Refer to FIgure 19) The 24-Hour Low-Level Significant Weather Prognostic Chart at 06Z indicates that Ohio will likely experience
A. ceilings less than 1,000 feet, visibility less than 3 miles
B. clear sky and visibility greater than 6 miles
C. ceilings 1,000 to 3,000 feet and visibility 3 to 5 miles
- 38. Multiple Choice
Which meteorological conditions are depicted by a prognostic chart?
A. Conditions existing at the time of the observation
B. Interpretation of weather conditions for geographical areas between reporting stations
C. Conditions forecast to exist at a specific time shown on the chart
- 39. Multiple Choice
(Refer to Figure 260) What will the predominant weather be at 1600Z in area A?
A. Thunderstorms and moderate rain
B. Light to moderate rain
C. Heavy rain
- 40. Multiple Choice
(Refer to Figure 261) What weather condition is forecast to exist in area B?
A. Visibility less than 3 miles
B. Low ceilings
C. Fog
- 41. Multiple Choice
(Refer to Figure 262) When was this forecast issued?
A. 1358Z
B. 0700 UTC
C. 1800Z
- 42. Multiple Choice
(Refer to Figure 263) What cloud coverage is forecast to exist in area C?
A. Broken ceiling at 1,500 ft. AGL
B. Overcast ceiling at 1,500 ft. MSL
C. Overcast ceiling at 4,000 ft. MSL
- 43. Multiple Choice
(Refer to Figure 264) What does the term “cirrus” in area A indicate?
A. Clouds above FL180
B. Clouds above 10,000 ft. MSL
C. No clouds above 18,000 ft. MSL
- 44. Multiple Choice
(Refer to Figure 20) What is the maximum wind velocity forecast in the jet stream shown on the High Level Significant Weather Prognostic Chart over Eastern Canada?
A. 80 knots
B. 140 knots
C. 150 knots
- 45. Multiple Choice
(Refer to Figure 20) What is the height of the center of the low tropopause height over eastern Canada?
A. FL 240 sloping to FL 450
B. FL 290
C. FL 340
- 46. Multiple Choice
(Refer to Figure 7) What weather conditions are predicted within area 3?
A. Light turbulence at FL 370 within the area outlined by dashes
B. Severe turbulence from FL 300 to FL 370
C. Moderate to severe CAT has been reported at FL 320
- 47. Multiple Choice
(Refer to Figure 7) What weather conditions are depicted within area 7?
A. Frequent embedded thunderstorms, less than 1/8 coverage, and tops at FL 370
B. Frequent lightning in thunderstorms at FL 370
C. Occasional cumulonimbus, bases below 25,000 feet MSL and tops at 53,000 feet MSL
- 48. Multiple Choice
(Refer to Figure 7) The U.S. HIGH-LEVEL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER PROG, area 8, represents the
A. height of the jet stream (53,000 feet)
B. height of the tropopause
C. height of maximum wind shear (53,000 feet)
- 49. Multiple Choice
(Refer to Figure 7) What type of weather can be expected in the red scalloped area near area 9?
A. 2/8 to 6/8 coverage, occasional embedded thunderstorms, tops at FL 330
B. 1/8 to 4/8 coverage, occasional embedded thunderstorms, maximum tops at 51,000 feet MSL
C. Isolated embedded cumulonimbus with tops to FL 330
- 50. Multiple Choice
A pilot planning to depart at 1100Z on an IFR flight is particularly concerned about the hazard of icing. What sources reflect the most accurate information on icing conditions (current and forecast) at the time of departure?
A. Low-Level Significant Weather Prognostic Chart, and the Area Forecast
B. The Area Forecast, and the Freezing Level Chart
C. Pilot weather reports (PIREPs), AIRMETs, and SIGMETs
- 51. Multiple Choice
What determines how icing is reported on a PIREP?
A. Type of ice
B. Thickness of ice
C. Rate of accumulation
- 52. Multiple Choice
What conclusion(s) can be drawn from a 500-millibar Constant Pressure Chart for a planned flight at FL 180?
A. Winds aloft at FL 180 generally flow across the height contours
B. Observed temperature, wind, and temperature/dew point spread along the proposed route can be approximated
C. Upper highs, lows, troughs, and ridges will be depicted by the use of lines of equal pressure
- 53. Multiple Choice
Which weather forecast describes prospects for an area coverage of both severe and general thunderstorms during the following 24 hours?
A. Terminal Aerodrome Forecast
B. Convective outlook
C. Radar Summary Chart
- 54. Multiple Choice
The Surface Analysis Chart depicts
A. actual pressure systems, frontal locations, cloud tops, and precipitation at the time shown on the chart
B. frontal locations and expected movement, pressure centers, cloud coverage, and obstructions to vision at the time of chart transmission
C. actual frontal positions, pressure patterns, temperature, dew point, wind, weather, and obstructions to vision at the valid time of the chart
- 55. Multiple Choice
What information is provided by a Convective Outlook (AC)?
A. It describes areas of probable severe icing and severe or extreme turbulence during the next 24 hours
B. It provides prospects of both general and severe thunderstorm activity during the following 24 hours
C. It indicates areas of probable convective turbulence and the extent of instability in the upper atmosphere (above 500 MB)
- 56. Multiple Choice
What does a Convective Outlook (AC) describe for a following 24-hr. period?
A. General thunderstorm activity
B. A severe weather watch bulletin
C. When forecast conditions are expected to continue beyond the valid period
- 57. Multiple Choice
If you encounter in-flight icing and ATC asks you to report your conditions, what are the official reportable icing values that you are expected to use?
A. Light, moderate, severe, extreme
B. Trace, light, moderate, severe
C. Few, light, moderate, severe
- 58. Multiple Choice
When are severe weather watch bulletins (WW) issued?
A. Every 12 hours as required
B. Every 24 hours as required
C. Unscheduled and issued as required
- 59. Multiple Choice
What flight planning information can a pilot derive from constant pressure charts?
A. Clear air turbulence and icing conditions
B. Levels of widespread cloud coverage
C. Winds and temperatures aloft
- 60. Multiple Choice
When are severe weather watch bulletins issued?
A. At 0000(UTC)
B. At 0000 (local)
C. Unscheduled and issued as required
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