The weather around us changes from time to time, at times the change may be dangerous to people. Emergency protocols are put in place to ensure safety. How conversant are you with emergency protocols? Take up this quiz on the 20th book and find out. Remember to always be safe.
"scale"
"heft''
"grade'
"magnitude"
"enormity"
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Landmass and ocean
Cartesian x,y points
North pole and south pole
Latitude and longitude
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Socio-economic characteristics
Overcrowding
Formation of new households/families
In-migration, out-migration
AIl of the choices
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'Hazard' can be avoided while 'risk' always resultin disaster
'Hazard' can be remedied or mitigated while risk is imminent and inevitable.
'Hazard'is merely geologic while risk is essentially economic.
'Hazard' refers to likely occurrence of natural events while 'risk' involves clear and present threat to human life, propety, and.community welfare.'
Land-use plans
Development control or management
Land titles
Hazard assessment
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Sloping topography in bowl-like formation
Permeable soils
Plasticity of clay bottom
Filtration by its wetlands
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Good for one household
Intended for ownership
Completely surrounded by a yard
With one or more of its sides abutting the property line
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Photogrammetry
Orthophotography
Remote sensing
Geomatics
Geodetics
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Tidal power and Ocean current
Coal and natural gas
Solar energy
Geothennal
Methane and biogas from sanitary landfills, septic tanks, sewage treatment
Biomass
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Auditory
Olfactory
Visual
Themal
tactile
Kinesthetic
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Culde sac, horseshoe design, and motorcourt
Usable open space
Complementarity of building types
Preservation of significant natural land features
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Mixed use zoning rather than conventional exclusionary zoning
Design of walkable, bikable, sociable, health-oriented settlements
Residential,commercial, institutional uses are integrated & clustered
Interconnected modes of transport
Compact development through infilling
All of the choices
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Outstanding landscapes, Seascapes, and ViewScapes
Planetarium, space observatory, and science centrum
Heritage sites and historic places
(D) municipal plazas and public parks
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Absorbs air pollution
Gives off oxygen
Cools the air as Water transpires
Provides habitat to wild beasts
Provides shade withless electricity required
Muffles noise and creates anisland of peace
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'oikos' or the dynamics of the home as a collection of kindred individuals
Human thrill and excitement derived from living with biodiverse species and wild beasts
Rhythm and balance of the ecosystem; human communion with Nature in a spiritual as well as ethical sennse
Man's self-satisfaction as the apex of Creation and master-subduer of the Earth as stated in the Holy Scnptures
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Vector
Polygon
Curvature
Field
Node
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Infill, densification, property conversion, retrofitting
Vertical, horizontal,diagonal,curvilinear
Beauty, amenity, safety, convenie:ice.functionality
Land use, transport network, layout, building types,density
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Raptures
Fault scarp
Earthquakes
Continental drift
Plate tectonics
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Reforestation
Miniature Forestry
Urban Forestry
Silvicuture
Agro-Forestry
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Impermeable surfaces tend to inhibitinfiltration and thus increase peak flood discharges
Storm sewers tend to route runoff to streams more quickly and thus reduce the lag times
Urbanization tends to decrease the recurrence interval of any given flood
Urbanization tends to increase the frequency of any given flood
All of the choices
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35 and below
36 to 150
151 to 210
211and above
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Krypton
Coal
Hydropower
Titanium
Natural gas
Ethanol
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Greenfield site located within short walking distance to many common amenities
Public rental housng connected by on-ramps to alarge freeway intersection
Seven-storey commercial building linked to•a food processing plant at a center a 10 hectare complex
Socialized housing site beside academic buildings of a state university
Suburban brownfield within 500 meters from light rail public transportation
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Auditory
Olfactory
Visual
Thermal
Tactile
Kinesthetic
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Percolation
Evapo-transpiration
Sedimentation
Nundation
Infiltration
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Gridiron or rectilinear
Circumferential & radial
Un-linear/strip development
Irregular free pattern
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Simple Dispersion
Concentrated Dispersion
Simple Concentration
Compact Development
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National Housing Authority
Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
Securities and Exchange Commission
Presidential Commission on the Urban Poor
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council
Professional Regulation Commission
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Visual blight
Litter and nuisance
Aesthetic decay
Street anarchy
Communicative pollution
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Kelvin Aberration
Pollution Plumes
Thennal Dorne
Infernal City
Urban Heat Island
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Carinderia
Farm and poultry
Day care center
guardhouse
Warehouse
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Vertex (8) vortex
Centrifuge
Intercept
intersect
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NEDA
HUDCC
NHA
HLURB
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Historic paths of Philippines' 21 cyclones average per year over a ten-year period
Precipitation, cloudiness, mean temperature,wind patterns of southwest & northeast monsoons, high tide and low tide
Location of population, type of climate, average rainfall,slope, elevation, rivers and waterways, 50 yr or 100-yr flood level
Coastal surges, saltwater intrusion,groundwater overdraft,land subsidence, loss of soil strength, liquefaction hazard
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4 kms
5 kms
6 kms
7 kms
8 kms
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1 : 1,000
1 : 2,000
1 : 5,000
1 : 25,000
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Proposed land use
Agro-ecological zones
Heritage & tourism overlay zones
Disaster-resilient communities
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Reducing the peak cooling load
Reducing the running hours of the chiller
Increasing ventilation rates
Increasing the size of chiller required
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Avalanche
Mass wasting
Crustal abrasion
Erosion by wind
Shear stress
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Milionaires 'row
Red light boulevard
Gentrification yacht and polo club
Large lot zoning
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(A) areas with critical slopes
Natural parks, Watershed reserves, Wildlife preserves, and Sanctuaries.
Areas traditionally occupied by ICCs/lPS
Habitat of any endangered or threatened species or indigenous Philippine Wildlife (flora and fauna)
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The time required to clean up an area following a flood
The time it takes for emergency officials to provide relief to residents of a flood-stricken area
The time it takes for streamflow to travel from the drainage divide to the mouth of the stream
The time between rainfall and peak streamflow
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Oversized roadside tarpaulin signs
Height restrictions in zoning
Large smokestack cylinders and industrial chimneys
Trees in urban parks and on street medians
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Jane Jacobs
Ian McHarg
Konstantinos Doxiadis
Rachel Carson
Ame Naess
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Planting trees that can provide food for building occupants such as mango,avocado, apple, and orange trees.
Landscape design_ that requires little or no irrigation or maintenance
Using artificial turf in place of real glass on parts of a building
Advanced drip irrigation system that responds to water demand by sensing soil moisture content
Landscape design that directs the flow of rainwater on-site to the area that requires the most irrigation.
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A reductionin subsurface.fluid pressures within sedimentarylayers
An increase in weight at the land surface
A heavy rainfall for a prolonged time period
The dissolution of soluble bedrock suclh as limestone exposed at the land surface
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Critical distance
Hypnotic distance
Flight distance
Personal distance
Social distance
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Legibility
Imageability
SIR - smooth interpersonal relations
Conviviality
Peace and tranquility
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