DISaster questions

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:

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

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: 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

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 tOxİc 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

outes 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 ppmn 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

34) In Risk Assessment, 20/80

principle means:

A. 80% of total risk comes from

20% of cases

B. 20% of total risk originates from

80% of cases

Answer: A

35) Which one of the following

has more damaging effect after

a liquefied flammable gas

release?

A. Early Ignition

B. Delayed Ignition

Answer: B

36) In Layer of Protection (LOP)

Analysis, which of protection

cOvers an ʻonsite Emergency

Plan"?

A. 1st Layer

B. 3rd Layer

C. 5th Layer

D. 4th Layer

Answer: D

37) Which of the following is a

hazard quantification method?

A. FMEA

B. Fault-tree

C. HAZOP

D. What-if Analysis

Answer: B

38) Cause-Consequence Analysis

(CCA) is a combination of:

A. Fault-tree & Event tree Analyses

B. Fault-tree & HAZOP Analyses

C. MCA & Event tree Analyses

D. MCA & HAZOP Analyses

Answer: A

39) The roles and

responsibilities identified for

disaster responses under

Disaster Management Plan is

known as:

A. Incident Organogram

B. Disaster Response Structure

C. Incident Command System

Answer: C

40) The responsibility of press

briefing during a disaster event

normally rests on:

A. Incident Controller

B. Public relation Controller

C. Transport Controller

D. Security Controller

Answer: B

41) Whose responsibility

normally it is to declare an

Onsite Emergency in an

industry?

A. Incident Controller
B. Site Main Controller

C. Key person (Fire and safety)

Answer: B

42) Under which section of the

Factories Act, 1948 (amended to

1987), an occupier of a factory

has to formulate an Onsite

Emergency Plan?

A. 41-B(4)

B. Section 13 - B(2)

C. Section 46 – B(5)

Answer: A

43) Indian Coast Guard has

capabilities for responding to

which tier of Oil spill

contingencies?

A. Tier-I

B. Tier-II

C. Tier-III

Answer: B

44) Which of the following

techniques are not used for oil

spill response?

A. Use of booms and Skimming

B. Use of dispersants
C. Burning

D. Bio-recovery

Answer: B

45) A hazardous chemical can be

identified by which of the

following numbers?

A. ID Number

B. NFPA Number

C. UN Number

D. Hazard index Number

Answer: C

46) Under various zones created

around an incident site for

effective response, which one

normally used for command,

control and support

mobilization purposes?

A. Cold zone

B. Hot zones

C. Warm zone

Answer: A

47) Within which zone

"Emergency Control Center" can

be situated?

A. Hot zone
B. Support zone

C. Warm zone

Answer: B

48) THERP study is related to:

A. Risk Perception

B. Safety Analysis

C. Human error

D. Work study

Answer: C

49) Which of the following is not

a technological factor used for

Vulnerability assessment?

A. Process Safety

B. Individual difference

C. Communication failure

Answer: B

50) Which of the following is a

human error in Disaster

Management model?

A. Error of Omission

B. Typographical errors

C. Error of Commision

D. All of the above

Answer: D

51) Secondary fires are caused

due to which of the following

phenomenon?

A. Flash back

B. Burn-back

C. Fire spread

D. domino effect

Answer: B