Resilience in Business
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Resilience in Business

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What does resilience refer to?

  • The ability to recover quickly from difficulties (correct)
  • The ability to prevent any business disruption
  • The ability to manage daily emergencies effortlessly
  • The ability to predict disasters accurately

    • What distinguishes disasters from emergencies?

  • Disasters are natural, while emergencies are man-made
  • Disasters overwhelm the capacity to respond, while emergencies are easily handled by police and fire services
  • Disasters are predictable, while emergencies are unexpected
  • Disasters require considerable time to recover, while emergencies are usually managed without difficulty (correct)

    • What are hazards in the context of the text?

  • Daily challenges faced by businesses
  • Predictable warning signs of impending disasters
  • Opportunities for communities to come together and support each other
  • Sources of potential harm to a community’s population, environment, property, infrastructure, and/or business (correct)

    • What is the scope of the discussion regarding hazards in the study guide?

    <p>Natural, technological, and terrorism hazards</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a type of hazard mentioned in the text?

    <p>Economic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main focus of emergency events?

    <p>Dedication of police, fire, or emergency medical services (EMS)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following natural hazards is included in the tectonic (seismic) category?

    <p>Volcanoes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of hazard is often attributed to failures of existing technologies?

    <p>Technological or man-made hazards</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'vulnerability' refer to?

    <p>The propensity to incur damage from a disaster</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What combination does 'risk' refer to?

    <p>Probability of an event and its impact</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which category does terrorism hazard include?

    <p>Cyber (computer-related) attacks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a cybersecurity-related disaster involve?

    <p>Recovery of hardware, software, or data files</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can enterprises do to increase their resilience?

    <p>Perform disaster preparedness and mitigation activities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a mass-movement natural hazard?

    <p>Sinkholes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does resilience refer to?

    <p>The ability to withstand potential disasters.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the specific categories of hydrologic hazards?

    <p>Floods, drought, coastal/soil erosion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the key factor in determining risk?

    <p>Probability of an event.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary characteristic of disasters caused by terrorist attacks?

    <p>Service disruption caused by system malfunctions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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