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If you encounter a person or an animal that has been struck by lightning, how should you respond?
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Jun 28, 2022
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fema
animal
lightening
electrocution
electric-charge
medical
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The ideal characteristics for building materials in seismically active areas are ductility and stiffness.
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
true-or-false
seismic
activity-area
ductility
stiffness
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A tall building has a longer natural period than a short one.
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
tall-building
natural-period
short-one
true-or-false
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answer
All faults will cause earthquakes.
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
fault
true-or-false
1
answer
A building constructed according to the NEHRP Provisions may sustain enough damage during an earthquake that
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
nehrp
provision
damage
true-or-false
demolished
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Temporary as well as permanent structures built following a disaster using Federal funds through the Stafford Act must
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
temporary
federal-government
stafford-act
executive-order
true-or-false
1
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All Federal agencies have the same seismic safety standards.
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
federal-government
seismic
safety-standards
true-or-false
1
answer
The owner of a new office building, currently under construction, is going to lease 20 percent of the building’s space
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
federal-government
executive-order
true-or-false
1
answer
Two of the objectives of NEHRP were to educate the public about earthquake risk reduction and increase the use of
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Jun 27, 2022
in
Education
education
education-quiz
earthquake
nehrp
risk-reduction
knowledge
mitigate
true-or-false
1
answer
If the region in which you live has not experienced an earthquake in 200 years, your earthquake hazard is low.
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
hazard
region
true-or-false
1
answer
What is the clearest indication that your community is seismically safe?
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
indication
seismic
hazard
building-code
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The Provisions consider a building’s seismicity and its Seismic Use Group and assign it to a _____________
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
provision
seismic
risk-category
design
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answer
Buildings are assigned to Seismic Use Groups on the basis of ______.
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
seismic
age
community-plan
construction
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answer
The NEHRP Provisions provide two seismic hazard maps that contain quantitative measures from which seismic forces on
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Jun 27, 2022
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Education
education
education-quiz
earthquake
nehrp
seismic
quantitative
fault
1
answer
Which of the following is not a horizontal bracing system?
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
bracing-system
diaphragm
shear-wall
braced-frame
moment-resistant
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Partitions, ceilings, and exterior walls can __________ a building’s vibration.
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
partition
ceiling
vibration
increase
transfer
dampen
eliminate
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When a building and the ground vibrate at the same rate, they resonate and the vibrations ______________.
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
vibrate
resonate
stress
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answer
Which term refers to powerful ocean waves caused by an earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption on the sea floor?
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
sea-floor
volcanic-eruption
landslide
tsunami
seiche
ductile
drift
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answer
Liquefaction occurs when:
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
liequefaction
seiche
motion
river
1
answer
The Richter Scale measures the __________ of an earthquake.
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
richer-scale
magnitude
speed
frequency
side-impact
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answer
The Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale measures the __________ of an earthquake.
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
mercalli
intensity-scale
magnitude
speed
frequency
side-impact
1
answer
Seismic waves generally travel much shorter distances on the West Coast than on the East Coast because:
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
seismic
west-coast
soil-composition
waves
1
answer
A fault is a fracture in the earth’s outer shell, on either side of which rock mass moves ______________.
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
fault
fracture
rock-mass
horizontal
vertical
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Earthquake activity can be caused by ___________ movement of plates.
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Jun 27, 2022
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education
education-quiz
earthquake
movement
plate
convergent
divergent
lateral
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___________ waves cause most of the damage to the built environment during an earthquake.
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Jun 27, 2022
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Education
education
education-quiz
earthquake
environment
body
primary
secondary
surface
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