Natural Hazards and Disasters 5th Edition By Hyndman – Test Bank

1. Long fault lines spread out stress and produce smaller earthquakes than short ones.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   False

REFERENCES:   Faults and Earthquakes

KEYWORDS:   Bloom’s: Remember

2. Stresses cause rocks to deform; earthquakes occur as the rock can no longer deform and ruptures.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   True

REFERENCES:   Faults and Earthquakes

KEYWORDS:   Bloom’s: Remember

3. Earthquakes always occur at plate boundaries.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   False

REFERENCES:   Tectonic Environment of Faults

KEYWORDS:   Bloom’s: Remember

4. Normal faults are most common near subduction zones.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   False

REFERENCES:   Tectonic Environment of Faults

KEYWORDS:   Bloom’s: Remember

5. Transform boundaries are most closely associated with reverse thrust faults.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   False

REFERENCES:   Tectonic Environment of Faults

KEYWORDS:   Bloom’s: Remember

6. The first earthquake waves received by a seismograph near the epicenter are P waves.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   True

REFERENCES:   Earthquake Waves

KEYWORDS:   Bloom’s: Remember

7. The distance to the epicenter is determined by the time delay between the arrival of P and S waves.

  a.  True

  b.  False

ANSWER:   True

REFERENCES:   Earthquake Waves

KEYWORDS:   Bloom’s: Remember