Exam 2: Natural and Technological Hazards and Risk Assessment

All hurricanes begin as tropical storms.

Earthquakes can occur at any time of the year.

Which of the following is a secondary hazard caused by earthquakes?

The Richter scale is a measure of the consequences of an earthquake.

With modern technology,earthquakes are easy to predict and rarely come as a complete surprise to emergency managers.

River and stream gauges can provide information used to determine the need for sandbagging or dyke construction.

Which of the following is used to measure earthquake intensity?

Hurricane season runs annually during which of the following periods?

Which of the following disasters is the most frequent and widespread disaster in the United States,and in many other countries around the world?

Historically,which of the following have been the principal contributors to the loss of life and injuries and the property and infrastructure damage caused by hurricanes?

Building communities in the floodplain is an example of an activity that increases risk.

Storm surges can only occur from late fall to early spring.

A tropical storm officially becomes a hurricane when sustained wind speeds exceed how many miles per hour?

Historically,storm surge and high winds have been the principal contributors to the loss of life and injuries resulting from hurricanes.

Which of the following describes a storm surge?

Which of the following is not a stage in the development of a hurricane?

Which of the following is not known to be a contributor to flooding?

Financial well-being is an indicator that an individual or a society will protect themselves from the possible damaging effects of hazards.

Which of the following can be defined as "a source of danger that may or may not lead to an emergency"?

In recent years,significant advances have been made in hurricane tracking technology,to the extent that they can be tracked from the moment they form as tropical waves off the coast of West Africa to their landfall in the United States.