Question 1

Which of these natural hazards causes the LEAST amount of fatalities in the United States annually?

Accepted Answer

A)  volcanoes 
B)  heat and drought 
C)  lightning 
D)  winter weather 
E)  tornadoes 
A)  volcanoes 
B)  heat and drought 
C)  lightning 
D)  winter weather 
E)  tornadoes

Question 2

What kind of natural hazards are NOT normally insurable?

Accepted Answer

A)  earthquakes 
B)  volcanoes 
C)  landslides 
D)  floods 
E)  windstorms 
A)  earthquakes 
B)  volcanoes 
C)  landslides 
D)  floods 
E)  windstorms

Question 3

Why are people who live on coastal beaches so poorly aware or concerned about hazards in those environments?

Accepted Answer

Most of them,including develop

Question 4

If you erect a barrier for protection against some natural event,what detrimental effect can follow?

Accepted Answer

A)  You shouldn't try to do so because such barriers typically cost more than the structures they are designed to protect. 
B)  National laws require that anything that interfaces with natural processes be done by federal agencies. 
C)  Similar projects by others nearby will make your efforts ineffective. 
D)  Nature is strong enough to immediately overwhelm your efforts, which are then wasted. 
E)  It can have detrimental effects on others nearby. 
A)  You shouldn't try to do so because such barriers typically cost more than the structures they are designed to protect. 
B)  National laws require that anything that interfaces with natural processes be done by federal agencies. 
C)  Similar projects by others nearby will make your efforts ineffective. 
D)  Nature is strong enough to immediately overwhelm your efforts, which are then wasted. 
E)  It can have detrimental effects on others nearby.

Question 5

You are on the zoning board for a small town near an active fault line.The board is deciding how to efficiently accommodate a larger student body by either choosing to (1)renovate the town's existing high school or (2)build a new school for the same cost on cheap land closer to the fault line.Explain why it would be better to renovate the school at the current location than to build a new school for the same price.

Accepted Answer

Building on cheap land close t

Question 6

Areas of cities that are subjected to significant natural hazards should be used for which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  office buildings because they can withstand the effects of the hazard 
B)  inexpensive single-family houses 
C)  parks and natural areas 
D)  shopping malls 
E)  factories and industrial complexes 
A)  office buildings because they can withstand the effects of the hazard 
B)  inexpensive single-family houses 
C)  parks and natural areas 
D)  shopping malls 
E)  factories and industrial complexes

Question 7

How does government policy sometimes act counterproductively in reference to mitigating natural hazards?

Accepted Answer

Congress funds losses but does not act t

Question 8

After a hurricane devastates a coastal community,you are a part of a team of people going in to help victims cope with the disaster and rebuild their lives.One victim is very set on rebuilding his home in the exact same location as before the disaster.What would you say to that victim and what advice would you give him?

Accepted Answer

Natural disasters can be cyclic and repe

Question 9

An insurance company decides on the cost of a policy for a natural hazard by:

Accepted Answer

A)  adding up the total cost of the most recent disaster of the type. 
B)  multiplying the probability of the loss by the number of policies sold. 
C)  averaging their probable dollar loss for all disasters that they insure. 
D)  calculating the cost of the probable loss times the probability of that event. 
E)  multiplying the cost of the largest loss of that type times the number of times that loss has occurred. 
A)  adding up the total cost of the most recent disaster of the type. 
B)  multiplying the probability of the loss by the number of policies sold. 
C)  averaging their probable dollar loss for all disasters that they insure. 
D)  calculating the cost of the probable loss times the probability of that event. 
E)  multiplying the cost of the largest loss of that type times the number of times that loss has occurred.

Question 10

Would you rather live in an area that has historically experienced a natural hazard,a natural disaster,or a catastrophe? Is there any environment in which these processes do not exist?

Accepted Answer

A natural hazard would be the least thre

Question 11

Natural disasters generally involve which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  events with a single clear-cut cause 
B)  events that involve overlapping natural causes 
C)  events wholly caused by the activities of man 
D)  events that are unaffected by the activities of man 
E)  events that always involve interaction between closely related processes 
A)  events with a single clear-cut cause 
B)  events that involve overlapping natural causes 
C)  events wholly caused by the activities of man 
D)  events that are unaffected by the activities of man 
E)  events that always involve interaction between closely related processes

Question 12

When is a large event such as a major earthquake NOT a disaster?

