USCG Auxiliary AUXWEA|Exam Ques ons and answers
| Updated RATED A+ | NEW 2026
1-1 On a weather map, cold fronts are ind icated
by ________ symbols and warm fronts by
_______ symbols.
a. dark, light
b. triangle, semicircle [2]
c. circle, triangle
d. semicircle, triangle
1-2 To represent a warm or cold front on a
weather map, the appropriate symbol is drawn on
the side toward which
a. the wind is blowing
b. the center of low pressure is located
c. the front is moving [2]
d. the air is colder
1-3 If triangles and semicircles are shown on opposite
sides of the same frontal boundary, the
front is
a. cold
b. occluded
c. sta$onary [2]
d. warm
1-4 Near a cold front, ______ air is advancing
and replacing the ______ air on the other side.
a. cold, warm [2]
b. cloudy, clear
c. moist, dry
d. windy, calm
1-5 The approach of deteriora$ng weather is indicated
by a
,a. falling hygrometer
b. rising barometer
c. falling barometer [3]
d. falling speedometer
1-6 For best results, an outdoor thermometer
should be
a. bought from a hardware store
b. mounted in a shady spot [3]
c. filled with colored water
d. read on cloudy days
1-7 Humidity is measured by an instrument
called a/an
a. atomizer
b. humidifier
c. hygrometer [4]
d. moisturizer
1-8 The amount of moisture actually in the air, as
a _______ of what the air could contain, is called
the _______ humidity.
a. ra$o, measured
b. percentage, rela$ve [4]
c. frac$on, atmospheric
d. percentage, par$al
1-9 The maximum amount of moisture air can
contain _______ as the air temperature ______.
a. decreases, decreases [4]
b. increases, decreases
c. decreases, increases
d. stays the same, increases
1-10 Increasing wind speed is a sign that a
_______ is _______ .
a. high, approaching
b. front, depar$ng
,c. front, approaching [4]
d. low, receding
1-11 A north wind blows from the compass direc$on
a. 360 or 000 [4]
b. 270
c. 180
d. 090
1-12 If the wind changes direc$on from 240 to
280 degrees, it is said to be
a. backing
b. gus$ng
c. turning
d. veering [5]
1-13 You are facing NE, and the wind is at your
back. According to the Buys Ballot rule, there is
lower pressure
a. to the SE
b. to the SW
c. to your le9 [5]
d. behind you
1-14 Clouds of the _______ form indicate that
there is li;le or no ver$cal mo$on of the air,
whereas clouds of the _______ form indicate that
up- and down-dra9s are present.
a. cumulus, stratus
b. stratus, nimbus
c. stratus, cumulus [5]
d. stratus, cirrus
1-15 Clouds are divided into ______ , ______ ,
and ______ families according to the heights of
their bases.
a. high, middle, low [5]
b. low, high, extensive ver$cal development
, c. stratus, cumulus, cirrus
d. high, low, surface
1-16 Clouds of extensive ver$cal development
include
a. stratocumulus and cumulonimbus
b. towering cumulus and nimbostratus
c. towering cumulus and cumulonimbus [6]
d. nimbostratus and cumulonimbus
1-17 The prefix "nimbo" or suffix "nimbus" is
a;ached to a cloud form when it is
a. dissipa$ng
b. lowering
c. raining [6]
d. thickening
1-18 An approaching cold front would be ind icated by ______ , ______, and ______ clouds.
a. cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus [6]
b. cirrus, cirrostratus, altostratus
c. cirrus, cirrocumulus, nimbostratus
d. altocumulus, cirrocumulus, cirrus
1-19 An approaching warm front would be ind icated by ______ , ______, and ______ clouds.
a. cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus
b. cirrus, cirrostratus, altostratus [6]
c. cirrus, cirrocumulus, nimbostratus
d. altocumulus, cirrocumulus, cirrus
1-20 With your arm stretched out and your bo;om
finger on the horizon, you observe that the
cloud base loses detail at a point on a sight line
that is half your hand high. You es$mate the
height of the cloud base to be ______ feet.
