Chapter 01 - Natural Hazards and Disasters
1. A natural system in equilibrium will never expеrience a natural disaster.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
2. The uninsured losses caused by a catastrophic events are almost always less than the insured losses caused.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
3. Climate change is expected to increase the magnitude and frequency of natural disasters.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
4. The magnitude of a natural disaster is directly proportional to the frequency of the event.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Predicting Catastrophe
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
5. All natural disasters have detectable precursor events.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Relationships Among Events
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
6. Land-use rules to avoid disaster costs are often easy to implement.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Mitigating Hazards
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
7. Developers and private individuals often oppose land-use restrictions that prevent use of hazardous areas.
a. True
b. False
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ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Mitigating Hazards
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
8. Poor families are more likely to be victims of natural disasters if they live in developing, but not developed, countries.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Mitigating Hazards
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
9. Insurance covers all known types of natural hazards.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Mitigating Hazards
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
10. Efforts to control natural hazards are usually successful.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Living With Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
11. People choose to live in hazardous areas for a variety of reasons. Which is the LEAST likely reason why a person in a
developing country would decide to live in а hazardous area?
a. More attractive scenery is usually found at hazardous areas
b. Less hazardous areas are unaffordable or unavailable.
c. The location has access to clean water.
d. The location has access to fertile land.
e. The person does not know the history of potential hazards.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
12. What does it mean to say that a potential hazard is in equilibrium?
a. The cost of a disaster is equal to the value of developing the area.
b. There is a balance in forces that will prevent the hazard from causing a disaster.
c. The probability that a disaster will occur is equal to the probability that a disaster will not occur.
d. The probability of a disaster is constant over time.
e. There is a temporary balance in forces that prevents a disaster at the current time.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
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13. An event which causes damagе to life and property, but does not kill or injure largе numbers of people or cause
extensive propеrty damage is called a(n) ____.
a. national disaster
b. natural disaster
c. natural hazard
d. natural catastrophe
e. national catastrophe
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
14. In terms of fatalities, the most dangerous natural disasters are сaused by ____.
a. sudden seismic events like earthquakes and volcanoes
b. small extreme weather in the form of thunderstorms and tornadoes
c. long-term weather patterns that cause drought
d. ocean processes like tsunamis and storm surges
e. large extreme weather events like hurricanes
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
15. In comparison to develoрing countries, catastroрhic natural disasters in developed countries are most likely to cause
____.
a. more economic damage, but less loss of life
b. less economic damage, but more loss of life
c. equal amounts of economic damage and loss of life
d. very little economic damage or loss of life
e. an unpredictable mix of economic damage and loss of life
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
16. The cost of natural disasters is ____.
a. increasing steadily each year due to population growth
b. increasing steadily each year due to economic growth
c. variable from year to year due to the unpredictability of natural disasters and their effects
d. increasing steadily each year due to population and economic growth
e. decreasing steadily each year due to improved forecasting and public awareness
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
17. The cost оf natural disasters аveraged over the previous ten years has ____ due in part to ____.
a. increased; increased population and economic growth
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b. decreased; improved forecasting and public awareness
c. remained constant; equilibrium between population growth and mitigation
d. increased; population growth only
e. decreased; increased migration out of hazardous areas
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
18. Climate change is expected to cause an increase in the impact of ____.
a. all natural disasters except seismic events (earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis)
b. only disasters related to extreme weather (lightning, tornadoes, and storm surge)
c. only disasters related to seismic events (earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis)
d. disasters which occur on coastlines or at sea
e. all natural disasters
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
19. If the recurrence interval of an event is 50 years, recurring events ____.
a. will occur exactly every 50 years
b. will never occur within a one year time period
c. can occur anytime, but are likely to occur within 50 years
d. will never occur if there has not been an event for 50 years
e. will only occur once during any given individual's lifetime
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Predicting Catastrophe
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
20. Scientific forecasts of catastrophic earthquakes can ____.
a. accurately predict the probability of the event happening somewhere in a large geographical area within a
time frame of decades
b. accurately predict the time and place of the event happening in a small geographical area within a time frame
of one year
c. estimate the probability of the event happening somewhere in a small geographical area within a time frame
of one year
d. estimate the probability of the event happening somewhere in a large geographical area within a time frame
of decades
e. estimate the probability of the event happening somewhere in a small geographical area within a time frame
