1.
What are the three states of matter?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
Molten, Moist, Mechanical
2.
What is happening when a solid becomes a liquid?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
3.
What two effects cause differences in saturation vapor pressure (es) in terms of CCN growth?
A. 
B. 
Collision and Coralescence
C. 
D. 
4.
What is a general tool for forecasting clouds that is derived from decades of observational data
and is a time-proven method?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
5.
What general tool for forecasting clouds is generated from model data and provides guidance on
relative cloud amount and height range out to 48 hours?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
Forecast relative humidity values
6.
What general tool for cloud forecasting is being used when you simply advect clouds from their
current location downstream?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
Convective Cloud Movement Calculator
7.
Which general tool for forecasting clouds should NOT be used without other supporting
products?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
8.
What is the main difference and added consideration when forecasting cumuliform clouds versus
stratiform clouds?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
9.
At what level do clouds form when mechanical lift is the predominant factor?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
10.
Would precipitation occcur with a wew point spread of 4C at 850 and 700mb?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
11.
Generally, what front is connected with the snow or rain zone?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
12.
With a flat, fast westerly flow aloft, in which direction does the snow or rain zone spread?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
13.
What is the most common type of fog in the Northern Hemisphere?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
14.
What type of fog forms in higher elevations and builds downward?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
15.
What type of fog is usually limited to areas near human habitation?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
16.
This restriction develops in layers in a stable atmosphere usually of fairly large depth. The
visibility is usually between three and six miles. To predict this restriction, you must locate a
source of pollution and predict the stagnation of an air mass in your area.
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
17.
What is the intensity of snow showers occurring at you station with a prevailing visibility of fiveeighths
of a mile?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
18.
Which general tool for forecasting winds can provide information on surface frictional effects?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
19.
Which general tool for forecasting winds are graphical in nature, based on the WRF model and
provide wind forecasts for three hour intervals?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
20.
What would the approximate low-level wind speed be if open-cell cumulus in the shape of an
elongated doughnut was present?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
21.
What is the nocturnal wind that flows into valleys?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
22.
Which two winds belong to the category of Fall Winds?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
23.
Cap, rotor, and lenticular clouds are characteristic of which forced-circulation wind?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
24.
What tool provides a summary of monthly and annual climatic data for a station?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
25.
How does a stable lapse rate affect heating?
A. 
Heating occurs more slowly
B. 
Heating occurs more rapidly
C. 
Cooling occurs more rapidly
D. 
Cooling occurs more slowly