Hazard Management - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is a hazard?

A potential danger or risk caused by natural or human causes and has the potential to cause loss of life, injury, property, socio-economic disruption.

A catastrophic event that causes serious loss of life or disruption to a community.

Natural factors that cause loss of human life.

Cultural factors causing a large disruption to the economic and social functioning of an area.

2.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

Which three factors combine to make a hazard a disaster?

Causes severe damage and endangers lives

A country that has a small defense force and police force.

Event occurs near property and population.

An area that is very vulnerable due to low income, lack of emergency plans and few preventative measures.

3.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following are natural hazards?

Geomorphic eg. volcano and tsunami

Atmospheric eg. trpoical cyclone, heat wave,bush fire

Technological hazards eg. train crash, oil spill, nuclear explosion.

Hyrogical eg. drought, flood.

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Spatial distribution refers to

how features or objects are arranged on the earth's surface.

how two features are linked in a similar pattern on the earth's surface.

how planets are arranged.

the arrangement of features over time.

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The measurement of the strength or intensity of a hazard is

magnitude

duration

frequency

scale of impact

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The length of time people are exposed to a hazard can affect the impact of the hazard. This is known as the hazard

magnitude

duration

frequency

probability

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The number of times an area experiences the hazard is known as the hazard

frequency

magnitude

duration

probability

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

If a country tries to mitigate the impact. of a hazard it

develops strategies and plans to reduce the severity of the hazard.

reduces the economic impact of the hazard.

develops strategies to protect natural vegetation from the hazard.

reduces the social impact of a hazard.

9.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

What does risk mean?

How strong the hazard is.

A person performing a dangerous act.

the probability of a hazard causing harmful consequences on people.

how exposed people are to the hazard.

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Risk can be thought of or calulated by

strength of the hazard x size of the population

vulnerability / size of population

hazard x damage caused

hazard x vulnerability

11.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

What factors affect the level of vulnerability?

Level of affluence ( wealth) of population

Education concerning hazard.

Health and age of population

Emergency infrastructure and warning systems

Human actions that increase hazard eg. deforestation, building on slopes.

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What are the three stages of risk management?

identify, manage, recovery

spatial, technical, economic.

pre-disaster- mitigation, prevention,prepare.

During disaster- response

Post disaster- recovery, relief, rescue and rehabilitation.

mitiagtion

prevention

preparedness

13.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

What is the difference between a natural hazard and a natural disaster?

They are exactly the same

A hazard is what could happen, a disaster is after it has an impact on humans

I disaster is what could happen, a hazard is after it has an impact on humans

Hurricanes and tsunamis are natural disasters, but earthquakes and volcanoes are hazards

14.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

What technologies currently exist to mitigate the effect of hurricanes?

There is currently no technology

Build buildings in circles with surrounding walls

Build buildings out of renewable resources

Elevate buildings and cities; build flood walls

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What are the three P's of earthquake management?

Predict, Procrastinate, Prevent

Predict, Prepare, Prevent

Predict, Postulate, Prevent

Predict, Prepare, Paralyse

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Of these four natural hazards, which is the hardest to predict?

Tsunamis

Volcanoes

Tropical Cyclones

Earthquakes

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