Dm Question Bank

MUTHAYAMMAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE, RASIPURAM DEPARTMENT OF ECE 3001003 DISASTER MANAGEMENT-QUESTION BANK  Year and Semester: IV & VIII Subject Staff: S. Uma Nandhini Section: A&B UNIT-1 2 Marks

1. What is disaster? 2. What is natural disaster? 3. What is man made disaster? 4. What is flood? 5. What are tropical cyclones? 6. What is hazard? 7. Define Vulnerability? 8. What is an avalanche? 9. Define land use planning. 10. Define emergency. 11. What are the effects of disaster? 12. Define mangroves. 13. Define landslides. 14. What are the typical adverse effects of floods? 15. What are the typical effects of deforestation? 16. Define disaster. 17. Define SOP. 18. What is biological weapon? 19. Mention the types of avalanches. 20. What is chemical weapon? 21. What are the types of drought? 22. What is drought? 23. Explain oil fires-well fires. 24. Explain terrorism. 25. Types of terrorism. 26. What is mitigation? 27. Mention the steps involved in disaster management cycle. 28. What is the meaning of warning? 29. What is Risk assessment? 30. What is risk assessment? 31. What is disaster preparedness? 32. What is recovery? 33. What is response? 34. What is rehabilitation? 35. What is is risk risk sharing? sharing? 36. What is risk identification? identification?

16 Marks

1. Explain the types of disasters? 2. Describe the disaster management cycle? 3. Explain various disaster management schemes offered by government of India? 4. Explain basic types of hazards? 5. Discuss about present status of mangroves in India? 6. Discuss the role of India in disaster management? 7. Discuss the role of armed forces and other agencies in disaster management? 8. Explain the various facilities required to tackle any disasters? 9. Describes the features and factors involved in disasters? 10. Write about state and national level disaster management programmers? 11. Write about state and International level disaster management programmers? 12. Write about risk analysis & assessment? 13. Explain the key activities in response phase? 14. Explain the principle of risk partnership? 15. Explain in detail about ISDR? 16. Describe the management plan for various disasters? UNIT – II 2Marks

1. What is database? Give examples? 2. What is RDBMS? Give examples? 3. Define MIS? 4. Define decision support system? 5. What is Intranets? 6. What is extranets? 7. What is video teleconferencing? 8. What is Trigger mechanism? 9. Define remote sensing? 10. Define GIS? 11. What is GPS? 12. What is knowledge base? 13. What is expert system? 14. What is scenario analysis? 15. What are all the software parts in GIS system? 16. What are all the basic components of remote sensing? 17. Write are types of satellites used in remote sensing? Give examples/ 18. Explain data processing in Remote Sensing? 19. Draw the processing steps in GIS operation? 20. What is Video-conferencing? 21. Differentiate between remote sensing & GIS? 22. Write the software involved in DM?

23. What is the role of space technology in DM? 24. How GIS Works? 25. What is GIS Technology? 16 Marks

26. Explain the Application of various technologies in Disaster management? 27. Write the contribution of remote sensing and GIS to disaster risk reduction? 28. Explain in detail about the application of MIS and databases in disaster  management? 29. Explain in detail about GIS? 30. Explain in detail about remote sensing? 31. Describes the systems that involved in disaster management? 32. Describe the operation in GIS? 33. Write about the disaster databases? 34. Explain in detail about ICST & sits roles? 35. Explain the application of Intranets & Extranets in disaster management? 36. Write about the GIS technologies? 37. Explain different types of software tools used in Disaster Management? UNIT – III 2 Marks

1. What is Trigger Mechanism? 2. Write the objectives of Trigger mechanism? 3. Draw the flow chart for trigger mechanism? 4. Draw the trigger mechanism network? 5. Write about disaster risk management programmes. 6. What is disaster information network? 7. What is disaster awareness? 8. What is NGO? 9. What is disaster response? 10. What is rain fall insurance? 11. Where international assistance required in disasters? 12. Write the role of education in risk reduction. 13. Write the role of public awareness reduction 14. Write the various awareness programmes in India. 15. Draw the disaster information network. 16 Marks

16. Explain various programmes of disaster risk management. 17. Explain in detail about Trigger Mechanism. 18. Explain in detail about the constitution of Trigger Mechanism. 19. Describe the disaster information network. 20. How education helps to reduce the risk in Disaster Management?

21. Explain the public awareness in risk reduction. 22. Explain the various Awareness programmes in Disaster Management. UNIT-IV 2 Marks

1. Define statistical seismology. 2. What is media? 3. Define epidemics. 4. Define bio-terrorism. 5. What do you mean epidemics? 6. What do you mean casualties? 7. What you mean statistical seismology? 8. What do you mean quick reconstruction technologies? 9. Illustrate the role of media in disasters. 10. How do you manage epidemics? 11. Draw the strategies for managing the bio-terrorism. 12. List out the benefits of statistical seismology. 13. How do you mitigate the bio-terrorism? 14. List out the use quick reconstruction technologies? 15. Depict the uses of media in disaster. 12 Marks

16. Critically examine the use of the media in information dissemination. 17. Explain the types of media and their information needs. 18. Analyse the statistical seismology in disaster management. 19. Critically examine the need of quick reconstruction technologies in disaster  management. 20. Enumerate the role of media in disasters. 21. Identify the strategies for management of epidemics. 22. Determine the methods for mitigate the bio-terrorism.

23. How do you forecasting of casualties? Explain it. 24. Portray the key to sustainable measures in disaster management. UNIT – V 2 Marks

1. What is Seismology? 2. What is Applied Seismology? 3. What are the instruments of Seismology? 4. What is seismic graph? 5. What is Seism city? 6. What is Epicenter? 7. What are Tectonic plates? 8. What are the faults of Earthquake? 9. Define Magnitude. 10. Define Intensity. 11. What are the damages caused by Earthquake? 12. How Earthquake is measure? 13. What is a seismic wave? 14. Why do earthquake happen? 15. What is Tsunami? 16. What are causes of tsunamis? 17. What are the reasons for disastrous effects of Tsunamis? 12 Marks

18. Explain in detail about the Tsunami. 19. Explain in detail about the Earthquakes. 20. How Earthquake is measured and what are all the damages caused by Tsunami. 21. Discuss possible way to mitigate the impact of Earthquakes.