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Which one of the following is a primary role of an emergency manager? | a. Incident commander.
b. Joint Information Center coordinator.
c. Program coordinator.
d. Shelter manager. | c | null |
What would the emergency manager's role in mass care be? | a. Distributing emergency supplies.
b. Ensuring the proper organization provides meals.
c. Inspecting temporary housing facilities.
d. Supervising physical security for congregate shelters. | b | null |
You are leading and influencing when you are doing all of the following except __________: | a. Encouraging someone else to assume the leadership role in the group.
b. Establishing partnerships with neighboring communities to share resources.
c. Inviting other members of the emergency management team to discuss common goals.
d. Telling them that it is your way or not at all. | d | null |
Effective delegation involves __________. | a. Determining that all credit goes to the team leader.
b. Ensuring that all tasks are equally distributed.
c. Ensuring that the person has the necessary authority to do the job properly.
d. Guaranteeing all employees have a chance to do the same task. | c | null |
What should a leader do when setting up implementation structures to facilitate change? | a. Focus on interim systems because there will be time later to deal with long-term impact.
b. Consider primarily long-term impacts because the short-term will take care of itself.
c. Include representatives of all key stakeholder groups.
d. Place the greatest emphasis on how the change will impact the highest levels o... | c | null |
During times of change, it is important for leaders to ____________: | a. Make sure that they put the right spin on the situation, especially when things are going badly.
b. Discourage stakeholders from expressing their misgivings.
c. Explain the situation once, then move on - don't dwell on it.
d. Communicate first through actions, then words. | d | null |
Airing your concerns about taking on a new commitment is likely to: | a. Build trust.
b. Erode trust.
c. Expand your capacity to trust.
d. Reduce your responsibility but enhance your authority. | a | null |
Demonstrating conviction, courage, compassion, and community can: | a. Be used by a transformational leader to build trust.
b. Diminish your capacity for trusting others.
c. Make you vulnerable to your adversaries.
d. Undermine or erode trust. | a | null |
The emergency manager's role for media relations is to:
| a. Ensure plans for this function are in place and up-to-date.
b. Make all contacts with the media.
c. Review and approve all releases.
d. Serve as the primary spokesperson. | a | null |
If the community already has an emergency operations plan, the emergency manager should: | a. Assume the plan is probably outdated, and proceed to develop a new one.
b. Consider this part of the job done, and focus on other activities.
c. Coordinate a unified effort with all those responsible to keep the plan updated.
d. Let the people responsible for the various sections decide when and if changes are neede... | c | null |
Documentation is a legal and administrative requirement for an emergency management organization. As an emergency manager, you will document which of the following records, except: | a. incident records.
b. mutual aid activities.
c. routine staffing records.
d. situation reports. | c | null |
Anticipated emergency operations is a budget item consisting of estimates for emergencies that may occur during the budget cycle. What type of data may be needed to support these estimates? | a. Emergency operations plan.
b. Exercise training plan.
c. Historical records.
d. Weather reports. | c | null |
How is risk defined? | a. A predicted impact that a hazard would have on people, services, and specific facilities in a community.
b. A specific point of vulnerability.
c. The magnitude, duration, seasonal pattern, and speed of onset of a hazard.
d. Typical weather patterns for a community. | a | null |
Frequency, magnitude and potential intensity, and probable spatial extent are all factors to consider when developing a(n): | a. Hazard profile.
b. Impact estimate.
c. Jurisdiction analysis.
d. Resource assessment. | a | null |
Mutual aid and assistance agreements may provide ________ when invoked. | a. Change of command
b. Unity of command
c. Policy decisions
d. Equipment such as bulldozers or dump trucks | d | null |
Standby contracts establish the price as that which is/was in effect: | a. on the day before the emergency event.
b. on the day of the emergency event.
c. on the day after an emergency event.
d. do not establish price for the resources provided during an emergency. | a | null |
Which one of the following objectives is considered short-term? | a. The Chamber of Commerce will work with local businesses to implement the economic revitalization strategies developed and approved by the community leaders.
