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Damon Coppola: Introduction to International Disaster Management, 3rd Edition
Chapter 2: Hazards
1.Disasters may spread from one country to any other because of which of the following?
- Globalization
- The speed and ease of international travel
- 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
- Needs assessment
- Risk assessment
- Which of the following is not generally considered an intentional hazard?
*a. HazMatspil b. War
- Rioting
- Crime
4.Brainstorming is a form of which kind of hazard identification method?
*a. Prescriptive b. Definitive
- Creative
- Deductive
5.Which of the following officials is likely to have information that could assist a hazard identification effort?
- Floodplain manager
- Public works director
- City manager *d.All of the above
- Which of the following focuses on the many possible effects resulting from a single hazard?
- Fault tree *b. Event tree
- Both of the above
- Neither of the above
- 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
- Risk summary report
- Risk assessment
- Hazard brief
- Which of the following is typically included in a community profile?
- Property
- Demographics
- Geography *d.All of the above
- Which of the following hazards is likely to affect a community in a uniform manner?
- Landslides
- Heavy rain *c.Both a and b
- Neither a nor b
10.Which of the following is not normally found on a standard risk statement?
- Location of hazard
- 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?
- Meteorological hazards
- Mass-movement hazards
- Tectonic hazards*
- Expansive soil hazards
- Which of the following is the distance below the earth’s surface where the energy of an earthquake is released?
- Epicenter
- Focus
- Shockwave *d. Focal depth
13.Which of the following is not one of the three main categories of volcanoes?
- Subduction *b. Continental
- Rift
- Hotspot
14.Which of the following can cause a tsunami?
- Flash flood *b. Landslide c. Hurricane
- None of the above
15.Expansive soils, avalanches, and land subsidence are all forms of which type of natural hazard?
- Meteorological hazard
- 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?
- Earthquakes
- Landslides
- Wildfires *d. Flooding
- Which of the following may be used to measure drought risk?
- The Modified Mercalli Scale
*b.The Palmer Index
- The Saffir-Simpson Scale
- The Fujita-Pearson Scale
18.Tropical cyclones occur in which part of the world?
- Northwest Pacific Ocean, west of the International Date Line *b. Southwest Indian Ocean c. North Atlantic Ocean
- Southwest Pacific Ocean west of 160E
19.In 2003, over 40,000 people died as the result of which hazard?
- Flooding
- Seismic activity
- Tsunami *d. Extreme heat
20.Which of the following is not a type of biological weapon?
- Viruses
- Prions
- Bacteria
- Toxins
21.Which of the following weapons involves the movement of energy through space and material?
- Biological weapons
- 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
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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
- Physical location dictates a nation’s full hazard profile.
- True *b. False
- 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.
- True *b. False
27.Dam failure is a hazard that exists in almost every country of the world.
*a. True b. False
- Checklists are a good way to begin the hazard identification process.
- True *b. False
29.In 2010, the United States was listed among the top 10 countries ranked by number of terrorist attacks.
- True *b. False
30.In general, natural hazards are much less understood than technological hazards.
- True *b. False
- Though natural hazards have existed for thousands of years, technological and intentional hazards are both relatively new, emerging only in the past few decades.
- True *b. False
32.The hazard identification process tells disaster managers little more than what hazards threaten the community.
*a. True
- False
- 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
- Earthquakes are a secondary hazard of a tsunami.
- True *b. False
- The Hawaiian Islands are an example of a shield volcano.
*a. True b. False
- On average, over 1 million avalanches occur each year.
*a. True b. False
- On average, more people are killed each year by earthquakes than any other hazard.
- True *b. False
- The Richter Scale measures earthquake intensity.
- True *b. False
- Transportation accidents can involve both transportation vehicles and the systems upon which they depend.
*a. True b. False
- Maritime accidents rarely involve passengers, causing most of their harm through the release of their hazardous cargo.
- True *b. False
41.Chemical weapons have existed for centuries.
*a. True b. False
- Landslides can occur slowly, over a course of days and even weeks.
*a. True b. False
