Deck 11: Planning for Hazard Adjustment: Protection Adoption, Hazard Awareness and Risk Communication

Question 1

Planners do not communicate with citizens when threats are not imminent.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Hazard adjustment adoption refers to the initial commitment of resources.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Risk communication is more efficient when commonalities among hazards are addressed.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The more imminent the impact, the more concerned people are with other life issues and priorities.

Question 5

Perception of communication credibility about hazard adjustments is the same among ethnic groups and communities.

Question 6

Risk communication messages need to follow the same rules as warning messages

Question 7

In channel accessibility use the narrowest range of channels.

Question 8

The continuing allocation of personal resources needed to sustain the protection achieved by an adjustment adoption is:

A) Hazard adjustment implementation
B) Hazard adjustment adoption
C) Hazard mitigation
D) Hazard preparedness

Question 9

Stages of the hazard awareness communications process include the following, except.

A) Information source
B) Message
C) Effect
D) Feedback

Question 10

Hazard adjustment intentions are affected by the following except.

A) Official's communication strategy
B) Perception of risk
C) Convenience issues
D) Views on personal responsibility

Question 11

Regarding hazard adjustment communications

A) It's possible to devise a statement effectively appealing to all groups
B) Source credibility is immediate
C) There are no problems when planners believe they're the only information source
D) Credible community leaders should be enlisted to endorse hazard adjustment initiatives

Question 12

Considering channel accessibility, most ethnic groups are reached by a combination of the following except.

A) Direct mail
B) English language communications
C) Radio
D) Newspapers

Question 13

To reduce message distortion:

A) Include a lot of information
B) Use scientific terms
C) Use range of official channels
D) Emphasize only the government's actions without telling residents what PARs they can take

Question 14

Actions that afford effective protection for multiple hazards are:

A) Generic functions
B) Essential functions
C) Vital functions
D) Critical functions

Question 15

Studies have documented that hazard adjustment and hazard awareness are higher for:

A) Recent immigrants.
B) People with higher educational attainment and higher household income.
C) Men.
D) Teenagers.

Question 16

Hazard awareness programs make the public aware and educate them about ___________________.

Question 17

Hazard adjustment is different than warnings systems communication because the disaster is ___________________.

Question 18

Channel accessibility may be limited by the absence of resources and ___________________.

Question 19

Identifying the audience for communications in terms of defined characteristics-age, gender, and others-with the intent to tailor messages is _______________.

Question 20

What is a window of opportunity?

Question 21

Miletti argued that there are six pieces of information that messages need to capture. Name four of them.

Question 22

How do you establish source credibility? Include one example of how minorities differ from Whites in their credibility attributions.