Disaster Management MCQs :- appsc | upsc

1) In which Phase of Disaster damage Assessment is done?
(a) Warning phase
(b) Impact Phase
(c) Rescue phase
(d) Re-Habilitation Phase
Answer: (d)

2) In relation to Disaster Preparedness, which one of the following is more serious from response point of view?
(a) 1st alert
(b) 2nd alert
Answer: (b)

3) A physical situation which may cause human injury, damage to property or the environment, is called
(a) Hazard
(b) Risk
Answer: (a)

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4) The likelihood of an undesired event occurring within a particular period or under specified circumstances is known as
(a) Hazard
(b) Risk
Answer: (b)

5) Which of the following is the main contributory cause for Pipeline Disasters in the world?
(a) Third-party Activity
(b) Corrosion
(c) Mechanical failure
(d) Operational failures
Answer: (a)

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6) Root Cause Analysis of Disasters can be done through which of the following methods?
(a) HAZOP
(b) Checklist
(c) Consequence Analysis
(d) Why-Why
Answer: (d)

7) ‘Blow-Out’ is a Natural Disaster.
(a) Yes
(b) No
Answer: (b)

8) The principle which takes into account the precautions to be taken being on safer side and avoidance of taking undue risks from hazards, the damage potential of which is not yet fully known, is known as:
(a) Guiding Principle
(b) Risk Assessment Principle
(c) Hazard Analysis Principle
(d) Precautionary Principle
Answer: (d)

9) The agreement or understanding that has been reached among various nearby industries to help each other during emergency is called:
(a) Memorandum of Agreement
(b) Agreement of Mock-exercise
(c) Industrial Charter
(d) Mutual-Aid Agreement
Answer: (d)

10) How many Safety Integrity Levels exists?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
Answer: (d)

11) Which of the following SIL levels represents Catastrophic impacts of a Disaster?
(a) SIL-1
(b) SIL-2
(c) SIL-3
(d) SIL-4
Answer: (d)

12) What could be the Primary and Secondary Protections for protection of a vessel against Over-pressure situation?
(a) PSH and PSV
(b) PSL and ESS
(c) LSL and ESD
(d) FSL and FSV
Answer: (a)

13) In a Oil and Gas Drilling rig, an area within 4.5 m of the shale shaker in open air is considered as:
(a) Zone-1
(b) Zone-2
(c) Zone-0
Answer: (a)

14) The area within 3 meter from the discharge nozzle of the relief valve is considered as:
(a) Zone-0
(b) Zone-2
(c) Zone-1
Answer: (b)

15) Which of the following will be found on a Material Safety Data Sheet?
(a) Spill and leak procedures
(b) Health Hazard Information
(c) Special protection Information
(d) All of the above
Answer: (d)

16) Section 2 of an MSDS will have information about
(a) Hazardous ingredirents
(b) Fire and Explosion data
(c) Reactivity data
(d) Manufacturers’ data
Answer: (a)

17) In case of an emergency involving a chemical or product, an emergency telephone number can be found in which section of the MSDS?
(a) Section 1
(b) Section 2
(c) Section 5
(d) Section 8
Answer: (a)

18) The yellow portion of a NFPA diamond represents:
(a) Health Hazard
(b) Flammability Hazard
(c) Reactivity Hazard
(d) Special Hazard Information
Answer: (b)

19) The ill-health effect caused by one-time, sudden, high exposures is often called:
(a) Chronic effect
(b) Acute effect
(c) Systematic effect
Answer: (b)

20) Monitoring the levels of exposure to toxic substances is medically done through analysis of body fluids e.g. blood, urine, expired air etc. The process is known as:
(a) Condition monitoring
(b) Biological conditioning
(c) Exposure monitoring
(d) Biological monitoring
Answer: (d)

21) The ratio of Amount of toxic chemical to the IDLH value of the chemical is called:
(a) Fire Load
(b) Toxic Load
(c) Pollution Load
(d) Toxicological Load
Answer: (b)

22) Which of the following steps of Toxic Risk Assessment exercise considers the possible routes of entry of chemicals into body and its reaction thereby?
(a) 1st step
(b) 2nd step
(c) 3rd step
(d) 4th step
Answer: (c)

23) About 2 ppm of Chlorine concentration in Air causes?
(a) Irritation of eyes and nose
(b) Irritation of throat
(c) Intense cough & fits
(d) Immediate death
Answer: (a)

24) If ‘Cash’ is a hazard, theft is the consequence, then if ‘electricity’ is the hazard, what could be the consequence ?
(a) Damage
(b) Hearing loss
(c) loss of water
(d) shock
Answer: (d)

25) What is the purpose of hazard identification in Disaster preparedness?
(a) to identify the probable causes of disasters
(b) to identify the probable disaster scenarios
(c) to quatify the consequences
(d) to suggest mitigation measures
Answer: (b)

26) ‘Pareto Analysis’ is a:
(a) Risk quantification technique
(b) Risk analysis technique
(c) Risk mitigation technique
(d) Risk prioritization technique
Answer: (d)

27) ‘HAZID’ is done to carry out safety hazard identification, what is it known as which is used for identification of environmental issues?
(a) ENVID
(b) WBCSD
(c) ENVDI
(d) Sustainability
Answer: (a)

28) Atmospheric Stability Class D corresponds to which of the following weather conditions?
(a) Slightly Stable
(b) Stable
(c) Highly unstable
(d) Neutral
Answer: (d)

29) An estimated Risk of $2 times 10^{-4}$ per year means:
(a) One chance in 100 years
(b) One chance in 10000 years
(c) Two chances in 10000 years
(d) Two chances in every 1000 years
Answer: (c)

30) When unacceptable risk is brought under the acceptability criteria through additional risk reduction measures, the identified risk is said to be within
(a) As low as Regularly Possible (ALARP) zone
(b) As low as Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) zone
(c) As low as Reasonably Possible (ALARP) zone
(d) As low as Rationally Probable (ALARP) zone
Answer: (b)

31) In Risk Analysis, Vulnerability Model represents:
(a) How many persons will be effected due to exposure
(b) How much area will be effected due to the event
(c) How long the effect will last in the community
(d) How probable that the community will be effected
Answer: (a)

32) Under damage criteria due to explosion pressure wave, 0.3 bar over pressure represents that:
(a) 10% houses will get damaged
(b) 90% houses will be seriously damaged
(c) Windows of houses will be smashed
(d) Glass of doors and windows will break
Answer: (b)

33) The catastrophic failure of a pressure vessel due to intense heating from a torch fire or a severe mechanical impact is commonly known as:
(a) UCVCE
(b) CE
(c) BLEVE
(d) Cascading effect
Answer: (c)

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