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Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness
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k3rd Edition By Sandler, All 13 Chapters Covered
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,Table of Contents
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Chapterk1:kHazardskandkDisasters
Chapterk2:kPreparedness,kHazardkMitigation,kandkClimatekChangek Par
tk1kIntroduction
Chapterk3:kMeteorologicalkandkHydrologicalkHazards:kHurricanes,kSeakLevelkRise,kFloods,kDrought,k Wild
fire,kTornadoes,kSeverekWinterkWeather,kandkExtremekHeat
Chapterk 4:k Geologicalk Hazards:k Earthquakes,k Tsunamis,k Volcanoes,k Landslides,k Coastalk Erosion,k andkL
andkSubsidence
Chapterk5:kHuman-
MadekHazards:kTerrorism,kCivilkUnrestkandkTechnologicalkHazardsk Partk2kIntroduction
Chapterk6:kRolekofkthekFederalkGovernmentkinkDisasterkManagementk C
hapterk7:kMitigatingkHazardskatkthekStatekLevel
Chapterk8:kLocalkGovernmentkPowers:kBuildingkResiliencekfromkthekGroundkUpk Chapterk9:k
CommunitykResiliencekandkthekPrivatekSector
Partk3kIntroduction
Chapterk10:kRiskkAssessment:kIdentifyingkHazardskandkVulnerability
Chapterk11:kPreparednesskActivities:kPlanningktokBekReadykWhenkDisasterkHitsk Chapterk1
2:kHazardkMitigationkPlanning:kCreatingkStrategiesktokReducekVulnerabilityk Partk4kIntrodu
ction
Chapterk13:kDisasterkResilience:kLivingkWithkOurkEnvironment
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, Answers at the end of each chapter
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Multiple-Choice,kTrue/False
Belowkarek15kMultiple-
Choice,kTrue/Falsekquestions.kChoosekthekbestkanswer.kEachkquestionkisk worthk4kpointskforkaktotalkofk6
0kpoints:
1. Thektypicalkcostskassociatedkwithkhazardskthatkaffectkthekbuiltkenvironmentkinclude:
a. economic
b. social
c. environmental
d. allkofkthekabove
2. Afterkakhazardkevent,kecosystems:
a. cankcausekhuman-madekdisasters
b. failktoksustainkfurtherkplantklife
c. cankregeneratekandkplantkandkanimalklifekcankbeginkanew
d. losektheirkabilityktokregeneratekanimalklife
3. Overktheklong-term,kvolcanicklavakandkash:
a. preventkfuturekplantkgrowth
b. formkfertileksoilskthatkstimulateknewkplantkgrowth
c. doknotkproducekanykbeneficialkresultskaskcomparedktokotherknaturalkhazards
d. remainkunchangingkcomponentskinkthekdelicatekbalancekofknature
4. Thekfollowingkareknotkconsideredktypeskofkgeophysicalkprocesseskinvolvedkinknaturalkhazards:
a. extraterrestrial
b. geographical
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, c. hydrological
d. meteorological
5. Systemskofkhazardkmeasurementkusedkbykmeteorologists,khydrologists,kandkotherkscientistsk incl
ude:
a. Saffir-Simpsonkscale
b. Richterkscale
c. ModifiedkMercallikscale
d. allkofkthekabove
6. Naturalkhazardskmaykappearktokbekincreasingkinkfrequencykbecausekofkallkofkthekfollowingkke
xcept:
a. heightenedkmediakexposure
b. increasedkdevelopmentkinkvulnerablekareas
c. strongkbuildingkcodes
d. thekeffectskofkclimatekchange
7. WekarekexperiencingkmorekdisasterskthankeverkbeforekinkourkNation’skhistorykbecause
a. Disastersktendktokoccurkink50kyearkcycles
b. Developerskarekmotivatedkmorekbykprofitkthankbykbuildingkenvironmentallykfriendlyk st
ructures
c. Thekpopulationkdoesn’tktakekdisasterkpreparationkseriously
d. Morekdevelopmentkandkmorekpeoplekarekinkharm’skwaykthankeverkbefore
8. Whokfinanceskactivitieskofklocal,kstate,kandkfederalkgovernmentskbefore,kduring,kandkafterkak d
isaster?
a. thektaxpayers
b. FEMA
c. DepartmentkofkHomelandkSecurity
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