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 		 Session 12:Self Test 10

1. A dam breaking is an example of:

a natural disaster

b technological disaster

c bad thing

d both "a" and "c"

 2 Which type of disaster is often shied away from

by disaster researchers and policy makers?

 
    1. political definitions of certain crisis situations
    2. physical traits
    3. physical impact
    4. assessment of physical impact

     3. Which statement is false?

       a.The low point of a technological catastrophe often

      is ambiguous.

      b.Technological catastrophes are perceived as a

      loss of control that should never happen.

      c.Technological catastrophes can occur without a human

      agent.

      d.The invisible damage in a technological catastrophe is

more powerful usually than the visible impact.

 4.The study involving residents living near a toxic waste site indicates:

 

a. living near the site of a potential technological

      catastrophe is more stressful than not living

      near such a site

      b rural populations are more anxious in the aggregate

      about any waste site than an urban population

      c. living near a waste site, regardless of possible adverse

      health effects, lowers ones self-esteem and property values

      d.no inferences can accurately be drawn because a large

percentage of the target sample are litigants whose

responses tainted the data

  

5.The longer a population is involved with a threat, the more

likely ______________.

 
    1. its members will be adversely affected by the threat
    2. its members will make adjustments to the threat
    3. the severity of a threat will be discounted
    4. the population is to become dependent on outside

resources

 6.The effects of natural disasters are usually __________,

while those of technological catastrophes tend to

be ___________.

 
    1. more physically powerful; less physically powerful
    2. acute; chronic
    3. chronic; acute
    4. none of the above

  

Answers to Self Test 10

 
    1. b
    2. a
    3. c
    4. a
    5. b
    6. b

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