Question 1

Acoustic flow monitors can be used to stabilize a slope prone to landslides.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What was the most likely trigger for the massive rock avalanche in Frank,Alberta in 1903?

Accepted Answer

A)  heavy melting of snow followed by a drop in temperature 
B)  an earthquake 
C)  road building 
D)  piling heavy rocks at the top of the slope 
E)  coal mining 
A)  heavy melting of snow followed by a drop in temperature 
B)  an earthquake 
C)  road building 
D)  piling heavy rocks at the top of the slope 
E)  coal mining

Question 3

Describe the importance of rainstorms in slide generation.

Accepted Answer

During rainstorms slope materi

Question 4

The costs of landslide prevention are typically much lower than the costs of damage caused by landslides.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Clearcutting timber on geologically stable land has little influence on landslide-related erosion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

During a heavy rainstorm,of the following choices,what kind of slope failure would you expect (would be most likely)?

Accepted Answer

A)  debris flow 
B)  rock avalanche 
C)  slump 
D)  rock fall 
E)  quick clay slide 
A)  debris flow 
B)  rock avalanche 
C)  slump 
D)  rock fall 
E)  quick clay slide

Question 7

What type of landslide hazard threatens houses at the mouths of canyons?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What type of landslide hazard threatens houses...

Question 8

Subaqueous (underwater)landslides

Accepted Answer

A)  are characteristically simple events. 
B)  usually travel short distances. 
C)  can change into a turbidity currents. 
D)  cause earthquakes. 
E)  occur in shallow water. 
A)  are characteristically simple events. 
B)  usually travel short distances. 
C)  can change into a turbidity currents. 
D)  cause earthquakes. 
E)  occur in shallow water.

Question 9

Cutting into sensitive slopes and increasing the flow of water over slopes can help manage natural landslides.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In a slump,material fails

Accepted Answer

A)  along a failure surface that is curved upward. 
B)  along a failure surface that is curved downward. 
C)  along a failure surface that is flat. 
D)  along a vertical failure surface. 
E)  along a failure surface that is nearly horizontal. 
A)  along a failure surface that is curved upward. 
B)  along a failure surface that is curved downward. 
C)  along a failure surface that is flat. 
D)  along a vertical failure surface. 
E)  along a failure surface that is nearly horizontal.

Question 11

The term 'creep' is used to describe the flow of rock and/or sediment at rates of

Accepted Answer

A)  several kilometres per year. 
B)  several hundred kilometres per hour. 
C)  several metres per hour. 
D)  a few millimetres to centimetres per year. 
E)  several metres per second 
A)  several kilometres per year. 
B)  several hundred kilometres per hour. 
C)  several metres per hour. 
D)  a few millimetres to centimetres per year. 
E)  several metres per second

Question 12

For the 1959 Pandemonium Creek landslide in British Columbia,a velocity of 290 km/hr was estimated by

Accepted Answer

A)  acquiring transmission data from sequential cutting of telegraph cables. 
B)  measuring superelevation data from the run-up zone. 
C)  first-hand accounts of surveyors monitoring the region. 
D)  measuring the distance the flow travelled. 
E)  measuring the scour depth in the source region. 
A)  acquiring transmission data from sequential cutting of telegraph cables. 
B)  measuring superelevation data from the run-up zone. 
C)  first-hand accounts of surveyors monitoring the region. 
D)  measuring the distance the flow travelled. 
E)  measuring the scour depth in the source region.

Question 13

The factor of safety is the ratio of

Accepted Answer

A)  material strength to gravity. 
B)  shear strength to resisting forces. 
C)  frictional forces to driving forces. 
D)  resisting forces to driving forces. 
E)  material strength to frictional forces. 
A)  material strength to gravity. 
B)  shear strength to resisting forces. 
C)  frictional forces to driving forces. 
D)  resisting forces to driving forces. 
E)  material strength to frictional forces.

Question 14

What is colluvium and what is its significance to landslides?

