Deck 16: Finaltest

Question 1

The Pan American Health Organization is a network of Latin American social scientists. True or False?

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Emergency managers respond directly to the disaster. True or False?

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Sanctions reward actions that reduce hazard vulnerability. True or False?

Answer 3

False

Question 4

One way to reduce vulnerability to hazards is to launch a successful risk communication program. True or False?

Question 5

Crime rates often increase after a disaster. True or False?

Question 6

A large majority of the New Zealand population is urban. True or False?

Question 7

Hurricane Katrina was a focusing event. True or False?

Question 8

Hazardous materials are regulated by state agencies only. True or False?

Question 9

The impacts from a disaster might last for many years. True or False?

Question 10

Only paid staff members will have a commitment to the organization. True or False?

Question 11

An EOC is a facility located in a safe area that provides support to responders at the scene of an incident. True or False?

Question 12

Continuance commitment motivates employees to remain in the job but does not motivate them to do a good job. True or False?

Question 13

Landsliding occurs when a marginally stable soil assumes a more natural angle of repose. True or False?

Question 14

Tort law is the portion of civil law that addresses a person's right to seek compensation when harmed by another. True or False?

Question 15

A damage assessment is a summary statement of what emergency functions are to be performed and how they are accomplished. True or False?

Question 16

Emergency management is high on the list of priorities for all countries. True or False?

Question 17

A policy formulation checklist includes identifying the hazards. True or False?

Question 18

In a disaster, which population segment is likely to have the most difficulty evacuating?

A) the native population
B) day visitors
C) tourists
D) those in special care facilities

Question 19

Access to the news media varies to some extent among households. True or False?

Question 20

Most natural disasters in the United States have had dire public health consequence True or False?

Question 21

Housing that includes food preparation and sleeping facilities that are sought from friends and relatives or are found in hotels, motels or mass care facilities is:

A) Temporary housing
B) Temporary shelter
C) Emergency housing
D) Permanent housing

Question 22

What is the Pan American Health Organization?

Question 23

When reporting on a disaster, the media often have:

A) very few sources of information
B) many sources of information
C) one source of information
D) no sources of information

Question 24

_______ occurs when an animal burrow, rotted tree root, or other disturbance in the levee creates a long circular tunnel through or nearly through the levee.

Question 25

A training exercise that simulates a community-wide disaster by testing multiple functions at the same time is a:

A) functional exercise
B) drill
C) full-scale exercise
D) table-top exercise

Question 26

Pre-impact actions that provide the human and material resources needed to support active responses at the time of hazard impact are:

A) Hazard mitigation practices
B) Recovery actions
C) Response actions
D) Emergency preparedness practices

Question 27

Press releases should include:

A) technical jargon
B) length, scientific explanations for the disaster
C) a summary, lead sentence
D) none of the above

Question 28

A training exercise involving a group of senior personnel who are usually branch or departmental administrators and serve as the directors of their functions is a:

A) table-top exercise
B) functional exercise
C) drill
D) full-scale exercise

Question 29

What is an expanding organization?

Question 30

Administrative and logistical support is handled at the__________ during minor events.

A) incident command post
B) EOC
C) IMS
D) none of the above

Question 31

_______ includes budget allocations, staffing levels, and staff members' knowledge and skills.

Question 32

What is a community?

Question 33

The term __________ is reserved for events that produce more losses than a community can handle.

Question 34

A system that provides tone-activated notification of emergencies throughout most of the United States is a _________________.

Question 35

What is a profession?

Question 36

_______ are usually achieved through regulations that will reduce the impact of the hazards.

Question 37

The disaster planning process consists of _______principle functions.

Question 38

People across the world today are:

A) less aware of hazards than they were 50 years ago
B) less likely to be affected by hazards than they were 50 years ago
C) more aware of hazards than they were 50 years ago
D) just as likely to be aware and affected by disasters as they were 50 years ago

Question 39

Elevated barriers sited across a streambed that increase surface storage of floodwater in reservoirs upstream from them are:

A) Dams
B) Levees
C) Floodwalls
D) Channels

Question 40

What occurs when the water level exceeds the height of the levee?

A) Overtopping
B) Wave action
C) seepage erosion
D) piping

Question 41

When would biological agents be used, how would they be identified, and what courses of action can you take if there is an outbreak?

Question 42

Is there increased professionalism in Emergency Management?