Chapter 2

Which U.S. federal Act made undeveloped coastal barriers along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts ineligible for federal expenditure and financial assistance?

Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA)

Which U.S. Code of Federal Regulations states the requirements for state, local, and tribal mitigation plans?

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at Title 44, Chapter 1, Part 201

Which U.S. federal Act, passed by Congress in 1966, augmented the Federal Disaster Relief Program allowing federal assistance to recovery activities?

Disaster Relief Act

Complete the following statement with the correct choice below: The Stafford Act is also known as the ______________.

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1988

DMA 2000 allows local governments to obtain funding from the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), but only after a disaster occurs. True or False?

False (Before a Disaster occurs)

The Disaster Countermeasures Basic Act of 1961 (Act No. 223) provides the institutional framework for disaster prevention and management in Australia. True or False?

False (In Japan)

New Zealand government passed the Disaster Management Act of 2005 on the first anniversary of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. True or False?

False (India)

Which U.S. federal program, established in September of 1950, authorized the government to provide disaster response assistance for State and local governments?

Federal Disaster Relief Program

The usual cycle for monitoring, evaluating, and updating a local mitigation plan is how many years?

Five year Cycle

Which disaster event prompted the U.S. Congress to pass the National Flood Insurance Act?

Hurricane Betsy

Which U.S. President could be credited for the creation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency?

Jimmy Carter

Who was Robert T. Stafford?

Seminal document, Republican US senator from Vermont, Sponsoring and proposing legislation in support of educational and environmental issues [Clean Air Act (CAA)], Created the Stafford Act in 1988,

Local mitigation plans should be submitted to which State official?

State Hazard Mitigation Officer (SHMO)

According to a study conducted by Rose and colleagues in 2007, the most cost effective mitigation activity is flood mitigation. True or False?

True

Australia does not have any national law to direct and legally mandate the activities of local emergency management agencies. True or False?

True

Similar to the United States, the evolution of emergency management in the United Kingdom took its first steps with the passage of the Civil Defense Act of 1948, due to concerns of a nuclear attack. True or False ?

True

State, Local and Indian Tribal governments are required to develop a hazard mitigation plan as a condition for receiving certain types of non-emergency disaster assistance, including funding for mitigation projects from the federal government. True or False?

True

The Black Tuesday fires of Tasmania (1967) were the seminal point for the development of structured national emergency management in Australia. True or False?

True

The Stafford Act gives the U.S. federal government authority to assist states during a state of emergency. True or False?

True

The structure of emergency management in the United Kingdom is decentralized. True or False?

True