V275 Introduction to Emergency Management

Assessment, Part II Name:

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Risk Assessment & Mitigation

1. Which of the following is not included in the definition of risk?

a. The probability and frequency of a hazard occurring
b. The effects or costs, both direct and indirect, of exposure
c. The level of exposure of people and property to the hazard
d. The propensity of a government to respond to the needs of its population
2. Which of the following is not a step in the process of risk assessment?
a. Identify and characterize the hazard
b. Evaluate the hazard for severity and frequency
c. Mitigate the hazard
d. Estimate the risk
3. Mitigation seeks to do which of the following?
a. Reduce the impact of disasters
b. Eliminate risk to people and property from hazards or their effects
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
4. During which of the following phases of the emergency management cycle is
there traditionally the greatest opportunity for mitigation?
a. During the disaster recovery
b. During the disaster response
c. Before disasters occur
d. All of the above
5. Mitigation often involves which of the following players?
a. Land-use planners
b. Business owners
c. Politicians
d. All of the above
6. Which of the following most accurately describes the purpose of RiskMap
cartographic output?
a. Reduce losses of life and property from floods
b. Define flood insurance risk categorizations
c. Define structural risk caused by seismic hazards
d. All of the above
7. Which of the following disaster types is considered difficult to analyze in regards
to risk?
a. Tornadoes
b. Hurricanes
c. Terrorism
d. Wild Fires

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8. Which of the following is considered the most essential part of any mitigation
strategy or plan?
a. An analysis of what the hazards are in a particular area
b. Accurate hazard prediction mechanisms
c. Adequate first response capabilities
d. The feasibility of multiple evacuation routes
9. Which of the following federal agencies provides hazard maps?
a. FEMA
b. USGS
c. DOT
d. a and b
10. Which of the following definitions describes HAZUS?
a. A three-dimensional modeling program that analyzes the placement of
levee systems
b. A nationally applicable methodology for estimating losses from floods,
hurricanes, and earthquakes
c. A meteorological tracking system that provides early warning for tornadoes
d. None of the above
11. Which of the following is an example of a Design or Construction mitigation
technique
a. Flood Insurance
b. Building a levee on the banks of a river
c. Fire retardant building materials
d. None of the above
12. Strategies for land use planning include which of the following?
a. Acquisition
b. Easements
c. Floodplain management plans
d. All of the above
13. The most effective land-use planning tool is which of the following?
a. Rerouting rivers away from high-risk populations
b. Raising the flood-levels of rivers by building taller, stronger levees
c. Implementing building codes that dictate the minimum hazard resistance
of structures
d. Moving structures out of harms way through property acquisition
14. Which of the following limits development near known earthquake faults?
a. The Alquist-Priola Act
b. The Snyder reorganization Bill
c. The Johnson Amendment
d. Presidential Decision Directive 21-99
15. Relocation assistance is an example of which mitigation technique?
a. Financial incentives
b. Insurance
c. Design and construction applications
d. Land-use planning

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16. When the citizens of Napa, CA and Tulsa, OK passed small tax increases to pay
for flood mitigation activities, what happened?
a. The tax had minimal effect on citizens but had a major effect in reducing
future flood risks
b. Citizens resisted the tax so strongly that the increase was repealed within
one year
c. The federal government required the state government to intervene and
repeal the tax
d. None of the above
17. The primary argument against calling Insurance a mitigation technique is which
of the following?
a. Insurance only provides a transfer of risk
b. Insurance only increases peoples risk in the long run
c. Insurance is a business incentive, not a government one
d. Insurance is not required, therefore it will never be effective
18. Which of the following is a successful Insurance-based mitigation program?
a. ICE
b. NFIP
c. BIA
d. FEMA
19. The purchase of federal flood insurance became mandatory for which of the
following loans?
a. Veterans Administration Loans
b. Federal Housing Administration Loans
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
20. Structural controls are controversial as a mitigation tool for which of the
following reasons?
a. They can have negative effects on the areas they are not protecting
b. They can give people protected by them a false sense of security
c. They can caused increased development in disaster-prone areas
d. All of the above
21. Which of the following is not an impediment to mitigation?
a. Individuals and communities deny that they are vulnerable to a disaster
risk
b. Laws prevent states from imposing building codes on new private
development projects
c. Politicians are often hesitant to focus on the long-term benefits of
mitigation
d. Programs to retrofit existing structures or acquisition and relocation
projects are often too expensive for local governments.
22. Which of the following is not supported by the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
a. Retrofitting of structures and lifelines
b. Clearance of debris following Presidentially-declared disasters
c. Vegetation management programs
d. Localized flood-control projects

