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1.

What do lenticular clouds indicate? a) Instability Potential CB development Wind shear Mountain waves

b)
c) d) 2.

Moist stable air is forced to rise over a mountain, which of the following is most likely? a) b) c) d) Thunderstorms Turbulence Inversion Strati form douds

3.

Altostratus is a) b) c) d) Low level cloud Medium ievei cloud High level cloud A heap type cloud

4.

What type of cloud is usually found at low level? a) b) c) d) ST AC

CC
CS

5.

What type of cloud is snow most likely to fall from? a) b) c) d) SC ST NS CB

6.

Clouds classified as low level are considered to have a base height of a} b) c) d) 500-1000 feet 1000-2000 feet Surface to 6500 feet 100-200 feet

7.

What type of cloud is associated with drizzle? a) b) c) ST CI AC

d) CB
8. What is the most likely cause of strati form clouds over flat ground? a) b) Clear night and calm wind Clear night and moderate wind

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c) d) 9.

Cold front Temperature below zero

Which are medium level clouds? a) b) c) d) AS and AC SC and CB CI and NS CSand AS

10. The size of raindrops from a cloud is greater if a) b) c) d) Air is stable and cloud is !ayer type Air is unstable and cloud is heap type Cloud type is AC or NS The relative humidity is high

11. Which equipment a) b) Barograph Hygrometer Alidade Barometer

is used to measure cloud base?

c)
d)

12. In aerodrome a)

reports and forecasts the height of the cloud base refers to

The height above MSL

b) The height above aerodrome elevation

c) d) The pressure altitude of the cloud base The height above the average ground level for the area

13. Cloud types are classified under three basic family headings, these are

a} Cirriform, stratiform, curnuliform

b) c) Stratiform, Heap, Cirriform Cirrus, cumulus, layer

d) Cumulus, layer, Heap 14. Low cloud in temperate a) b) c) d) climates, excluding heap are those existing from

The surface to 6500 feet 1000 feet to 6500 feet The surface to 7500 feet The surface to 7500 meters

15. Lumpy or heaped white cloud is a) c) d) Altocirrus Cumulonimbus Nimbostratus

b} Cumulus

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16. In temperate latitudes which statement a) CI only occurs above 15,000 feet
b) CI only occurs above 16,500 feet

is correct

c)
d)

CI only occurs above 25,000 feet CI only occurs above 30,000 feet latitudes, of altocumulus cloud are in the range of

17. The typical base heights in temperate a) 6500 feet to 23,000 feet

b) c)
d)

5000 feet to 15,000 feet

8500 feet to 18,000 feet

1000 feet to 6,500 feet type precipitation

is expected

18. Continuous

from layer douds because

a)
b)

The up currents

The vertical extent of the cloud is small are not very strong

c) d)

The air is stable The cloud is large in horizontal extent associated with cumulus cloud is

19. The turbulence

a) b)
c)

Moderate Slight to nil Nil Moderate possibly severe reports the amount of cloud present at a station, it will be given as broken or overcast

d)

20. When the met observer

a) b) c)
d)

Clear, scattered,

The amount of cloud, in tenths of the sky covered, using the term oktas The amount of cloud, in quarters of the sky covered, using the term oktas
The amount of cloud, in eights of the sky covered .. using the term oktas

21. On weather
a) b)

charts, the station circle shows the height of the cloud base

Above ground level

Above mean sea level At a pressure altitude In meters above surface level is never a hazard to aviation?

c)
d)

22. Which of the following douds

a) b] c) d)

Nimbostratus Noctilucent cloud Cumulonimbus cloud Stratus cloud

23. Turbulence cloud is usually a sheet of stratus, strata cumulus some 2000 feet thick with a flat top because a) The air is usually at low temperatures containing little water vapour

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b) c) d)

Turbulence steepens the lapse rate producing an inversion above the friction layer Air is not allowed to remain in contact with the surface due to the strong wind thus maintaining coo! surface air with warm air above The lapse rate becomes stable in the friction layer, due to turbulent mixing

24. Clouds formed by convection will always a) b) c) d) Be layer douds Be CU, CB or NS Having a rising cloud base and may develop into C8 as day progresses Form only in polar maritime air

25. The type of cloud from which continuous moderate or heavy rain is likely to fa!1 is a) b) c) d) Large cumulus Altostratus Nimbostratus Cumulonimbus

26. The movement of coo! moist air over a warmer surface is likely to cause

a) Cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud

b) c) d) Advection fog Nimbostratus cloud Alto cumulus or lenticular cloud is described as either

27. Intensity of precipitation a) b) c) Intermittent,

continuous or showery

Drizzle, rain or snow Slight, moderate or heavy Intermittent, moderate or heavy

d)

