A) Lack of emergency services B) The depth of the epicenter C) Resonance in the lakebed sediments D) Poor quality of construction materials
A) 6 to 15 stories B) Over 40 stories C) 16 to 20 stories D) 1 to 5 stories
A) They were the only buildings to remain upright B) They tended to collapse after prolonged shaking C) They were the most stable structures D) They acted as shock absorbers
A) Its piles were pulled out of the ground B) It was built on unstable concrete C) The roof was too heavy D) It was hit by a nearby skyscraper
A) All buildings built before 1980 B) Structures built between 1976 and 1985 C) Buildings built between 1957 and 1976 D) Buildings built before 1957
A) Sixteen B) Two C) Four D) Eight
A) Torre Latinoamericana B) The Tlatelolco tower C) The Zócalo monument D) The Alameda Central palace
A) Upper floors collapsed while lower floors remained relatively undamaged B) The foundations sank entirely into the earth C) All windows shattered before the structure fell D) The buildings tilted 45 degrees without collapsing
A) 1985 B) 1957 C) 1976 D) 1940
A) Its low height of three stories B) Piles extending into the stable earth stratum C) It was located far from the lakebed D) It was built with lightweight wood
A) Two to four kilometres B) Exactly five kilometres C) Ten to fifteen kilometres D) Less than one kilometre
A) They were withdrawn shortly after being passed B) They only applied to houses, not office buildings C) They were never enforced by the government D) They were not designed for an event of that intensity
A) Ground liquefaction turning the building into mud B) Banging against the walls and columns of a neighbor C) Flooding from the nearby lake D) Weight of snow on the roof
A) A floor built with flexible glass B) A floor constructed with wood instead of steel C) A floor located at the very top of a building D) A floor designed as a parking garage or open lobby
A) Caribbean plate B) Cocos plate C) Nazca plate D) Pacific plate
A) Mexico City fault zone B) Balsas trench C) Michoacán seismic gap D) Pacific subduction ridge
A) 7:19 am B) 7:17 am C) 8:00 am D) 7:21 am
A) 26 seconds B) 10 minutes C) 13 seconds D) 2 minutes
A) Five metres B) Three metres C) One metre D) Ten metres
A) 7.5 B) 8.1 C) 5.2 D) 7.0
A) 500 B) 114 C) 2,000 D) 1,114
A) VII B) IX C) X D) V
A) Five minutes B) One minute C) Ten minutes D) Three minutes
A) Mexico B) Ecuador C) Chile D) United States
A) 100 B) 42 C) 12 D) 5
A) 7.0 B) 7.5 C) 8.0 D) 5.2
A) Institutional Revolutionary Party leader B) Desagüe coordinator C) Miguel de la Madrid D) Aztec ruler
A) Deep ocean trenches B) Ancient lake bed C) High mountains D) Coastal sand dunes
A) Height of the surrounding mountains B) Proximity to a fault line C) Surface geology D) High population density
A) Hardened basalt lava B) Solid granite C) Dense sand and rock D) Soft clay from volcanic ash
A) Hydraulic drainage B) Resonance stabilization C) Volcanic eruption D) Soil liquefaction
A) Venustiano Carranza B) The residential outer rim C) The historic downtown periphery D) Cuauhtémoc
A) 83 B) 258 C) 143 D) 181
A) Over 30,000 B) Over 880,000 C) Over 68,000 D) Over 720,000
A) 50% B) 10% C) 13% D) 31%
A) More than 720,000 B) More than 30,000 C) More than 68,000 D) More than 2,831
A) 1985 B) 1872 C) 1970 D) 1847
A) San Pablo Hospital B) Convent Hospital C) Metropolitan Hospital D) Juárez Tower
A) 536 beds B) 188 beds C) 720 beds D) 258 beds
A) 50% B) 100% C) 31% D) 80%
A) 561 B) 188 C) 44 D) 266
A) 561 B) 266 C) 188 D) 44
A) Colonia B) San Antonio C) Othón D) Topeka
A) Colonia Obrera B) Topeka District C) San Antonio D) Center City
