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420 - ATPL Question Bank in English - Which set of environmental conditions generally favours tropical-cyclone development over a tropical ocean?

Question 420 - Meteorology - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot Licence

Warm ocean water supplying heat and moisture, a moist and convectively unstable atmosphere, and relatively weak vertical wind shear.
A gulf-shaped coastline alone, irrespective of ocean temperature or moisture.
A large land–sea temperature contrast with no moisture supply or sustained deep convection.
Strong vertical wind shear that separates the low-level circulation from its deep convection.

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