28. The term" a) c) d)

shower" implies that

Precipitation is in the form of rain and is continuous is from cumulonimbus cloud and lasts for short periods Precipitation is intermittent and is from strata form cloud

b). Precipitation

Precipitation is continuous for long periods from cumulonimbus cloud is

29. Precipitation in the form of snow will not reach the surface unless the surface temperature

a)
b) c) d)

less than +4C

Lessthan OC Lessthan 45F Lessthan 30F

30. The type of precipitation a) Drizzle

in which visibility is likely to be most reduced

b)
c)

Snow
Light rain

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d)

Sleet usually associated with shallow stratocumulus which can be super cooled if the temperature is is low enough

31. The type of precipitation a) b) c) d) Mainly water droplets Ice crystals

Super cooled water droplets only Large water droplets due to the strong up-currents associated with this type of cloud

32. If there are small cumulus in the morning in summer, it is reasonable to forecast later in the day a) b) c) d) Clear skies ST and Drizzle CB cloud Haze is a

33. Altostratus a) b) c) d)

Low cloud of sheet type A medium cloud of sheet type A cloud of large vertical growth A high cloud of sheet type

34. Showers occurs from a) b) c)

CU
CB AS AC

d)

35. Heavy icing is possible in

a} b) c) CI CS ST CB ,

d)

Corona Multi-coloured clouds rain is called

37. Dark grey cloud giving continuous a) AS

b)
c)

NS
ST

d)

CB

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38. A uniform layer of clod resembling fog but not on the ground
a)

AS ST

b) NS
c)

39. The clouds composed of ice crystals having feathery appearance a) b)

c)

CI CS AS

40. NS clouds occur a) b) At cold front At warm front

41. Halo is associated with the cloud a) AC CS

CI

0) AS
c) d)

42. Corona is associated with the cloud

a) AS

b) c)

AC CC

dJ

CS

43. Lenticular clouds indicate the presence of a) b) c) Warm front Cold front Mountain waves

44. The lowest level below which condensation trails will not form is a} b) c) Mantra level Drytra level Maxtra level

45. Rain falling from the cloud but not reaching ground is called a) b)
c)

Virgo Virga Mirage

46. CB with distinct anvil is called a} Castellanus

b)
c)

Caplllatus
Uncius

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47. Cloud ceiling is the height of the cloud covering

a)

3-4/8
8/8

b) c)

5/8 or more
trails occur above

48. No condensation a) b) c) Maxtra level Dytra level Mantra level

49. Cloud of operational minimum a) 1500

significance has base below is greater

meters or below the highest

sector altitude, whichever

bJ
c)

2000
1000 protuberances are indicative of

SO. AC cloud with cumuliform

a)

Stability Neutrality under the anvil of a CB

b} Instability
c)

51. Hail may be experienced a) b)

True
False

52. When super cooled water drops and ice particles co-exist, the ice crystals grow at the expense of the water drops because a) Saturation vapour pressure over water drops is less than over the ice crystals

b} Saturation vapour pressure over ice crystals is less than over water drops c] The ice crystals convert into water drops 53. The clouds whose tops extend well above the freezing level are called
a) b) c) Warm douds Cold clouds Moderate douds

54. The clouds whose tops do not extend to the freezing level are called

a} Warm clouds
b) c) Cold clouds Moderate clouds

55. Coalescence theory explains occurrence of rainfall

from the

a} Warm clods
b) c)

Cold clouds Both type of clouds

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56. Ice crystals theory explains occurrence of rainfall from the a) b] c) Warm clouds Cold clouds Both type of clouds

57. Giant nucleus theory explains occurrence of rainfall over a) b) c) Maritime areas Inland areas Hilly areas as showers over a short period is called

58. Very heavy precipitation a) b) c) Flash floods Cloud burst Orographic rain

59. Rain shadow area is on the a) b) c) Top of the mountain Windward leeward side of the mountain side of the mountain

60. Sleet is a mixture of a) b) c) Hail and snow Rain and snow Frozen rain

61. Rainfall in the tropics is more in a) b) c) Winters Summer Post monsoon

62. Rainfall in the tropics is more in a) Morning Afternoon Night latitudes is more in

IlJ
c)

63. Rainfall in temperate

a)
b) c)

Winter Summer Spring

64. Rainfall over coastal areas is more in the a) b) Evening Afternoon Night and early morning

c)

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65. A sudden rise in the level of rivers or streams causing floods .s c;:died a) b) c} Cloud burst Catchments flooding Flash floods

66. Artificial rain making is also termed as

a) b) c) Simulation Cloud seeding Nucleation

67. Fog can be dispersed for a short period by artificial simulation a) b) True False occurs from

68. Showery precipitation a) c) NS

b) AC
CB

69. A ray is called rainy day when rainfall in 24 hours is

a)

Mm or more

0.05

b) 1
c) d) 2 3