Deck 3: The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Mitigation

Question 1

Strategies for land use planning include which of the following?

A) Acquisition
B) Easements
C) Floodplain management plans
D) All of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The skills and tools for accomplishing mitigation are the same as the operational,first-responder skills that often characterize emergency management professionals.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Which of the following definitions describes HAZUS?

A) A three-dimensional modeling program that analyzes the placement of levee systems
B) A user-oriented tool for estimating losses from floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes
C) A meteorological tracking system that provides early warning for tornadoes
D) None of the above

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The economic toll of natural disasters in the United States from 2000-2008 is estimated to be approximately equal to which of the following amounts?

A) $355 million
B) $3.55 billion
C) $35.5 billion
D) $355 billion

Question 5

Which of the following federal agencies provides hazard maps?

A) FEMA
B) USGS
C) DOT
D) a and b

Question 6

One of the most cost-effective means of addressing risk is the enactment of building codes that require rehabilitation of existing potentially hazardous structures.

Question 7

Enactment of building codes is the responsibility of the states.

Question 8

Mitigation seeks to do which of the following?

A) Reduce the impact of disasters
B) Eliminate risk to people and property from hazards or their effects
C) Both a and b
D) Neither a nor b

Question 9

HAZUS can be used to measure the impacts of Flood,Earthquakes,and Landslides.

Question 10

Mitigation has resulted in decreased social and economic costs of disasters in the United States.

Question 11

Despite the economic downturn,federal spending on pre-disaster mitigation activities continues to rise.

Question 12

During which of the following phases of the emergency management cycle is there traditionally the greatest opportunity for mitigation?

A) During the disaster recovery
B) During the disaster response
C) Before disasters occur
D) All of the above

Question 13

Implementing mitigation programs and activities requires the participation and support of a broad spectrum of players outside of the traditional emergency management circle.

Question 14

Which of the following is considered the most essential part of any mitigation strategy or plan?

A) An analysis of what the hazards are in a particular area
B) Accurate hazard prediction mechanisms
C) Adequate first response capabilities
D) The feasibility of multiple evacuation routes

Question 15

Which of the following disaster types is considered difficult to analyze in regards to risk?

A) Tornadoes
B) Hurricanes
C) Terrorism
D) Wild Fires

Question 16

Which of the following most accurately describes the purpose of RiskMap cartographic output?

A) Reduce losses of life and property from floods
B) Define flood insurance risk categorizations
C) Define structural risk caused by seismic hazards
D) All of the above

Question 17

Mitigation is usually not considered part of the emergency phase of a disaster.

Question 18

The federal government has extensive programs that map virtually every hazard.

Question 19

Mitigation often involves which of the following players?

A) Land-use planners
B) Business owners
C) Politicians
D) All of the above

Question 20

Which of the following is an example of a design or construction mitigation technique

A) Flood Insurance
B) Building a levee on the banks of a river
C) Fire resistant building materials
D) None of the above

Question 21

Mitigation techniques are most successful when undertaken at the federal level.

Question 22

Moving structures out of harms way is one of the least expensive but most effective land-use planning techniques available.