Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness 3rd Edition (All Chapters Test
Bank Answers at the end of each chapter.
Multiple-Choice, True/False
Below are 15 Multiple-Choice, True/False questions. Choose the best answer. Each question is
worth 4 points for a total of 60 points:
1. The typical costs associated with hazards that affect the built environment include:
a. economic
b. social
c. environmental
d. all of the above
2. After a hazard event, ecosystems:
a. can cause human-made disasters
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
3. Over the long-term, volcanic lava and ash:
a. prevent future plant growth
b. form fertile soils that stimulate new plant growth
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c. do not produce any beneficial results as compared to other natural hazards
d. remain unchanging components in the delicate balance of nature
4. The following are not considered types of geophysical processes involved in natural
hazards:
a. extraterrestrial
b. geographical
c. hydrological
d. meteorological
5. Systems of hazard measurement used by meteorologists, hydrologists, and other scientists
include:
a. Saffir-Simpson scale
b. Richter scale
c. Modified Mercalli scale
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. heightened media exposure
b. increased development in vulnerable areas
c. strong building codes
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
b. Developers are motivated more by profit than by building environmentally friendly
structures
c. The population doesn’t take disaster preparation seriously
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 disaster?
a. the taxpayers
b. FEMA
c. Department of Homeland Security
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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?
10. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body
assessing and publishing reports about climate change. True or False?
11. Changes in climate do not have any effect on the weather than a community experiences.
True or False?
12. In many communities that experience disasters, the long-term economic damages caused
by businesses remaining closed can have a ripple effect that makes it difficult to recover. True or
False?
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
decreasing slightly over the past few decades. True or False?
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