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______________ advocates attempt to reduce all earthquake losses in various ways. |
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Seismic Safety |
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Damaged Structures |
| 2. |
Advocates can be almost anyone: people whose jobs involve public safety; design professionals who want to make a difference; those who work in organizations with missions to increase seismic safety; and citizen-activists who have a personal stake in earthquake safety.
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True |
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False |
| 3. |
Each earthquake is a unique combination of characteristics. They are: |
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Location |
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Magnitude and Depth |
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Type of fault |
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Mechanism of fault rupture |
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Direction of rupture |
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All of the above |
| 4. |
The intensity of an earthquake describes the absolute size of the event. It is a measure of the energy released by the earthquake. |
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True |
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False |
| 5. |
Sandy and water-saturated soils can also experience ______________, in which the ground turns to mush during the shaking and loses its ability to support structures. |
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Liquefaction |
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Earthquake |
| 6. |
Based on historic earthquakes and evidence of prehistoric earthquakes, seismologists are able to estimate the long-term probabilities of earthquakes in seismically active areas. |
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True |
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False |
| 7. |
What does FEMA stand for? |
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Federal Emergency Management Agency |
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Federal Emergency Management Association |
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Federal Emergency Maintenance Agency |
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None of the above |
| 8. |
___________________ are intended to protect people inside buildings by preventing collapse and allowing for safe evacuation. |
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Seismic codes |
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Earthquake Proof
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| 9. |
Structures built according to code should resist minor earthquakes undamaged, resist moderate earthquakes without significant structural damage, and resist severe earthquakes without collapse. |
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True |
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False |
| 10. |
Steel-frame high-rises and newer wood frame low-rises are usually (but not always) the __________ structure types. |
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Safest |
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Hazardous |
| 11. |
What does IBC stand for? |
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International Building Code |
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International Building Council |
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Independent Board of Councils |
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None of the above |
| 12. |
The seismic provisions of building codes are based on earthquake hazard maps that show the probabilities of certain levels of earthquake shaking in particular areas. |
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True |
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False |
| 13. |
Building plan review, construction inspection, and a qualified and trained building department staff are necessary for _____________________ .
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Code enforcement |
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Geological Survey |
| 14. |
What does NEHRP stand for? |
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National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program |
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National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Plan |
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National Engineering Hazards Reduction Program |
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National Engineering Hydrology Reduction Plan |
| 15. |
Earthquake safety shouldn’t be only about earthquakes. Link it to other issues such as homeland security, economic sustainability, environmental protection, quality of life, livability, school safety, and historic preservation.
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True |
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False |
| 16. |
What does GIS stand for?
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Geographic Information Systems |
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Geological Information System |
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Geographical Information Services |
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None of the above |
| 17. |
When communicating with the public, policy-makers, decision-makers, or any other audience about earthquake hazards, it’s enough to focus only on the scientific information you want to convey. |
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True |
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False |
| 18. |
The contents and interiors of _________________ buildings may be extensively damaged in an earthquake and the building may not be functional until repairs and clean-up are completed. |
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Code-compliant |
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Load Resistant |
| 19. |
Complying with a seismic code adds relatively little to the costs of a structure. |
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True |
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False |
| 20. |
The model building codes and the seismic provisions are revised every _____________ to incorporate new knowledge |
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3 years |
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5 years |
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