Practice ATP Interview #4

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What is a characteristic of the troposphere?

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What is the primary cause of all changes in the Earth's weather?

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What characterizes a ground-based inversion?

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What feature is associated with a temperature inversion?

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When does minimum temperature normally occur during a 24-hour period?

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Which area or areas of the Northern Hemisphere experience a generally east to west movement of weather systems?

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At lower levels of the atmosphere, friction causes the wind to flow across isobars into a low because the friction:

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Which type wind flows down slope becoming warmer and dryer?

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What is a feature of air movement in a high pressure area?

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Where is the usual location of a thermal low?

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Freezing rain encountered during a climb is normally evidence that:

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What temperature condition is indicated if precipitation in the form of wet snow occurs during flight?

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What term describes an elongated area of low pressure?

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What is an important characteristic of wind shear?

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What information from the control tower is indicated by the following transmission?

"SOUTH BOUNDARY WIND ONE SIX ZERO AT TWO FIVE, WEST BOUNDARY WIND TWO FOUR ZERO AT THREE FIVE"

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Where is a common location for an inversion?

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What condition produces the most frequent type of ground or surface based temperature inversion?

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Which term applies when the temperature of the air changes by compression or expansion with no heat added or removed?

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What is the approximate rate unsaturated air will cool flowing upslope?

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Isobars on a surface weather chart represent lines of equal pressure:

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At which location does Coriolis force have the least effect on wind direction?

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How does Coriolis force affect wind direction in the Southern Hemisphere?

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Which conditions result in the formation of frost?

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When will frost most likely form on aircraft surfaces?

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What is indicated about an air mass if the temperature remains unchanged or decreases slightly as altitude is increase?

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Which process causes adiabatic cooling?

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When saturated air moves downhill, its temperature increases:

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Which condition is present when a local parcel of air is stable?

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Convective clouds which penetrate a stratus layer can produce which threat to instrument flight?

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Which type clouds are indicative of very strong turbulence?

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Which event usually occurs after an aircraft passes through a front into the colder air?

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What minimum thickness of cloud layer is indicated if precipitation is reported as light or greater intensity?

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Which condition produces weather on the lee side of a large lake?

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Which weather phenomenon signals the beginning of the mature stage of a thunderstorm?

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During the life cycle of a thunderstorm, which stage is characterized predominately by downdrafts?

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What feature is normally associated with the cumulus stage of a thunderstrom?

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What is indicated by the term "embedded thunderstorm?

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Where do squall lines most often develop?

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Where can the maximum hazard zone caused by wind shear associated with a thunderstorm be found?

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Atmospheric pressure changes due to a thunderstorm will be at the lowest value:

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Why are downdrafts in a mature thunderstorm hazardous?

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When advection fog has developed, what may tend to dissipate or lift the fog into low stratus clouds?

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How are haze layers cleared or dispersed?

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Which type cloud is associated with violent turbulence and a tendency toward the production of funnel clouds?

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When flying over the top of a severe thunderstorm, the cloud should be overflown by at least:

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Which weather condition is an example of a nonfrontal instability band?

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Under what conditions would clear air turbulence (CAT) most likely be encountered?

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In comparison to an approach in a moderate headwind, which is an indication of a possible wind shear due to a decreasing headwind when descending on the glide slope?

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What condition is necessary for the formation of structural icing in flight?

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Which type precipitation is an indication that supercooled water is present?

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Practice ATP Interview #4

What is a characteristic of the troposphere?

What is the primary cause of all changes in the Earth's weather?

What characterizes a ground-based inversion?

What feature is associated with a temperature inversion?

When does minimum temperature normally occur during a 24-hour period?

Which area or areas of the Northern Hemisphere experience a generally east to west movement of weather systems?

At lower levels of the atmosphere, friction causes the wind to flow across isobars into a low because the friction:

Which type wind flows down slope becoming warmer and dryer?

What is a feature of air movement in a high pressure area?

Where is the usual location of a thermal low?

Freezing rain encountered during a climb is normally evidence that:

What temperature condition is indicated if precipitation in the form of wet snow occurs during flight?

What term describes an elongated area of low pressure?

What is an important characteristic of wind shear?

What information from the control tower is indicated by the following transmission? "SOUTH BOUNDARY WIND ONE SIX ZERO AT TWO FIVE, WEST BOUNDARY WIND TWO FOUR ZERO AT THREE FIVE"

Where is a common location for an inversion?

What condition produces the most frequent type of ground or surface based temperature inversion?

Which term applies when the temperature of the air changes by compression or expansion with no heat added or removed?

What is the approximate rate unsaturated air will cool flowing upslope?

Isobars on a surface weather chart represent lines of equal pressure:

What information from the control tower is indicated by the following transmission?

"SOUTH BOUNDARY WIND ONE SIX ZERO AT TWO FIVE, WEST BOUNDARY WIND TWO FOUR ZERO AT THREE FIVE"