Exam 11: Disaster Recovery

Most disaster victims experience:

Disaster recovery is both physical and social.

In large disaster events, the ______________________________ opens up a broad range of federal programs for relief and reconstruction.

Households typically pass through four stages of housing recovery following a disaster What are these stages?

The first benefit of the disaster assessment is to guide the:

Large businesses are more vulnerable to disasters than small businesses.

What type of businesses are more likely to report significant sales losses following a disaster.

A community's industries that produce __________ should receive immediate attention in the disaster aftermath to stimulate economic activity.

There are differences in the rate of household ____________ recovery among ethnic groups.

A disaster ___________ community learns how to use the disaster as a focusing event that changes people's behavior.

In preparing for damage assessments, local government staff should be trained in a common assessment procedure.

A recovery/mitigation committee should work with the rest of the community to formulate a vision of the type of disaster recovery it intends to implement.

A major misconception about recovery is:

A community is a specific geographic area.

Restoring the community to its previous status can reproduce the hazard vulnerability that led to the disaster.

Why should communities not aim to "get back to normal" after a disaster?

Recovery begins when the emergency:

The recovery process typically involves unique and different tasks from the type of tasks that agencies perform as part of their normal duties.

Hazmat spills are an increasingly a problem during natural disasters.

Households typically pass through two stages of housing recovery following a disaster.