100% tevredenheidsgarantie Direct beschikbaar na je betaling Lees online óf als PDF Geen vaste maandelijkse kosten
logo-home
Eerder door jou gezocht
Eerder door jou gezocht
logo
Natural Hazards and Disasters 5th Edition By Hyndman - Test Bank €21,53
In winkelwagen
Snel navigeren naar
Voorbeeld
  2.  
  3. Natural Hazards - Test Bank
  4.  
  5. Natural Hazards - Test Bank
  6.  
  7. Natural Hazards - Test Bank

Tentamen (uitwerkingen)

Natural Hazards and Disasters 5th Edition By Hyndman - Test Bank
 0 keer verkocht
  • Vak
  • Natural Hazards - Test Bank
  • Instelling
  • Natural Hazards - Test Bank

1. Early warning systems provide about 10 minutes’ warning for populations near the epicenter of an earthquake. a. True b. False ANSWER: False REFERENCES: Predictions and Short-term Forecasts KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember 2. Changes in groundwater level are an effective predic...

[Meer zien]

Voorbeeld 4 van de 190  pagina's

Document informatie

  • 18 september 2023
  • 190
  • 2022/2023
  • Tentamen (uitwerkingen)
  • Vragen en antwoorden

Onderwerpen

  • complete test bank
  • natural hazards and disasters
  • all chapters included with answers

Geschreven voor

  • Natural Hazards - Test Bank
  • Natural Hazards - Test Bank
  • Natural Hazards - Test Bank
Alle documenten voor dit vak (1)

Verkoper

avatar-seller
ExamsExpert

Ontvangen beoordelingen

Voorbeeld van de inhoud

,Chapter 01 - Natural Hazards and Disasters
1. A natural system in equilibrium will never experience a natural disaster.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

2. The uninsured losses caused by a catastrophic events are almost always less than the insured losses caused.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

3. Climate change is expected to increase the magnitude and frequency of natural disasters.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

4. The magnitude of a natural disaster is directly proportional to the frequency of the event.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Predicting Catastrophe
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

5. All natural disasters have detectable precursor events.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Relationships Among Events
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

6. Land-use rules to avoid disaster costs are often easy to implement.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Mitigating Hazards
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

7. Developers and private individuals often oppose land-use restrictions that prevent use of hazardous areas.
a. True
b. False

Cengage Learning Testing, Powered by Cognero Page 1

,Chapter 01 - Natural Hazards and Disasters

ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Mitigating Hazards
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

8. Poor families are more likely to be victims of natural disasters if they live in developing, but not developed, countries.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Mitigating Hazards
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

9. Insurance covers all known types of natural hazards.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Mitigating Hazards
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

10. Efforts to control natural hazards are usually successful.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Living With Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

11. People choose to live in hazardous areas for a variety of reasons. Which is the LEAST likely reason why a person in a
developing country would decide to live in a hazardous area?
a. More attractive scenery is usually found at hazardous areas
b. Less hazardous areas are unaffordable or unavailable.
c. The location has access to clean water.
d. The location has access to fertile land.
e. The person does not know the history of potential hazards.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

12. What does it mean to say that a potential hazard is in equilibrium?
a. The cost of a disaster is equal to the value of developing the area.
b. There is a balance in forces that will prevent the hazard from causing a disaster.
c. The probability that a disaster will occur is equal to the probability that a disaster will not occur.
d. The probability of a disaster is constant over time.
e. There is a temporary balance in forces that prevents a disaster at the current time.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand
Cengage Learning Testing, Powered by Cognero Page 2

, Chapter 01 - Natural Hazards and Disasters


13. An event which causes damage to life and property, but does not kill or injure large numbers of people or cause
extensive property damage is called a(n) ____.
a. national disaster
b. natural disaster
c. natural hazard
d. natural catastrophe
e. national catastrophe
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Remember

14. In terms of fatalities, the most dangerous natural disasters are caused by ____.
a. sudden seismic events like earthquakes and volcanoes
b. small extreme weather in the form of thunderstorms and tornadoes
c. long-term weather patterns that cause drought
d. ocean processes like tsunamis and storm surges
e. large extreme weather events like hurricanes
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

