Shipboard Training Enhancement (BSMT)

Quiz No. 6

Week 17 – Meteorology

Control No. W17Q6-026B

INSTRUCTION: DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING ON THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. On your Answer Sheet, write the
LETTER of your choice in BLOCK LETTERS. TIME LIMIT: 45 minutes

1. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

A. Entry in ice should always be done at high speeds.

B. Full rudder movements must be used when maneuvering on ice.
C. During ice navigation, engines should be kept running at all times.
D. Anchoring in heavy concentrations of ice can be done successfully.

2. Deep ocean currents are caused by changes in the following EXCEPT _______.

A. Flow
B. Density
C. Salinity
D. Temperature

3. Surface currents are controlled by the following factors EXCEPT ________.

A. Continental deflections
B. Formation of ice
C. Coriolis effect
D. Global winds

4. In what direction does the wind blow around a cyclonic storm in the northern hemisphere?

A. Clockwise
B. Anti-clockwise
C. Towards the pole
D. Towards the equator

5. What is water content of the atmosphere (usually expressed as a percentage) known as?

A. Dew
B. Fog
C. Mist
D. Humidity

6. The eye of a tropical revolving storm is an area with light wind but with seas that are __________.

A. very high and confused

B. moderate and confused
C. very high from the East or West
D. very high from the North or South

7. South Westerlies are the general surface wind in which of the following latitudes?

A. 0 - 30 degrees
B. 30 - 40 degrees
C. 40 - 60 degrees
D. 60 - 90 degrees

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8. Which of these is the correct weather sequence associated with a “warm front”?

A. In advance - continuous rain; during the passage - rain almost or completely stops; in the rear
- mainly cloudy and slight rain
B. In advance - showers; during the passage - thunderstorms / in the rear - clear skies
C. In advance - no rain; during the passage - continuous rain; in the rear – drizzle
D. In advance - drizzle; during the passage - no rain; in the rear - continuous rain

9. What does the symbol below indicate on a weather map?

A. Cold front
B. Warm front
C. Occluded front
D. Stationary front

10. In meteorology, isobars are lines joining places having the same ___________.

A. humidity
B. pressure
C. temperature
D. iceberg density

11. Which of these are “low clouds”?

A. Nimbostratus, stratus, stratocumulus

B. Cirrus, cirrocumulus, cirrostratus
C. Altocumulus, altostratus
D. Megastratus

12. A sudden rising strong wind, or sudden increase of wind usually followed immediately by a shower of rain or
snow is called a ___________.

A. storm
B. squall
C. cyclone
D. tropical cyclone

13. On the Beaufort scale, hurricane force corresponds to wind force ______.

A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 14

14. In what latitude do tropical revolving storms generally originate?

A. 0 to 25 degrees
B. 25 to 35 degrees
C. 35 to 50 degrees
D. 50 to 65 degrees

15. Which of these are “high clouds”?

A. Nimbostratus, stratus, stratocumulus

B. Cirrus, cirrocumulus, cirrostratus
C. Altocumulus, altostratus
D. Cumulonimbus

16. In meteorology, isotherms are lines joining places having the same __________.
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A. iceberg density
B. temperature
C. pressure
D. humidity

17. You are 10 to 60 nautical miles away from the center of a tropical revolving storm. What barometric changes
would you expect?

A. Rapid increase
B. Slight increase
C. Rapid fall
D. No change

18. What instrument is used for measuring the velocity of the wind?

A. Barometer
B. Hydrometer
C. Tachometer
D. Anemometer

19. An occluded depression tends to move ________.

A. fast
B. slowly
C. slowly irregularly
D. fast and irregularly

20. A falling barometer is an indication of ________.

A. no change in weather
B. bad weather to come
C. good weather to come
D. raining weather to come

21. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Climate is a long-term behavior of the atmosphere and concerns a small geographic area.
B. Climate is a short-term behavior of the atmosphere and concerns a large geographic area.
C. Weather is a short-term behavior of the atmosphere and concerns a large geographic area.
D. Weather is a short-term behavior of the atmosphere and concerns a small geographic area.

22. Countries in the 90-60 latitude belong to the __________ climate group.

A. dry
B. polar
C. tropical
D. continental

23. Fast moving high clouds are an indication of ___________.

A. unchanged weather
B. bad weather to come
C. rainy weather to come
D. good weather to come

24. In a tropical revolving storm, “the eye” is a small central region of _________.

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A. no winds and heavy rain
B. very strong winds and no clouds
C. comparatively light winds and little clouds
D. comparatively strong winds and heavy clouds

25. Which of these is the correct sequence of visibility associated with a weather “cold front”?

A. In advance - very poor; during the passage - bad; in the rear – moderate
B. In advance - very good; during the passage - very poor; in the rear – moderate
C. In advance - very good; during the passage - moderate in showers; at the rear - usually poor
D. In advance - usually poor; during the passage - first bad than good; in the rear - usually very
good except in showers

26. A belt of low pressure which circles the earth generally near the equator where the trade winds of the northern
and southern hemispheres come together is called __________.

A. doldrums
B. polar cell
C. westerlies
D. polar easterlies

27. Which of the following is used to refer to the rainy phase of a seasonally changing pattern, although
technically there is also a dry phase?

A. Cyclone
B. Doldrums
C. Monsoon
D. Weather disturbance

28. Unsaturated air can become saturated in the following ways EXCEPT ________.

A. By cooling the air

B. By evaporation of water into the air
C. By condensation of water molecules in air
D. By mixing two masses of air of different temperatures

29. If an observer is facing the wind in the northern hemisphere, where does the low pressure lie?

A. Ahead
B. Behind
C. To the left
D. To the right

30. What is rain accompanied by snow called?

A. Hail
B. Sleet
C. Ice pellets
D. Snow flakes

31. Which of these atmospheric layers is closest to the earth?

A. Ionosphere
B. Mesosphere
C. Troposphere
D. Stratosphere

32. What weather conditions are likely to result from the movement of warm air mass over a relatively colder sea
surface?

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A. Fog
B. Rain
C. Trough
D. Squalls

33. A squall line of sharp changes of wind, is very often associated with _________.

A. occluded front
B. warm front
C. cold front
D. None of the above

34. The following are considered weather components EXCEPT ________.

A. humidity
B. air density
C. temperature
D. atmospheric pressure

35. Incoming solar radiation on earth varies depending on the following EXCEPT __________.

A. longitude
B. time of day
C. solar declination
D. atmospheric condition

36. A wind that carries high density air from a higher elevation down a slope under the force of gravity is called
___________.

A. Trade winds
B. Foehn winds
C. Anabatic winds
D. Katabatic winds

37. Winds between 35 and 64 knots are experienced in ________.

A. hurricane
B. isolated rains
C. tropical storm
D. tropical depression

38. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Ice cake is a flat piece of ice which is less than 20 m across.

B. White ice is made when the ice is still part of the glacier.
C. First-year ice has survived at least one summer’s melt.
D. Floe ice forms and remains fast along the coast.

39. In accepted practice, which is the correct order of recording weather phenomena?

A. State of sky, precipitation, thunderstorm, atmospheric obscurity

B. State of sky, atmospheric obscurity, thunderstorm, precipitation
C. State of sky, thunderstorm, precipitation, atmospheric obscurity
D. State of sky, precipitation, atmospheric obscurity, thunderstorm

40. The rate of ice accretion increases because __________.

A. Wind force decreases

B. Wind chill factor increases
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C. Decrease of shipping sprays
D. Air temperature rises above -2C

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