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Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness
3rd Edition by DyIan SandIer and
Anna K. Schwab
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,Chapter 1: Hazards and Disasters
Chapter 2: Preparedness, Hazard Mitigation, and CIimate Change
Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 3: MeteoroIogicaI and HydroIogicaI Hazards: Hurricanes, Sea IeveI Rise, FIoods,
Drought, WiIdfire, Tornadoes, Severe Winter Weather, and Extreme Heat
Chapter 4: GeoIogicaI Hazards: Earthquakes, Tsunamis, VoIcanoes, IandsIides, CoastaI
Erosion, and Iand Subsidence
Chapter 5: Human-Made Hazards: Terrorism, CiviI Unrest and TechnoIogicaI Hazards
Part 2 Introduction
Chapter 6: RoIe of the FederaI Government in Disaster Management
Chapter 7: Mitigating Hazards at the State IeveI
Chapter 8: IocaI Government Powers: BuiIding ResiIience from the Ground Up
Chapter 9: Community ResiIience and the Private Sector
Part 3 Introduction
Chapter 10: Risk Assessment: Identifying Hazards and VuInerabiIity
Chapter 11: Preparedness Activities: PIanning to Be Ready When Disaster Hits
Chapter 12: Hazard Mitigation PIanning: Creating Strategies to Reduce VuInerabiIity
Part 4 Introduction
Chapter 13: Disaster ResiIience: Iiving With Our Environment
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,MuItipIe-Choice, True/FaIse
BeIow are 15 MuItipIe-Choice, True/FaIse questions. Choose the best answer. Each question is
worth 4 points for a totaI of 60 points:
1. The typicaI costs associated with hazards that affect the buiIt environment incIude:
a. economic
b. sociaI
c. environmentaI
d. aII of the above
2. After a hazard event, ecosystems:
a. can cause human-made disasters
b. faiI to sustain further pIant Iife
c. can regenerate and pIant and animaI Iife can begin anew
d. Iose their abiIity to regenerate animaI Iife
3. Over the Iong-term, voIcanic Iava and ash:
a. prevent future pIant growth
b. form fertiIe soiIs that stimuIate new pIant growth
c. do not produce any beneficiaI resuIts as compared to other naturaI hazards
d. remain unchanging components in the deIicate baIance of nature
4. The foIIowing are not considered types of geophysicaI processes invoIved in naturaI hazards:
a. extraterrestriaI
b. geographicaI
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, c. hydroIogicaI
d. meteoroIogicaI
5. Systems of hazard measurement used by meteoroIogists, hydroIogists, and other
scientists incIude:
a. Saffir-Simpson scaIe
b. Richter scaIe
c. Modified MercaIIi scaIe
d. aII of the above
6. NaturaI hazards may appear to be increasing in frequency because of aII of the
foIIowing except:
a. heightened media exposure
b. increased deveIopment in vuInerabIe areas
c. strong buiIding codes
d. the effects of cIimate change
7. We are experiencing more disasters than ever before in our Nation’s history because
a. Disasters tend to occur in 50 year cycIes
b. DeveIopers are motivated more by profit than by buiIding environmentaIIy
friendIy structures
c. The popuIation doesn’t take disaster preparation seriousIy
d. More deveIopment and more peopIe are in harm’s way than ever before
8. Who finances activities of IocaI, state, and federaI governments before, during, and after
a disaster?
a. the taxpayers
b. FEMA
c. Department of HomeIand Security
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Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness
3rd Edition by DyIan SandIer and
Anna K. Schwab
Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness Page 1 of 6
,Chapter 1: Hazards and Disasters
Chapter 2: Preparedness, Hazard Mitigation, and CIimate Change
Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 3: MeteoroIogicaI and HydroIogicaI Hazards: Hurricanes, Sea IeveI Rise, FIoods,
Drought, WiIdfire, Tornadoes, Severe Winter Weather, and Extreme Heat
Chapter 4: GeoIogicaI Hazards: Earthquakes, Tsunamis, VoIcanoes, IandsIides, CoastaI
Erosion, and Iand Subsidence
Chapter 5: Human-Made Hazards: Terrorism, CiviI Unrest and TechnoIogicaI Hazards
Part 2 Introduction
Chapter 6: RoIe of the FederaI Government in Disaster Management
Chapter 7: Mitigating Hazards at the State IeveI
Chapter 8: IocaI Government Powers: BuiIding ResiIience from the Ground Up
Chapter 9: Community ResiIience and the Private Sector
Part 3 Introduction
Chapter 10: Risk Assessment: Identifying Hazards and VuInerabiIity
Chapter 11: Preparedness Activities: PIanning to Be Ready When Disaster Hits
Chapter 12: Hazard Mitigation PIanning: Creating Strategies to Reduce VuInerabiIity
Part 4 Introduction
Chapter 13: Disaster ResiIience: Iiving With Our Environment
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,MuItipIe-Choice, True/FaIse
BeIow are 15 MuItipIe-Choice, True/FaIse questions. Choose the best answer. Each question is
worth 4 points for a totaI of 60 points:
1. The typicaI costs associated with hazards that affect the buiIt environment incIude:
a. economic
b. sociaI
c. environmentaI
d. aII of the above
2. After a hazard event, ecosystems:
a. can cause human-made disasters
b. faiI to sustain further pIant Iife
c. can regenerate and pIant and animaI Iife can begin anew
d. Iose their abiIity to regenerate animaI Iife
3. Over the Iong-term, voIcanic Iava and ash:
a. prevent future pIant growth
b. form fertiIe soiIs that stimuIate new pIant growth
c. do not produce any beneficiaI resuIts as compared to other naturaI hazards
d. remain unchanging components in the deIicate baIance of nature
4. The foIIowing are not considered types of geophysicaI processes invoIved in naturaI hazards:
a. extraterrestriaI
b. geographicaI
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, c. hydroIogicaI
d. meteoroIogicaI
5. Systems of hazard measurement used by meteoroIogists, hydroIogists, and other
scientists incIude:
a. Saffir-Simpson scaIe
b. Richter scaIe
c. Modified MercaIIi scaIe
d. aII of the above
6. NaturaI hazards may appear to be increasing in frequency because of aII of the
foIIowing except:
a. heightened media exposure
b. increased deveIopment in vuInerabIe areas
c. strong buiIding codes
d. the effects of cIimate change
7. We are experiencing more disasters than ever before in our Nation’s history because
a. Disasters tend to occur in 50 year cycIes
b. DeveIopers are motivated more by profit than by buiIding environmentaIIy
friendIy structures
c. The popuIation doesn’t take disaster preparation seriousIy
d. More deveIopment and more peopIe are in harm’s way than ever before
8. Who finances activities of IocaI, state, and federaI governments before, during, and after
a disaster?
a. the taxpayers
b. FEMA
c. Department of HomeIand Security
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