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What does resilience refer to?
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?
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?
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?
What is the scope of the discussion regarding hazards in the study guide?
Which of the following is NOT a type of hazard mentioned in the text?
Which of the following is NOT a type of hazard mentioned in the text?
What is the main focus of emergency events?
What is the main focus of emergency events?
Which of the following natural hazards is included in the tectonic (seismic) category?
Which of the following natural hazards is included in the tectonic (seismic) category?
Which type of hazard is often attributed to failures of existing technologies?
Which type of hazard is often attributed to failures of existing technologies?
What does the term 'vulnerability' refer to?
What does the term 'vulnerability' refer to?
What combination does 'risk' refer to?
What combination does 'risk' refer to?
Which category does terrorism hazard include?
Which category does terrorism hazard include?
What does a cybersecurity-related disaster involve?
What does a cybersecurity-related disaster involve?
What can enterprises do to increase their resilience?
What can enterprises do to increase their resilience?
Which of the following is a mass-movement natural hazard?
Which of the following is a mass-movement natural hazard?
What does resilience refer to?
What does resilience refer to?
What are the specific categories of hydrologic hazards?
What are the specific categories of hydrologic hazards?
What is the key factor in determining risk?
What is the key factor in determining risk?
What is the primary characteristic of disasters caused by terrorist attacks?
What is the primary characteristic of disasters caused by terrorist attacks?
