This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Mitigation Strategies – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Mitigation Strategies Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are CCS techniques? A) Commercial-carbon-sequestration techniques. B) Continental-carbon-storage techniques. C) Carbon-catch-storehouse techniques. D) Carbon-capture-and-storage techniques. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon-capture-and-storage techniques. 2. Besides making seismic hazard maps, what are other ways to mitigate for earthquakes? A) Accurate recording and interpretation of ground shaking. B) Building resilient structures. C) All of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the above. 3. Measuring radon gas levels in the soil A) Prediction. B) Protection. C) Planning. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prediction. 4. Which of the following definitions describes HAZUS? A) A three-dimensional modeling program that analyzes the placement of levee systems. B) A user-oriented tool for estimating losses from floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes. C) A meteorological tracking system that provides early warning for tornadoes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A user-oriented tool for estimating losses from floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes. 5. A scientist is constructing a device that will predict exactly where hurricanes will travel. This device could save many lives but will be extremely expensive. Which term describes the high cost of this device? A) Criteria. B) Benefit. C) Constraint. D) Technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constraint. 6. The level of risk of a disaster depends on A) Nature of the hazard. B) Vulnerability of the elements which are affected. C) Economic value of the elements which are affected. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. Structural controls are controversial as a mitigation tool for which of the following reasons? A) They can have negative effects on the areas they are not protecting. B) They can give people protected by them a false sense of security. C) They can cause increased development in disaster-prone areas. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 8. What should you do if there is sinkhole in your place? A) Run as if there's no danger around. B) Call a friend and check the bottom of the sinkhole. C) Call on emergency hotline and report it immediately. D) Ignore it and let people see the sinkhole by themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Call on emergency hotline and report it immediately. 9. A hurricane destroyed a coastal town. Afterward, the town was rebuilt. Which term describes the rebuilding process after a natural disaster? A) Mitigation. B) Response. C) Preparation. D) Recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recovery. 10. Relocation assistance is an example of which mitigation technique? A) Design and construction applications. B) Financial incentives. C) Land-use planning. D) Insurance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Financial incentives. 11. Earthquake kits of keep in the home A) Prediction. B) Protection. C) Planning. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Planning. 12. The movement of the earth's plates causes A) Cyclones. B) Earthquakes. C) Thunderstorms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earthquakes. 13. Which of the following is true about adaptation to climate change? A) Adaptation only occurs as a response to disaster situations. B) Adaptation involves adjusting to a changing environment. C) Adaptation conflicts with sustainable development. D) Adaptation is not necessary if mitigation occurs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adaptation involves adjusting to a changing environment. 14. Which of the following limits development near known earthquake faults in California? A) Presidential Decision Directive 21-99. B) The Alquist-Priola Act. C) The Johnson Amendment. D) The Snyder reorganization Bill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Alquist-Priola Act. 15. What is the accurate definition of climate change mitigation? A) The efforts to reduce or prevent CFC in the atmosphere. B) The efforts to reduce or prevent Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. C) The efforts to reduce or prevent the expected effects of climatic change. D) The efforts to reduce or prevent build-up of GHGs in the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The efforts to reduce or prevent build-up of GHGs in the atmosphere. 16. Earthquake Drills at school A) Prediction. B) Protection. C) Planning. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Planning. 17. Which of the following agriculture practices could contribute the most to reducing GHG emissions. A) Reducing use of pesticides. B) Reducing access of cattle to watercourses. C) Increasing irrigation. D) Cultivating varieties of rice that grow under drier conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cultivating varieties of rice that grow under drier conditions. 18. Which community will be least affected by an earthquake? A) A densely populated community that has earthquake preparedness measures in place. B) A community that experiences an earthquake with a depth of focus of 100km. C) A community that is within 1km radius of the epicentre. D) A community that experiences an earthquake of magnitude 7.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A community that experiences an earthquake with a depth of focus of 100km. 19. Engineers have been asked to develop a plan to reduce the effects of hurricanes on a coastal community. Which is the first step engineers should take when developing a plan to reduce the effect of a natural hazard? A) Identify a need. B) Propose a solution. C) Evaluate a solution. D) Determine criteria and constraints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Identify a need. 20. Carbon-capture-and-storage are: A) An ecocentric strategy of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. B) A biocentric strategy of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. C) A technocentric strategy of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. D) An anthropocentric strategy of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A technocentric strategy of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. 21. Which mitigation strategies work to stabilise or reduce GHG emissions? A) Build flood defences. B) Seed clouds to encourage rainfall. C) Sustainable agriculture. D) Increase reservoirs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustainable agriculture. 22. Which of the following is not an adaptation measure? A) Improving sustainable urban drainage. B) Improving water supplies. C) Use of nuclear power. D) Developing coastal defenses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use of nuclear power. 23. Having shutters on windows A) Prediction. B) Protection. C) Planning. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protection. 24. Which compound/element may be added to the ocean waters to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere? A) Iron. B) Aluminum. C) Uranium. D) Copper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iron. 25. Mitigation often involves which of the following players? A) Land-use planners. B) Business owners. C) Politicians. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 26. Which of the following is/are warning sign/s that a sinkhole may be forming? A) Discolored water. B) Wilting vegetation. C) Structural cracks in walls or floors. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 27. What is the term used to describe the dry mass of an organism at each trophic level that can be used as a fuel source? A) Diesel. B) Biomass. C) Fuel cells. D) Petrol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biomass. 28. Buildings with rubber shock absorbers in their foundations A) Prediction. B) Protection. C) Planning. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protection. 29. What is the temporary state in which loose soil and rock materials take on the property of a liquid? A) Aftershock. B) Liquefaction. C) Tsunami. D) Seismic Gap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liquefaction. 30. Scientists and engineers work together to try to reduce the damage from natural hazards. Which term is used to describe the process? A) Mitigation. B) Technology. C) Scientific Method. D) Controlling Variables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mitigation. 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