This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Mitigation Strategies – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Mitigation Strategies Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which mitigation strategies work to remove GHG from the atmosphere? A) Use more biomass as a source of fuel. B) Reduce waste energy by being more efficient. C) Seed clouds to encourage rainfall. D) Adopt carbon taxes and remove fossil fuel subsidies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use more biomass as a source of fuel. 2. Engineers are designing a bridge that will better withstand earthquake forces. What is the process called when engineers use a computer to see what happens to their design during an earthquake? A) Variables. B) Navigation. C) Prediction. D) Modeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Modeling. 3. Name the greenhouse gas emitted from fertilizers. A) Sulfur dioxide. B) Nitrous oxide. C) Zinc oxide. D) Iron iodide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrous oxide. 4. Which of the following is an example of a design or construction mitigation technique? A) Flood Insurance. B) Building a levee on the banks of a river. C) Landscaping considerations. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Landscaping considerations. 5. Type of stress associated with a convergent boundary. A) Tensional stress. B) Compressional stress. C) Sheer stress. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compressional stress. 6. What is a large ocean wave that results from an underwater earthquake? A) Seismic Gap. B) Tsunami. C) Aftershock. D) Liquefaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tsunami. 7. Kyoto Protocol was signed in ..... A) 1997. B) 1999. C) 1979. D) 1992. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1997. 8. What is the accurate definition of climate change adaptation? A) The efforts to reduce or prevent CFC in the atmosphere. B) The efforts to reduce or prevent build-up of GHGs in the atmosphere. C) The efforts to reduce or prevent the expected effects of climatic change. D) The efforts to reduce or prevent Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The efforts to reduce or prevent the expected effects of climatic change. 9. Which of the following statements about carbon capture and storage (CCS) techniques is true? A) CCS makes a rapid difference to atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. B) CCS has potential for future use. C) CCS is a relatively cheap option. D) CCS is proven to be a reliable option. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CCS has potential for future use. 10. During which of the following phases of the emergency management cycle is there traditionally the greatest opportunity for mitigation? A) Before disasters occur. B) During the disaster recovery. C) During the disaster response. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) During the disaster recovery. 11. What is the Richter Scale? A) A system of measuring the strength of earthquakes. B) A system of measuring the height of volcanoes. C) A system of measuring the depth of the ocean. D) A system of measuring the wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A system of measuring the strength of earthquakes. 12. When did the Kyoto Protocol come into effect? A) 2015. B) 1995. C) 2005. D) 1997. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2005. 13. Which of the following regions use the highest amount of electricity from fossil fuels A) North America. B) Africa. C) Western Europe. D) Australia and New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) North America. 14. Which mitigation strategies would work on a huge scale in order to intervene? A) Adopt carbon taxes and remove fossil fuel subsidies. B) Reduce waste energy by being more efficient. C) Send mirrors into space in order to reflect sunlight away from the Earth. D) Use of alternatives to fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Send mirrors into space in order to reflect sunlight away from the Earth. 15. Which of the following is a flood-specific insurance-based mitigation program? A) NFIP. B) ICE. C) BIA. D) FEMA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NFIP. 16. Which mode of transport may be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions locally? A) Bicycles. B) Cars. C) Buses. D) Trains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bicycles. 17. Students at school are learning about earthquakes. They practice ways to protect themselves from falling objects during an earthquake. This is an example of A) Preparation. B) Recovery. C) Mitigation. D) Response. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preparation. 18. . Strategies for land use planning include which of the following? A) Acquisition. B) Easements. C) Floodplain management plans. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. UN-REDD projects involves which of the following? A) Paying communities who live in the area to grow and protect trees. B) Using volunteers to grow and protect trees. C) Improving availability of tree products. D) Excluding local people from forested areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paying communities who live in the area to grow and protect trees. 20. Which of the following disaster types is considered difficult to analyze in regards to risk? A) Terrorism. B) Wild Fires. C) Tornadoes. D) Hurricanes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terrorism. 21. Which of these is an adaptation strategy? A) Set national limits on GHG production and a carbon credit system. B) Increase photosynthesis by planting trees. C) Release sulphur dioxide from planes to increase global dimming. D) Vaccination programme against waterborne diseases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vaccination programme against waterborne diseases. 22. What does mitigation mean? A) Making something worse. B) Changing your behaviour. C) Making something less severe. D) Changing your responses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Making something less severe. 23. The main reason that makes Paris Agreement hard to implement is ..... A) Cooperation among countries. B) War. C) Countries's commitment. D) Funding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Countries's commitment. 24. What's the main reason of countries that heavily depended on industrial activity to refuse global treaty in environment? A) The impossibility to prevent climate change. B) Only developed countries got the benefit from the treaty. C) Because it may damage their economy. D) They don't believe in climate change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because it may damage their economy. 25. What is the best method for a geologist to find a scientific explanation for varying levels of damage in a city after an earthquake? A) Conduct a survey of residents in each area. B) Analyze the strength of previous earthquakes that have struck the same area. C) Review local newspaper reports. D) Create a computer model that takes into account different variables. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Create a computer model that takes into account different variables. 26. Suspension bridges that sway A) Prediction. B) Protection. C) Planning. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protection. 27. A group of firefighters and police officers have been trained in search and rescue. A tornado hits a nearby town and they are sent to look through rubble for survivors. This is an example of: A) Mitigation. B) Response. C) Preparation. D) Recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Response. 28. Kyoto Protocol, the first-ever legally binding commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, was signed in ..... A) 1992. B) 1979. C) 1999. D) 1997. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1997. 29. The intervention in the climate system of the Earth through strategies such as atmospheric carbon dioxide removal or regulation of solar radiation is otherwise called: A) Mitigation. B) Geo-engineering. C) Adaptation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geo-engineering. 30. Which of the following is a mitigation measure to climate change A) Enforcing best current technology. B) Prohibiting certain types of industrial processes. C) Carbon Tax policy. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesMitigation Strategies Quiz 1Mitigation Strategies Quiz 3Air Pollution QuizAnthropogenic Activities And Their Impacts On Environment QuizBiomass Energy QuizBiomedical Waste QuizClimate Change And Its Socio Economic And Political Dimensions QuizConvention On Biodiversity Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books