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FEMA ICS-324 WRITTEN EXAM
QUESTIONS CORRECTLY
ANSWERED
Question : What Tool Is Used To Assess How High
Storm Surge Might Be?
Correct Answer: Slosh
Question : Which Is Not A Source Of Forecast Error In
Nwp?
Correct Answer: Observation Inaccuracies
Question : The Tropical Storm-Force Winds Of A
Category 3 Hurricane Are Forecast To Intersect The Decision Arc For Your Community In 36 Hours. For A Hurricane Of Category 4 Intensity, It Is Estimated That Your Community Will Need 20 Hours To Evacuate To Safety. How Much Time Is There Before The Evacuation Should Be Started?
Correct Answer: 20 Hours
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Question : Errors In Forecasting The Forward Speed Of
The Hurricane Can Affect:
Correct Answer: The Expected Category Of Hurricane
Intensity
Question : The Eye Of A Category 2 Hurricane Is 450
Nautical Miles Away And Forecast To Come Ashore At Your Coastal Location. The Tropical Storm-Force Winds Extend 150 Nautical Miles. The Hurricane Is Moving At 15 Knots. If It Maintains Forward Speed, How Long Before Tropical Storm-Force Winds Begin To Affect Your Community?
Correct Answer: C. 24 Hours
Question : Once A Hurricane Or Tropical Cyclone Moves
Over Land, The Threat From Flooding And Tornadoes Can Continue For Days.
Correct Answer: True
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Question : When Should You Aim To Have An
Evacuation Be Completed?
Correct Answer: A. By The Time Tropical Storm-Force
Winds Arrive
Question : You Explain To An Official That A
Hurricane's Forward Speed And Path Can Change
Considerably. She Asks Why And You Respond:
Correct Answer: B. Hurricanes Are Steered By Other
Changing Weather Features Around The Storm
Question : As A Hurricane Or Tropical Storm
Approaches Your Location, Its Forward Speed Decreases From 20 Kt To 10 Kt. How Might That Affect Rainfall?
Correct Answer: A. More Total Rainfall From A Slower
Moving Storm
Question : A Hurricane Warning Means Hurricane-Force
Winds Are Generally:
Correct Answer: C. Possible Within 36 Hours
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Question : Which Agency Disseminates Coastal Watches
And Warnings For Tropical Storms And Hurricanes?
Correct Answer: B. Local Nws Weather Forecast
Offices
Question : The Eye Of A Category 2 Hurricane Is 450
Nautical Miles Away And Forecast To Come Ashore At Your Coastal Location. The Tropical Storm-Force Winds Extend 150 Nautical Miles. If The Hurricane's Forward Speed Is 20 Knots, How Long Before Tropical Storm- Force Winds Begin To Affect Your Community?
Correct Answer: C. 20 Hours
Question : The Storm Surge Atlas Provides Information
On:
Correct Answer: D. The Maximum Storm Surge
Flooding Expected From Any Category Hurricane