Evidence of Past Slope Failure Is Demonstrated by All of the Following

question 44

Multiple Choice

Evidence of past slope failure is demonstrated by all of the following EXCEPT:

• A) gently sloping, vegetated hillsides.
• B) jumbles of slide and flow debris.
• C) talus slopes.
• D) landslide scars.

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Definitions:

Regression Analysis

A statistical method used for estimating the relationships among variables, often for predicting a dependent variable from one or more independent variables.

Trend Variation

The component of a time series that shows the underlying direction or path that data points are moving over time, disregarding random variations.

Smoothing Constant

A parameter used in exponential smoothing models to weight recent observations more heavily than older ones for forecasting purposes.

Exponential Smoothing

Exponential smoothing is a time series forecasting method for smoothing data values, giving more weight to recent observations while factoring in older data.