Meteorological Information by RT: DGCA Radio Telephony (RTR) questions
10 practice questions and 7 flashcards on Meteorological Information by RT for the DGCA Radio Telephony (RTR) exam, with 1 linked simulator. Try the samples below, then practise the whole topic.
Key concepts
How do you speak weather elements?
Wind: direction and speed digit by digit. Visibility under 5 km in metres. QNH digit by digit. Temperature digit by digit, 'MINUS' for negative.
- Local reports (ATIS, tower): wind is magnetic
- METAR: wind is true
What is CAVOK?
Ceiling and visibility OK: visibility 10 km or more, no cloud below 5 000 ft (or the highest minimum sector altitude), no cumulonimbus, no significant weather.
Sample questions
Q1The cloud base of 1 500 ft is transmitted as:
- WUN TOU-SAND FIFE HUN-dred feet
- one point five thousand
- WUN FIFE ZE-RO ZE-RO feet
- fifteen hundred feet
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Answer: A. WUN TOU-SAND FIFE HUN-dred feet Heights are in whole hundreds or thousands with the standard pronunciation.
Q2A visibility of 800 m is transmitted as:
- point eight kilometres
- AIT HUN-dred metres
- eight zero zero metres
- eight hundred miles
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Answer: B. AIT HUN-dred metres Visibility below 5 km is given in metres.
Q3The temperature 12 degrees Celsius is transmitted as:
- temperature twelve
- temperature WUN TOO
- twelve degrees centigrade
- temperature one point two
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Answer: B. temperature WUN TOO Digits are transmitted individually. Negative temperatures are preceded by the word MINUS.
Q4Wind 360 degrees at 10 knots is given as:
- wind three sixty at ten
- wind zero degrees ten knots
- wind TREE SIX ZE-RO degrees WUN ZE-RO knots
- wind north ten
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Answer: C. wind TREE SIX ZE-RO degrees WUN ZE-RO knots Direction (the direction the wind blows from) is given in three digits and the speed in knots. In local reports to pilots, such as from the tower or ATIS, the direction is magnetic.
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