EMG-100: Into to Emergency Management Final Exam Study Guide.
14. The first responders to an event almost always include FEMA officials. True or False?
False
15. 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. True or False?
False
33. Recovery officially begins as soon as the Emergency Operations Center is demobilized. True or False?
False
37. Nonprofit associations are not eligible under public assistance programs. True or False?
False
54. All nations are subject to natural disasters to a relatively equal degree. True or False?
False
55. The wealthiest nations of the world suffer the greatest impact of nature's fury. True or False?
False
57. News of a disaster often takes days to reach the international response agencies. True or False?
False
58. The United States Government has been widely recognized as the central coordinating body in international disaster response. True of False?
False
73. In 1999, TOPOFF showed that State and Local governments were very well prepared for an act of terrorism. True or False?
False
75. Emergency management policy and strategy is driven solely by scientific calculation of hazard risk. True or False?
False
78. The Homeland Security Advisory System replaced the National Terrorism Advisory System. True or False?
False
80. The Boston Marathon Bombings, the San Bernardino Attack, and the Orlando Nightclub Shooting were each perpetrated by foreign nationals who had entered the country illegally. True or False?
False
72. Infrastructure protection is a major concern of which of the following?
Federal, State, and Local infrastructure, All of the above.
3. What emergency officials normally respond to the minor disasters that occur every day in communities throughout the United States?
Firefighters
32. Which of the following is a tool that should be considered by decision makers as they develop their recovery plan?
Land use planning techniques, zoning, & building codes.
67. Which of the following terrorists try to reduce the influence of capitalism in favor of communist or socialist ideologies and frameworks?
Left Wing Terrorists.
23. Which of the following is eligible to receive recovery assistance through the FEMA Public Assistance Program?
Local Gov. agencies & Non-government Orgs.
30. Farmers and ranchers who need help to cover production costs and physical losses in areas affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters may apply for help with these costs?
MSDA
27. Which of the following is an allowable expense of the Individual and Households Program?
Medical expenses, dental expenses, and funeral expenses.
2. 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?"
NRF
1. Which of the following was billed as being "all-discipline, all-hazards"?
NRP
70. The DHS relies the most heavily on which of the following to communicate terrorism risk?
NTAS
7. What is the principal resource available to governors in responding to a disaster event in their state?
National Guard.
43. Which of the following disasters normally involve an international humanitarian response?
Natural disasters, Tech. disasters, complex humanitarian Emergencies, all of the Above.
53. Which of the following is not a subunit of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance?
Recovery Finance Division.
52. Which of the following is not a general category of NGOs described in the book?
Relief Organizations
26. What is not covered under the Disaster Housing Program?
Replacement of destroyed furniture.
4. Which of the following is included in a community emergency plan?
Response protocols, statutory authorities, procedures for first responder actions,
68. The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was conducted by an individual who would most closely be associated with which of the following types of terrorists?
Right Wing Terrorists.
61. Emergency management is a discipline that is based on which of the following?
Risk.
12. What Federal official is the "principal federal official" for domestic incident management?
Secretary of homeland security
6. Funding for state emergency management offices comes from which sources?
State budgets & FEMA.
10. Which of the following NRF components describe how Federal departments and agencies, State, tribal, and local entities; the private sector; volunteer organizations, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) coordinate and execute the common functional processes and administrative requirements necessary to ensure efficient and effective incident management?
Support Annexes.
71. Which of the following agencies or entities did not respond to the events of September 11, 2001.
The DHS.
13. FEMA manages a cadre of individuals that work on an on-call, intermittent basis. These individuals used to be called Disaster Assistance Employees, but today they are called?
The National Disaster Reservists.
62. The FEMA Administrator is a direct report of the following Federal officials?
The Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security.
44. The United Nations is best suited to lead the international response to disasters because of which of the following reasons?
They have long standing relationships with host countries where they work.
16. Before the September 11th attacks, many communities did not address the response to terrorism in their community emergency response plans. True or False?
True
17. Response capabilities and capacities tend to be stronger in those states and territories that experience high levels of annual disaster activity. True or False?
True
18. Unified Command is used when there is a multiagency response True or False?
True
19. The Command Section of ICS handles the tactical operations, coordinates the command objectives, and organizes and directs all resources to the disaster site. True or False?
True
20. In order to determine the need for a Presidential disaster declaration, State and Federal officials will conduct a preliminary damage assessment (PDA) to estimate the extent of the disaster and its impact on individuals and public facilities True or False?
