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| 1. Which condition is responsible for the most NTSB weather-related accidents? |
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| 2. Which effect will an airplane experience when taking off with a tailwind? |
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| A longer take off roll is required. (/1 pts ) |
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| 3. A sudden wind shift, even at low speeds, can be hazardous on takeoff and landing because it can ________. |
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| quickly become a crosswind or tailwind (/1 pts ) |
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| 4. Which airplane would be most at risk from a 25-knot crosswind on landing? |
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| General aviation, single propeller (/1 pts ) |
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| 5. IFR weather is primarily a hazard ________. |
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| during takeoff and landing (/1 pts ) |
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| 6. What is the greatest single cause of fatal aviation accidents? |
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| Visual flight into IFR weather (/1 pts ) |
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| 7. Airplane performance gradually degrades as the wind ________. |
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| turns perpendicular to the runway (/1 pts ) |
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| 8. Severe damage can occur if ________ is ingested into an engine. |
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| 9. “Any wind more than 90 degrees to the longitudinal axis of the runway” defines a ________. |
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| 10. Convective currents are most active on ________ when winds are ________. |
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| warm summer afternoons; light (/1 pts ) |
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| 11. Mountain waves develop ________ of mountains. |
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| above and downwind (/1 pts ) |
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| 12. What type of turbulence causes occupants to be forced violently against seat belts or shoulder straps, unsecured objects to be tossed about, and makes food service and walking impossible? |
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| 13. Which effect occurs to airplanes on takeoff during a high density altitude condition? |
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| A longer takeoff roll is required. (/1 pts ) |
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| 14. Ice becomes perceptible. Rate of accumulation is slightly greater than sublimation. Deicing/anti-icing equipment is NOT utilized unless encountered for an extended period of time (over 1 hour). What type of ice is being described? |
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| 15. Light turboprop aircraft are more susceptible to icing than commercial jet aircraft because they typically fly ________. |
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| at lower altitudes (/1 pts ) |
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| 16. Structural icing destroys the smooth flow of air, ________ drag while ________ the ability of the airfoil to create lift. |
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| increasing, decreasing (/1 pts ) |
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| 17. Thunderstorm cell formation requires sufficient water vapor, ________, and lift. |
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| 18. High density altitude conditions can affect an aircraft taking off by reducing power and thrust and by requiring ________. |
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| a longer takeoff roll (/1 pts ) |
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