M&F - 1, 2 y 3.

TEMA 1: 1. The international standard atmosphere assumes a lapse rate of:

2. The tropopause is:

3. One of the most important characteristics of the atmosphere is:

4. Most of the vapor in the atmosphere is contained in the:

5. The captain of an aircraft needs to know the height of the tropopause because:

6. The main Ozone layer is to be found in the:

7. The level in the atmosphere where the air temperature ceases to fall with increase in height is known as:

8. Which statement is correct when considering the lower layers of the atmosphere:

9. The atmosphere is a mixture of gases of the following proportions:

10. In the ISA, the temperature is isothermal:

11. The Internacional (ICAO) Standard Atmosphere assumes that the sea level atmospheric pressure is:

12. At sea level, the ISA density is stated to be:

13. Which of the following statements is most correct when describing ISA:

14. The following is true for the International Standard Atmosphere:

15. Pressure ______ with increase of height and in the ISA pressure will be _____ at 10.000ft and ______ at 30.000ft.

TEMA 2: 1. The measurement of surface temperature is made:

2. Cloud cover will reduce diurnal variation of temperature because:

3. Most accurate temperatures above the ground level are obtained by:

4. The diurnal variation of temperature is:

5. Over continents and oceans, the relative temperature conditions are:

6. The process of change of state from a liquid mass to a gas mass is:

7. Air is classified as dry or saturated according to its relative humidity. If the relative humidity were 95% the air would be classified as:

8. On a wet bulb thermometer in an unsaturated atmosphere there will be a reduction of temperature below that of the dry bulb thermometer because:

9. Relative humidity is:

10.Absolute humidity is:

11. Wet bulb temperature would normally be lower than the dry bulb temperature because:

12. The wet bulb temperature:

13. Which one of the following statements relating to atmospheric humidity is correct:

14. When condensation takes place, the higher temperature, the _____ the amount of latent heat _____.

15. When water vapor changes to ice:

16. Throughout the 24 hours of a day, the Relative Humidity can be expected to:

17. During a night with a clear sky, surface temperature will ____ RH will ______ and dew point will_____.

18. A change of state directly from a solid to a vapor or vice versa is:

19. The instrument used for measuring the humidity of air is a:

20. The process of change of state from a gas to a liquid is:

TEMA 3: 1. A trough of low pressure is generally associated with:

2. A ridge of high pressure is generally associated with:

3. An area of indeterminate pressure between two lows and two highs is called:

4. An aircraft is flying at 3.000ft indicated with the altimeter sub scale set to 1020 mbs towards a mountain range with an elevation of 1.600 ft. If during the flight the QNH in the area falls to 989 mb and the altimeter sub scale is not reset, the expected clearance over the mountain range will be: (assume 27ft = 1mb)

5. The altimeter sub scale is set to 1030mb and the altimeter reads 4.500ft QNH is 996mb. What is the altitude of the aircraft?

6. If in the southern hemisphere an aircraft in flight at 2.000ft is experiencing starboard drift, the aircraft is flying towards: