USCG Auxiliary AUXWEA exam questions with answers

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1-1 On a weather map, cold fronts are ind icated
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by ________ symbols and warm fronts by
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_______ symbols. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. dark, light
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b. triangle, semicircle [2]
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c. circle, triangle
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d. semicircle, triangle
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1-2 To represent a warm or cold front on a
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weather map, the appropriate symbol is drawn on
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the side toward which - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. the wind is blowing
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b. the center of low pressure is located
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c. the front is moving [2]
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d. the air is colder
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1-3 If triangles and semicircles are shown on opposite
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sides of the same frontal boundary, the
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front is - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. cold
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b. occluded
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,c. stationary [2]
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d. warm
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1-4 Near a cold front, ______ air is advancing
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and replacing the ______ air on the other side. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a.
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cold, warm [2] || ||




b. cloudy, clear
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c. moist, dry
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d. windy, calm
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1-5 The approach of deteriorating weather is indicated
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by a - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. falling hygrometer
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b. rising barometer
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c. falling barometer [3]
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d. falling speedometer
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1-6 For best results, an outdoor thermometer
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should be - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. bought from a hardware store
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b. mounted in a shady spot [3]
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c. filled with colored water
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d. read on cloudy days
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1-7 Humidity is measured by an instrument
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,called a/an - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. atomizer
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b. humidifier
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c. hygrometer [4]
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d. moisturizer
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1-8 The amount of moisture actually in the air, as
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a _______ of what the air could contain, is called
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the _______ humidity. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. ratio, measured
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b. percentage, relative [4]
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c. fraction, atmospheric
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d. percentage, partial
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1-9 The maximum amount of moisture air can
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contain _______ as the air temperature ______. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a.
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decreases, decreases [4]
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b. increases, decreases
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c. decreases, increases
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d. stays the same, increases
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1-10 Increasing wind speed is a sign that a
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_______ is _______ . - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. high, approaching
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b. front, departing
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c. front, approaching [4]
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, d. low, receding
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1-11 A north wind blows from the compass direction - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔a. 360 or 000 [4] || || || ||




b. 270
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c. 180
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d. 090
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1-12 If the wind changes direction from 240 to
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280 degrees, it is said to be - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. backing
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b. gusting
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c. turning
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d. veering [5]
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1-13 You are facing NE, and the wind is at your
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back. According to the Buys Ballot rule, there is
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lower pressure - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. to the SE
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b. to the SW
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c. to your left [5]
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d. behind you
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1-14 Clouds of the _______ form indicate that
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there is little or no vertical motion of the air,
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