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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A The ultimate key is to build more levees.
B The ultimate key is to restore the wetlands.
C The ultimate key is to drain the Mississippi River.
D The ultimate key is to build a massive coastal wall.
Question #2
A A ½ degree of temperature equals one hundred atomic bombs.
B A ½ degree of temperature equals one atomic bomb.
C A ½ degree of temperature equals one million atomic bombs.
D A ½ degree of temperature equals one billion atomic bombs.
E A ½ degree of temperature equals one thousand atomic bombs.
Question #3
A They have tripled
B They have doubled
C They have declined
D They have remained the same
Question #4
A The Indonesian alphabet
B The Persian alphabet
C The Russian alphabet
D The Greek alphabet
E The Aztec alphabet
Question #5
A The London and 17th Street canal failed because it had a pressure burst and the whole canal just pushed back.
B The levee was blown up in an effort to spare other parts of the city.
C The levee dissolved when sewer water hit it.
D The water flowed over the top of the levee wall.
Question #6
A It took over a month to drain the city.
B It took four months to drain the city.
C It took days to drain the city.
D It took over a week to drain the city.
Question #9
A 4 feet tall
B 52 feet tall
C 28 feet tall
D 19 feet tall
E 46 feet tall
F 12 feet tall
Question #10
A The projected track of Hurricane Katrina was exact, less than ½ mile off.
B The projected track of Hurricane Katrina was correct, only about 70 miles off.
C The projected track of Hurricane Katrina was correct, only about 20 miles off.
D The projected track of Hurricane Katrina was correct, only about 120 miles off.
E The projected track of Hurricane Katrina was incorrect.
Question #11
A Louisiana loses an area the size of a posted note every hour.
B Louisiana loses an area the size of a football field every hour.
C Louisiana loses 10 square miles every hour.
D Louisiana loses an area the size of a city bus every hour.
E Louisiana loses an area the size of a kitchen table every hour.
Question #12
A The defense was an illusion that never worked to begin with.
B Starved of new soils because of the levees that were put in, the defense disappeared with the wetlands.
C The defense was expanded when the wetlands were expanded.
Question #13
A New Orleans held its first hurricane drill
B The Great Flood happened on the Mississippi River
C The first bridge was built across the Mississippi River
D Six hurricanes hit the Louisiana shoreline
Question #14
A An accurate way to forecast storms like hurricanes
B An ability to measure wind speed
C Levees to stop all floods
D Pumps and drainage canals to drain the city
Question #15
A New Orleans is below sea level in somewhat of a bowl shape.
B New Orleans continues to sink, dropping the city further below sea level.
C All of these
D When they drained the water out they lost nutrients, which caused soils to compact or to shrink.
Question #16
A Car accidents
B Lightning strikes
C Heart attacks
D Drowning
E Injuries from flying debris
Question #17
A Lowering of sea level
B Funnels of static air
C Lightning
D Bulges of water called the storm surge
Question #18
A 145 MPH
B 95 MPH
C 130 MPH
D 110 MPH
E 155 MPH
Question #19
A 1/10 of the population evacuated
B 3/4 of the population evacuated
C 99% of the population evacuated
D 1/5 of the population evacuated
E 1/3 of the population evacuated
F
Question #20
A The Earth’s rotation
B Wind speed
C The amount of sunlight that hits the clouds
D The amount of moisture in the storm
Question #21
A Hurricane Pam was a hurricane simulator that showed what would happen to New Orleans in case a huge hurricane coming through the town. It showed devastation for New Orleans with 61000 people dead, half a million homeless, and multiple injured people as well.
B Hurricane Pam was a hurricane simulator that showed what would happen to New Orleans in case a huge hurricane coming through the town. It showed that the city was well prepared for a storm like this.
C Hurricane Pam was a hurricane that hit Texas. It showed the damage a storm like this would do to New Orleans.
D Hurricane Pam was a hurricane that hit Miami. It showed the damage a storm like this would do to New Orleans.
Question #22
A No one
B Hurricanologists monitor hurricanes
C The ATF monitors hurricanes
D Meteorologists monitor hurricanes