HOMELAND MIDTERM EXAM WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS {GRADED A+}
First Large Scale Terrorist Attack on U.S. Soil -✔✔ World Trade Center
Bombing
Took 11 hours to evacuate.
The Hebgen Lake Earthquake, which measured 7.3 on the Richter scale,
brought attention to which of the following: -✔✔ The nation's earthquake
risk went beyond the California borders
The primary functions of the Office of Defense Mobilization, which merged
with the Federal Civil Defense Administration in 1958, were which of the
following? -✔✔ Production, stockpiling, and quick mobilization of critical
materials in the event of war
, The Civil Defense programs in the 1950s were established primarily to
protect American communities from which of the following hazards? -✔✔
Nuclear fallout brought on by a Soviet nuclear attack
The first time the federal government became involved in a local disaster
was following which of the following incidents? -✔✔ A town in New
Hampshire was destroyed by a fire in 1803
Office of Defense Mobilization -✔✔ Allow for the quick mobilization of
materials and the production and stockpiling of critical materials in the
event of war.
Which of the following disasters is credited with starting the discussions
that eventually led to the creation of the National Flood Insurance
Program? -✔✔ Hurricane Betsy (1965)
With the passage of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, which federal agency
possessed the most significant authority for natural disaster response and
recovery? -✔✔ The Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD)
The Murrah building helped to move along which of the following legislative
efforts? -✔✔ The Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act
COMPLETE ANSWERS {GRADED A+}
First Large Scale Terrorist Attack on U.S. Soil -✔✔ World Trade Center
Bombing
Took 11 hours to evacuate.
The Hebgen Lake Earthquake, which measured 7.3 on the Richter scale,
brought attention to which of the following: -✔✔ The nation's earthquake
risk went beyond the California borders
The primary functions of the Office of Defense Mobilization, which merged
with the Federal Civil Defense Administration in 1958, were which of the
following? -✔✔ Production, stockpiling, and quick mobilization of critical
materials in the event of war
, The Civil Defense programs in the 1950s were established primarily to
protect American communities from which of the following hazards? -✔✔
Nuclear fallout brought on by a Soviet nuclear attack
The first time the federal government became involved in a local disaster
was following which of the following incidents? -✔✔ A town in New
Hampshire was destroyed by a fire in 1803
Office of Defense Mobilization -✔✔ Allow for the quick mobilization of
materials and the production and stockpiling of critical materials in the
event of war.
Which of the following disasters is credited with starting the discussions
that eventually led to the creation of the National Flood Insurance
Program? -✔✔ Hurricane Betsy (1965)
With the passage of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, which federal agency
possessed the most significant authority for natural disaster response and
recovery? -✔✔ The Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD)
The Murrah building helped to move along which of the following legislative
efforts? -✔✔ The Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act
