CROWD MANAGEMENT FINAL EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Crowd Control
Answer:
A public security practice where large crowds are managed to prevent the outbreak of crown crush, affray,
fights involving drunk and disorderly people or riots
Question:
2. Crowd Management
Answer:
- The systematic planning for, and the supervision of the orderly movement and assembly of people
- The assessment of the people handling capabilities of a space prior to its use
- Includes: occupancy, means of ingress/ egress, processing procedures, expected types of activities, group
behavior
Question:
3. Crowd Surges
Answer:
- A "surge" is a sudden and powerful movement like one would witness with waves of the ocean tide
- Unrelenting pressure from all side- a crushing "drowning" in a sea of people
- Occur in places where too many people are crowded in one place (entrance/exit, standing in a room)
Question:
4. 2 Components
Answer:
1. Dense Crowd- lots of people in one place; force magnifies at the epicenter or on the edges
2. Catalyst- something that causes crowd to shift or move [sudden rain, more people, fights] Most deaths
caused by asphyxiations, not trampling (people squeezed so hard they can't breathe)
- Pushing from the back to front; from the front to back; & potentially from the top if one falls
- Often caused by failure to create a safe environment (not always a stampede)
Question:
5. Crowd Stampede
Answer:
- Occurs when a crowd of people move in the same direction at the same timesome may collide or pile up
against or on top of each other
- Impulsive, caused by catalysts
Question:
6. Crowd Density
, Answer:
Person per Sq Meter or 10 sq ft 2 - Safe Density at which we typically use when planning crowded spaces.
The crowd has good free following movement [GREEN] 3 - Movement starts being constricted
[YELLOW] 4-5 - Critical density during which crowd surges are likely to occur [RED] 6-7 - Movement is
very limited to a dangerous level [RED] [10] 8+ - Movement is almost impossible due to pressure on each
person [RED]
Question:
7. Event Phases
Answer:
A- arrival L- Last mile I- Ingress C- Circulation E- Egress D- Dispersal
Question:
8. Arrival
Answer:
- Local Area
-Transportation hub
- Parking Facilities
Question:
9. Last Mile
Answer:
- Between arrival and facility
- Line queuing close to venue
Question:
10. Ingress
Answer:
- Entering the venue/ event
Question:
11. Circulation
Answer:
- Movement in event/venue
- Crowd dynamics such as collapses or sure at stage
Question:
12. Egress
Answer:
- Crowd leaving venue/event
Question:
13. Dispersal
Answer:
- Crowd leaving area around event/ venue
- Back to parking lot to transportation hub
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Crowd Control
Answer:
A public security practice where large crowds are managed to prevent the outbreak of crown crush, affray,
fights involving drunk and disorderly people or riots
Question:
2. Crowd Management
Answer:
- The systematic planning for, and the supervision of the orderly movement and assembly of people
- The assessment of the people handling capabilities of a space prior to its use
- Includes: occupancy, means of ingress/ egress, processing procedures, expected types of activities, group
behavior
Question:
3. Crowd Surges
Answer:
- A "surge" is a sudden and powerful movement like one would witness with waves of the ocean tide
- Unrelenting pressure from all side- a crushing "drowning" in a sea of people
- Occur in places where too many people are crowded in one place (entrance/exit, standing in a room)
Question:
4. 2 Components
Answer:
1. Dense Crowd- lots of people in one place; force magnifies at the epicenter or on the edges
2. Catalyst- something that causes crowd to shift or move [sudden rain, more people, fights] Most deaths
caused by asphyxiations, not trampling (people squeezed so hard they can't breathe)
- Pushing from the back to front; from the front to back; & potentially from the top if one falls
- Often caused by failure to create a safe environment (not always a stampede)
Question:
5. Crowd Stampede
Answer:
- Occurs when a crowd of people move in the same direction at the same timesome may collide or pile up
against or on top of each other
- Impulsive, caused by catalysts
Question:
6. Crowd Density
, Answer:
Person per Sq Meter or 10 sq ft 2 - Safe Density at which we typically use when planning crowded spaces.
The crowd has good free following movement [GREEN] 3 - Movement starts being constricted
[YELLOW] 4-5 - Critical density during which crowd surges are likely to occur [RED] 6-7 - Movement is
very limited to a dangerous level [RED] [10] 8+ - Movement is almost impossible due to pressure on each
person [RED]
Question:
7. Event Phases
Answer:
A- arrival L- Last mile I- Ingress C- Circulation E- Egress D- Dispersal
Question:
8. Arrival
Answer:
- Local Area
-Transportation hub
- Parking Facilities
Question:
9. Last Mile
Answer:
- Between arrival and facility
- Line queuing close to venue
Question:
10. Ingress
Answer:
- Entering the venue/ event
Question:
11. Circulation
Answer:
- Movement in event/venue
- Crowd dynamics such as collapses or sure at stage
Question:
12. Egress
Answer:
- Crowd leaving venue/event
Question:
13. Dispersal
Answer:
- Crowd leaving area around event/ venue
- Back to parking lot to transportation hub