b. City departments will work with the whole community to develop permanent housing solutions for people and their families who were left homeless by the wildla... | c | null |
Which one of the following exercise objectives follows the SMART format? | a. Deliver an approved points of distribution delivery route to the designated incident commander.
b. Demonstrate the ability to assemble, supply, and support a complete flash flood response team to pre-position for imminent response.
c. Emergency management staff will initiate and complete a call-back of EOC personnel... | c | null |
Which section of the emergency operations plan addresses resource needs and availability? | a. Administration, Finance and Logistics.
b. Direction, Control, and Coordination.
c. Organization and Assignment of Responsibilities.
d. Situation and Assumptions. | a | null |
Specifying safety procedures in an incident plan is an example of which one of the following risk control measures? | a. Eliminating the hazardous operation.
b. Engineering controls.
c. Administrative controls.
d. Using personal protective equipment. | c | null |
Which of the following is a prevention technique or activity? | a. Conducting background investigations on personnel who have access to critical infrastructure.
b. Developing plans and making other preparations to save lives and safeguard the environment.
c. Identifying shelter locations and needed supplies.
d. Multi-objective planning by the whole community for local floodway deve... | a | null |
A sound prevention strategy is based on which of the following factors? | a. Installing and maintaining warning systems.
b. Strengthening zoning and building codes.
c. Training on emergency protective measures.
d. Updating immunization and quarantine policies. | d | null |
Which of the following defines mitigation? | a. Activities designed for a community to adapt to changing conditions and to withstand and rapidly recover from disruption due to emergencies.
b. Activities designed to ensure the entity or jurisdiction is optimally prepared to prevent an imminent terrorist attack.
c. Activities that safeguard the jurisdiction against... | d | null |
The emergency manager plays a unique role in helping to mitigate the community's threats and hazards. Which of the following is a key responsibility? | a. Enforce zoning and building codes.
b. Increase awareness about the public's role in mitigation.
c. Obtain insurance to reduce risk.
d. Uphold Federal regulations intended to reduce hazard losses and provide resources to achieve these goals. | b | null |
Which of the following is NOT a recommended emergency communication action? | a. Coordinate emergency messages with those of other authorities and across the various media.
b. Create message templates based on your local threats and hazards that you can use when an emergency arises.
c. Include in warning messages the protective behavior expected of the public.
d. When issuing an urgent warning m... | d | null |
Which system is the method of operating during an incident that allows multiple public information officers (PIOs) to coordinate information and integrate messages to avoid confusing the public? | a. Incident Command System.
b. Joint Information System.
c. National Incident Management System.
d. Warning, Notification, and Communications System. | b | null |
During your research of the Whole Community's communication needs, you discover there are people with both functional and access needs. As the message originator, how would you ensure effective communication messages meet their needs? | a. Design the message content using nonstandard language formats and technical terminology for translation using audio by text-to-speech equipment.
b. Present the least important information first and build your case to the most important.
c. Provide ample text and audio to explain images or maps so that message recipi... | c | null |
Communications is one of the core functions of emergency management. What is the definition of this function? | a. Ensures that warning information is available to the public and pre-scripted messages have been prepared for identified threats and hazards.
b. Includes providing information to the whole community before, during, and after an emergency
c. Includes the systems and procedures that emergency personnel use to communica... | c | null |
An incident command system provides for a common organizational structure that enables effective and efficient incident management. It is designed to ensure which of the following? | a. Achievement of the entity's strategic objectives.
b. Efficient use of resources.
c. Health and safety of the Whole Community.
d. Use of specific agency or organizational codes and acronyms. | b | null |
Which of the following serves as a critical link in the emergency response chain, enabling incident commanders to focus on the needs of the incident while promoting problem solving at the lowest practical level? | a. Emergency Operations Center.
b. Emergency Operations Plan.
c. Incident Command System.
d. Multiagency Coordination Center. | a | null |
Which component of an emergency management program establishes the overall authority, roles, and functions performed by an entity during incidents? | a. Emergency Management Policy or Local Ordnance.
b. Emergency Operations Plan (EOP).