15. In comparison to developing countries, catastrophic natural disasters in developed countries are most likely to cause
____.
a. more economic damage, but less loss of life
b. less economic damage, but more loss of life
c. equal amounts of economic damage and loss of life
d. very little economic damage or loss of life
e. an unpredictable mix of economic damage and loss of life
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

16. The cost of natural disasters is ____.
a. increasing steadily each year due to population growth
b. increasing steadily each year due to economic growth
c. variable from year to year due to the unpredictability of natural disasters and their effects
d. increasing steadily each year due to population and economic growth
e. decreasing steadily each year due to improved forecasting and public awareness
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: Catastrophes in Nature
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Understand

17. The cost of natural disasters averaged over the previous ten years has ____ due in part to ____.
a. increased; increased population and economic growth
Cengage Learning Testing, Powered by Cognero Page 3

Dit zijn jouw voordelen als je samenvattingen koopt bij Stuvia:

Bewezen kwaliteit door reviews

Bewezen kwaliteit door reviews

Studenten hebben al meer dan 850.000 samenvattingen beoordeeld. Zo weet jij zeker dat je de beste keuze maakt!

In een paar klikken geregeld

In een paar klikken geregeld

Geen gedoe — betaal gewoon eenmalig met iDeal, creditcard of je Stuvia-tegoed en je bent klaar. Geen abonnement nodig.

Direct to-the-point

Direct to-the-point

Studenten maken samenvattingen voor studenten. Dat betekent: actuele inhoud waar jij écht wat aan hebt. Geen overbodige details!

Veelgestelde vragen

Wat krijg ik als ik dit document koop?

Je krijgt een PDF, die direct beschikbaar is na je aankoop. Het gekochte document is altijd, overal en oneindig toegankelijk via je profiel.

Tevredenheidsgarantie: hoe werkt dat?

Onze tevredenheidsgarantie zorgt ervoor dat je altijd een studiedocument vindt dat goed bij je past. Je vult een formulier in en onze klantenservice regelt de rest.

Van wie koop ik deze samenvatting?

Stuvia is een marktplaats, je koop dit document dus niet van ons, maar van verkoper ExamsExpert. Stuvia faciliteert de betaling aan de verkoper.

Zit ik meteen vast aan een abonnement?

Nee, je koopt alleen deze samenvatting voor €21,53. Je zit daarna nergens aan vast.

Is Stuvia te vertrouwen?

4,6 sterren op Google & Trustpilot (+1000 reviews)

Afgelopen 30 dagen zijn er 70713 samenvattingen verkocht

Opgericht in 2010, al 15 jaar dé plek om samenvattingen te kopen

Begin nu gratis

Laatst bekeken door jou

Tentamen (uitwerkingen) ·

(0)

Louisiana Notary -Homework Chapter 24 Exam Questions & Answers

Voordeelbundel ·

(0)

PALS Bundled Exams with complete solutions(Everything is here)

Tentamen (uitwerkingen) ·

(0)

ICRC CCAPP test | Questions and Correct Answers | Latest Update 2024/2025

College aantekeningen ·

(1)

College-aantekeningen van het vak Goederenrecht (eigen cijfer: 7)

Tentamen (uitwerkingen) ·

(0)

NUR 2092 pharm ch 26 drugs questions and answers with solutions 2024

Tentamen (uitwerkingen) ·

(0)

BOC Self Assessment Exam 4 Questions With All Correct Answers.

Tentamen (uitwerkingen) ·

(0)

ECS2606 Assignment 1 Semester 2 2024 (583390) - DUE 15 August 2024

Tentamen (uitwerkingen) ·

(1)

USA Weightlifting Cert Exam questions & answers latest update!!

Samenvatting ·

(0)

Samenvatting Psychopathologie van kinderen en adolescenten VUB

€21,53
  • (0)
In winkelwagen
Toegevoegd