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METEOROLOGY - CAAP CPL
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Question : Every physical process of weather is
accompanied by or is the result of....
CORRECT ANSWER : -a heat exchange
Question : Moisture is added to a parcel of air by....
CORRECT ANSWER : -Evaporation and sublimation
Question : With regards to windflow patterns show on
surface analysis charts; when the isobars are.....
CORRECT ANSWER : -Close together, the pressure
gradient force is greater and wind velocities are stronger.
Question : What causes wind?
CORRECT ANSWER : -Pressure differences
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Question : Which is true regarding cold front occlusion?
The air ahead of the warm front....
CORRECT ANSWER : -Is warmer than the air behind
the overtaking cold front.
Question : Which is true with respect to a high-or-low
pressure system?
CORRECT ANSWER : -A high-pressure area or ridge is
an area of descending air.
Question : What prevents air from flowing directly from
high-pressure are to low-pressure areas?
CORRECT ANSWER : -Coriolis Force
Question : The jet stream and associated clear air
turbulence can sometimes be visually identified in flight by.....
CORRECT ANSWER : -long streaks of cirrus clouds
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Question : Which feature is associated with the
tropopause?
CORRECT ANSWER : -Abrupt change in temperature
lapse rate.
Question : What is the standard temperature at the 10,000
feet?
CORRECT ANSWER : A. -5°C
Question : What are the standard temperature and
pressure values for sea level?
CORRECT ANSWER : -15°C and 29.92" Hg
Question : Which is true regarding actual air temperature
and due point temperature spread? The temperature spread....
CORRECT ANSWER : -Decreases as the relative
humidity increases.
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Question : Which combination of weather-producing
variables would likely result in cumuliform type clouds, good visibility, and showery rain?
CORRECT ANSWER : -Unstable, moist air and
orographic lifting
Question : Which characteristics of a cold air mass
moving over a warm surface?
CORRECT ANSWER : -Cumiliform clouds, turbulence,
and good visibility.
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CORRECT ANSWER : Fog produced by frontal activity
is a result of saturation due to.....-Evaporation of precipitation
Question : What are the characteristic of stable air?
CORRECT ANSWER : -Good visibility, steady
precipitation, stratus clouds