Deck 6: The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Response

Question 1

The actions of local first responders are driven by procedures and protocols developed by the responding agency.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The National Response Plan was created by Presidential Decision Directive #5 (PDD#5).

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Which of the following "presents the guiding principles that enable all response partners to prepare for and provide a unified national response to disasters and emergencies - from the smallest incident to the largest catastrophe?"

A) The Incident Management Plan
B) The National Response Framework
C) The Recovery Framework
D) None of the above

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Development and maintenance of the community emergency plan is normally the responsibility of which of the following officials?

A) Fire Chief
B) Emergency Manager
C) Mayor
D) Police Chief

Question 5

The first responders to an event almost always include FEMA officials.

Question 6

Which of the following is not an ICS management system?

A) The Response Section
B) The Command Section
C) The Operations Section
D) The Planning Section

Question 7

The Incident Command System defines which of the following?

A) The statutory authority of each local response agency (police, fire, EMS)
B) Who is in charge of the overall response effort
C) The 33 federal agencies involved in emergency response
D) None of the above

Question 8

NVOAD stands for which of the following?

A) National Veterinarians Organized Alliance for Disasters
B) National Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters
C) Normal Variable Outland Action Division
D) National Victims Online Assistance Database

Question 9

The principal resource available to governors in responding to a disaster event in their state is which of the following?

A) Urban Search and Rescue (US&R)
B) State Office of Emergency Management
C) The Federal Response Plan
D) The National Guard

Question 10

What emergency officials normally respond to the minor disasters that occur every day in communities throughout the United States?

A) Firefighters
B) Police officers
C) Emergency Medical Technicians
D) All of the above

Question 11

Which of the following is not normally included in a community emergency plan?

A) Procedures for first responder actions
B) Sources of mitigation funding
C) Response Protocols
D) Statutory Authorities

Question 12

Which of the following was billed as being "all-discipline,all-hazards"?

A) NRP
B) Terrorism Annex to the FRP
C) ESF
D) CRP

Question 13

Funding for state emergency management offices comes from which of the following sources?

A) Local Budgets
B) State Budgets
C) FEMA
D) Both b and c

Question 14

EMAC is a mutual aid system that exists at the State level.

Question 15

Response capabilities and capacities tend to be stronger in those states and territories that experience high levels of annual disaster activity.

Question 16

The NRF includes private sector entities.

Question 17

Before the September 11th attacks,many communities did not consider terrorism in their community emergency response plans.

Question 18

The 50 U.S.states each maintain an office of emergency management,but the 6 U.S.territories depend entirely upon the federal government for disaster response.

Question 19

Which of the following is a program that establishes benchmarks of skills and knowledge required for each different position in the FEMA workforce?

A) FEMA Qualification System
B) Employee Rating System
C) FEMA Job Task Evaluation System
D) Homeland Security Resource Guide

Question 20

If a disaster is so large that it overwhelms the local capacity to respond,the local government can appeal to the President for a Presidential Disaster Declaration.

Question 21

Volunteer groups work with local and state response agencies,but are precluded from working on Presidentially Declared Disasters.

Question 22

Unified Command is used when there is a multiagency response.