ESM204




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ESM204

1 / 50

1.

The worst
avalanches
disaster in the UsA
occured in ______
in the cascade
range of
washington

2 / 50

2.

Snow avalanches
are common
features of
mountainous
terrain throughout
arctic and
________ regions
where snow is
deposited on
slopes steeper than
20 degrees

3 / 50

3.

The following can
be used for
volcanic forcasting
and warning

4 / 50

4.

Switzerland has a
relatively large
number of
avalanche deaths
amounting to some
____ fatalities per
year

5 / 50

5.

The strength of
landslide materials
is the maximum
resistance to shear
stress and depend
on _____

6 / 50

6.

Avalanches deals
with the movement
of ______

7 / 50

7.

Which of these is a
type of landslide

8 / 50

8.

Heat emission was
one of the first
volcanic features to
be sensed remotely
and has proved a
valuable means of
____

9 / 50

9.

Snow avalanche
problems have
risen in recent
decades due to the
greater use of ____
areas of winter
recreation

10 / 50

10.

During an eruption
of cotopari in ____ ,
so much ice and
snow was melted
that enormous
lathers, were
released about
160km Long.

11 / 50

11.

_______ barrier
can be used to
diver lava streams
away from valuable
property if the
topography is
favourable.

12 / 50

12.

Which is the odd
out?

13 / 50

13.

Carbondioxide is
dangerous because
of the following
reasons
EXCEPT______.

14 / 50

14.

Which of these is
NOT a cause of
Landslide?

15 / 50

15.

_______ are
downslope
movement of
fluidities soil and
other material
acting as viscous
mass.

16 / 50

16.

The crater lake or
Taal Volcanoe is
located in_____

17 / 50

17.

After evacuees
have reached the
required support
services which
include____

18 / 50

18.

Which of these
devices is used to
get information on
the relative ground
displacement?

19 / 50

19.

The worst volcanic
disaster in the
world since the
eruption of mont.
pelee occured as a
result of lather
following the 1985
eruption of the
Nevado del Ruz
volcano in ______.

20 / 50

20.

The following are
types of landslide
terrain except____

21 / 50

21.

The US forest
service closed
public access to the
Baker Lake
Recreation area in
_____

22 / 50

22.

The crater lake or
Taal Volcanoe is
located in_____.

23 / 50

23.

_______ slides are
sometimes known
as block glides and
debris slide

24 / 50

24.

The most important
precausors of
volcanic eruptions
include the
following except

25 / 50

25.

When thermal
monitoring as
magma rises to the
surface, It might be
expected to
produce an
increase in
_______

26 / 50

26.

The ____
technique which
was first employed
to control lava flows
durin the 1960
eruption of
Kilauca,Hawaii in a
sponteous
experiment by a
local fire chief.

27 / 50

27.

Abnormal seismic
activity over a
12month period
eventually lead to
the evacuation of
_____ people from
around the
Volcanoe in the
events at La
Soufriere, on the
Island of
Guadaloupe,Lesser
Antilles in 1976.

28 / 50

28.

The following are
classes of landslide
movement
except_____.

29 / 50

29.

The following
CANNOT be used
for volcanic
forcasting and
warning.

30 / 50

30.

Angles below 20
degrees are
generally too low
for failure to occur
and most slopes
above ____
degrees rarely
accumulate
sufficient snow to
pose a major
hazard

31 / 50

31.

______ are
movement of
debris(mainly
rocks) transported
through the air.

32 / 50

32.

The first known
attempt to divert a
lava flow in sicily in
______.

33 / 50

33.

The following are
tropical cities at risk
of debris flow
Except

34 / 50

34.

The downslope
movement of large
volume of surface
materials under
gravitational force
is called ____

35 / 50

35.

The Following are
common features
of volcanic related
ground failure
EXCEPT.

36 / 50

36.

Which of these is
NOT a type of
Landslides?

37 / 50

37.

The ____ countries
are notable for
avanlanches
related to minning
disasters

38 / 50

38.

The avalanche
problem has
always been more
severe in Europe
than north America
because ____ is
higher in the former
than the latter

39 / 50

39.

Heat emission was
one of the first
volcanic features to
be sensed remotely
and has proved a
valuable means of
____.

40 / 50

40.

Landslide deals
with the movement
of ______

41 / 50

41.

Which of these is
NOT a method of
preventing Lava
flow

42 / 50

42.

The world's ______
cars(as at 2000)
are among the
main culprits
contributing to the
growing problem of
acid rain.

43 / 50

43.

Acid rain can be
controlled by the
following EXCEPT
____

44 / 50

44.

Lather slides
andDebar
Avalanches are
associated with
eruption of deictic
magma which have
the following
characteristics
EXCEPT

45 / 50

45.

Experts have
predicted that the
Lake Chad may dry
up completely by
2010, this will have
the following
implications
EXCEPT ______.

46 / 50

46.

The landslide
disaster which
affected the city of
Ancona central Italy
in 1982 is a good
example of _____
Landslide

47 / 50

47.

Part of the
problems in
studying air
pollutants is that
they are
_________.

48 / 50

48.

The Following are
common features
of volcanic related
ground failure
EXCEPT

49 / 50

49.

The landslide
disaster that heat
Vaiont Dam in the
piavely valley,
northern Italy on
Oct. 1963 is an
example of ____

50 / 50

50.

Avalanche
frequency is thus
related to slope
angle with most
events occuring on
intermediate slope
gradient of between
______

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