WX 301 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
If I am Flying over an area where the MSL Pressure is 0.5 Hg Lower than my altimeter
setting, my true altitude will be about __ ft __ than indicated.(1/1 Points)
50, higher
50, lower
500, higher
500, lower - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 500, lower
High density Altitude will occur on a day tat is __ than normal and will result in __ lift and
thrust.(1/1 Points)
Colder, increased
Warmer, decreased
Colder, decreased
Warmer, increased - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Warmer, decreased
In winter, the tropopause height is __ than summer and the stratosphere temperature is
__.(1/1 Points)
Lower, warmer
Higher, colder
Lower, colder
Higher, warmer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Lower, warmer
Flying south from New York to Miami, FL, the tropopause will become __ & the troposphere
__.(1/1 Points)
Lower, warmer
Higher, colder
Lower, colder
Higher, warmer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Higher, warmer
,An air parcel that is pushed up in the stable stratosphere will become __ than the environment
and will __.(1/1 Points)
warmer, accelerate up
warmer, sink back
cooler, accelerate up
cooler, sink back - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- cooler, sink back
A cold column has a __ than normal rate of pressure decrease with height, making my
altimeter read __.(1/1 Points)
Faster, low
Faster, high
Slower, low
Slower, high - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Faster, low
The Ferrel cell of the general circulation has rising air near latitude __ and __ sinking air near
latitude __.(1/1 Points)
60, warmer, 30
30, cooler, 60
30, warmer, 0
0, cooler, 30 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 60, warmer, 30
The Hadley Cell(1/1 Points)
Has easterlies near the surface and westerlies aloft.
Includes the polar front.
Has cold air rising and warmer air sinking.
Has westerlies near the surface and westerlies aloft. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Has
easterlies near the surface and westerlies aloft.
The heated Asian land mass in July has __ than normal pressure at the surface and __ than
normal pressure aloft.(1/1 Points)
Higher, higher
Higher, lower
, Lower, higher
Lower, lower - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Lower, higher
The ITCZ is north of the equator in(0/1 Points)
January
March
November
July - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- July
The most likely conditions over India in July are __ at the surface and __ aloft.(1/1 Points)
Divergent anticyclonic offshore flow, cyclonic flow
Convergent cyclonic onshore flow, anticyclonic flow
Divergent cyclonic offshore flow, anticyclonic flow
Convergent cyclonic onshore flow, cyclonic flow - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Convergent
cyclonic onshore flow, anticyclonic flow
During a sea breeze, wind blows from __ and low surface pressure is found over __.(0/1
Points)
Sea to land, land
Sea to land, sea
Land to sea, sea
Land to sea, Land - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Sea to land, land
The geostrophic wind speed is 50 kts at 30 degrees north. For the same pressure gradient at
60 degrees North, the speed is __.(0/1 Points)
87 kts
100 kts
25 kts
29 kts - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 29 kts
