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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Chapter9b1:9bHazards9band9bDisasters

Chapter9b2:9bPreparedness,9bHazard9bMitigation,9band9bClimate9bChang

e9 b Part9b19bIntroduction

Chapter9b3:9b Meteorological9band9bHydrological9b Hazards:9b Hurricanes,9bSea9bLevel9bRise,9bFloods,9b Dr
ought,9 b Wildfire,9bTornadoes,9bSevere9bWinter9bWeather,9band9bExtreme9bHeat

Chapter9 b 4:9 b Geological9 b Hazards:9 b Earthquakes,9 b Tsunamis,9 b Volcanoes,9 b Landslides,9 b Coastal9 b
Erosion,9 b and9bLand9bSubsidence

Chapter9b5:9bHuman-

Made9bHazards:9bTerrorism,9bCivil9bUnrest9band9bTechnological9bHazards9 b Part9b29bIntro

duction

Chapter9b6:9bRole9bof9bthe9bFederal9bGovernment9bin9bDisaster9bManage

ment9 b Chapter9b7:9bMitigating9bHazards9bat9bthe9bState9bLevel

Chapter9b8:9bLocal9bGovernment9bPowers:9bBuilding9bResilience9bfrom9bthe9bGround9bUp

9 b Chapter9b9:9bCommunity9bResilience9band9bthe9bPrivate9bSector

Part9b39bIntroduction

Chapter9b10:9bRisk9bAssessment:9bIdentifying9bHazards9band9bVulnerability

Chapter9b11:9bPreparedness9bActivities:9bPlanning9bto9bBe9bReady9bWhen9bDisaster9bHits9

b Chapter9b12:9bHazard9bMitigation9bPlanning:9bCreating9bStrategies9bto9bReduce9bVulnera

bility9 b Part9b49bIntroduction

Chapter9b13:9bDisaster9bResilience:9bLiving9bWith9bOur9bEnvironment




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Multiple-Choice,9bTrue/False
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Choice,9bTrue/False9bquestions.9bChoose9bthe9bbest9banswer.9bEach9bquestion9bis9 b worth9b49bpoints9bfor
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1. The9btypical9bcosts9bassociated9bwith9bhazards9bthat9baffect9bthe9bbuilt9benvironment9binclude:
a. economic
b. social
c. environmental
d. all9bof9bthe9babove


2. After9ba9bhazard9bevent,9becosystems:
a. can9bcause9bhuman-made9bdisasters
b. fail9bto9bsustain9bfurther9bplant9blife
c. can9bregenerate9band9bplant9band9banimal9blife9bcan9bbegin9banew
d. lose9btheir9bability9bto9bregenerate9banimal9blife


3. Over9bthe9blong-term,9bvolcanic9blava9band9bash:
a. prevent9bfuture9bplant9bgrowth
b. form9bfertile9bsoils9bthat9bstimulate9bnew9bplant9bgrowth
c. do9bnot9bproduce9bany9bbeneficial9bresults9bas9bcompared9bto9bother9bnatural9bhazards
d. remain9bunchanging9bcomponents9bin9bthe9bdelicate9bbalance9bof9bnature


4. The9bfollowing9bare9bnot9bconsidered9btypes9bof9bgeophysical9bprocesses9binvolved9bin9bnatural9bhazards
:
a. extraterrestrial
b. geographical




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, c. hydrological
d. meteorological


5. Systems9bof9bhazard9bmeasurement9bused9bby9bmeteorologists,9bhydrologists,9band9bother9bscie
ntists9 b include:
a. Saffir-Simpson9bscale
b. Richter9bscale
c. Modified9bMercalli9bscale
d. all9bof9bthe9babove


6. Natural9bhazards9bmay9bappear9bto9bbe9bincreasing9bin9bfrequency9bbecause9bof9ball9bof9bthe9bfol
lowing9b9bexcept:
a. heightened9bmedia9bexposure
b. increased9bdevelopment9bin9bvulnerable9bareas
c. strong9bbuilding9bcodes
d. the9beffects9bof9bclimate9bchange


7. We9bare9bexperiencing9bmore9bdisasters9bthan9bever9bbefore9bin9bour9bNation’s9bhistory9bbecause
a. Disasters9btend9bto9boccur9bin9b509byear9bcycles
b. Developers9bare9bmotivated9bmore9bby9bprofit9bthan9bby9bbuilding9benvironmentally9bfri
endly9 b structures
c. The9bpopulation9bdoesn’t9btake9bdisaster9bpreparation9bseriously
d. More9bdevelopment9band9bmore9bpeople9bare9bin9bharm’s9bway9bthan9bever9bbefore


8. Who9bfinances9bactivities9bof9blocal,9bstate,9band9bfederal9bgovernments9bbefore,9bduring,9band9b
after9ba9 b disaster?
a. the9btaxpayers
b. FEMA
c. Department9bof9bHomeland9bSecurity


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