Introduction to International Disaster Management 3rd Edition Test Bank

Damon Coppola: Introduction to International Disaster Management, 3 rd Edition Chapter 2: Hazards 1.Disasters may spread from one country to any other because of which of the following? a. Globalization b. The speed and ease of international travel c. Global climate change patterns *d.All of the above 2.The first step taken in any effective disaster management process should be which of the following? *a. Hazard identification b. Risk analysis c. Needs assessment d. Risk assessment 3. Which of the following is not generally considered an intentional hazard? *a. HazMatspil b. War c. Rioting d. Crime 4.Brainstorming is a form of which kind of hazard identification method? *a. Prescriptive b. Definitive c. Creative d. Deductive 5.Which of the following officials is likely to have information that could assist a hazard identification effort? a. Floodplain manager b. Public works director c. City manager *d.All of the above 6. Which of the following focuses on the many possible effects resulting from a single hazard? a. Fault tree *b. Event tree c. Both of the above d. Neither of the above 7. Which of the following may be created by disaster managers to summarize all of the necessary information about a disaster into a succinct report? *a. Risk statement b. Risk summary report c. Risk assessment d. Hazard brief 8. Which of the following is typically included in a community profile? a. Property b. Demographics c. Geography *d.All of the above 9. Which of the following hazards is likely to affect a community in a uniform manner? a. Landslides b. Heavy rain *c.Both a and b d. Neither a nor b 10.Which of the following is not normally found on a standard risk statement? a. Location of hazard b. Expected duration of the hazard event *c. Secondary hazards caused by the hazard d. Available warnings for the hazard 11.Hazards associated with movement of the earth’s plates are known as which of the following? a. Meteorological hazards b. Mass-movement hazards c. Tectonic hazards* d. Expansive soil hazards 12. Which of the following is the distance below the earth’s surface where the energy of an earthquake is released? a. Epicenter b. Focus c. Shockwave *d. Focal depth 13.Which of the following is not one of the three main categories of volcanoes? a. Subduction *b. Continental c. Rift d. Hotspot 14.Which of the following can cause a tsunami? a. Flash flood *b. Landslide c. Hurricane d. None of the above 15.Expansive soils, avalanches, and land subsidence are all forms of which type of natural hazard? a. Meteorological hazard b. Tectonic hazard *c. Mass movement hazard d. None of the above 16.The most common natural hazard throughout the world is which of the following? a. Earthquakes b. Landslides c. Wildfires *d. Flooding 17. Which of the following may be used to measure drought risk? a. The Modified Mercalli Scale *b.The Palmer Index c. The Saffir-Simpson Scale d. The Fujita-Pearson Scale 18.Tropical cyclones occur in which part of the world? a. Northwest Pacific Ocean, west of the International Date Line *b. Southwest Indian Ocean c. North Atlantic Ocean d. Southwest Pacific Ocean west of 160E 19.In 2003, over 40,000 people died as the result of which hazard? a. Flooding b. Seismic activity c. Tsunami *d. Extreme heat 20.Which of the following is not a type of biological weapon? a. Viruses b. Prions c. Bacteria d. Toxins 21.Which of the following weapons involves the movement of energy through space and material? a. Biological weapons b. Chemical weapons *c. Radiological weapons d. All of the above 22.Governments should focus their efforts upon those hazards that are likely to result in the greatest undesirable consequences if they were to occur. *a. True b. False 23.During hazard identification, emergency managers are not concerned with the likelihood or consequence of hazards. *a. True b. False 24.In hazard identification, disaster managers must attempt to identify every scenario that could possibly occur within a given community or country. *a. True b. False 25. Physical location dictates a nation’s full hazard profile. a. True *b. False 26. It is uncommon for hazards in one hazard category, such as a natural hazard, to cause a secondary hazard from any other category other than the one in which the original hazard is classified. a. True *b. False 27.Dam failure is a hazard that exists in almost every country of the world. *a. True b. False 28. Checklists are a good way to begin the hazard identification process. a. True *b. False 29.In 2010, the United States was listed among the top 10 countries ranked by number of terrorist attacks. a. True *b. False 30.In general, natural hazards are much less understood than technological hazards. a. True *b. False 31. Though natural hazards have existed for thousands of years, technological and intentional hazards are both relatively new, emerging only in the past few decades. a. True *b. False 32.The hazard identification process tells disaster managers little more than what hazards threaten the community. *a. True b. False 33. Meteorological drought is a measure of the difference between observed levels of precipitation and the normal range of values for precipitation in that same affected area. *a. True b. False 34. Earthquakes are a secondary hazard of a tsunami. a. True *b. False 35. The Hawaiian Islands are an example of a shield volcano. *a. True b. False 36. On average, over 1 million avalanches occur each year. *a. True b. False 37. On average, more people are killed each year by earthquakes than any other hazard. a. True *b. False 38. The Richter Scale measures earthquake intensity . a. True *b. False 39. Transportation accidents can involve both transportation vehicles and the systems upon which they depend. *a. True b. False 40. Maritime accidents rarely involve passengers, causing most of their harm through the release of their hazardous cargo. a. True *b. False 41.Chemical weapons have existed for centuries. *a. True b. False 42. Landslides can occur slowly, over a course of days and even weeks. *a. True b. False