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23. The economic toll of natural disasters in the United States from 2000-2008 is
estimated to be
approximately equal to which of the following amounts?
a. $355 million
b. $3.55 billion
c. $35.5 billion
d. $355 billion

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24. Mitigation is usually not considered part of the emergency phase of a disaster.
a. True b. False
25. Implementing mitigation programs and activities requires the participation and
support of a broad spectrum of players outside of the traditional emergency
management circle.
a. True b. False
Preparedness

26. Which of the following is not a component of the preparedness cycle as depicted
by the FEMA National Preparedness Directorate?
a. Planning
b. Organize / Equipment
c. Evaluation / Improvement
d. All of the above are included in the cycle
27. Which of the following describe in more detail the different types of assistance
that the responsible agencies and officials will provide via the EOP?
a. Situational Annexes
b. Hazard Annexes
c. Functional Annexes
d. None of the above
28. Nationwide planning efforts are currently guided by which FEMA doctrine?
a. Comprehensive Planning Guide - 101
b. National Planning Guide (NPG)
c. Domestic Planning Guidance
d. All of the above
29. With regards to equipment, it is during the planning phase that which of the
following is conducted?
a. Equipment needs are identified
b. Equipment is purchased
c. Staff are trained in the use of equipment
d. All of the above
30. Which of the following is a preparedness measure?
a. Keeping homes away from floodplains
b. Engineering bridges to withstand earthquakes
c. Training residents to assist themselves and their families in times of
disaster
d. Creating and enforcing effective building codes to protect property from
hurricanes
31. The National Level Exercises (NLE) were once referred to by which acronym?
a. TIPMAN
b. TIPTOP
c. TOPOFF
d. None of the above
32. Which of the following is an emergency management evaluation program?
a. EMAP
b. SPR

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 c. TCL
d. All of the above
33. Which of the following is the predecessor to the National Response Framework?
a. The National Response Plan
b. The National Planning Framework
c. The Federal Planning Framework
d. None of the above
34. FEMA provides education in emergency management though which of the
following?
a. The Emergency Management Institute
b. The Regional Fire Training Academy
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
35. The FEMA Disaster Resistant Jobs course was developed primarily to do which of
the following?
a. Help small business owners perform Business Continuity Planning
b. Help small and medium-sized communities protect the economy from the
effects of catastrophic events
c. To promote the disaster recovery programs implemented by the Small
Business
Administration
d. Teach employees emergency management skills
36. Which of the following is not taught in CERT training?
a. Disaster Preparedness
b. Disaster Site Security
c. Disaster Medical Operations
d. Disaster Psychology and Team Organization
37. The CERT course concept was originally developed by which of the following
agencies?
a. The Los Angeles Fire Department
b. The New York Police Department
c. The Chicago Office of Emergency Management
d. The Federal Emergency Management Agency
38. The CERT course is delivered by which of the following?
a. Average citizens
b. A team of first responders
c. The FEMA regional office
d. The Joint Operations Center
39. Emergency management programs exist in which of the following centers of
education?
a. Junior Colleges
b. Colleges
c. Universities
d. All of the above
40. Which of the following steps is normally performed before a plan is exercised?
a. Train personnel to the plan

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 b. Perform cost/benefit analysis on mitigation measures
c. Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the plan
d. None of the above

