FEMA FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED (2024/2025) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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FEMA FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATED (2024/2025)
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Human factors in assessing a weather threat include how people prepare
for emergencies. - ANS ✓true
Which of the following factors can you exercise some control over to reduce
your community's vulnerability? (Choose all that apply.) - ANS ✓-
Construction materials
-Building codes and enforcement
-Age of population
-Community's physical layout
-Transportation routes
-Street fairs or other special events
What is the common name for ice pellets? - ANS ✓sleet
Which makes a storm severe? - ANS ✓Wind speed over 58mph (50 knots) and
hail greater than 1 inch
Most major river floods have only one major cause - ANS ✓heavy rainfall
Fires usually travel faster uphill - ANS ✓true
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Which of the following might lead to a flash flood? (Check all that apply.) -
ANS ✓-Heavy prolonged rainfall from large-scale storms
-Saturated soil conditions from previous rainfall events
-Rapid snowmelt
-Silt buildup in river channels
Which type of fog can affect airport travel? - ANS ✓advection fog
Microbursts can last only a few seconds. - ANS ✓true
Environmental factors that can change from day-to-day or seasonally
include which of the following? (Choose all that apply.) - ANS ✓-snowpack
-soil saturation
-river or stream levels
-air temperature
Which of the following droughts has the highest fire risk? - ANS ✓D4:
exceptional drought
A primary effect is a result of the weather event itself, like a hurricane
producing flooding rains. - ANS ✓true
Which are ingredients for hurricane development? - ANS ✓-Warm ocean
water over 80°F (27°F) and about 200 feet deep (60 m)
-Winds converging near the water surface
-Unstable air, so the warm air will continue rising
-Ample moisture in the lower atmosphere, to supply heat energy
-Steering winds moving in one direction at upper levels, to move the storm along
without breaking it up
-Upper atmosphere high pressure, to help move out the rising air of the storm
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