Question 1

You're at home watching TV when a tornado siren goes off. Where should you seek shelter&#10;A)Under a table&#10;B)In the basement&#10;C)In a doorway&#10;D)None of the above

Accepted Answer

In the basement
During a tornado you should seek shelter in a lower level room without windows. Seeking cover under a table or sturdy desk, not a doorway, is for earthquakes, not tornadoes. Do not venture outdoors until well after the tornado has ended; besides the tornado, there is the possibility of zombies, caught up in the tornado, falling from the sky.

Question 2

A state of emergency has been declared in your area due to a large-scale zombie attack. You try to call your family but the phone lines are jammed. How else could you try to contact them?&#10;A)Texting their cell phones&#10;B)Calling a relative out of town to contact them for you&#10;C)Going to the meeting place you agreed on in case of emergencies&#10;D)All of the above

Accepted Answer

All of the above
Texting and calling long-distance numbers are both good alternatives to calling local numbers if the phone lines are jammed. Going to a pre-arranged meeting place is a good alternative if you cannot establish phone or other contact. Be sure to have backup locations specified in case of zombie occupation.

Question 3

You just moved across the country and one day a siren goes off in your neighborhood. What should you do?&#10;A)Shelter in the basement&#10;B)Look outside to see what your neighbors are doing&#10;C)Call your local government office to ask what it means&#10;D)Nothing, it's probably just a test

Accepted Answer

Call your local government office to ask what it means
While warning signals such as sirens often mean that you should seek cover from an imminent event like a zombie attack, they could also mean that you should evacuate the area. If you aren't familiar with your community's warning signals, contact your local government for information about what they mean.

Question 4

One night you're watching the news with your family when an alert comes on that your governor has a declared a state of emergency because of zombie attacks on a city 50 miles away from where you live. Your young children become frightened, but to ease their fear, which of the following ways do you suggest that they can help you prepare for an emergency?

A)Teach them how to take down zombies in hand-to-hand combat
B)Plan an evacuation strategy
C)Make a bomb shelter in the backyard
D)All of the above

Accepted Answer

Plan an evacuation strategy
Because of their heightened risk of contracting the virus, children should be taught to stay as far away from zombies as possible, not to fight them, and bomb shelters do not add any real protection against zombie threats. Children can help many aspects of disaster preparedness, including maintaining an emergency kit, making a list of important emergency contacts, learning how to load and shoot long-distance weapons, and planning multiple evacuation strategies and meeting points.

Question 5

Which of the following are important skills that you and your family should know how to do in case of an emergency&#10;A)How to text on a cell phone&#10;B)How to use a fire extinguisher, rifle, and other equipment&#10;C)How to escape from any room in your house by at least two different routes&#10;D)All of the above

Accepted Answer

All of the above
Texting is in fact an important skill to know during an emergency situation because it is sometimes easier for texts to come through rather than phone calls if the phone lines are jammed. Knowing how to use a fire extinguisher, a sawed-off shotgun, and other emergency equipment. Learning how to turn the gas or water is also important. And the CDC recommends that you determine the best escape routes from your home by finding two ways out of each room, in case one entrance is blocked by zombies.

Question 6

Your city has declared a state of emergency due to approaching zombie hordes and urges all residents to evacuate. Because of the traffic you were unable to reach your children's school, but you hear on the radio that all children not picked up at a public school were sent to a regional evacuation center 25 miles away. One of your children is diabetic and needs insulin shots every eight hours. What do you do?

A)Call the school to see if they gave your child the most recent shot
B)Call the evacuation center to tell them about your child's medical needs
C)Call a friend living in the area to go to the evacuation center
D)Immediately drive to the evacuation center

Accepted Answer

Call a friend living in the area to go to the evacuation center
Because the local phone lines might be jammed, calling the school may take too much time. The evacuation center is also probably flooded with calls, and may not be able to identify and locate your child even if they could provide medical attention. Calling a friend or family member in the area and asking them to go to the evacuation center is the best way, under the circumstances, to alert the evacuation center to your child's medical needs as quickly as possible.

Question 7

Which of the following equipment should you have set up in every floor of your home?&#10;A)Smoke detectors&#10;B)Zombie flashbang flares&#10;C)Carbon monoxide detectors&#10;D)None of the above

Accepted Answer

Smoke detectors
You should have at least one smoke detector on each level of your home and at least one carbon monoxide alarm in your home, preferably near bedrooms. You should also have at least one zombie flashbang flare, used to confuse and distract zombies in your home.

Question 8

While at work you receive an official text message stating that there is a zombie watch in effect in your county, but you know you didn't sign up for any emergency alerts. Which organization likely sent out the text?

A)The local emergency management agency
B)The county government
C)The wireless emergency alert system
D)Any of the above

Accepted Answer

The wireless emergency alert system
Wireless emergency alerts (WEAs) are texts sent out by government agencies like NOAA and the Federal Task Force on Zombies to cell towers and received by most cell phones in the area regardless of what alert systems individuals have signed up to receive. Local governments do sometimes provide alerts, but a cell number must be registered in order to receive them.

Deck 2: Emergency Plan and Response