So You Want to Be a Snowplow Driver

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1. In order to be a snowplow driver, you should know about the types of snow. Which of the following are actual, official types of snow as recognized by the National Air Transport Association? Wet and dry Fluffy and powdery Loose and tight White and yellow

2. What is the name of the type of plow that pushes snow to both sides simultaneously? Barney Plough Reversible plow V plow Y plow

3. What is the name of the type of plow that can push snow to one side or the other, depending on need? Reversible plow Y plow V plow Ambi-directional plow

4. Once the snow is plowed almost to the edge of the runway or taxiway, you need another piece of equipment to get the snow over the lights and away from the pavement. What equipment is used for that? Snowrower Snowthrower Snowblower Snowgoer

5. What could you put on a slick runway to improve braking action? All of these Urea (carbamide) Sand (small loose grains of rock) Calcium magnesium acetate (CMA)

6. Deicing fluid can be used to melt packed snow and ice? True False

7. What kind of instrument is used on airports to quantify the runway braking action? Transmissometer Barometer Slidometer Decelerometer

8. When snow is plowed the result is a pile of snow along the edge of the pavement. What is this pile of snow called? Snow dune Drift Leavings Windrow

9. Sometimes blowing snow will start to pile up on a plowed runway and form little lumps or drifts. What are these drifts called? Bump drifts Pillow drifts Hump drifts Rorke drifts

10. Which of the following makes snowplows? Lamborghini ADB Alnaco Northrop Oshkosh