of decades
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Predicting Catastrophe
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
21. A fractal is a pattern that ____.
a. is simple on a large scale but complicated on a small scale
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1. A natural system in equilibrium will never expеrience a natural disaster.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
2. The uninsured losses caused by a catastrophic events are almost always less than the insured losses caused.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
3. Climate change is expected to increase the magnitude and frequency of natural disasters.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
4. The magnitude of a natural disaster is directly proportional to the frequency of the event.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Predicting Catastrophe
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
5. All natural disasters have detectable precursor events.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Relationships Among Events
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
6. Land-use rules to avoid disaster costs are often easy to implement.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Mitigating Hazards
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
7. Developers and private individuals often oppose land-use restrictions that prevent use of hazardous areas.
a. True
b. False
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ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Mitigating Hazards
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
8. Poor families are more likely to be victims of natural disasters if they live in developing, but not developed, countries.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Mitigating Hazards
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
9. Insurance covers all known types of natural hazards.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Mitigating Hazards
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
10. Efforts to control natural hazards are usually successful.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Living With Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
11. People choose to live in hazardous areas for a variety of reasons. Which is the LEAST likely reason why a person in a
developing country would decide to live in а hazardous area?
a. More attractive scenery is usually found at hazardous areas
b. Less hazardous areas are unaffordable or unavailable.
c. The location has access to clean water.
d. The location has access to fertile land.
e. The person does not know the history of potential hazards.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
12. What does it mean to say that a potential hazard is in equilibrium?
a. The cost of a disaster is equal to the value of developing the area.
b. There is a balance in forces that will prevent the hazard from causing a disaster.
c. The probability that a disaster will occur is equal to the probability that a disaster will not occur.
d. The probability of a disaster is constant over time.
e. There is a temporary balance in forces that prevents a disaster at the current time.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
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13. An event which causes damagе to life and property, but does not kill or injure largе numbers of people or cause
extensive propеrty damage is called a(n) ____.
a. national disaster
b. natural disaster
c. natural hazard
d. natural catastrophe
e. national catastrophe
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember
14. In terms of fatalities, the most dangerous natural disasters are сaused by ____.
a. sudden seismic events like earthquakes and volcanoes
b. small extreme weather in the form of thunderstorms and tornadoes
c. long-term weather patterns that cause drought
d. ocean processes like tsunamis and storm surges
e. large extreme weather events like hurricanes
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
15. In comparison to develoрing countries, catastroрhic natural disasters in developed countries are most likely to cause
____.
a. more economic damage, but less loss of life
b. less economic damage, but more loss of life
c. equal amounts of economic damage and loss of life
d. very little economic damage or loss of life
e. an unpredictable mix of economic damage and loss of life
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
16. The cost of natural disasters is ____.
a. increasing steadily each year due to population growth
b. increasing steadily each year due to economic growth
c. variable from year to year due to the unpredictability of natural disasters and their effects
d. increasing steadily each year due to population and economic growth
e. decreasing steadily each year due to improved forecasting and public awareness
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
17. The cost оf natural disasters аveraged over the previous ten years has ____ due in part to ____.
a. increased; increased population and economic growth
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b. decreased; improved forecasting and public awareness
c. remained constant; equilibrium between population growth and mitigation
d. increased; population growth only
e. decreased; increased migration out of hazardous areas
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
18. Climate change is expected to cause an increase in the impact of ____.
a. all natural disasters except seismic events (earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis)
b. only disasters related to extreme weather (lightning, tornadoes, and storm surge)
c. only disasters related to seismic events (earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis)
d. disasters which occur on coastlines or at sea
e. all natural disasters
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
19. If the recurrence interval of an event is 50 years, recurring events ____.
a. will occur exactly every 50 years
b. will never occur within a one year time period
c. can occur anytime, but are likely to occur within 50 years
d. will never occur if there has not been an event for 50 years
e. will only occur once during any given individual's lifetime
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Predicting Catastrophe
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
20. Scientific forecasts of catastrophic earthquakes can ____.
a. accurately predict the probability of the event happening somewhere in a large geographical area within a
time frame of decades
b. accurately predict the time and place of the event happening in a small geographical area within a time frame
of one year
c. estimate the probability of the event happening somewhere in a small geographical area within a time frame
of one year
d. estimate the probability of the event happening somewhere in a large geographical area within a time frame
of decades
e. estimate the probability of the event happening somewhere in a small geographical area within a time frame
of decades
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: Predicting Catastrophe
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
21. A fractal is a pattern that ____.
a. is simple on a large scale but complicated on a small scale
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