Overview

Evaluate what you learned in the Tsunami Course by completing the quiz below. This quiz is primarily an exercise for you to assess your own knowledge.  Remember, the Puerto Rico Seismic Network’s (PRSN’s) Tsunami Education portal’s main goal is to prepare and educate at-risk communities in Puerto Rico to respond appropriately to a tsunami. 

Our quiz scoring scale ranges from 1 to 14. With the minimum score of 10 you could receive a certificate indicating your completion on the Tsunami Course of the Tsunami Education for Puerto Rico (PRTE). Once you complete the quiz, please add the following information: First name, Last name, and email address so we can create and dispatch the certificate.

Instructions

Answer the following ten questions by selecting the best option. You can review the correct responses by clicking on the Submit Quiz button located at the bottom. Note: This quiz does not have a time limit, and at the end, you may optionally provide us with your contact information to receive a copy of your results and stay connected with PRSN.

1. 
Which of the following is required to generate a tsunami?

2. 
What are the three stages of a tsunami in order:

3. 
What is Propagation?

4. 
Which of the following is the most common tsunami source?

5. 
When the last destructive tsunami in Puerto Rico happened?

6. 
What is a Local Tsunami?

7. 
Why is it important to learn from past tsunami events?

8. 
What is a tsunami alert?

9. 
In case of a Tsunami Advisory what actions should be taken by the public:

10. 
What are the tsunami alert levels in order from least danger to most danger?

11. 
What actions should NOT be taken in the case of a Tsunami Advisory?

12. 
The level of a Tsunami Alert can be upgraded or downgraded as more information is received by the Tsunami Warning Center.

13. 
What is the meaning of the red line in the pedestrian analysis tool?

14. 
The purpose of a pedestrian analysis is to:

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