c. Strategic Plan.
d. Whole Community Strategic Themes. | b | null |
What section of the Emergency Operations Plan describes emergency response procedures for each threat or hazard that an entity's plan addresses? | a. Annexes.
b. Basic Plan.
c. Hazard-Specific Annexes/Appendices.
d. Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA). | c | null |
An entity's workforce consists of different ages and cultural groups as well as some with access and functional needs. Which of the following methods allow the entity to effectively communicate emergency messages with this diverse group? | a. Ensure the message is written at the eighth grade reading level.
b. Limit the use of alternative types of communications.
c. Provide the information in multiple formats.
d. Use the dominant language and one other language. | c | null |
As the emergency manager, you are developing methodologies to inform employees and their families following the occurrence of an event. Which group of methodologies or channels will reach the most diverse group of people? | a. Automated notification systems, call centers, and call lists.
b. Instant messaging, message boards, and email.
c. Radio and television, social media, and meetings.
d. Twitter, Snapchat, and Facebook. | c | null |
How does the emergency manager and planning team develop a better understanding of the Whole Community? | a. Analyze past after action reports on recent community disaster events.
b. Learn how social activity is organized on a normal basis.
c. Review the community's land use maps.
d. Study the predominant foreign language. | b | null |
Under the Whole Community approach to emergency management, citizens and private individuals in the community have critical roles to play. Which of the following lists some of their roles in building and sustaining a secure and resilient community? | a. Developing business continuity plans.
b. Providing emergency shelters.
c. Reducing hazards in and around their homes.
d. Speaking another language. | c | null |
The local emergency manager has the responsibility for coordinating emergency management programs and activities. Under which one of the following does the emergency manager develop and carry out public awareness and education programs? | a. Conducting all hazards threat/hazard and risk assessments (THIRA).
b. Coordinating a review of all local emergency- and disaster-related authorities.
c. Facilitating the emergency planning process.
d. Managing resources before, during, and after a major emergency or disaster. | d | null |
In emergency management, communication responsibilities are typically quite varied. One responsibility is educating the community on emergency preparedness. Which of the following activities would you include in the community education program? | a. Engage the community in dialogues about disaster recovery options.
b. Inform the community about emergency plans, issues, and events.
c. Issue alerts and warnings to the community.
d. Train the community on the entity's communications systems. | b | null |
The local emergency plan was recently revised. From the following list, which type of exercise should the emergency manager use to teach or orient the participants on the revised plan? | a. Game.
b. Seminar.
c. Tabletop.
d. Workshop. | b | null |
Your emergency management plan has been in effect and the responsible individuals and agencies attended various seminars and a tabletop exercise. Now you want to evaluate the ability of multiple agencies to coordinate their response activities. Which one of the following exercises would you develop? | a. Drill
b. Full-scale
c. Functional
d. Game | c | null |
There are four design elements used for creating an emergency management exercise. Which of the following design elements provides the storyline that drives the exercise? | a. Objectives
b. Purpose.
c. Scenario.
d. Scope. | c | null |
Our needs assessment indicated the local hazard materials team recently received new equipment and updated their standard operating procedures. Which one of the following exercise objectives supports the jurisdiction's needs and follows the SMART format? | a. Assess the capability of the jurisdiction to respond to an unknown chemical release.
b. Assess the capability of the local hazardous material team to detect, identify, monitor, and respond to the effects of an unknown chemical release.
c. Detect, identify, monitor, and respond to the effects of an unknown chemical r... | b | null |
Which of the following exercise documents contain distinct, chronologically sequenced modules, with each module representing a specific time segment of the overall scenario? | a. Exercise Evaluation Guides (EEGs)
b. Exercise Plan (EXPLAN)
c. Master Scenario Events List (MSEL)
d. Situation Manual (SITMAN) | d | null |
Which of the following exercise documents contain a checklist of critical tasks to be completed by the players during the exercise? | a. Exercise Evaluation Guides (EEGs)
b. Exercise Plan (EXPLAN)
c. Master Scenario Events List (MSEL)
d. Situation Manual (SITMAN) | a | null |
Which of the following exercises usually require additional logistical considerations? | a. Discussion-based.
