Deck 13: Disaster Resilience

Question 1

While hazards are a function of the natural world, vulnerability to disasters is a function of

A) human action and behaviors
B) local and state planners
C) mother nature
D) federal government

Answer 1

A

Question 2

During the decade between 2000 and 2009, 54 weather and climate disaster exceeded $1_______, compared with 27 such events between 1980 and 1989.

A) thousand
B) million
C) billion
D) trillion

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, explained that building a culture of disaster prevention is difficult due to the fact that:

A) climate change impacts are uncertain
B) the benefits of taking action lie in the future
C) only wealthy countries are able to mitigate hazards
D) none of the above

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Research about the value of mitigation suggests that for every dollar invested in mitigation, _____ dollars are saved.

A) 2
B) 4
C) 8
D) 16

Question 5

Which of the following is a communication strategy to help the public understand and take actions to reduce risk?

A) Emphasize the benefits of personal actions rather than focusing on risk alone
B) Lead people to consider helping those more vulnerable than themselves
C) Start with small actions that are easy for people to adopt
D) All of the above

Question 6

As watersheds are developed, the increase in ____________, such as pavement and rooftops, causes more water from a storm to run off the land's surface into the drainage system and streams, and usually at a faster pace, than was the case before development.

A) porous surfaces
B) impervious surfaces
C) mall construction
D) all of the above

Question 7

____________________ is a method of using natural areas and ecological systems as a form of infrastructure to mitigate hazards and enhance the ecological health of an area.

A) Green infrastructure
B) Organic
C) Bio-engineering
D) Natural living

Question 8

Which of the following resources provides information that planners or emergency managers could use to incorporate the best available data during a risk assessment?

A) National Climate Assessment
B) State Climatologists
C) Climate Data Initiative
D) All of the above

Question 9

Every state has a State Hazard Mitigation Officer who provides support to local communities carrying out mitigaiton planning.

Question 10

Both the Netherlands and the United States build flood protection systems that predict communities up to the 100-year storm event.

Question 11

Due to mitigation efforts implemented around the United States, disaster losses have declined significantly over the last few decades.

Question 12

A major obstacle to implementing hazard reduction measures involves the public's misunderstanding of risk and the fact that most people do not want to believe that their community will ever experience disaster.

Question 13

Each type of nonprofit environmental organization pursues its own priorities, but many of their objectives may overlap with local or state management goals for hazard mitigation in environmentally sensitive or ecologically fragile lands.

Question 14

Some communities choose to model and plan for their flood risk based on the assumption that the land will be developed at a future time within the watershed.

Question 15

"No advere impact" refers to the concept that regulations about floodplain management should not negatively impact property values.

Question 16

The U.S. _______ is conducted every ten years and is a valuable source of information about demographic trends in the United States.

Question 17

Disaster ________ is defined as the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from, and more successfully adapt to adverse events.

Question 18

Effective risk _________ is an important role of emergency managers, because the public often do not want to believe that their community will ever experience a disaster.

Question 19

_______ is a software developed by FEMA to provide potential damage and loss estimates for earthquake, hurricanes, and flooding.

Question 20

If a given property has a 1% chance of flooding in any given year, it is typically described as being within the ____________.

Question 21

Imagine you are an emergency manager leading a campaign to increase the number of residents with active flood insurance policies. Describe what strategies and messages you would use in outreach materials and presentations.

Question 22

While no communities ever want to experience a disaster, explain why the aftermath of such an event is an important and valuable time to prioritize hazard mitigation.