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41. Which of the following is not one of FEMAs four categories of emergency
management exercises?
a. Partial-Scale
b. Real-life
c. Functional
d. Tabletop
42. The Target Capabilities List does which of the following?
a. Provides a concise statement of the core preparedness goal for the Nation
b. Includes approximately 1,600 unique tasks identified as being key to
preventing, protecting against, responding to, and recovering from the major
events represented by the National Planning Scenarios
c. Defines 37 specific capabilities that FEMA has determined to be essential
to communities, the private sector, and all levels of government in order to
respond effectively to disasters
d. All of the above
43. Which of the following events raised awareness of the fact that the survival of
business depends on many external factors.
a. The Mississippi Floods
b. The Loma Prieta Earthquake
c. The Oklahoma City Bombing
d. The September 11th Attacks
44. Which of the following is responsible for developing, managing, and coordinating
all national-level programs focused on training, education, exercise and lessons
learned?
a. The FEMA Community Preparedness Division
b. The National Integration Center
c. The FEMA Preparedness Coordination Division
d. None of the above
45. Emergency response plan exercises brought legitimacy and public and political
exposure to the emergency management profession.
a. True b. False
46. All of the emergency functions of the National Response Plan rely on
preparedness.
a. True b. False
47. Preparedness is an ongoing effort to lessen the impact disasters have on people
and property.
a. True b. False
48. As an academic field, as well as an applied practice in the public and private
sector, emergency management is ancient.
a. True b. False
49. The American Red Cross is a good contact for citizens trying to find out what
types of disasters are most likely to occur in their community.
a. True b. False
50. The Emergency Management Institute provides a nationwide training program of
resident and non-resident courses.
a. True b. False

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Response
51. Which of the following was billed as an all-discipline, all-hazards plan?
a. NRP
b. Terrorism Annex to the FRP
c. NIMS
d. CRP
52. 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?
a. The Incident Management Plan
b. The National Response Framework
c. The Recovery Framework
d. None of the above
53. What emergency officials normally respond to the minor disasters that occur
every day in communities throughout the United States?
a. Firefighters
b. Police officers
c. Emergency Medical Technicians
d. All of the above
54. Which of the following is not normally included in a community emergency plan?
a. Procedures for first responder actions
b. Sources of mitigation funding
c. Response Protocols
d. Statutory Authorities
55. Development and maintenance of the community emergency plan is normally
the responsibility of which of the following officials?
a. Fire Chief
b. Emergency Manager
c. Mayor
d. Police Chief
56. Which of the following teams is composed of a small number of highly qualified
and experienced professionals drawn from the FEMA Regional offices, who serve as
an initial Federal disaster management team?
a. ERT-N
b. ERT-A
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B
57. Funding for state emergency management offices comes from which of the
following sources?
a. Local Budgets
b. State Budgets
c. FEMA
d. Both b and c

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58. The principal resource available to governors in responding to a disaster event
in their state is which of the following?
a. Urban Search and Rescue (US&R)
b. State Office of Emergency Management
c. The Federal Response Plan
d. The National Guard
59. NVOAD stands for which of the following?
a. National Veterinarians Organized Alliance for Disasters
b. National Volunteer Organizations Against Disasters
c. Normal Variable Outland Action Division
d. National Victims Online Assistance Database
60. The Incident Command System defines which of the following?
a. The statutory authority of each local response agency (police, fire, EMS)
b. Who is in charge of the overall response effort
c. The 33 federal agencies involved in emergency response
d. None of the above
61. Which of the following is not an ICS management system?
a. The Response Section
b. The Command Section
c. The Operations Section
d. The Planning Section
62. For ICS to be effective, it must provide for effective operations at which of the
following levels of incident character?
a. Single jurisdiction and/or single agency
b. Single jurisdiction with multiple agency support
c. Multijurisdictional and/or multiagency support
d. All of the above
63. Which of the following offers a process that all participating response agencies
can use to improve overall disaster response management?
a. Multiple command function
b. Variable Command Structure
c. Coordinated Command Structure
d. Unified Command
64. Which of the following is a responsibility of the Incident Commander
a. Delegate responsibilities as needed
b. Suppress fires
c. Locate missing persons
d. All of the above
65. Which of the following is not a responsibility of the Governor?
a. Encourage state participation in mutual aid
b. Command responding Coast Guard forces
c. Request federal assistance when it becomes clear that tribal capabilities
will be insufficient or have been exceeded or exhausted
d. None of the above
66. Which of the following is not a responsibility of a local chief executive officer?

