Quiz 1 Questions

It refers to potentially damaging physical event, phenomenon or human activity, that may cause injury or loss of life, property, damage, social and economic disruptions or environmental degradation.

• Risk

• Disaster

• Hazard

• Calamity

It refers to physical, social, economic, and environmental factors which increase the susceptibility to be impacted by hazards. It engages resistance and resilience.

• Hazard

• Exposure

• Vulnerability

• Risk

It is the total value of elements at-risk. It is expressed as the number of human lives, and value of the properties, that can potentially be affected by hazards. It is also a function of the geographic location of the elements.

• Risk

• Hazard

• Vulnerability

• Exposure

Combination of the probability of an event and its negative consequences

• Hazard

• Exposure

• Vulnerability

• Risk

Which statement is correct:

• Impact based forecasting aims to move from forecasting what the weather will do to what the weather will be.

• The goal of Forecast Based Action (FBA) is to anticipate disasters, prevent, or at least significantly lessen, their impact, if possible, reducing human suffering and loss.

• Co-production is not a critical part of the effective development of any product or service, and especially so with IBF.

• Developing an impact-based forecasting service does not require partnerships and

  collaboration.

_________ provides the information needed to act before disasters to minimize the socio-economic costs of weather and climate hazards.

________ is a set of actions taken to prevent or mitigate potential disaster impacts before a shock or before acute impacts are felt.

Risk assessments are the keystone of impact-based forecasting and require information on the following dimension/s:

• Hazard

• Exposure

• Vulnerability

• All of the above

EAP stands for:

• Early Action Plan

• Early Action Protocol

• Early Action Program

• Emergency Assistance Program

Which statement is correct:

• Hazard-based forecasts and warnings often use hydrometeorological thresholds based on the magnitude of the vulnerability.

• Risk assessments do not include individual analysis of risk factors.

• Lead times for forecasts and warnings do not vary significantly.

• Vulnerability and exposure changes over time, particularly after an extreme weather event.