Deck 10: The Preparedness Cycle

Question 1

Planning for specific events such as the State of the Union address, the inauguration of a new president, or large athletic events such as the Super Bowl is included in which of the following?

A) Community Preparedness Guide 101
B) National Incident Management System
C) National Response Plan
D) National Response Framework

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Taking preparedness one step further, Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8 (HSPD 8) outlines which of the following?

A) National Preparedness System
B) National Incident Management System
C) National Response Plan
D) National Response Framework

Answer 2

A

Question 3

As part of federal assistance to partners, which of the following is named as a partner to state, local, territorial, and tribal governments?

A) Secretary of Defense
B) Secretary of the Interior
C) Secretary of Homeland Security
D) Secretary of Health and Human Services

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following outlines the planning process to be followed by all partners?

A) Community Preparedness Guide 101
B) National Incident Management System
C) National Response Plan
D) National Response Framework

Question 5

Which of the following refers to the use of a hypothetical scenario to test our actions against a specific plan, policy, or procedure?

A) Planning
B) Training
C) Exercises
D) Implementing

Question 6

The Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement outlines preparedness activities for its recipients and, in exchange for their participation, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provide funds for use in developing preparedness programs.

Question 7

Schools are easy to secure, so security forces could be kept to a minimum by keeping doors locked and funneling foot traffic a certain way.

Question 8

The first action in developing the actual plan is to look at constraints and restraints.

Question 9

Anyone picking up the plan to put it into action needs to see that they are operating with approval from the elected officials in the community.

Question 10

The basis for all of the preparedness cycle is the training exercise.

Question 11

What agency developed what is called the National Preparedness Goal?

A) American Red Cross
B) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
C) National Institutes of Health
D) Federal Emergency Management Agency

Question 12

Which of the following occurs during Step 1 of the planning process?

A) Identifying the core planning team
B) Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
C) Determining goals and objectives
D) Developing the plan

Question 13

What group should always be involved with the core planning team?

A) Education
B) Public health
C) Law enforcement
D) Hospitals and healthcare facilities

Question 14

Which of the following is the first action in developing the actual plan?

A) Identifying hazards and threats being faced
B) Assessing risks associated with hazards and threats
C) Developing a detailed timeline within the scenario
D) Identifying constraints and restraints of recovery

Question 15

Which of the following is always a factor and could determine which actions are taken and which ones are delayed?

A) Cost
B) Time
C) Risk
D) Speed

Question 16

In the world of public health, all disasters have a health component.

Question 17

The purpose of the National Preparedness Goal is for the whole community to be prepared for all types of disasters and emergencies.

Question 18

As part of federal assistance to partners, the Secretary of Homeland Security is named to partner with state, local, territorial, and tribal governments, and part of this assistance is the administration of the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement.

Question 19

If a public health department were to have a mass vaccination campaign during a disaster response, such as a pandemic influenza, schools could be used as a location for those clinics.

Question 20

A restraint is something that must be done, and a constraint is something that is preventing something from happening.

Question 21

The Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD 5), also referred to as which of the following, says that the federal government is to work with state, local, territorial, and tribal partners to conduct planning to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural and man-made disasters?

A) National Disaster Medical System
B) National Incident Management System
C) Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015
D) Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030

Question 22

A Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) should be part of what step of the planning process?

A) Step 1
B) Step 2
C) Step 3
D) Step 4

Question 23

Which of the following should occur in Step 3 of the planning process?

A) Identifying hazards and threats being faced
B) Assessing risks associated with hazards and threats
C) Developing a detailed timeline within the scenario
D) Determining the goals and objectives

Question 24

When writing the actual plan, which of the following has a format that can be followed that matches the steps of the planning process?

A) Community Preparedness Guide 101
B) National Incident Management System
C) Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015
D) Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030

Question 25

Once the plan has been prepared and reviewed, what should be the next part of Step 5 of the planning process?

A) Identifying hazards and threats being faced
B) Assessing risks associated with hazards and threats
C) Developing a detailed timeline within the scenario
D) Seeking approval and disseminating the plan

Question 26

HSPD 8 is a companion to HSPD 5, in that it develops a system of preparedness activities as part of the National Incident Management System.

Question 27

The preparedness cycle is arranged as a cycle for a reason; the cycle never ends.

Question 28

Once they are assembled, the approach taken by the planning team is to think specifically about the affected population.

Question 29

Often, the events that are more probable have the least hazardous effect.

Question 30

Plan implementation is not a part of the preparedness cycle.