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Design Guide in improving hospital safety

Quiz Questions:

   
1. In order to design effective medical facilities for the future, designers must be familiar with the latest industry developments, building require¬ments stemming from these trends, and the latest research findings on the impact of building designs on hospital operations, staff and patient morale, and patient care.
       
    True
    False
       
2. The main aspects of hospital vulnerability that must be taken into account are:
       
    Structural
    Nonstructural
    Organizational
    All of the above
       
3. Fractures and movements within the earth's crust generate earthquake ground motion by sending waves through the rocks and soil outward from the source.
       
    True
    False
       
4. Surface Fault Rupture occurs when the behavior of loose granular soils and sand in the presence of water changes temporarily from that of a solid to that of a liquid material when subjected to ground shaking.
       
    True
    False
       
5. Tsunamis are earthquake-caused wave movements in the ocean that travel at high speed and may result in large coastal waves of 30 feet or more.
       
    True
    False
       
6. What does FEMA stand for?
       
    Federal Emergency Management Agency
    Federal Emergency Material Agency
    Functional Emergency Management Agency
    None of the Above
       
7. Drift is the term used in seismic design to describe the horizontal deflection of structural members in response to seismic forces.
       
    True
    False
       
8. Torsion is created by a lack of balance between the location of the resisting elements and the arrangement of the building mass.
       
    True
    False
       
9. Flooding is a natural process that may occur in a variety of forms: long-duration flooding along rivers that drain large watersheds; flash floods that send a devastating wall of water down a mountain canyon; and coastal flooding that accompanies high tides and onshore winds, hurricanes, and nor'easters.
       
    True
    False
       
10. The term "100-year flood" is defined as a flood of that magnitude that will occur only once every 100 years.
       
    True
    False
       
11.

What does ICC stand for?

       
    International Code Council
    International Concrete Council
    International Corporate Council
    None of the above
       
12. Hydrostatic loads occur when water comes into contact with a building or building component, both above and below the ground level.
       
    True
    False
       
13. The selection of the appropriate method of elevating a hospital in a special flood hazard area depends on many factors, including type of flood zone, costs, level of safety and property protection determined as acceptable risk.
       
    True
    False
       
14. Hospitals in hurricane-prone regions require special attention because they normally have vulnerable occupants (patients) at the time of a hurricane, and afterwards, many injured people seek medical care.
       
    True
    False
       
15. What does IBC stand for?
       
    International Building Code
    International Building Connection
    International Building Configuration
    None of the above
       
16. The wind pressures that these tornadoes can exert on a building are tremendous, and far exceed the minimum pressures derived from building codes..
       
    True
    False
       
17. "Freeboard" is a factor of safety usually expressed in feet above a flood level. Freeboard compensates for the many unknown factors that could contribute to flood heights, such as wave action, constricting bridge openings, and the hydrological effect of urbanization of the watershed.
       
    True
    False
       
18. "Substantial damage" is damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its condition before the damage would equal or exceed 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.
       
    True
    False
       
19. What does EERI stand for?
       
    Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
    Equivalent Engineering Research Institute
    Exterior Engineering Research Institute
    None of the above
       
20. Connectors and fasteners are integral to the structural stability of buildings; therefore, failure caused by acceler¬ated corrosion would jeopardize the building.
       
    True
    False
       
   
 
 

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