Block 6 Exam
Aviation Prep International
Correspondence Academy
Supplies Required: Gleim's 8th Edition Private Pilot Written Exam guide
Instructions: Same as previous Blocks.
The Block 6 Exam begins on page 187 of chapter 7. SKIP CHAPTER 6.
1. Every physical process of weather is accompanied by, or is the result of, a...
2. What causes variations in altimeter settings between weather reporting points?
3. The wind at 5,000 feet AGL is southwesterly while the surface wind is southerly. This difference in direction is primarily due to...
4. Convective circulation patterns associated with sea breezes are caused by...
5. The development of thermals depends upon...
6. The boundary between two different air masses is referred to as a...
7. One weather phenomenon which will always occur when flying across a front is a change in the...
8. One of the most easily recognized discontinuities across a front is...
9. If there is thunderstorm activity in the vicinity of an airport at which you plan to land, which hazardous atmospheric phenomenon might be expected on the landing approach?
10. A nonfrontal, narrow band of active thunderstorms that often develop ahead of a cold front is known as a...
11. What conditions are necessary for the formation of thunderstorms?
12. During the life cycle of a thunderstorm, which stage is characterized predominately be downdrafts?
13. Thunderstorms reach their greatest intensity during the...
14. What feature is normally associated with the cumulus stage of a thunderstorm?
15. Which weather phenomenon signals the beginning of the mature stage of a thunderstorm?
16. Thunderstorms which generally produce the most intense hazard to aircraft are...
17. Which weather phenomenon is always associated with a thunderstorm?
18. One in-flight condition necessary for structural icing to form is...
19. In which environment is aircraft structural ice most likely to have the highest accumulation rate?
20. The presence of ice pellets at the surface is evidence that there...
21. An almond or lens-shaped cloud which appears stationary, but which may contain winds of 50 knots or more, is referred to as...
22. Crest of standing mountan waves may be marked by stationary, lens shaped clouds known as...
23. Possible mountain wave turbulence could be anticipated when winds of 40 knots or greater blow...
24. Where does wind shear occur?
25. A pilot can expect a wind-shear zone in a temperature inversion whenever the windspeed at 2,000 to 4,000 feet above the surface is at least...
26. When may hazardous wind shear be expected?
27. If the temperature/dewpoint spread is small and decreasing, and the temperature is 62 degrees F, what type weather is most likely to develop?
28. What is meant by the term "dewpoint"?
29. The amount of water vapor which air can hold depends on the...
30. What are the processes by which moisture is added to unsaturated air?
31. Which conditions result in the formation of frost?
32. Clouds, fog, or dew will always form when...
33. Low-level turbulence can occur and icing can become hazardous in which type of fog?
34. In which situation is advection fog most likely to form?
35. What situation is most conducive to the formation of radiation fog?
36. What types of fog depend upon wind in order to exist?
37. Clouds are divided into four families according to their...
38. The suffix "nimbus," used in naming clouds, means...
39. The conditions necessary for the formation of cumulonimbus couds are a lifting action and...
40. What clouds have the greatest turbulence?
41. What cloud types would indicate convective turbulence?
42. At approximately what altitude above the surface would the pilot expect the base of cumuliform couds if the surface air temperature is 82 degrees F and the dewpoint is 38 degrees F?
43. What is the approximate base of the cumulus clouds if the surface air temperature at 1,000 feet MSL is 70 degrees F and the dewpoint is 48 degrees F?
44. What is a characteristic of stable air?
45. Moist, stable air flowing upslope can be expected to...
46. If an unstable air mass is forced upward, what type clouds can be expected?
47. What are characteristics of unstable air?
48. A stable air mass is most likely to have which characteristic?
49. Steady precipitation preceding a front is an indication of...
50. What are characteristics of a moist, unstable air mass?
51. What measurement can be used to determine the stability of the atmosphere?
52. What would decrease the stability of an air mass?
53. What feature is associated with a temperature inversion?
54. The most frequent type of ground or surface-based temperature inversion in that which is produced by...
55. A temperature inversion would most likely result in which weather condition?
56. Which weather conditions should be expected beneath a low-level temperature inversion layer when the relative humidity is high?
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