Deck 10: Organizational Emergency Response

Question 1

Damage assessment focuses on measuring the disaster impacts on only private property. True or False?

Answer 1

False

Question 2

A community's Census data documents the size and composition of the ___________ population.

Answer 2

permanent

Question 3

Emergency assessment activities in the response phase are directed toward mitigation. True or False?

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Emergency classification system organizes a large number of potential incidents into a small set of categories. True or False?

Question 5

IMS's are the hub of the emergency information processing within the jurisdiction. True or False?

Question 6

Experience has shown that not allowing pets discourages needy families from using shelters. True or False?

Question 7

For Hazmat releases before the appropriate monitoring equipment arrives, responders should

A) Allow people to move across the release area
B) Prevent entry into the "hot zone."
C) Send contaminated people to the hospital
D) Rely upon centralized medical facilities for medical treatment.

Question 8

Hazard operations actions are implemented only when the need arises and must be able to be implemented rapidly. True or False?

Question 9

_______________ provides a link to the population monitoring function, especially accountability and casualty assessment.

Question 10

Administrative and logistical support is handled at the EOC during minor events. However, it is transferred to the incident command post during a community-wide disaster. True or False?

Question 11

During an emergency, specific warnings should be disseminated by expert and credible sources. True or False?

Question 12

A step in impact zone access control and security is:

A) Quickly obtain services of victim location specialists
B) Establish traffic control points on major perimeter routes
C) Provide security patrols outside the impact area
D) Maintain a list of available security equipment

Question 13

A Chemical Biological Radiological (CBR)) contaminated area might also be a crime scene with the ________ participating.

Question 14

When does damage assessment begin and end?

Question 15

Threat detection includes:

A) Recognizing that a threat exists
B) Assessing preparedness
C) Determining the classification
D) Implementing the recovery

Question 16

In the U.S., what office typically performs the morgue function.

A) County health department
B) County surgeon general
C) Community hospital
D) County medical examiner's office

Question 17

Information collected through the emergency assessment function forms the basis for the

A) Population protection function
B) Severity of impact
C) Immediacy function
D) Duration of impact

Question 18

For search and rescue operations you should directly address the need for heavy rescue by assigning leadership to multiple agencies. True or False?

Question 19

Hazard operations measures are not feasible for hazards, which have insufficient forewarning, such as __________ and ___________.

Question 20

should contain rules that define the conditions under which each hazard operations action should be used or avoided. True or False?

Question 21

What are the four classes of nuclear power plant emergencies?

Question 22

In the U.S., the county medical examiner's office typically performs the morgue function. Name three of these functions.