ATSC 231 Final Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers
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ATSC 231 Final Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers
What type of microburst is characterized by weak radar returns? - Answer- dry
What type of microburst is characterized by virga? - Answer- dry
The flight crew should initiate the wind shear recovery technique on takeoff when which ...
ATSC 231 Final Exam Questions
with 100% Correct Answers
What type of microburst is characterized by weak radar returns? - Answer- dry
What type of microburst is characterized by virga? - Answer- dry
The flight crew should initiate the wind shear recovery technique on takeoff when which
of the following occurs? - Answer- any of the above
The microburst wind shear probability clues are cumulative and the hazard increases
with proximity of each clue to the airport? - Answer- True
What type of microburst is characterized by humid atmospheres? - Answer- wet
What type of microburst can have maximum wind speeds of greater than 100 miles per
hour? - Answer- both wet and dry
A microburst usually reaches its maximum shear intensity ____ minutes after ground
contact. - Answer- 5
Microbursts may be embedded in heavy rain associated with a thunderstorm or in light
rain in benign appearing virga. - Answer- true
Rochester Minnesota (RST) has a TDWR installed that provides wind shear and
microburst advisories to arriving and departing aircraft. - Answer- false
Which type of wind shear detection equipment is composed of an existing ASR-9
located at the airport and provides the controller with the same products as the terminal
Doppler weather radar but at a fraction of the cost? - Answer- WSP
Which of the following does TDWR detect? - Answer- wind shear caused by microburst
and gust fronts in the alert boxes
Rochester Minnesota (RST) has an LLWAS-2 installed that provides wind shear and
microburst advisories to arriving and departing aircraft. - Answer- True
Pilots should use the terms "negative" or "positive" when describing wind shear
conditions. - Answer- false
The microburst downdraft is typically less than ___ in diameter as it descends from the
cloud base to about 1,000 - 3,000 feet above the ground. - Answer- 1 mile
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