b. Operations-based.
c. Seminars.
d. Workshops. | b | null |
Exercise players participate in all but which one of the following exercise meetings? | a. Debriefings.
b. Facilitated/moderated discussions.
c. Guided presentations.
d. Hotwash. | a | null |
The Exercise Planning Team appoints a Lead Evaluator to organize and manage the exercise evaluation activities. Which of the following people would best fulfill the Lead Evaluator position? | a. Business owner.
b. Deputy police chief.
c. Mitigation section planner.
d. Public works supervisor. | b | null |
Which statement is true regarding the Exercise Evaluation Plan (EvalPlan)? | a. The EvalPlan is a stand-alone formal document for all types of exercises.
b. The EvalPlan is a stand-alone formal document only for discussion-based exercises.
c. The EvalPlan is a stand-alone formal document only for operations-based exercises.
d. The EvalPlan is a document that helps exercise evaluators understand... | d | null |
Which of the following exercise tools (documents) contains measureable steps that, when implemented, lead to improved response capabilities? | a. Exercise Evaluation Guides.
b. Exercise Evaluation Plan.
c. Improvement Plan.
d. Situation Manual. | c | null |
Who identifies each area for improvement listed in the Improvement Plan matrix? | a. Evaluators.
b. Exercise Participants.
c. Observers.
d. Stakeholders. | a | null |
Which of the following describes the goal of exercise data analysis? | a. To allow evaluators to review results of the HOTWASH and participant feedback forms.
b. To demonstrate the successful performance of the exercise objectives.
c. To evaluate the ability of exercised functions to perform target capabilities.
d. To prepare the draft After Action Report and Improvement Plan. | c | null |
In what step of the Four-Step Data Analysis process do the evaluators identify discrepancies between what happened and what was supposed to happen and then explore the source of these discrepancies identified? | a. Identifying issues
b. Determining root causes
c. Developing recommendations for improvement
d. Identifying lessons learned. | b | null |
The Improvement Plan Matrix lists each area for improvement. By whom and when are they identified? | a. By evaluators during the exercise.
b. By evaluators in the After Action Report.
c. By stakeholders during the exercise.
d. By stakeholders during the AAR Conference. | b | null |
What is the outcome of the facilitated discussion held during the After Action Conference? | a. Draft After Action Report
b. Finalized After Action Report
c. Improvement Plan
d. Improvement Plan Matrix | d | null |
How often should an emergency manager perform a review of his or her program? | a. After every policy change.
b. Annually.
c. In conjunction with each after-action review.
d. On a regularly scheduled basis. | d | null |
Does an emergency manager need to conduct further reviews of the emergency management program if thorough after action reviews are conducted following each major incident response? | a. No, the after action review covered everything in the program.
b. No, one program review is all that is required.
c. Yes, the after action review covered the core emergency management functions.
d. Yes, the after action review did not cover the emergency management program functions. | d | null |
How do emergency management program evaluators identify issues for corrective action recommendations? | a. Comparing exercise or performance objectives to actual performance.
b. Conducting a Controller/ Evaluator debriefing following an exercise.
c. Conducting routine inspections of equipment, supplies, and training.
d. Reviewing all the After Action Reports. | a | null |
Which of the following is a concrete and actionable corrective action? | a. Conduct additional training for all primary and secondary EOC staff.
b. Develop procedures to implement the EOC secondary communications system.
c. Obtain more references for use in the EOC during actual incident response.
d. Update the local policy on Active Shooter response and recovery. | b | null |
National Preparedness Goal emphasizes five mission areas rather than the four phases of emergency management. Response, recovery, and mitigation are common to both. What are the other two mission areas called? | a. Planning and Preparedness
b. Preparedness and Protection
c. Preparedness and Prevention
d. Prevention and Protection | d | null |
Which is the only position that is always staffed in Incident Command System (ICS) applications? | a. Incident Commander.
b. Operations Section Chief.
c. Public Information Officer.
