The Return Period of a Disaster Is the Average Number

question 44

Multiple Choice

The return period of a disaster is the average number of years ________________.

• A)before survivors return to their homes
• B)before the economy returns to pre-disaster levels
• C)to exponentially decay to zero
• D)between same-sized events
• E)between events of the same type,regardless of size

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Definitions:

Business Conditions

The state of the economic environment affecting the operations and profitability of companies.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values.

Risk Aversion

The premise that most people prefer lower risk investments when expected returns are about equal.

NPV

Net Present Value; a method used in capital budgeting to evaluate the profitability of an investment or project.