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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 Both A and B
C The ultimate key is to restore the wetlands.
D The ultimate key is to build a massive coastal wall.
E The ultimate key is to drain the Mississippi River.
Question #2
A A ½ degree of temperature equals one billion atomic bombs.
B A ½ degree of temperature equals one million atomic bombs.
C A ½ degree of temperature equals one atomic bomb.
D A ½ degree of temperature equals one thousand atomic bombs.
E A ½ degree of temperature equals one hundred atomic bombs.
Question #3
A They have declined
B They have doubled
C They have remained the same
D They have tripled
Question #4
A The Aztec alphabet
B The Persian alphabet
C The Greek alphabet
D The Russian alphabet
E The Indonesian alphabet
Question #5
A The water flowed over the top of the levee wall.
B The London and 17th Street canal failed because it had a pressure burst and the whole canal just pushed back.
C The levee was blown up in an effort to spare other parts of the city.
D The levee dissolved when sewer water hit it.
Question #6
A It took four months to drain the city.
B It took days to drain the city.
C It took over a month to drain the city.
D It took over a week to drain the city.
Question #9
A 28 feet tall
B 46 feet tall
C 4 feet tall
D 12 feet tall
E 19 feet tall
F 52 feet tall
Question #10
A The projected track of Hurricane Katrina was correct, only about 20 miles off.
B The projected track of Hurricane Katrina was incorrect.
C The projected track of Hurricane Katrina was exact, less than ½ mile off.
D The projected track of Hurricane Katrina was correct, only about 120 miles off.
E The projected track of Hurricane Katrina was correct, only about 70 miles off.
Question #11
A Louisiana loses an area the size of a kitchen table every hour.
B Louisiana loses an area the size of a posted note every hour.
C Louisiana loses an area the size of a city bus every hour.
D Louisiana loses an area the size of a football field every hour.
E Louisiana loses 10 square miles every hour.
Question #12
A The defense was an illusion that never worked to begin with.
B The defense was expanded when the wetlands were expanded.
C Starved of new soils because of the levees that were put in, the defense disappeared with the wetlands.
Question #13
A The first bridge was built across the Mississippi River
B The Great Flood happened on the Mississippi River
C Six hurricanes hit the Louisiana shoreline
D New Orleans held its first hurricane drill
Question #14
A Pumps and drainage canals to drain the city
B An ability to measure wind speed
C An accurate way to forecast storms like hurricanes
D Levees to stop all floods
Question #15
A When they drained the water out they lost nutrients, which caused soils to compact or to shrink.
B New Orleans continues to sink, dropping the city further below sea level.
C New Orleans is below sea level in somewhat of a bowl shape.
D None of the above
E All of the above
Question #16
A Heart attacks
B Lightning strikes
C Injuries from flying debris
D Car accidents
E Drowning
Question #17
A Lightning
B Funnels of static air
C Bulges of water called the storm surge
D Lowering of sea level
Question #18
A 130 MPH
B 155 MPH
C 95 MPH
D 110 MPH
E 145 MPH
Question #19
A 99% of the population evacuated
B 1/3 of the population evacuated
C 1/10 of the population evacuated
D 3/4 of the population evacuated
E 1/5 of the population evacuated
Question #20
A The Earth’s rotation
B The amount of sunlight that hits the clouds
C The amount of moisture in the storm
D Wind speed
Question #21
A Hurricane Pam was a hurricane that hit Texas. It showed the damage a storm like this would do to New Orleans.
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 devastation for New Orleans with 61000 people dead, half a million homeless, and multiple injured people as well.
C Hurricane Pam was a hurricane that hit Miami. It showed the damage a storm like this would do to New Orleans.
D 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.
Question #22
A No one
B The ATF monitors hurricanes
C Hurricanologists monitor hurricanes
D Meteorologists monitor hurricanes