EDAPT Exam – Community Emergencies, Disaster
Management, and Preparedness|Verified
Questions Provided with A+ Graded Rationales
Latest Updated 2026
Which terms are stages in the process of emergency management? Select all that apply.
Recovery
Response
Planning
Mitigation
Which populations are most likely to be at high risk during a disaster? Select all that apply.
Prison inmates
English language learners
Families living on a ranch
Retirement village
Inner-city apartment dwellers
Nurses can participate in which stages of emergency management? Select all that apply.
Response
Mitigation/Prevention
Recovery
Preparedness
Planning
Which event is most likely to become a disaster?
Large resort hotel fire during peak tourist season in a remote area.
The school nurse wants to help at-risk students and their families prepare for the upcoming
hurricane season. Which is the most critical action for the nurse to take?
Provide information and resources on planning.
Which prevention activity is most appropriate for the nurse to take in a flood-prone
community?
, Work with city leaders to find new housing for families living in a flood-prone housing
development.
The clinic nurse is concerned about the death of several clients due to carbon monoxide
poisoning after a recent two-week power outage due to a hurricane. The nurse identifies several
activities that might make a positive impact in the community. Click to specify in which stage of
disaster management the nurse implements each activity. More than one stage may apply to
each activity.
Preparedness:
Acquire and hand out flyers on generator safety.
Advocate for a state law requiring educational material to be attached to generators sold in the
state.
Mitigation/Prevention:
Acquire and hand out flyers on generator safety.
Response:
Acquire and hand out flyers on generator safety.
Accompany a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) to identify dangerous generator
usage.
Recovery:
Acquire and hand out flyers on generator safety.
Accompany a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) to identify dangerous generator
usage.
How often should facility leadership update their emergency operations plan?
Continuously
John is an emergency department nurse who has just been assigned to the hospital's
emergency management committee. He has been asked to conduct an annual review of the
emergency operations plan. John has never seen the plan and he asked several members of the
committee where to locate the plan. The committee chair (the emergency management
director) tells him the plan is in a locked cabinet in his office and they can retrieve it after the
meeting.
Which cues should concern John? Select all that apply.
Management, and Preparedness|Verified
Questions Provided with A+ Graded Rationales
Latest Updated 2026
Which terms are stages in the process of emergency management? Select all that apply.
Recovery
Response
Planning
Mitigation
Which populations are most likely to be at high risk during a disaster? Select all that apply.
Prison inmates
English language learners
Families living on a ranch
Retirement village
Inner-city apartment dwellers
Nurses can participate in which stages of emergency management? Select all that apply.
Response
Mitigation/Prevention
Recovery
Preparedness
Planning
Which event is most likely to become a disaster?
Large resort hotel fire during peak tourist season in a remote area.
The school nurse wants to help at-risk students and their families prepare for the upcoming
hurricane season. Which is the most critical action for the nurse to take?
Provide information and resources on planning.
Which prevention activity is most appropriate for the nurse to take in a flood-prone
community?
, Work with city leaders to find new housing for families living in a flood-prone housing
development.
The clinic nurse is concerned about the death of several clients due to carbon monoxide
poisoning after a recent two-week power outage due to a hurricane. The nurse identifies several
activities that might make a positive impact in the community. Click to specify in which stage of
disaster management the nurse implements each activity. More than one stage may apply to
each activity.
Preparedness:
Acquire and hand out flyers on generator safety.
Advocate for a state law requiring educational material to be attached to generators sold in the
state.
Mitigation/Prevention:
Acquire and hand out flyers on generator safety.
Response:
Acquire and hand out flyers on generator safety.
Accompany a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) to identify dangerous generator
usage.
Recovery:
Acquire and hand out flyers on generator safety.
Accompany a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) to identify dangerous generator
usage.
How often should facility leadership update their emergency operations plan?
Continuously
John is an emergency department nurse who has just been assigned to the hospital's
emergency management committee. He has been asked to conduct an annual review of the
emergency operations plan. John has never seen the plan and he asked several members of the
committee where to locate the plan. The committee chair (the emergency management
director) tells him the plan is in a locked cabinet in his office and they can retrieve it after the
meeting.
Which cues should concern John? Select all that apply.