Accepted Answer

Colluvium is a mixture of weat

Question 15

A fall and a slide are different names for the same type of landslide.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

When considering landslides,the term 'hazard' refers to the vulnerability of an area to landslides and takes into account population and infrastructure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What are the two basic patterns of landslide movement?

Accepted Answer

Rotational

Question 18

A turbidity current occurs under water.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Frank slide is Canada's best known landslide and a classic example of

Accepted Answer

A)  a rockfall. 
B)  a rock avalanche. 
C)  a debris avalanche. 
D)  a rockslide. 
E)  a debris slide. 
A)  a rockfall. 
B)  a rock avalanche. 
C)  a debris avalanche. 
D)  a rockslide. 
E)  a debris slide.

Question 20

Liquefaction is a process that

Accepted Answer

A)  requires an earthquake to take place. 
B)  only occurs in clays. 
C)  only affects small areas. 
D)  results in loss of strength within a sediment. 
E)  caused the Hope landslide. 
A)  requires an earthquake to take place. 
B)  only occurs in clays. 
C)  only affects small areas. 
D)  results in loss of strength within a sediment. 
E)  caused the Hope landslide.

Acoustic flow monitors can be used to stabilize a slope prone to landslides.

What was the most likely trigger for the massive rock avalanche in Frank,Alberta in 1903?

Describe the importance of rainstorms in slide generation.

The costs of landslide prevention are typically much lower than the costs of damage caused by landslides.

Clearcutting timber on geologically stable land has little influence on landslide-related erosion.

During a heavy rainstorm,of the following choices,what kind of slope failure would you expect (would be most likely)?

What type of landslide hazard threatens houses at the mouths of canyons?

Subaqueous (underwater)landslides

Cutting into sensitive slopes and increasing the flow of water over slopes can help manage natural landslides.

In a slump,material fails

The term 'creep' is used to describe the flow of rock and/or sediment at rates of

For the 1959 Pandemonium Creek landslide in British Columbia,a velocity of 290 km/hr was estimated by

The factor of safety is the ratio of

What is colluvium and what is its significance to landslides?

A fall and a slide are different names for the same type of landslide.

When considering landslides,the term 'hazard' refers to the vulnerability of an area to landslides and takes into account population and infrastructure.

What are the two basic patterns of landslide movement?

A turbidity current occurs under water.

The Frank slide is Canada's best known landslide and a classic example of

Liquefaction is a process that

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Exam 6: Landslides

Acoustic flow monitors can be used to stabilize a slope prone to landslides.

What was the most likely trigger for the massive rock avalanche in Frank,Alberta in 1903?

Describe the importance of rainstorms in slide generation.

The costs of landslide prevention are typically much lower than the costs of damage caused by landslides.

Clearcutting timber on geologically stable land has little influence on landslide-related erosion.

During a heavy rainstorm,of the following choices,what kind of slope failure would you expect (would be most likely)?

What type of landslide hazard threatens houses at the mouths of canyons?

Subaqueous (underwater)landslides

Cutting into sensitive slopes and increasing the flow of water over slopes can help manage natural landslides.

In a slump,material fails

The term 'creep' is used to describe the flow of rock and/or sediment at rates of

For the 1959 Pandemonium Creek landslide in British Columbia,a velocity of 290 km/hr was estimated by

The factor of safety is the ratio of

What is colluvium and what is its significance to landslides?

A fall and a slide are different names for the same type of landslide.

When considering landslides,the term 'hazard' refers to the vulnerability of an area to landslides and takes into account population and infrastructure.

What are the two basic patterns of landslide movement?

A turbidity current occurs under water.

The Frank slide is Canada's best known landslide and a classic example of

Liquefaction is a process that

Introduction to Natural Hazards

Internal Structure of Earth and Plate Tectonics

Earthquakes

Tsunamis

Volcanoes and Volcanic Eruptions

Snow Avalanches

Subsidence and Soil Expansion and Contraction

River Flooding

Atmosphere and Severe Weather

Hurricanes and Extratropical Cyclones

Waves, Currents, and Coastlines

Wildfires

Climate Change

Meteorite Impacts and Extinctions

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