Deck 8: Disaster Myths, Disaster Demands and Citizen Emergency Response

Question 1

Sympathetic behavior from the public promotes positive psychological outcomes for disaster victims, however, it will be ___________.

Answer 1

short-lived

Question 2

The action of those who were not warned to evacuate but do so anyway is called:

A) Shelter fleeing
B) Immediate evacuation
C) Panic evacuation
D) Spontaneous evacuation

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Official warning messages must include recommended _________________.

Answer 3

protective actions.

Question 4

_________________ refers to the percentage of those warned to evacuate who actually do so.

Question 5

Historically, over 60% of disaster casualties reach hospitals in their own vehicles or those of peers or bystanders. True or False?

Question 6

The level of compliance to protection action recommendations is contingent upon

A) Spontaneous evacuation
B) Receiver characteristics
C) disaster-relevant competencies
D) Federal directives

Question 7

People threatened by disaster have multiple sources of information, but most people consider none of them to be completely credible. True or False?

Question 8

What is evacuation trip generation?

Question 9

People in special facilities such as schools, hospitals, nursing homes, and jails have the same patterns of warning and evacuation from those of residents and transients. True or False?

Question 10

Disaster Research Center's studies of hundreds of emergencies showed no evidence of role abandonment. True or False?

Question 11

There is substantial variation across communities in the relative importance of different warning sources to different

A) Age groups
B) Genders
C) Ethnic groups
D) Education levels

Question 12

What percentage of the households receive a warning in the first hour of a disaster?

A) 10%
B) 22%
C) 39%
D) 60%

Question 13

People use their own pre-existing beliefs about appropriate protective actions. True or False?

Question 14

Although convergence provides resources, it can also hamper response. True or False?

Question 15

The most stubborn myth about human response to disasters is that there is widespread

A) Shock
B) Panic
C) Physical sickness
D) Mental illness

Question 16

There are two distinct population groups, residents and transients related to departure timing. True or False?

Question 17

In a disaster, people always follow the authorities' recommendations, regardless of their understanding of the situation. True or False?

Question 18

Population segments differ in their willingness and ability to evacuate. True or False?

Question 19

___________ appears most frequently in sudden events involving widespread destruction, traumatic injuries, or death.

Question 20

The myth that people will panic is a valid reason to withhold information about a threat. True or False?

Question 21

Define and compare established, extending, expanding, and emergent organizations.

Question 22

What do most people assume with regards to where evacuees stay after a disaster and where do most evacuees actually go after a disaster?