USCG Auxiliary AUXWEA
Questions and 100% Correct
Answers
a. dark, light
b. triangle, semicircle [2]
c. circle, triangle
d. semicircle, triangle - correct answer ✔✔1-1 On a weather map, cold fronts are indicated
by ________ symbols and warm fronts by
_______ symbols.
a. the wind is blowing
b. the center of low pressure is located
c. the front is moving [2]
d. the air is colder - correct answer ✔✔1-2 To represent a warm or cold front on a
weather map, the appropriate symbol is drawn on
the side toward which
a. cold
b. occluded
c. stationary [2]
d. warm - correct answer ✔✔1-3 If triangles and semicircles are shown on opposite
sides of the same frontal boundary, the
front is
,a. cold, warm [2]
b. cloudy, clear
c. moist, dry
d. windy, calm - correct answer ✔✔1-4 Near a cold front, ______ air is advancing
and replacing the ______ air on the other side.
a. falling hygrometer
b. rising barometer
c. falling barometer [3]
d. falling speedometer - correct answer ✔✔1-5 The approach of deteriorating weather is
indicated
by a
a. bought from a hardware store
b. mounted in a shady spot [3]
c. filled with colored water
d. read on cloudy days - correct answer ✔✔1-6 For best results, an outdoor thermometer
should be
a. atomizer
b. humidifier
c. hygrometer [4]
d. moisturizer - correct answer ✔✔1-7 Humidity is measured by an instrument
called a/an
,a. ratio, measured
b. percentage, relative [4]
c. fraction, atmospheric
d. percentage, partial - correct answer ✔✔1-8 The amount of moisture actually in the air, as
a _______ of what the air could contain, is called
the _______ humidity.
a. decreases, decreases [4]
b. increases, decreases
c. decreases, increases
d. stays the same, increases - correct answer ✔✔1-9 The maximum amount of moisture air can
contain _______ as the air temperature ______.
a. high, approaching
b. front, departing
c. front, approaching [4]
d. low, receding - correct answer ✔✔1-10 Increasing wind speed is a sign that a
_______ is _______ .
a. 360 or 000 [4]
b. 270
c. 180
d. 090 - correct answer ✔✔1-11 A north wind blows from the compass direction
a. backing
b. gusting
, c. turning
d. veering [5] - correct answer ✔✔1-12 If the wind changes direction from 240 to
280 degrees, it is said to be
a. to the SE
b. to the SW
c. to your left [5]
d. behind you - correct answer ✔✔1-13 You are facing NE, and the wind is at your
back. According to the Buys Ballot rule, there is
lower pressure
a. cumulus, stratus
b. stratus, nimbus
c. stratus, cumulus [5]
d. stratus, cirrus - correct answer ✔✔1-14 Clouds of the _______ form indicate that
there is little or no vertical motion of the air,
whereas clouds of the _______ form indicate that
up- and down-drafts are present.
a. high, middle, low [5]
b. low, high, extensive vertical development
c. stratus, cumulus, cirrus
d. high, low, surface - correct answer ✔✔1-15 Clouds are divided into ______ , ______ ,
and ______ families according to the heights of
their bases.
Questions and 100% Correct
Answers
a. dark, light
b. triangle, semicircle [2]
c. circle, triangle
d. semicircle, triangle - correct answer ✔✔1-1 On a weather map, cold fronts are indicated
by ________ symbols and warm fronts by
_______ symbols.
a. the wind is blowing
b. the center of low pressure is located
c. the front is moving [2]
d. the air is colder - correct answer ✔✔1-2 To represent a warm or cold front on a
weather map, the appropriate symbol is drawn on
the side toward which
a. cold
b. occluded
c. stationary [2]
d. warm - correct answer ✔✔1-3 If triangles and semicircles are shown on opposite
sides of the same frontal boundary, the
front is
,a. cold, warm [2]
b. cloudy, clear
c. moist, dry
d. windy, calm - correct answer ✔✔1-4 Near a cold front, ______ air is advancing
and replacing the ______ air on the other side.
a. falling hygrometer
b. rising barometer
c. falling barometer [3]
d. falling speedometer - correct answer ✔✔1-5 The approach of deteriorating weather is
indicated
by a
a. bought from a hardware store
b. mounted in a shady spot [3]
c. filled with colored water
d. read on cloudy days - correct answer ✔✔1-6 For best results, an outdoor thermometer
should be
a. atomizer
b. humidifier
c. hygrometer [4]
d. moisturizer - correct answer ✔✔1-7 Humidity is measured by an instrument
called a/an
,a. ratio, measured
b. percentage, relative [4]
c. fraction, atmospheric
d. percentage, partial - correct answer ✔✔1-8 The amount of moisture actually in the air, as
a _______ of what the air could contain, is called
the _______ humidity.
a. decreases, decreases [4]
b. increases, decreases
c. decreases, increases
d. stays the same, increases - correct answer ✔✔1-9 The maximum amount of moisture air can
contain _______ as the air temperature ______.
a. high, approaching
b. front, departing
c. front, approaching [4]
d. low, receding - correct answer ✔✔1-10 Increasing wind speed is a sign that a
_______ is _______ .
a. 360 or 000 [4]
b. 270
c. 180
d. 090 - correct answer ✔✔1-11 A north wind blows from the compass direction
a. backing
b. gusting
, c. turning
d. veering [5] - correct answer ✔✔1-12 If the wind changes direction from 240 to
280 degrees, it is said to be
a. to the SE
b. to the SW
c. to your left [5]
d. behind you - correct answer ✔✔1-13 You are facing NE, and the wind is at your
back. According to the Buys Ballot rule, there is
lower pressure
a. cumulus, stratus
b. stratus, nimbus
c. stratus, cumulus [5]
d. stratus, cirrus - correct answer ✔✔1-14 Clouds of the _______ form indicate that
there is little or no vertical motion of the air,
whereas clouds of the _______ form indicate that
up- and down-drafts are present.
a. high, middle, low [5]
b. low, high, extensive vertical development
c. stratus, cumulus, cirrus
d. high, low, surface - correct answer ✔✔1-15 Clouds are divided into ______ , ______ ,
and ______ families according to the heights of
their bases.
