WX 201 FINAL EXAM 2025/2026 BANK CURRENTLY TESTING
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH STUDY GUIDE EXPERT VERIFIED FOR
GUARANTEED PASS/ALREADY GRADED A
1.Clouds and precipitation are frequently found on the downwind side
of a large lake. This would indicate that the air on the downwind side is
a. diverging and sinking
b. diverging and rising
c. Stable and rising
d. converging and rising
e. converging and sinking.ANSWER..e. converging and sinking
2.A geostrophic wind is a wind that results from a balance between the
( ) force and the ( ) force.
a. Coriolis; pressure gradient
b. Coriolis; gravitational
c. pressure gradient frictional
d. Coriolis; frictional
e. pressure gradient; graviational.ANSWER..a. Coriolis; pressure
gradient
3.Squall lines most often form ahead of a
a. warm front
b. cold-type occluded front
c. cold front
d. stationary front
e. warm-type occluded front.ANSWER..c. cold-front
4. of friction, surface winds move _ winds aloft with the same pressure
gradient
a. at the same speed as
,b. twice as fast as
c. faster than
d. at half the speed as
e. more slowly than.ANSWER..e. more slowly than
5.Northeasters (or nor'easters) are mid altitude storms commonly
found along
a. both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America
b. the Gulf coast coast of North America
c. the Pacific coast of both North and South
d. the Atlantic coast of North America
e. the Pacific coast of North America.ANSWER..d. the Atlantic coast of
North America
6.If the flow of air into a surface low pressure area is greater than the
divergence of air aloft, the surface pressure in the center of the low will
a. increase
b. decrease
c. drop rapidly
d. remain the same
e. deepen.ANSWER..a. increase
7.Vorticity refers to the
a. spin of air parcels
b. formation of clouds
c. development of a wave cyclone
d. rising and sinking of air along weather front
e. changing of the seasons.ANSWER..a. spin of air parcels
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,8.Before the passage of a cold front the pressure normally _, and after
the passage of a cold front the pressure normally_
a. does not change; drops
b. drops; drops
c. rises; drops
d. rises; rises
e. drops; rises.ANSWER..e. drops; rises
9.As westerly winds blow over a north-south oriented mountain range,
the airflow is deflected in such a way that a trough on the _ side of the
mountain.
a. both upwind and downwind
b. upwind
c. side
d. north
e. downwind.ANSWER..e. downwind
10.The Coriolis force acts at a _ degree angle to the wind.
a. 30
b. 90
c. 20
d. 10
e. 45.ANSWER..b. 90
11.One would expect a cP air mass to be
a. cold and dry
b. cold and moist
c. warm and moist
d. temperate and dry
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, e. warm and dry.ANSWER..a. cold and dry
12.Due to Hadley cell formation and the Coriolis force in both
hemispheres, winds aloft flow
a. easterly
b. westerly
c. southerly
d. randomly
e. northerly.ANSWER..b. westerly
13.The wind around a surface high pressure center in the Northern
Hemisphere blows
a. counterclockwise and inward toward the center
b. clockwise and outward from the center
c. clockwise and parallel to the center
d. clockwise and inward toward the center
e. counterclockwise and outward from the center.ANSWER..b.
clockwise and outward from the center
14.What is a serious hazard to aircraft?
a. longwaves in the westerlies
b. molecular viscosity
c. thermal lows
d. laminar flow
e. clear-air turbulence.ANSWER..e. clear-air turbulence
15.The wind's speed generally increases with height above Earth's
surface because
a. air temperature normally decreases with height
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ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH STUDY GUIDE EXPERT VERIFIED FOR
GUARANTEED PASS/ALREADY GRADED A
1.Clouds and precipitation are frequently found on the downwind side
of a large lake. This would indicate that the air on the downwind side is
a. diverging and sinking
b. diverging and rising
c. Stable and rising
d. converging and rising
e. converging and sinking.ANSWER..e. converging and sinking
2.A geostrophic wind is a wind that results from a balance between the
( ) force and the ( ) force.
a. Coriolis; pressure gradient
b. Coriolis; gravitational
c. pressure gradient frictional
d. Coriolis; frictional
e. pressure gradient; graviational.ANSWER..a. Coriolis; pressure
gradient
3.Squall lines most often form ahead of a
a. warm front
b. cold-type occluded front
c. cold front
d. stationary front
e. warm-type occluded front.ANSWER..c. cold-front
4. of friction, surface winds move _ winds aloft with the same pressure
gradient
a. at the same speed as
,b. twice as fast as
c. faster than
d. at half the speed as
e. more slowly than.ANSWER..e. more slowly than
5.Northeasters (or nor'easters) are mid altitude storms commonly
found along
a. both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America
b. the Gulf coast coast of North America
c. the Pacific coast of both North and South
d. the Atlantic coast of North America
e. the Pacific coast of North America.ANSWER..d. the Atlantic coast of
North America
6.If the flow of air into a surface low pressure area is greater than the
divergence of air aloft, the surface pressure in the center of the low will
a. increase
b. decrease
c. drop rapidly
d. remain the same
e. deepen.ANSWER..a. increase
7.Vorticity refers to the
a. spin of air parcels
b. formation of clouds
c. development of a wave cyclone
d. rising and sinking of air along weather front
e. changing of the seasons.ANSWER..a. spin of air parcels
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,8.Before the passage of a cold front the pressure normally _, and after
the passage of a cold front the pressure normally_
a. does not change; drops
b. drops; drops
c. rises; drops
d. rises; rises
e. drops; rises.ANSWER..e. drops; rises
9.As westerly winds blow over a north-south oriented mountain range,
the airflow is deflected in such a way that a trough on the _ side of the
mountain.
a. both upwind and downwind
b. upwind
c. side
d. north
e. downwind.ANSWER..e. downwind
10.The Coriolis force acts at a _ degree angle to the wind.
a. 30
b. 90
c. 20
d. 10
e. 45.ANSWER..b. 90
11.One would expect a cP air mass to be
a. cold and dry
b. cold and moist
c. warm and moist
d. temperate and dry
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, e. warm and dry.ANSWER..a. cold and dry
12.Due to Hadley cell formation and the Coriolis force in both
hemispheres, winds aloft flow
a. easterly
b. westerly
c. southerly
d. randomly
e. northerly.ANSWER..b. westerly
13.The wind around a surface high pressure center in the Northern
Hemisphere blows
a. counterclockwise and inward toward the center
b. clockwise and outward from the center
c. clockwise and parallel to the center
d. clockwise and inward toward the center
e. counterclockwise and outward from the center.ANSWER..b.
clockwise and outward from the center
14.What is a serious hazard to aircraft?
a. longwaves in the westerlies
b. molecular viscosity
c. thermal lows
d. laminar flow
e. clear-air turbulence.ANSWER..e. clear-air turbulence
15.The wind's speed generally increases with height above Earth's
surface because
a. air temperature normally decreases with height
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