Accepted Answer

A)  when it happens in a faraway country that we do not care about 
B)  when it happens to less than 10,000 people 
C)  when it happens to less than 1,000 people 
D)  when it happens in an area without any people 
E)  when it happens in a third-world country in which more than 20% of the population subsists on less than $2 per day 
A)  when it happens in a faraway country that we do not care about 
B)  when it happens to less than 10,000 people 
C)  when it happens to less than 1,000 people 
D)  when it happens in an area without any people 
E)  when it happens in a third-world country in which more than 20% of the population subsists on less than $2 per day

Question 13

A natural disaster is fractal.Explain what this means and how it provides insight into larger events.

Accepted Answer

A natural disaster looks the s

Question 14

A fractal system is one that involves which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  numerous intersecting fractures 
B)  similarity in form at a wide range of scales 
C)  completely unrelated processes that interact to produce an event 
D)  closely related processes that interact to produce a larger event 
E)  processes that are unrelated and static 
A)  numerous intersecting fractures 
B)  similarity in form at a wide range of scales 
C)  completely unrelated processes that interact to produce an event 
D)  closely related processes that interact to produce a larger event 
E)  processes that are unrelated and static

Question 15

Which natural hazard causes the GREATEST amount of fatalities in the United States annually?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which natural hazard causes the GREATEST amount...

Which of these natural hazards causes the LEAST amount of fatalities in the United States annually?

What kind of natural hazards are NOT normally insurable?

Why are people who live on coastal beaches so poorly aware or concerned about hazards in those environments?

If you erect a barrier for protection against some natural event,what detrimental effect can follow?

Areas of cities that are subjected to significant natural hazards should be used for which of the following?

How does government policy sometimes act counterproductively in reference to mitigating natural hazards?

An insurance company decides on the cost of a policy for a natural hazard by:

Would you rather live in an area that has historically experienced a natural hazard,a natural disaster,or a catastrophe? Is there any environment in which these processes do not exist?

Natural disasters generally involve which of the following?

When is a large event such as a major earthquake NOT a disaster?

A natural disaster is fractal.Explain what this means and how it provides insight into larger events.

A fractal system is one that involves which of the following?

Which natural hazard causes the GREATEST amount of fatalities in the United States annually?

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Earthquake Prediction and Mitigation

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Volcanoes: Tectonic Environments and Eruptions

Volcanoes: Hazards and Mitigation

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Sinkholes, Land Subsidence, and Swelling Soils

Weather, Thunderstorms, And Tornadoes

Climate Change

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Waves,Beaches,And Coastal Erosion

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Exam 1: Natural Hazards and Disasters

Which of these natural hazards causes the LEAST amount of fatalities in the United States annually?

What kind of natural hazards are NOT normally insurable?

Why are people who live on coastal beaches so poorly aware or concerned about hazards in those environments?

If you erect a barrier for protection against some natural event,what detrimental effect can follow?

Areas of cities that are subjected to significant natural hazards should be used for which of the following?

How does government policy sometimes act counterproductively in reference to mitigating natural hazards?

An insurance company decides on the cost of a policy for a natural hazard by:

Would you rather live in an area that has historically experienced a natural hazard,a natural disaster,or a catastrophe? Is there any environment in which these processes do not exist?

Natural disasters generally involve which of the following?

When is a large event such as a major earthquake NOT a disaster?

A natural disaster is fractal.Explain what this means and how it provides insight into larger events.

A fractal system is one that involves which of the following?

Which natural hazard causes the GREATEST amount of fatalities in the United States annually?

Plate Tectonics and Physical Hazards

Earthquakes and Their Causes

Earthquake Prediction and Mitigation

Tsunami

Volcanoes: Tectonic Environments and Eruptions

Volcanoes: Hazards and Mitigation

Landslides and Other Downslope Movements

Sinkholes, Land Subsidence, and Swelling Soils

Weather, Thunderstorms, And Tornadoes

Climate Change

Streams And Flood Processes

Floods And Human Interactions

Waves,Beaches,And Coastal Erosion

Hurricanes and Nor’easters

Wildfires

Impact of Asteroids and Comets

The Future: Where Do We Go From Here?

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