Crowd movement management and simulation quiz

When was crowd management established as a discipline?

• Ancient Roman Empire

• Egyptian civilisation

• 20th Century

What aspect the ancient civilisation did not consider when evacuating buildings?

• Evacuation time

• Safety

• Well-being/ health

The Colosseum had a circulation system of 80 entrance arches, corridors, and staircases that can evacuate 50,000-80,000 people within ----- minutes

Why did the Colosseum beat the Bird's Nest in terms of evacuation time? (Tick all that apply)

• The Bird's Nest is complex architecturally.

• The Bird's Nest is safer to evacuate.

• The concourses behind the seats in the Colosseum are better for evacuation.

There are two branches of Crowd management/ science: Crowd psychology & behaviour and crowd dynamics.

• True

• False

Crowd psychology behaviour is the study of crowd behaviour effect on certain psychological theories (e.g., personality).

• True

• False

What aspects does the crowd dynamics branch NOT look at?

• Crowd Formation

• Crowd Displacement

• Crowd Emotions

• Impact of Crowd management strategies

What aspects of crowd dynamics go hand-in-hand?

• Crowd modelling

• Crowd monitoring

• Crowd management strategies

What is NOT a characteristic of crowds?

• Homogeneity

• Share similar interests/purpose

• Density below 1 person per sqm

• Assembling, gathering, dispersing

How would you expect this Crowd to behave in the following situation?

• Corner the building forming an L shape

• Go to the destination cutting the corner

• Corner around the building forming a circle