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 a. Coordinating local resources to address the full spectrum of actions to
prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from incidents involving all
hazards including terrorism, natural disasters, accidents, and other
contingencies
b. Suspend local laws and ordinances
c. Communicate with the public
d. None of the above
67. 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?
a. ESFs
b. Support Annexes
c. Incident Annexes
d. Appendixes
68. The NRF is divided into 15 key areas of action, described in name by which of
the following?
a. Response Activity Function
b. Emergency Support Function
c. Response Action Function
d. Operational Support Function
69. Which of the following functions is not included in the National Response
Framework (NRF)?
a. Long-Term Community Recovery
b. External Affairs
c. Agriculture and Natural Resources
d. None of the above
70. What Federal official is responsible for coordinating federal operations within the
United States to prepare for, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks, major
disasters, and other emergencies?
a. Secretary of Homeland Security
b. FEMA Director
c. FEMA Administrator
d. President of the United States
71. The first responders to an event almost always include FEMA officials.
a. True b. False
72. 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.
a. True b. False
73. The NRF includes private sector entities.
a. True b. False
74. The actions of local first responders are driven by procedures and protocols
developed by the responding agency.
a. True b. False

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75. Before the September 11th attacks, many communities did not consider
terrorism in their community emergency response plans.
a. True b. False

Recovery
76. When does 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. All of the above
77. 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
78. 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
79. Which of the following is a satellite component of the Joint Field Office?
a. Disaster Coordination Center (DCC)
b. Joint Operations Center (JOC)
c. Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
d. Disaster Recovery Center (DRC)
80. The JFO Operations Section handles which of the following recovery functions?
a. Human Services
b. Infrastructure Support
c. Community Recovery and Mitigation
d. All of the above
81. Which of the following Emergency Support Functions of the National Response
Plan addresses long-term community recovery and mitigation needs?
a. Three
b. Seven
c. Fourteen
d. Fifteen
82. Which of the following branches coordinates assistance programs to aid state
and local governments and eligible private nonprofit organizations to repair or
replace damaged public facilities?
a. Public Utility Recovery Branch
b. Societal Support Branch
c. Infrastructure Support Branch
d. Infrastructure Recovery Branch
83. Which of the following is not a category of federal disaster assistance?
a. Individual Assistance

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 b. Community Assistance
c. Public Assistance
d. Hazard Mitigation Assistance
84. For which of the following entities is Individual Assistance program support not
available?
a. Native American tribes
b. Individuals
c. Families
d. Small businesses
85. FEMAs 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
86. FEMA Disaster housing grants are normally processed within how many days of
application?
a. 10
b. 20
c. 30
d. 50
87. Which of the following is not covered under the Disaster Housing Program?
a. Emergency repairs
b. Replacement destroyed furniture
c. Temporary rental assistance
d. Lodging expenses
88. What is the state matching requirement for the Other Needs portion of the
Individual and Households Program?
a. 15%
b. 25%
c. 75%
d. 0% (no matching requirement)
89. Which of the following is an allowable expense of the Individual and Households
Program?
a. Medical Expenses
b. Dental Expenses
c. Funeral Expenses
d. All of the above
90. Which of the following is not a category of loans provided by the Small Business
Administration?
a. Home Disaster Loans
b. Business Physical Disaster Loans
c. Automobile Replacement Loans
d. Economic Injury Loans
91. Which of the following is a category of work that is eligible under FEMAs Public
Assistance Grant Programs?

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 a. Mitigation work
b. Immediate work
c. Temporary work
d. Permanent work

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92. Which of the following agencies is tasked with debris removal?
a. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
b. American Red Cross
c. Federal Emergency Management Agency
d. Department of Transportation
93. Farmers and ranchers who need help to cover production costs and physical
losses in areas affected by Presidentially Declared Disasters may apply to which of
the following agencies for help with these costs?
a. Department of Housing and Urban Development
b. Small Business Administration
c. U.S. Department of Agriculture
d. Department of Health and Human Services
94. The Administration on Aging (AoA), which provides disaster assistance for older
Americans, is part of which federal agency?
a. Department of Health and Human Services
b. Federal Emergency Management Agency
c. U.S. Department of Agriculture
d. Department of Housing and Urban Development
95. Which of the following is not offered by the American Red Cross?
a. Food
b. Mental health counseling
c. Emergency loans
d. Shelter
96. It can be difficult to measure where response ends and recovery begins.
a. True b. False
97. Decisions during recovery are predominantly driven by local government.
a. True b. False
98. The National Response Framework can be used to coordinate activities that
occur in the recovery phase of a disaster.
a. True b. False
99. Individual assistance is available to business owners.
a. True b. False
100. Nonprofit associations are not eligible under public assistance programs.
a. True b. False

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