CRP Resilience Theory & Frameworks 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which concept describes the ability of a system to absorb disturbance and reorganize while undergoing change so as to retain essentially the same function?
- Engineering resilience
- Ecological resilience (Correct answer)
- Adaptive resilience
- Transformative resilience
Correct answer: Ecological resilience
Ecological resilience, defined by Holling, focuses on the magnitude of disturbance a system can absorb before changing state.
Question 2: In the Cynefin framework, which domain is characterized by 'unknowable unknowns' where no right answers exist?
- Complex
- Complicated
- Chaotic (Correct answer)
- Disorder
Correct answer: Chaotic
The Chaotic domain in Cynefin contains situations where cause-effect relationships cannot be determined, requiring act-sense-respond.
Question 3: The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 sets a global target to substantially reduce disaster mortality by what year?
- 2025
- 2030 (Correct answer)
- 2035
- 2040
Correct answer: 2030
The Sendai Framework targets a 2030 deadline for all seven global targets including reducing disaster mortality and economic losses.
Question 4: Which resilience principle states that a system with multiple ways to perform a critical function is less vulnerable to single-point failures?
- Diversity
- Redundancy (Correct answer)
- Modularity
- Rapidity
Correct answer: Redundancy
Redundancy provides backup components or pathways so that failure of one element does not cause overall system failure.
Question 5: The '4Rs' of resilience used in New Zealand's civil defense framework stand for which combination?
- React, Recover, Rebuild, Renew
- Reduction, Readiness, Response, Recovery (Correct answer)
- Resist, Respond, Restore, Reimagine
- Risk, Readiness, Relief, Reconstruction
Correct answer: Reduction, Readiness, Response, Recovery
New Zealand's CDEM framework uses Reduction, Readiness, Response, and Recovery as its four integrated phases of comprehensive emergency management.
Question 6: In systems thinking, a 'feedback loop' where an effect amplifies its own cause is called:
- Balancing loop
- Reinforcing loop (Correct answer)
- Dampening loop
- Homeostatic loop
Correct answer: Reinforcing loop
A reinforcing (or positive) feedback loop amplifies change, which can drive exponential growth or collapse in resilience contexts.
Question 7: Which theory posits that organizations can learn from failures only when they move through cycles of experiencing, reflecting, conceptualizing, and experimenting?
- Double-loop learning theory
- Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory (Correct answer)
- High Reliability Organization theory
- Normal Accident Theory
Correct answer: Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory
Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory describes a four-stage cycle that enables organizations to convert experience into resilience-building knowledge.
CRP Resilience Theory & Frameworks 2
Which concept describes the ability of a system to absorb disturbance and reorganize while undergoing change so as to retain essentially the same function?