Deck 5: Classes of Protective Action Recommendations: Emergency Planning Conditions and Considerations

Question 1

An airborne mixture of particles or vapors is referred to as a:

A) Plume
B) Peak concentration
C) Black cloud
D) Air Exchange

Answer 1

Plume

Question 2

Which of the following is not a common protective action recommendation?

A) Evacuation
B) In-place protection
C) Expedient respiratory protection
D) Deep underground retreat

Answer 2

Deep underground retreat

Question 3

Adequacy of in-place protection depends on balancing the structure's protective features and the kinds of agent-generated demands.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In a technological accident where an airborne mixture of harmful vapors is release, the least effective protective action recommendation would be:

A) Evacuation
B) In-place protection
C) Expedient respiratory protection
D) Vertical evacuation

Question 5

In inhalation exposure, vulnerability assessments are used to anticipate data needs for estimating exposure at time of release.

Question 6

In toxic chemical and gas threats to determine the proper protective action emergency managers must know the following, except

A) Rate and duration of release
B) Degree of cloud cover
C) Data for a plume dispersion model
D) Structure's air exchange rates

Question 7

In toxic chemical and gas threats, it can be difficult to obtain precise information, even the type of material may be uncertain.

Question 8

Dense building materials like concrete, brick, and stone provide little or no shielding from gamma radiation.

Question 9

The movement of hurricane evacuees to resistant high-rise structures inside the impact area is:

A) Evacuation
B) Vertical evacuation
C) Horizontal Evacuation
D) Lateral Evacaution

Question 10

Evacuations in the U.S. have relied on personal vehicles and often can achieve a nearly complete evacuation.

Question 11

In an evacuation, children must be reunited with their families. To achieve this, the following methods are used except for:

A) Sending children to the parents' work location
B) Evacuating schools to reception centers outside of hazard area
C) Returning children to supervised locations close to their homes
D) Returning children directly to their homes

Question 12

For special facilities residents, shelter in-place should be followed if the protection is roughly equal to evacuation.

Question 13

During an evacuation, tourist in hotels and resorts:

A) are on their own
B) should stay where they are
C) will receive help from the tourist facility staff
D) have to wait for state or federal government to provide them with transportation

Question 14

There is less of a hazard in the evacuation process than the in-place sheltering process.

Question 15

In-place sheltering suggestions for earthquakes include wood frame dwellings and unreinforced masonary.

Question 16

For toxic chemical threats, emergency managers must know how to decided either shelter in-place or ____________.

Question 17

Radioactive material can cause harm clouds or from _______________ contamination.

Question 18

Drug treatment can be used to reduce the body's absorption of _____________ exposure.

Question 19

In expedient respiratory protection, _____________ materials can increase their filtering effectiveness.

Question 20

A rapid onset disaster, is more challenging and requires ____________ planning.

Question 21

What is a vertical evacuation and when is it used, and when implementing a vertical evacuation, what should emergency managers consider?

Question 22

Why is it important to know the age of the buildings and structures in your community?