d. Safety Officer. | a | null |
Incident Action Plans (IAPs) provide a coherent means to communicate the overall incident objectives in the context of both operational and support activities. Incident Action Plans (IAPs) depend on __________ to accomplish response tactics. | a. common terminology
b. integrated communications
c. management by objectives
d. organizational resources | c | null |
According to the National Incident Management System (NIMS), when should managers plan and prepare for demobilizing resources no longer needed for the incident? | a. At the same time that they begin the resource mobilization process.
b. After the Operations Section Chief completed all the IAP objectives.
c. When the Resource Unit Leader no longer has a use for the resource.
d. While preparing the emergency operations plan. | a | null |
The National Incident Management System (NIMS) provides a set of ___________ organizational structures, as well as requirements for processes, procedures, and systems designed to improve interoperability. | a. complicated.
b. rigid.
c. simple.
d. standardized. | d | null |
What principle(s) represent the foundation for the Whole Community approach to emergency management? | a. Strengthen what works in communities on a daily basis
b. Engage and empower all parts of the community
c. Understands and meets the actual needs of the community
d. All of the above | d | null |
According to the Incident Command system (ICS), who directs tactical operations when the Operations Section has been activated? | a. Deputy Incident Commander.
b. Emergency Operations Center.
c. Incident Commander.
d. Operations Section Chief. | d | null |
Which one of the actions listed below is primarily a state / tribal responsibility for disaster response? | a. Provide immediate aid.
b. Request a Presidential Disaster Declaration.
c. Serves as the first line of defense in emergencies.
d. Warns and advises citizens. | b | null |
According to the National Disaster Recovery Framework, when does the recovery process begin? | a. After the response teams begin demobilizing.
b. Concurrently with the response after the lifesaving actions are completed.
c. When the senior executive for the jurisdiction/entity declares the recovery begins.
d. With pre-disaster preparedness and includes a wide range of planning activities. | d | null |
What is a Joint Information Center (JIC)? | a. A central location from which emergency operations are coordinated.
b. A central location where disaster victims can rest and obtain food.
c. A central location at the incident scene where responders can be debriefed about the incident.
d. A central location, where the Public Information Officers provide updates to ... | d | null |
Which of the following social media tools allow the emergency manager and community members to connect directly with each other for two-way communication before, during and after an incident? | a. Blog.
b. Social networking site.
c. Media sharing site.
d. Wiki. | b | null |
During the response to a major disaster event, you want to get a message out to the public regarding evacuations and sheltering options. Because your jurisdiction borders another country, you need to ensure that your message is immediate and available globally. Which of the following communications platforms or tools s... | a. Local AM radio.
b. Major daily newspapers.
c. Social media sites.
d. Press release. | c | null |
The Improvement Plan Matrix lists each area for improvement. By whom and when are they identified? | a. By evaluators during the exercise.
b. By evaluators in the After Action Report.
c. By stakeholders during the exercise.
