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EHL621S - ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS - 2ND OPP SUPL - JAN 2023 |
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nAmlBIA UnlVERSITY
OF SCIEn CE Ano TECHnOLOGY
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BLSC
LEVEL: 6
COURSE CODE: EHL621S
COURSE NAME: ENVIRONMENTAL AND
HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS
SESSION: NOVEMBER 2022
DURATION: 3 HOURS
PAPER: THEORY
MARKS: 100
EXAMINER{S)
SECOND OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
MS GLORIA TSHOOPARA (PT)
MS SELMA KAM BONDE (FT/DI)
MODERATOR: MS EMILIA SALOMO
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer All questions.
2. Read all the questions carefully before answering.
3. Number the answers clearly
THIS EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 5 PAGES (Including this front page)
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SECTION A: MATCHING AND TRUE OR FALSE
QUESTION 1: MATCHING {30 MARKS)
Match the following concepts/ definitions with the corresponding statements/term. Write only the
number and the corresponding letter as the correct answer, for example, 1. A.
Concepts/
organization
1. Vulnerability
2. Evacuation
Statements
A. Those activities are necessary to understand a given situation,
·including collecting, updating, and analysing data about the affected
population and the state of infrastructure, and general socio-economic
conditions in each location.
B. An oil spill, train accident, nuclear meltdown, terrorism
3. Preparedness
4. Hazard
5. Resilience
6. Paris
Agreement
7. Disaster risk
reduction
(DRR)
8. Response
C. Policy and operational activities about the various stages of disasters
at all levels, including early warning, readiness, deterrence, risk
reduction, and mitigation.
D. A complex interaction of the tropical Pacific Ocean and the global
atmosphere results in irregular episodes of changing ocean and
weather patterns in many parts of the world, often with significant
impacts over many months, such as altered marine habitats, flooding,
and drought
E. Where precipitation has been significantly below normal recorded
levels, causing severe hydrological imbalances that significantly impact
land resource production systems, as opposed to dry spells, which
have a minor effect.
F. The extent to which a community, structure, service, or geographic
area is likely to be damaged or disrupted by a hazard.
G. Security measures to clear a region of its inhabitants generally under
threat, which involves the collaboration of civil society at an individual
or group level
H. The ability of a system, community, or society exposed to hazards to
resist, absorb, accommodate, and recover from the effects of a
hazards in a timely and efficient manner, including through the
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9. Manmade
Hazard
10. Mitigation
11. El Nino
Southern
Oscillation
phenomenon
12. Disaster
Management
13. Drought
14. Humanitarian
Assessments
15. Complex
emergency
preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and
functions.?
I. Any source of potential damage, harm, or adverse health effects on
something or someone. -Mostly remains "dormant" until they are
"activated," at which point they become a "problem.
J. The concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic
efforts to analyse and manage the causal factors of disasters through
reduced exposure to hazards decreased vulnerability of people and
property, appropriate land and environment management, and
improved preparedness for adverse events.
K. Sets out a global framework to avoid dangerous climate change by
limiting global warming and strengthening countries' ability to deal
with the impacts of climate change and support them in their efforts.
L. All crises are characterized by extreme vulnerability that displays a
combination of the government's unwillingness or inability to respond
effectively, resulting in a need for external assistance, political
oppression, or armed conflict.
M. Planning how to respond.
Examples: emergency exercises/training; warning systems.
N. Efforts to minimize the hazards created by a disaster.
Examples: search and rescue; emergency relief
0. Minimizing the effects of the disaster.
Examples: building codes and zoning; vulnerability analyses; public
education.
QUESTION 2: TRUE OR FALSE (20 MARKS)
2.1 A carbon footprint is the minimum greenhouse gas emissions caused directly only by an
individual, organization, event, or product.
2.2 Sustainability is achieved when all people on earth can live well without compromising the
quality of life for future generations.
2.3 Approximately 15% of manmade carbon dioxide comes from transport.
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2.4 Some of the solutions to sustainable actions are to replace beef with chicken, eat local
vegetables, and use mass transit or drive clean.
2.4 Refuse, as part of the 6Rs of sustainability, addresses how we sustain our way of life and how
we design, make, use, and dispose of products.
2.5 Renewable energy is natural sources that are self-generating and used to produce methane
and clean energy.
2.6 Hydroelectric power yields moderate to high energy.
2.7 Environmental impact is associated with each step of a product's life cycle.
2.8 The triple bottom line is a transformation framework for businesses to help them move
toward a regenerative of profits.
2.9 Emission Standards are a principle of 'cap and trade,' where the government imposes a limit
on the total emissions in one or more sectors of the economy.
2.10 Rapid-onset disasters do not give people adequate time to mitigate the risk of an event
occurring.
SECTION A: 50 TOTAL MARKS
SECTION B: STRUCTURED QUESTIONS
QUESTION 3 (34 MARKS)
Case study of South Africa: Floods and Landslides in Durban, South Africa - Apr 2022
Severe flooding and landslides caused by heavy rainfall on 11-13 April caused the death of 448
people, displaced over 40,000 people, and destroyed over 12,000 houses in the southeast part
of South Africa. It also severely damaged infrastructures, such as roads, health centers, and
schools. On 18 April, the President of South Africa declared a national disaster due to the severity
of the flood. On 20 April, the DG ECHO field mission reported massive unattended or
inadequately addressed needs, notably in the most remote and isolated severely affected areas.
3.1 Define the term Humanitarian aid?
(4 Marks)
3.2 Briefly explain the importance of humanitarian needs assessment and why an organization
would conduct a needs assessment?
(12 marks)
2.3 Discussthe specific humanitarian aid you feel will make a substantial difference given
in this event as described in the case study and the main areas of need?
(18 Marks)
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QUESTION 4 (16 MARKS)
When a disaster strikes, businessesthat close down risk never reopening, especially with no plan
of action in place. While there's no way to lower the risk of a natural disaster or a widespread
health crisis like a pandemic, there are critical measures that a country can take to protect its
people, assets, and bottom line in the wake of a disaster, while creating continuity plans.
Briefly discuss why it is essential to plan for a disaster and assessthe role of an emergency plan?
(16 Marks)
SECTION B: 50 TOTAL MARKS
GRAND TOTAL: 100 MARKS
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