{"id":25486,"date":"2026-10-16T23:29:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/new-jersey-rising-coastal-construction-increase-flood-risk-become-frequent\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T23:29:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:29:37","slug":"new-jersey-rising-coastal-construction-increase-flood-risk-become-frequent","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/new-jersey-rising-coastal-construction-increase-flood-risk-become-frequent\/","title":{"rendered":"Why can rising coastal construction increase flood risk even if storms do not become more frequent?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why can rising coastal construction increase flood risk even if storms do not become more frequent?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Building more homes removes storm surge<\/li>\n<li>Exposure has no effect on risk<\/li>\n<li>Storms cannot flood buildings<\/li>\n<li>More people and property become exposed to existing hazards<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","subject":[1846],"topic":[3996,3975],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-25486","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","subject-geography-of-the-united-states","topic-environment-and-land-use","topic-new-jersey-facts","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Population growth and coastal construction can increase exposure to flood hazards even without a change in storm frequency.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Risk depends partly on how many people and valuable structures are exposed. Even an unchanged storm pattern can produce larger losses if more assets are built in vulnerable locations. Reducing exposure through land-use choices can lower losses without altering storms.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Building more homes removes storm surge"},{"right":"no","answer":"Exposure has no effect on risk"},{"right":"no","answer":"Storms cannot flood buildings"},{"right":"yes","answer":"More people and property become exposed to existing hazards"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1846,"title":"Geography of the United States","slug":"geography-of-the-united-states"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3996,"title":"Environment and Land Use","slug":"environment-and-land-use"},{"id":3975,"title":"New Jersey Facts","slug":"new-jersey-facts"}],"education_level_terms":[{"id":1895,"title":"SSC","slug":"ssc"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/25486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=25486"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=25486"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=25486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}