All of the Following Practices Would Tend to Minimize the Amount

Multiple Choice

All of the following practices would tend to minimize the amount of damage sustained by a particular building during an earthquake EXCEPT:

A) joining structural elements (floors, walls, ceilings) firmly rather than loosely.
B) locating the building as far as possible from an active fault.
C) using wood instead of concrete block as the building material.
D) building on unconsolidated sediment rather than on bedrock.