A) By professional rescue teams B) By government emergency services C) By fellow employees using bare hands D) By heavy machinery operated by the owners
A) State-of-the-art building design B) Excellent safety regulations C) Adherence to labor laws D) Deplorable working conditions
A) Apartments B) A government office C) A public park D) A new factory
A) Sturdy and modern B) Decrepit C) Reinforced with steel D) Newly renovated
A) The entire building B) The microwave tower C) The part overlooking Humboldt Street D) The part overlooking Iturbide Street
A) Around 50 B) Around 200 C) Around 300 D) Around 120
A) A park B) A hotel C) A museum D) A market
A) Modernist B) Baroque C) Neo-Classical D) Art Deco
A) Electrical wiring B) Nearby building debris C) The gourmet restaurant kitchen D) A gas leak
A) Historic Center Museum B) Hotel Regis Museum C) Museo Mural Diego Rivera D) Mexico City Art Gallery
A) Mexico City B) Monterrey C) Puebla D) Guadalajara
A) Paseo de la Reforma B) Multifamiliar Juárez C) Nuevo León D) Conjunto Urbano Nonoalco Tlatelolco
A) Miguel de la Madrid B) Adolfo López Mateos C) Gustavo Díaz Ordaz D) Luis Echeverría
A) 50 B) 200 C) 102 D) 12
A) 5 B) 102 C) 12 D) 30
A) Nine B) One hundred C) Three D) Twelve
A) One hundred B) Fifty C) Twenty-two D) Seven
A) El Noticiero B) Primero Noticias C) 24 Horas D) Hoy Mismo
A) Guillermo Ochoa B) Ernesto Villanueva C) David Mendoza Córcega D) Juan Dosal
A) Juan Dosal B) Lourdes Guerrero C) Ernesto Villanueva D) Guillermo Ochoa
A) Televisa Chapultepec B) Hilton Mexico City Reforma C) Arena México D) Centro Cultural Telmex
A) Hotel D'Carlo B) Los Televiteatros C) Televicentro D) Arena México
A) 32 B) 101 C) 137 D) 1,687
A) 50% B) 40% C) 70% D) 20%
A) 32 B) 101 C) 137 D) 163
A) Six B) Forty C) Thirteen D) Twenty-four
A) General Hospital of Mexico B) The National Medical Center (IMSS) C) Juárez Hospital D) The ISSSTE hospital
A) Half of the buildings B) All 25 buildings C) Only 6 buildings D) None of the buildings
A) 25 percent B) 43 percent C) 36 percent D) 60 percent
A) 36 percent B) 43 percent C) 25 percent D) 10 percent
A) The region sits on bedrock B) The buildings were constructed of wood C) The soil is mostly sand D) The distance from the ocean
A) 4 hours B) 10 days C) 24 hours D) 39 hours
A) 5,000 B) 18 million C) 250,000 D) 700,000
A) Ten days B) 39 hours C) Two days D) Four hours
A) PRD B) PAN C) PRI D) Morena
A) Canada B) Spain C) France D) United States
A) Machinery B) Raw materials C) Cash D) Records
A) Standing vis-à-vis the PRI B) Severity of injuries C) Income level D) Geographic location
A) PRI-membership B) Residence in Tlatelolco C) Employment as a seamstress D) Affiliation with CUD
A) A representative from the Sindicato Nacional de Costureras B) Manuel Camacho Solís C) Miguel de la Madrid D) The head of the CUD
A) 21 September B) 20 September C) 25 September D) 19 September
A) Nancy Reagan B) Ronald Reagan C) Miguel de la Madrid D) John Gavin
A) With silence and mourning. B) With overwhelming support. C) With near-reverence. D) With strong heckling.
A) The total collapse of social order. B) A viable civil society existed. C) The strength of the PRI party machine. D) The need for a more centralized state.
A) International volunteer agencies B) Military search teams C) Spontaneous volunteers D) Government emergency training
A) December 1985 B) February 1986 C) September 1985 D) January 1987
A) Heavy machinery only B) Satellite mapping C) Scent dogs D) Drones
A) Indonesia B) Haiti C) Chile D) Japan
A) Two thousand B) Eighty C) Five hundred D) Ten
A) 2017 B) 2005 C) 2010 D) 2020
A) Veracruz B) Chihuahua C) Oaxaca D) Jalisco |