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| 1. What is an unscheduled report that is taken when certain criteria have been observed? |
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| 2. In the contiguous United States of America region, the ICAO Station Identifier prefix is ________. |
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| 3. The Date and Time of Report element reports time according to which reference? |
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| 4. Which Report Modifier entry identifies the METAR/SPECI as a fully automated report with NO human intervention or oversight? |
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| 5. In a METAR/SPECI Wind Group, wind speed is referenced to which unit of measure? |
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| 6. What term refers to the greatest distance that can be seen throughout at least half the horizon circle (180 degrees), NOT necessarily continuous? |
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| Prevailing visibility (/1 pts ) |
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| 7. What is an instrumentally derived value that represents the horizontal distance a pilot may see down the runway from the approach end? |
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| Runway Visual Range (RVR) (/1 pts ) |
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| 8. The proximity qualifier “VC” is used to indicate weather phenomena (other than precipitation) observed ________ the point of observation. |
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| between 5 and 10 statute miles of (/1 pts ) |
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| 9. In the METAR/SPECI Sky Condition Group, heights are reported in ________ AGL. |
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| hundreds of feet (/1 pts ) |
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| 10. In a METAR/SPECI report, what do temperatures and dew points prefixed with an “M” signify? |
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| 11. An “A” prefix at the beginning of the Altimeter in a METAR/SPECI report denotes altimeter setting in which units of measure? |
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| Inches of mercury (/1 pts ) |
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| 12. What term describes plain language or coded data added to the body of the METAR/SPECI to report significant information NOT provided for in the body of the report? |
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| 13. SPECI KHYS 092338Z AUTO… |
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| “Hays, automated, special report, three eight observation…” (/1 pts ) |
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| “Wind three two zero at one two, gusts two two, wind variable between two eight zero and three five zero” (/1 pts ) |
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| “Visibility less than one-quarter, fog” (/1 pts ) |
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| “Runway one seven R-V-R less than six hundred” (/1 pts ) |
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| “Thunderstorm, heavy rain, hail” (/1 pts ) |
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| “Three thousand scattered, ceiling eight thousand broken, one two thousand overcast” (/1 pts ) |
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| “Temperature one two, dew point minus two” (/1 pts ) |
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| “Altimeter three zero one two” (/1 pts ) |
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| “Peak wind two three zero at three four occurred at four three past the hour” (/1 pts ) |
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| Ceiling variable between five hundred and eight hundred” (/1 pts ) |
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