a. 2,500 [6, 7]
b. 5,000
c. 10,000
d. 25,000
| Updated RATED A+ | NEW 2026
1-1 On a weather map, cold fronts are ind icated
by ________ symbols and warm fronts by
_______ symbols.
a. dark, light
b. triangle, semicircle [2]
c. circle, triangle
d. semicircle, triangle
1-2 To represent a warm or cold front on a
weather map, the appropriate symbol is drawn on
the side toward which
a. the wind is blowing
b. the center of low pressure is located
c. the front is moving [2]
d. the air is colder
1-3 If triangles and semicircles are shown on opposite
sides of the same frontal boundary, the
front is
a. cold
b. occluded
c. sta$onary [2]
d. warm
1-4 Near a cold front, ______ air is advancing
and replacing the ______ air on the other side.
a. cold, warm [2]
b. cloudy, clear
c. moist, dry
d. windy, calm
1-5 The approach of deteriora$ng weather is indicated
by a
,a. falling hygrometer
b. rising barometer
c. falling barometer [3]
d. falling speedometer
1-6 For best results, an outdoor thermometer
should be
a. bought from a hardware store
b. mounted in a shady spot [3]
c. filled with colored water
d. read on cloudy days
1-7 Humidity is measured by an instrument
called a/an
a. atomizer
b. humidifier
c. hygrometer [4]
d. moisturizer
1-8 The amount of moisture actually in the air, as
a _______ of what the air could contain, is called
the _______ humidity.
a. ra$o, measured
b. percentage, rela$ve [4]
c. frac$on, atmospheric
d. percentage, par$al
1-9 The maximum amount of moisture air can
contain _______ as the air temperature ______.
a. decreases, decreases [4]
b. increases, decreases
c. decreases, increases
d. stays the same, increases
1-10 Increasing wind speed is a sign that a
_______ is _______ .
a. high, approaching
b. front, depar$ng
,c. front, approaching [4]
d. low, receding
1-11 A north wind blows from the compass direc$on
a. 360 or 000 [4]
b. 270
c. 180
d. 090
1-12 If the wind changes direc$on from 240 to
280 degrees, it is said to be
a. backing
b. gus$ng
c. turning
d. veering [5]
1-13 You are facing NE, and the wind is at your
back. According to the Buys Ballot rule, there is
lower pressure
a. to the SE
b. to the SW
c. to your le9 [5]
d. behind you
1-14 Clouds of the _______ form indicate that
there is li;le or no ver$cal mo$on of the air,
whereas clouds of the _______ form indicate that
up- and down-dra9s are present.
a. cumulus, stratus
b. stratus, nimbus
c. stratus, cumulus [5]
d. stratus, cirrus
1-15 Clouds are divided into ______ , ______ ,
and ______ families according to the heights of
their bases.
a. high, middle, low [5]
b. low, high, extensive ver$cal development
, c. stratus, cumulus, cirrus
d. high, low, surface
1-16 Clouds of extensive ver$cal development
include
a. stratocumulus and cumulonimbus
b. towering cumulus and nimbostratus
c. towering cumulus and cumulonimbus [6]
d. nimbostratus and cumulonimbus
1-17 The prefix "nimbo" or suffix "nimbus" is
a;ached to a cloud form when it is
a. dissipa$ng
b. lowering
c. raining [6]
d. thickening
1-18 An approaching cold front would be ind icated by ______ , ______, and ______ clouds.
a. cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus [6]
b. cirrus, cirrostratus, altostratus
c. cirrus, cirrocumulus, nimbostratus
d. altocumulus, cirrocumulus, cirrus
1-19 An approaching warm front would be ind icated by ______ , ______, and ______ clouds.
a. cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus
b. cirrus, cirrostratus, altostratus [6]
c. cirrus, cirrocumulus, nimbostratus
d. altocumulus, cirrocumulus, cirrus
1-20 With your arm stretched out and your bo;om
finger on the horizon, you observe that the
cloud base loses detail at a point on a sight line
that is half your hand high. You es$mate the
height of the cloud base to be ______ feet.
a. 2,500 [6, 7]
b. 5,000
c. 10,000
d. 25,000
