Deck 7: The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Recovery

Question 1

Nonprofit associations are not eligible under public assistance programs.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Individual assistance is available to business owners.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The National Response Framework is no longer used to coordinate long-term recovery activities.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

FEMA's National Processing Service Centers (NPSCs)perform which of the following functions?

A) Serve as the headquarters for the Federal Coordinating Officer
B) Provide stockpiled pharmaceutical resources to areas affected by disasters
C) Provide centralized disaster application services to disaster victims
D) All of the above

Question 5

The NDRF was first used in the recovery from Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast.

Question 6

Which of the following plays the largest role in providing the technical and financial support for recovery?

A) The State Government
B) The Federal Government
C) The Local Government
D) None of the above

Question 7

Decisions during recovery are predominantly driven by local government.

Question 8

Which of the following establishes the Disaster Recovery Centers?

A) Disaster Coordination Center (DCC)
B) Joint Operations Center (JOC)
C) Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
D) Joint Field Office (JFO)

Question 9

Which of the following is not a category of federal disaster assistance?

A) Individual Assistance
B) Community Assistance
C) Public Assistance
D) Hazard Mitigation Assistance

Question 10

Which of the following is a program that supports teams of contractors and City inspectors who travel into Hurricane Sandy-impacted neighborhoods to make necessary repairs to damaged homes?

A) Sandy Supplemental
B) Cora Brown Fund
C) Hurricane Emergency Sales Tax Exemption Program
D) NYC Rapid Repairs Program

Question 11

Which Emergency Support Function (of the National Response Framework)addressed long-term community recovery and mitigation needs prior to being superseded by the National Disaster Recover Framework?

A) ESF#3
B) ESF#7
C) ESF#14
D) ESF#18

Question 12

The NDRF coordinates disaster recovery through six of which of the following?

A) State Disaster Recover Coordinators
B) Recovery Principles
C) Recover Support Functions
D) Local Disaster Recovery Managers

Question 13

Which of the following is generally involved in the recovery process?

A) The business community
B) The Federal, State, and Local governments
C) Community Activists
D) All of the above

Question 14

FEMA Disaster housing grants are normally processed within how many days of application?

A) 10
B) 20
C) 30
D) 50

Question 15

Unlike the response function,the efforts of the recovery function or process have a singular focus.

Question 16

It can be difficult to measure where response ends and recovery begins.

Question 17

When can recovery begin?

A) In the initial hours after a disaster has occurred
B) In the first few days after a disaster has occurred
C) In the first few weeks after a disaster has occurred
D) Any of the above

Question 18

Some components of the Individuals and Households Program may be administered by the local government.

Question 19

For which of the following entities is Individual Assistance program support not available?

A) Tribal governments
B) Individuals
C) Families
D) Small businesses

Question 20

The FEMA Disaster Housing Program provides grants to repair family homes back to their original pre-disaster condition.

Question 21

Money received from the Individuals and Households Program for Housing and Other than Housing Needs is tax free,and does not need to be repaid.

Question 22

A household may receive up to $25,000 in grant assistance from the IHP.