True
34. Decisions during recovery are predominantly driven by local government. True or False?
True
35. The National Response Framework is no longer used to coordinate long-term recovery activities. True or False?
True
38. A household may receive up to $33,000 in grant assistance from the IHP True or False?
True
39. Legal assistance for insurance claims, counseling on landlord/tenant problems, assistance in consumer protections matters, remedies and procedures, and replacement of destroyed legal documents is available as one of FEMA's Individual Assistance Recovery Programs True or False?
True
40. FEMA is only one of many federal agencies that contribute to social and economic recovery. True or False?
True
56. A disaster requires the involvement of the international community of responders only after a nation's capability to respond has become overwhelmed. True or False?
True
59. Disasters almost always present a window of opportunity to rebuild old, ineffective structures and develop policy and practice in a way that leaves behind a more empowered, resilient community. True of False?
True
60. The UN promotes prevention and mitigation activities through its regular development projects. True of False?
True
74. Terrorism has existed for over two thousand years True or False?
True
77. The creation of the Department of Homeland Security follows the same logic that first established FEMA in 1979. True or False?
True
79. The Department of Homeland Security National Protection and Programs Directorate was a result of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act. True or False?
True
36. Individual assistance is available to business owners. True or False?
True.
48. Who is in charge of heading the UN response to crises through a committee of several humanitarian bodies, including UNOCHA, UNDP, UNICEF, UNHCR, and the WFP?
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator
50. Which UN Agency's original mission has been expanded to address the problems that affect poor children throughout the world, including in times of disaster?
UNICEF
49. Which UN agency was created in 1998 to accommodate the needs of victims of disasters and emergencies?
UNOCHA
29. Which of the following has lead agency status for Public Works and Engineering missions, which include debris removal operations?
US Army corps of Engineers.
47. Which kind of bias in relief distribution can be exacerbated if the responding agency hires local staff without consideration of the existence of such biases?
class bias
22. Which of the following stakeholder groups should be involved in the recovery process?
private sector, government, & community activists
8. The Incident Command System was originally developed for what reason?
to enable a more coordinated multi-agency response.
24. What is a category of federal disaster assistance?
Individual assistance, public assistance, & Hazard Mitigation. (All of the above).
9. Which of the following is true about the unified command structure of ICS?
1) Only 1 IAP Is Developed 2) Only Used For Multiagency Response 3) Agencies Participate Through Representational Membership in The Command Structure 4) All Of The Above.
25. FEMA Disaster housing grants are normally processed within how many days of application?
10 Days.
63. Approximately what percentage of the 142,000 terrorist attacks that occurred worldwide from 1969 to 2014 occurred in the United States?
2%
69. The number of firefighters that died in the single day that the 9/11 attacks occurred was how many times greater than the number of firefighters that die in a typical year.
3 times more likely.
41. What percentage of disaster related injuries and deaths are sustained in countries with per capita income levels that are below $760 per year?
90%
31. The Administration on Aging (AOA), which provides disaster assistance for older Americans, is part of which federal agency?
Dept. of Health & Human Services
45. The Sphere Project has done which of the following?
Developed a standard of conduct
42. Disaster management programs in poor countries are most commonly viewed as superfluous because of which reason?
Disasters are chance events, not guaranteed to happened.
64. Weather Underground is an organization that has been labeled as which of the following?
Domestic Terrorist Organization
11. The NRF is divided into 15 key areas of action called Emergency Support Functions. However, which one of these 15 areas is no longer used in practice?
ESF 14
5. Development and maintenance of the community emergency plan is normally the responsibility of which official?
Emergency Managers
66. Arlington County is credited for having in place an aggressive, well-established EAP at the time of the Pentagon attack, allowing for Critical Incident Stress Management services. EAP stands for which of the following?
Employee Assistance Program.
46. Which of the following is a form of bias in relief distribution characterized by inequality resulting from the male/female roles of the society?
Gender Bias
65. According to the Arlington County After-Action Report, which of the following is a capability of the Arlington County Fire Department that should be emulated by other departments?
ICS &UC
51. In rapid onset events, the WFP is activated in the response to which of the following?
Immediate Nutritional Needs of Victims.
28. What is a category of work that is eligible under FEMA's Public Assistance Grant Programs?
Permanent work
21. Recovery is most effective when planning begins at what point?
Prior to the onset of the actual disaster,