1.9 Managing tectonic hazards: mitigation and adaptation Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Geography, Unit 1

The 20 questions

1. Which hazard management strategy directly modifies the tectonic event itself?

   • Disaster insurance
   • Lava diversion
   • Emergency aid
   • Community education

2. Which management strategy is specifically designed to modify community vulnerability?

   • Rebuilding infrastructure
   • Lava diversion
   • Public education
   • Emergency aid

3. Which management strategy is primarily used to modify disaster loss?

   • Lava diversion
   • Land-use zoning
   • Seismometer monitoring
   • Emergency aid

4. How does land-use zoning reduce the impact of tectonic hazards?

   • Predicting earthquakes
   • Diverting lava
   • Restricting development
   • Providing aid

5. Why might high-tech engineering defences fail during a major earthquake?

   • Exceeded design limits
   • Uninsured properties
   • Lack of aid
   • Inaccurate forecasts

6. What is the main role of non-governmental organisations in hazard management?

   • Monitoring faults
   • Building sea walls
   • Enforcing zoning
   • Delivering aid

7. Which low-cost strategy effectively reduces disaster risk in developing nations?

   • Lava diversion
   • High-tech sea walls
   • Community preparedness
   • Universal insurance

8. What factor most determines the overall effectiveness of a hazard management strategy?

   • Country size
   • Foreign aid amount
   • Local geographic context
   • Hazard magnitude alone

9. What advantage do social adaptation strategies offer over physical engineering alone?

   • Guaranteed safety
   • Instant economic growth
   • Greater vulnerability reduction
   • Total hazard prevention

10. Which engineering strategy alters the physical path of a volcanic hazard?

    • Land-use zoning
    • Diversion channels
    • Seismic monitoring
    • Building retrofitting

11. Which post-disaster phase immediately follows the emergency response period in the hazard management cycle?

    • Prediction
    • Rehabilitation
    • Preparedness
    • Mitigation

12. Which management strategy directly reduces physical damage to structures during an earthquake?

    • Hi-tech monitoring
    • Hazard-resistant design
    • Emergency aid
    • Land-use zoning

13. Providing emergency food and medical care after an earthquake is an example of which strategy?

    • Modify vulnerability
    • Modify the event
    • Modify loss
    • Modify resilience

14. What type of strategy involves communities altering their behaviour to live safely with hazards?

    • Mitigation
    • Modify the event
    • Loss absorption
    • Adaptation

15. Hi-tech monitoring and prediction systems are used to modify which aspect of a hazard?

    • Loss
    • Magnitude
    • Vulnerability
    • The event

16. Taking out insurance against earthquake damage is classified as which type of hazard strategy?

    • Modify magnitude
    • Modify the event
    • Modify loss
    • Modify vulnerability

17. Educating local residents and running evacuation drills modifies which aspect of a tectonic hazard?

    • Vulnerability
    • Magnitude
    • The event
    • Frequency

18. Which volcanic hazard can sometimes be managed using channels or barriers to modify the event?

    • Lahars
    • Pyroclastic flows
    • Lava flows
    • Ash falls

19. Which strategy aims to modify loss through short-term aid such as tents, food and water after an event?

    • Land-use zoning
    • Hi-tech monitoring
    • Emergency aid
    • Hazard-resistant design

20. Using hazard-resistant building design during an earthquake primarily modifies which factor?

    • Physical loss
    • Epicentre depth
    • Hazard magnitude
    • Fault slip rate

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