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DGCA QUESTION BANK FOR PILOTS
Practice until you score 100 %
ADIABATIC AND STABILITY1
#1. If the ELR is 0.65°C/100m
Atmosphere is conditionally stable
Atmosphere is absolutely stable
Atmosphere is absolutely unstable
Atmosphere is stable when dry
#2. ELR is 1°C/100m
Neutral when dry
Absolute stability
Absolute instability
Conditional stability
#3. Why does air cool as it rises?
It expands
It contracts
The air is colder at higher latitudes
The air is colder at higher altitudes
#4. From which of the following can the stability of the atmosphere be
determined?
surface pressure
surface temperature
DALR
ELR
#5. The rate of cooling of ascending saturated air is less than the rate of cooling
of ascending unsaturated air because:
water vapour doesn’t cool as rapidly as dry air
water vapour absorbs the incoming heat from the sun
heat is released during the condensation process
moist air is heavier than dry air
#6. The temperature at the surface is 15°C, the temperature at 1000m is 13°C.Is
the atmosphere
Unstable
Conditionally unstable
Stable
Cannot tell
#7. Which of the following gives conditionally unstable conditions when
saturated?
1°C/100m
0.65°C/100m
0.49°C/100m
None of the above
#8. A mass of unsaturated air is forced to rise till just under the condensation
level. It then settles back to its original position
Temp. is greater than before
Temp. stays the same
Temp. is less than before
It depends on QFE
#9. What happens to the stability of the atmosphere in an inversion? (Temp
increasing with height)
Absolutely stable
Unstable
Conditionally stable
Conditionally unstable
#10. What happens to stability of the atmosphere in an isothermal layer? (Temp
constant with height)
Absolutely stable
Unstable
Conditionally stable
Conditionally unstable
#11. What is the effect of a strong low level inversion?
Good visibility
Calm conditions
Windshear
Unstable conditions
#12. A layer of air can be
Conditional; unstable when unsaturated and stable when saturated
Conditional; unstable when saturated and stable when unsaturated
Neutrally stable when saturated and unstable when unsaturated
All of the above
#13. What happens to the temperature of a saturated air mass when forced to
descend?
it heats up more than dry because of expansion
it heats up less than dry because of evaporation
it heats up more than dry because of sublimation
it heats up less than dry because of latent heat released during condensation
#14. In still air a lapse rate of 1.2°C/100m refers to:
DALR
SALR
ELR
ALR
#15. What happens to the temperature of a saturated air mass when descending?
it heats up more than dry because of expansion
it heats up less than dry because of evaporation
it heats up more than dry because of compression
it heats up less than dry because of latent heat released during condensation
#16. The DALR is
Variable with time
Fixed
Variable with latitude
Variable with temperature
#17. A parcel of air cooling by more than 1°C/100m is said to be?
Conditionally stable
Conditionally unstable
Unstable
Stable
#18. During an adiabatic process heat is
lost
added but the result is an overall loss
neither added nor lost
added
#19. In unstable air, surface visibility is most likely to be restricted by
haze
drizzle
low stratus
showers of rain or snow
#20. In an unstable layer there are cumuliform clouds. The vertical extent of
these clouds depends on the
thickness of the unstable layer
wind direction
air pressure at the surface
pressure at different levels
#21. In an air mass with no clouds the surface temperature is 15°C and 13°C at
1000m. This layer of air is:
stable
unstable
a layer of heavy turbulence
conditionally unstable
#22. The stability in a layer is increasing if
warm air is advected in the upper part and cold air in the lower part
warm air is advected in the lower part and cold air in the upper part
warm and moist air is advected in the lower part
cold and dry air is advected in the upper part
#23. When warm air is advected in the lower part of a cold layer of air:
stability increases in the layer
stability decreases in the layer
stability will remain the same
stability will be conditional
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