Final - Intro to Emergency Management
The myth that people will panic is a valid reason to withhold information about a threat. -
correct answer-False
People use their own pre-existing beliefs about appropriate protective actions. - correct
answer-True
Disaster Research Center's studies of hundreds of emergencies showed no evidence of role
abandonment. - correct answer-True
What percentage of the households receive a warning in the first hour of a disaster? - correct
answer-39%
The level of compliance to protection action recommendations is contingent upon: - correct
answer-Receiver characteristics
Access to the news media varies to some extent among households - correct answer-True
Anti-social behaviors such as looting are common during and after disasters - correct
answer-False
In a disaster: - correct answer-Panic rarely occurs
What percentage of casualties reach a hospital on their own or through the help of a friend
or bystander? - correct answer-46%
Information passes from the inner zone through the outer zone through which of the
following impact zones? - correct answer-Resource filter
Preimpact planning should only address the highest impact community hazards - correct
answer-False
Population monitoring and assessment identifies the size of the population at risk and is
important if the number of people remains constant over time - correct answer-False
National Incident Management System (NIMS) was created in response to the Oklahoma
City Bombing - correct answer-False
The provisions of the EOP's general plan are captured under seven separate headings -
correct answer-True
Hazard source control is part of the incident management protection - correct answer-True
Emergency assessment includes: - correct answer-Predicting the hazard's potential impact
, IMS can only be executed effectively if emergency responders are: - correct
answer-Thoroughly trained before incident occur
Preimpact planning should provide for training and evaluating the emergency response
organization at: select all correct answers: - correct answer-- The station level
- The local level
- The federal level
- The state level
IMS uses all of the following terms to describe different sized groupings of personnel,
equipment, and apparatus except: - correct answer-Commands
Which of the following is a component of NIMS? - correct answer-Preparedness
Emergency assessment activities in the response phase are directed towards mitigation -
correct answer-False
An emergency classification system organizes a large number of potential incidents into a
small set of categories - correct answer-True
Damage assessment focuses on measuring the disaster impact on only private property -
correct answer-False
The medical examiner is responsible for handling remains - correct answer-True
Hazard operation measures are feasible for all hazards - correct answer-False
Threat detection includes: - correct answer-Recognizing that a threat exists
For Hazmat releases before the appropriate monitoring equipment arrives: - correct
answer-Prevent entry into the "hot zone"
A step in impact zone access control and security is: - correct answer-Establish traffic control
points on major perimeter routes
A class of nuclear power plan emergency defined by the NRC and FEMA that involves
substantial core degradation and possibility of radioactive material escaping from the
containment building is a: - correct answer-General Emergency
What is true about EOCs? Select all correct answers - correct answer-- Even a basic EOC
can be effective
- EOCs are the hub of the emergency information processing within the jurisdiction
- EOC are the hub between jurisdiction and external sources of assistance
BREAK TIME, YOU DESERVE IT! - correct answer-KEEP ON TRUCKING THROUGH
Restoring the community to its previous status can reproduce the hazard vulnerability that
led to the disaster - correct answer-True
The myth that people will panic is a valid reason to withhold information about a threat. -
correct answer-False
People use their own pre-existing beliefs about appropriate protective actions. - correct
answer-True
Disaster Research Center's studies of hundreds of emergencies showed no evidence of role
abandonment. - correct answer-True
What percentage of the households receive a warning in the first hour of a disaster? - correct
answer-39%
The level of compliance to protection action recommendations is contingent upon: - correct
answer-Receiver characteristics
Access to the news media varies to some extent among households - correct answer-True
Anti-social behaviors such as looting are common during and after disasters - correct
answer-False
In a disaster: - correct answer-Panic rarely occurs
What percentage of casualties reach a hospital on their own or through the help of a friend
or bystander? - correct answer-46%
Information passes from the inner zone through the outer zone through which of the
following impact zones? - correct answer-Resource filter
Preimpact planning should only address the highest impact community hazards - correct
answer-False
Population monitoring and assessment identifies the size of the population at risk and is
important if the number of people remains constant over time - correct answer-False
National Incident Management System (NIMS) was created in response to the Oklahoma
City Bombing - correct answer-False
The provisions of the EOP's general plan are captured under seven separate headings -
correct answer-True
Hazard source control is part of the incident management protection - correct answer-True
Emergency assessment includes: - correct answer-Predicting the hazard's potential impact
, IMS can only be executed effectively if emergency responders are: - correct
answer-Thoroughly trained before incident occur
Preimpact planning should provide for training and evaluating the emergency response
organization at: select all correct answers: - correct answer-- The station level
- The local level
- The federal level
- The state level
IMS uses all of the following terms to describe different sized groupings of personnel,
equipment, and apparatus except: - correct answer-Commands
Which of the following is a component of NIMS? - correct answer-Preparedness
Emergency assessment activities in the response phase are directed towards mitigation -
correct answer-False
An emergency classification system organizes a large number of potential incidents into a
small set of categories - correct answer-True
Damage assessment focuses on measuring the disaster impact on only private property -
correct answer-False
The medical examiner is responsible for handling remains - correct answer-True
Hazard operation measures are feasible for all hazards - correct answer-False
Threat detection includes: - correct answer-Recognizing that a threat exists
For Hazmat releases before the appropriate monitoring equipment arrives: - correct
answer-Prevent entry into the "hot zone"
A step in impact zone access control and security is: - correct answer-Establish traffic control
points on major perimeter routes
A class of nuclear power plan emergency defined by the NRC and FEMA that involves
substantial core degradation and possibility of radioactive material escaping from the
containment building is a: - correct answer-General Emergency
What is true about EOCs? Select all correct answers - correct answer-- Even a basic EOC
can be effective
- EOCs are the hub of the emergency information processing within the jurisdiction
- EOC are the hub between jurisdiction and external sources of assistance
BREAK TIME, YOU DESERVE IT! - correct answer-KEEP ON TRUCKING THROUGH
Restoring the community to its previous status can reproduce the hazard vulnerability that
led to the disaster - correct answer-True
