TEST BANK for Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness 3rd Edition An Introductory Text for Emergency Management and Planning Professionals by Dylan Sandler and Anna K. Schwab. All 13 Chapters.

TEST BANK
Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness
3rd Edition By Sandler, All 13 Chapters Covered




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,Table of Contents
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Chapter8b1:8bHazards8band8bDisasters

Chapter8b2:8bPreparedness,8bHazard8bMitigation,8band8bClimate8bChang

e8 b Part8b18bIntroduction

Chapter8b3:8b Meteorological8band8bHydrological8b Hazards:8b Hurricanes,8bSea8bLevel8bRise,8bFloods,8b Dr
ought,8 b Wildfire,8bTornadoes,8bSevere8bWinter8bWeather,8band8bExtreme8bHeat

Chapter8 b 4:8 b Geological8 b Hazards:8 b Earthquakes,8 b Tsunamis,8 b Volcanoes,8 b Landslides,8 b Coastal8 b
Erosion,8 b and8bLand8bSubsidence

Chapter8b5:8bHuman-

Made8bHazards:8bTerrorism,8bCivil8bUnrest8band8bTechnological8bHazards8 b Part8b28bIntro

duction

Chapter8b6:8bRole8bof8bthe8bFederal8bGovernment8bin8bDisaster8bManage

ment8 b Chapter8b7:8bMitigating8bHazards8bat8bthe8bState8bLevel

Chapter8b8:8bLocal8bGovernment8bPowers:8bBuilding8bResilience8bfrom8bthe8bGround8bUp

8 b Chapter8b9:8bCommunity8bResilience8band8bthe8bPrivate8bSector

Part8b38bIntroduction

Chapter8b10:8bRisk8bAssessment:8bIdentifying8bHazards8band8bVulnerability

Chapter8b11:8bPreparedness8bActivities:8bPlanning8bto8bBe8bReady8bWhen8bDisaster8bHits8

b Chapter8b12:8bHazard8bMitigation8bPlanning:8bCreating8bStrategies8bto8bReduce8bVulnera

bility8 b Part8b48bIntroduction

Chapter8b13:8bDisaster8bResilience:8bLiving8bWith8bOur8bEnvironment




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Multiple-Choice,8bTrue/False
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Choice,8bTrue/False8bquestions.8bChoose8bthe8bbest8banswer.8bEach8bquestion8bis8 b worth8b48bpoints8bfor
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1. The8btypical8bcosts8bassociated8bwith8bhazards8bthat8baffect8bthe8bbuilt8benvironment8binclude:
a. economic
b. social
c. environmental
d. all8bof8bthe8babove


2. After8ba8bhazard8bevent,8becosystems:
a. can8bcause8bhuman-made8bdisasters
b. fail8bto8bsustain8bfurther8bplant8blife
c. can8bregenerate8band8bplant8band8banimal8blife8bcan8bbegin8banew
d. lose8btheir8bability8bto8bregenerate8banimal8blife


3. Over8bthe8blong-term,8bvolcanic8blava8band8bash:
a. prevent8bfuture8bplant8bgrowth
b. form8bfertile8bsoils8bthat8bstimulate8bnew8bplant8bgrowth
c. do8bnot8bproduce8bany8bbeneficial8bresults8bas8bcompared8bto8bother8bnatural8bhazards
d. remain8bunchanging8bcomponents8bin8bthe8bdelicate8bbalance8bof8bnature


4. The8bfollowing8bare8bnot8bconsidered8btypes8bof8bgeophysical8bprocesses8binvolved8bin8bnatural8bhazards
:
a. extraterrestrial
b. geographical




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, c. hydrological
d. meteorological


5. Systems8bof8bhazard8bmeasurement8bused8bby8bmeteorologists,8bhydrologists,8band8bother8bscie
ntists8 b include:
a. Saffir-Simpson8bscale
b. Richter8bscale
c. Modified8bMercalli8bscale
d. all8bof8bthe8babove


6. Natural8bhazards8bmay8bappear8bto8bbe8bincreasing8bin8bfrequency8bbecause8bof8ball8bof8bthe8bfol
lowing8b8bexcept:
a. heightened8bmedia8bexposure
b. increased8bdevelopment8bin8bvulnerable8bareas
c. strong8bbuilding8bcodes
d. the8beffects8bof8bclimate8bchange


7. We8bare8bexperiencing8bmore8bdisasters8bthan8bever8bbefore8bin8bour8bNation’s8bhistory8bbecause
a. Disasters8btend8bto8boccur8bin8b508byear8bcycles
b. Developers8bare8bmotivated8bmore8bby8bprofit8bthan8bby8bbuilding8benvironmentally8bfri
endly8 b structures
c. The8bpopulation8bdoesn’t8btake8bdisaster8bpreparation8bseriously
d. More8bdevelopment8band8bmore8bpeople8bare8bin8bharm’s8bway8bthan8bever8bbefore


8. Who8bfinances8bactivities8bof8blocal,8bstate,8band8bfederal8bgovernments8bbefore,8bduring,8band8b
after8ba8 b disaster?
a. the8btaxpayers
b. FEMA
c. Department8bof8bHomeland8bSecurity


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