d. By stakeholders during the AAR Conference. | b | null |
Which of the following presents an integrated set of guidance, programs, and processes that enables thewhole community to meet the National Preparedness Goal | a. State Training and Exercise System
b. National Preparedness System
c. Community Response System
d. Incident Command System | b | null |
A document describing how a community will respond to a wide variety of potential hazards is: | a. An emergency operations plan
b. A standard operating procedure
c. An implementing instruction
d. A support document | a | null |
In the National Preparedness Goal, which of the following is not a Mission Area: | a. Prevention
b. Response
c. Planning | c | null |
Which Mission Area includes those capabilities necessary to avoid, prevent, or stop a threatened or actual act of terrorism: | a. Prevention
b. Protection
c. Mitigation | a | null |
Conducting a systematic process engaging the whole community, as appropriate, in the development of executable strategic, operational, and/or tactical-level approaches to meet defined objectives is part of planning for which Mission Area: | a. Prevention
b. Protection
c. Mitigation | b | null |
Assessing risk and disaster resilience so that decision-makers, responders, and community members can take informed action to reduce their entity's risk and increase their resilience is part of which Mission Area: | a. Prevention
b. Protection
c. Mitigation | c | null |
Conducting the appropriate measures to ensure the protection of the health and safety of the public and workers, as well as the environment, from all-hazards in support of responder operations and the affected communities is part of which Mission Area: | a. Response
b. Recovery
c. Reaction | a | |
The Chernobyl disaster of 1986 in Ukraine was a case of | a. Epidemic disaster
b. Toxic gas disaster
c. Nuclear disaster
d. None of the above | c | null |
Which of the following is seasonally related hazard? | a. Earthquake
b. Volcanic Eruption
c. Terrorist Attack
d. None of the above | d | null |
Disaster Management includes: | a. Mitigation
b. Reconstruction
c. Rehabilitation
d. All of the above | d | null |
Which of the following should be practiced during LPG leakage? | a. Open windows
b. Close windows
c. Hide under chair
d. Switch on the light | a | null |
Which of the following is the objective of pre-disaster management? | a. Collect information
b. Participation of people
c. First aid
d. Mock drill | a | null |
Which of the following should not be practiced in case of snake bite? | a. Cut wound
b. Cover the wound with sterile bandage
c. Do not suck the blood out
d. Do not apply medicine | a | null |
What are the effects of dry famine? | a. Loss of life
b. Collapse of building
c. Soil erosion
d. Water logging | a | null |
Production and use of harmful chemicals is under ban in ________ countries | a. Developing countries
b. Developed countries
c. Third world countries
d. All of these | b | null |
Populations and their movements through time are a component of: | a. Physical vulnerability
b. Environmental vulnerability
c. Social vulnerability
d. Economic vulnerability | a | null |
Insurance is an example of: | a. Risk likelihood
b. Risk avoidance
c. Risk acceptance
d. Risk transfer | d | null |
All are the principle of emergency management except? | a. Coordination
b. Inflexibility
c. Comprehension
d. Progression
e. Risk driven | b | null |
Which of the following is wrong? | a. Disaster may be hazard
b. Hazard is the product of risk and vulnerability
c. Hazard is any negative event require external assistance
d. Hazard by itself might be devastating.
e. all | e | null |
The primarily concerned and other categories’ indirect impact of hazard among the
following | a. Social
b. Health
c. Environment
d. Economic | b | null |
Among the following disease one does not notified by IHR 2005? | a. Smallpox
b. Poliomyelitis due to wild-type
c. Poliovirus human influenza caused by a new subtype
d. SARS
e. None | e | null |
Slow occurrences and multi casual among the following natural disaster | a. Conflict
b. Earthquake
c. Volcano Eruption
d. Outbreak
e. Shipwreck | d | null |
According to disaster pattern from least to the most severe is | a. Outbreak, endemic, epidemic, and pandemic
b. Endemic, outbreak, epidemic, and pandemic
c. Endemic, outbreak, epidemic, and pandemic
d. Endemic, epidemic, outbreak and pandemic
e. Endemic, outbreak, pandemic and epidemic | b | null |
Natural disasters generally involve which of the following? | a. Events with a single clear-cut cause
b. Events that involve overlapping natural causes
c. Events wholly caused by the activities of man
d. Events that are unaffected by the activities of man
e. Events that always involve interaction between closely related processes | b | null |
Common cause of tsunami: | a. Undersea earthquake
b. Funnel-shaped air spirals
c. Strong winds accompanied by rain, snow and thunder
d. Volcanic eruption through magma
e. Displacement of convectional air current. | a | null |
Among the following types of hazard which one is more common? | a. Biological
b. Physical
c. Chemical
d. Ergonomic
e. Mechanical | a | null |
Commonly used type of epidemiological study design for disaster among the following | a. Cohort
b. Experimental
c. Case control
d. Cross Sectional
e. Ecological | c | null |
More frequent type of disaster in Ethiopia among the following | a. Drought
b. Flood
c. Pest infestation
d. Outbreak
e. Conflict | a | null |
The total amount of water requirement per liter for single cholera patient per day is | a. 80
b. 60
c. 40
d. 100
e. 50 | b | null |
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