TEST BANK for Hazard
Mitigation and
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Preparedness 3rd Edition:
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An Introductory Text for
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Emergency Management
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and Planning
Professionals by Dylan
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Sandler and Anna K.
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Schwab
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(All Chapters Covered)
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© Medconnoisseur
, Test Bank for Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness An Introductory Text for
Emergency Management and Planning Professionals, 3e Dylan Sandler, Anna
Schwab (All Chapters Test Bank Answers at the end of each chapter.
Chapter 1 Test
Name:
Date:
Multiple-Choice, True/False
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Below are 15 Multiple-Choice, True/False questions. Choose the best answer. Each question is
worth 4 points for a total of 60 points:
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1. The typical costs associated with hazards that affect the built environment include:
a. economic
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b. social
c. environmental
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d. all of the above
2. After a hazard event, ecosystems:
a. can cause human-made disasters
AP
b. fail to sustain further plant life
c. can regenerate and plant and animal life can begin anew
d. lose their ability to regenerate animal life
PR
3. Over the long-term, volcanic lava and ash:
a. prevent future plant growth
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b. form fertile soils that stimulate new plant growth
c. do not produce any beneficial results as compared to other natural hazards
d. remain unchanging components in the delicate balance of nature
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4. The following are not considered types of geophysical processes involved in natural hazards:
a. extraterrestrial
b. geographical
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of each chapter.
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c. hydrological
d. meteorological
5. Systems of hazard measurement used by meteorologists, hydrologists, and other scientists
include:
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a. Saffir-Simpson scale
b. Richter scale
c. Modified Mercalli scale
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d. all of the above
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6. Natural hazards may appear to be increasing in frequency because of all of the following
except:
A_
a. heightened media exposure
b. increased development in vulnerable areas
c. strong building codes
AP
d. the effects of climate change
7. We are experiencing more disasters than ever before in our Nation’s history because
a. Disasters tend to occur in 50 year cycles
PR
b. Developers are motivated more by profit than by building environmentally friendly
structures
c. The population doesn’t take disaster preparation seriously
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d. More development and more people are in harm’s way than ever before
8. Who finances activities of local, state, and federal governments before, during, and after a
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disaster?
a. the taxpayers
b. FEMA
c. Department of Homeland Security
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of each chapter.
Chapter 1 Test
d. the federal government
9. Poor and marginalized communities and individuals are much more likely to be injured, killed
or displaced by a disaster. True or False?
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10. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body
assessing and publishing reports about climate change. True or False?
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11. Changes in climate do not have any effect on the weather than a community experiences.
True or False?
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12. In many communities that experience disasters, the long-term economic damages caused by
A_
businesses remaining closed can have a ripple effect that makes it difficult to recover. True or
False?
AP
13. Hurricane Katrina was the most powerful hurricane that has ever made landfall in the United
States. True or False?
14. The proportion of the United States population living on or near the coastline has been
PR
decreasing slightly over the past few decades. True or False?
15. Technological disasters, such as chemical spills, can be a secondary impacts brough on by
OV
natural hazards. True or False?
ED
?
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Mitigation and
ST
Preparedness 3rd Edition:
U
An Introductory Text for
VI
Emergency Management
A _A
and Planning
Professionals by Dylan
PP
Sandler and Anna K.
RO
Schwab
VE
(All Chapters Covered)
D?
© Medconnoisseur
, Test Bank for Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness An Introductory Text for
Emergency Management and Planning Professionals, 3e Dylan Sandler, Anna
Schwab (All Chapters Test Bank Answers at the end of each chapter.
Chapter 1 Test
Name:
Date:
Multiple-Choice, True/False
ST
Below are 15 Multiple-Choice, True/False questions. Choose the best answer. Each question is
worth 4 points for a total of 60 points:
U
1. The typical costs associated with hazards that affect the built environment include:
a. economic
VI
b. social
c. environmental
A_
d. all of the above
2. After a hazard event, ecosystems:
a. can cause human-made disasters
AP
b. fail to sustain further plant life
c. can regenerate and plant and animal life can begin anew
d. lose their ability to regenerate animal life
PR
3. Over the long-term, volcanic lava and ash:
a. prevent future plant growth
OV
b. form fertile soils that stimulate new plant growth
c. do not produce any beneficial results as compared to other natural hazards
d. remain unchanging components in the delicate balance of nature
ED
4. The following are not considered types of geophysical processes involved in natural hazards:
a. extraterrestrial
b. geographical
?
Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness Page 1 of 6
, Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness 3e (All Chapters Test Bank Answers at the end
of each chapter.
Chapter 1 Test
c. hydrological
d. meteorological
5. Systems of hazard measurement used by meteorologists, hydrologists, and other scientists
include:
ST
a. Saffir-Simpson scale
b. Richter scale
c. Modified Mercalli scale
U
d. all of the above
VI
6. Natural hazards may appear to be increasing in frequency because of all of the following
except:
A_
a. heightened media exposure
b. increased development in vulnerable areas
c. strong building codes
AP
d. the effects of climate change
7. We are experiencing more disasters than ever before in our Nation’s history because
a. Disasters tend to occur in 50 year cycles
PR
b. Developers are motivated more by profit than by building environmentally friendly
structures
c. The population doesn’t take disaster preparation seriously
OV
d. More development and more people are in harm’s way than ever before
8. Who finances activities of local, state, and federal governments before, during, and after a
ED
disaster?
a. the taxpayers
b. FEMA
c. Department of Homeland Security
?
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of each chapter.
Chapter 1 Test
d. the federal government
9. Poor and marginalized communities and individuals are much more likely to be injured, killed
or displaced by a disaster. True or False?
ST
10. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body
assessing and publishing reports about climate change. True or False?
U
11. Changes in climate do not have any effect on the weather than a community experiences.
True or False?
VI
12. In many communities that experience disasters, the long-term economic damages caused by
A_
businesses remaining closed can have a ripple effect that makes it difficult to recover. True or
False?
AP
13. Hurricane Katrina was the most powerful hurricane that has ever made landfall in the United
States. True or False?
14. The proportion of the United States population living on or near the coastline has been
PR
decreasing slightly over the past few decades. True or False?
15. Technological disasters, such as chemical spills, can be a secondary impacts brough on by
OV
natural hazards. True or False?
ED
?
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