PRESSURE, DENSITY AND ALTIMETERY QUESTIONS

1. Air density at the earth’s surface will be low when:

a) pressure is high and temperature is high
b) pressure is high and temperature is low
c) pressure is low and temperature is low
d) pressure is low and temperature is high

2. When air holds the maximum amount of moisture:

a) the air is least dense
b) the air is most dense
c) the real altitude of an aircraft will increase
d) the altimeter will always over-read

3. What causes variations in altimeter settings between weather reporting points?

a) Coriolis force
b) Unequal heating of the earth surface
c) variation of terrain elevation
d) geostrophic force

4. If it is necessary to set the altimeter from 29.15 to 29.85, what change occurs?
a) 70 foot increase in density altitude
b) 70 foot increase in indicated altitude
c) 700 foot increase in indicated altitude
d) 70” Hg increase in indicated altitude

5. When increasing altimeter setting from 29.15 to 29.85, the indicated altitude increases by
700 ft. the altimeter indicated altitude moves in the same direction as the altimeter setting
and changes about 1000ft for every change of 1” Hg in the altimeter setting.

If a pilot changes the altimeter setting from 30.11 to 29.96, what is the approximate
change in indication?
a) Altimeter will indicate 150 ft lower
b) Altimeter will indicate 15” Hg higher
c) Altimeter will indicate 150 ft higher
d) Altimeter will indicate 150” Hg higher

6. If a flight is made from an area of low pressure to an area of high pressure without the
altimeter setting being adjusted, the altimeter will indicate
a) the actual altitude above sea level
b) lower than the actual altitude above sea level
c) higher than the actual altitude above sea level
d) the altimeter reading will remain the same

7. What condition would cause the altimeter to indicate a lower than true altitude?
a) Air temperature lower than standard
b) Constant atmospheric pressure
 c) Atmospheric pressure lower than standard
d) Air temperature warmer than standard

8. Under what condition will true altitude be lower than indicated altitude?
a) When density altitude is higher than indicated altitude
b) In warmer than standard air temperature
c) In colder than standard air temperature
d) When pressure altitude is higher than density altitude

9. Which of the following altimeter settings indicates the airport elevation when landing?
a) If QFF of the airport is set as reference.
b) If QFE of the airport is set as reference.
c) If QNH of the airport is set as reference.
d) At standard setting

10. According to definition, flight levels are surfaces with constant air pressure determined
from a certain pressure value. The pressure value used is?
a) 1013.25 hPa
b) 1025.13 hPa
c) Actual QFE
d) Actual QNH

11. The temperature at an airport, elevation 500 ft, is - 10ºC. For landing QNH is set as the
reference on the altimeter. What does it indicate on landing?
a) 0 ft
b) 450 ft
c) 500 ft
d) 550 ft

12. What is the density altitude when the pressure altitude is 10 000 ft at OAT - 30ºC?
a. 7000 ft
b. 10 000 ft
c. 13 000 ft
d. 16 000 ft

13. Which one of the following conditions gives the shortest take-off run?
a. High temperature and low airport elevation
b. Low temperature and low airport elevation
c. High temperature and high airport elevation
d. Low temperature and high airport elevation

14. Standard altimeter setting is:

 a. 1010.25 hPa
b. 1013.25 hPa
c. 1015.25 hPa
d. 1018.25 hPa

15. Which of the following statements regarding the density of the air is correct?
a. Density increases when the temperature rises and the air pressure falls
b. Density decreases when the temperature falls and the air pressure is constant.
c. Density decreases when the temperature is constant and the air pressure increases
d. Density decreases when the temperature is constant and the air pressure falls.

16. In which one of the following alternatives does the air have the greatest density:
a. At low pressure and high temperature
b. At high pressure and high temperature
c. At low pressure and low temperature
d. At high pressure and low temperature

17. For a given airfield the QFE is 980 hPa and the QNH is 1000 hPa. The approximate
elevation of the airfield is
a) 120 metres
b) 160 metres
c) 600 metres
d) 540 metres

18. If the QFE at Locarno (200 metres above sea level) is 1000 hPa, what is the approximate
QNH?
a) 1035 hPa
b) 1025 hPa
c) 985 hPa
d) 990 hPa

19. Which of the following conditions would cause the altimeter to indicate a lower altitude
than that actually flown?
a) Air temperature higher than standard
b) Atmospheric pressure lower than standard
c) Pressure altitude the same as indicated altitude.
d) Air temperature lower than standard.

20. During the climb after takeoff, the altimeter setting is adjusted at the transition altitude. If
the local QNH is 966 hPa, what will happen to the altimeter reading during the resetting
procedure?
a) It is not possible to give a definitive answer
b) It will increase
c) It will decrease
 d) It will remain the same

21. An aircraft is descending to land under IFR. If the local QNH is 1009 hPa, what will
happen to the altitude reading when the altimeter is reset at the transition level?
a) It will remain the same
b) It will not be affected
c) It will decrease
d) It will increase

22. What pressure is defined as QFE?

a) The pressure reduced to sea level using actual temperatures
b) The pressure reduced to sea level using ISA temperatures
c) The pressure at field elevation
d) The pressure of the altimeter

23. How would you characterise an air temperature of -25°C at the 300 hPa level over Kano?
a) Within +/- 50C of ISA
b) Low
c) Very low
d) High

24. If an aircraft is at FL 300 in an air mass that is 150C warmer than standard atmosphere,
what is the outside air temperature likely to be?
a) -450C
b) -600C
c) -150C
d) -300C

25. The QNH of an airport at sea level is 983 hPa and the temperature deviation from ISA is
-150C below FL 100. What is the true altitude of FL 100?
a) 8590 ft.
b) 10210 ft.
c) 9790 ft.
d) 11410 ft
26. An aircraft is flying from Point A to Point B on the upper level contour chart The
altimeter setting is 1013.2 hPa. Which of these statements is correct?
a) Wind speed at Paris is higher than at B
b) The true altitude will be higher at A than at B
c) The true altitude will be higher at B than at A
d) Wind speed at A is higher than at B