Exam 15: Understanding Biological Threats and Public Health Preparedness in Homeland Security

According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, certain documents must be transmitted by what fashion?

Which of the following brings together all segments of society to focus on preparedness and lessen the impact of disasters?

What was PDD 39?

Which of the following was a naturally occurring disease that caused morbidity and mortality, invoked fear, affected travel, led to population discrimination, created an economic burden on certain nations, and affected security?

What kind of threat can be thought of as along a continuum, to include everything from naturally occurring diseases to the intentional release of agents?

Executive Order 13527 spells out the role of what agency in the delivery of medical countermeasures and calls on the Department of Health and Human Services to develop continuity in operations plans in the event of a large-scale biological attack?

In June 2015, the government of what country launched its PREPARE project, which included an effort to train multidisciplinary rapid response teams in each of Guinea's eight administrative regions?

The integrated approach to biological threats within the laboratory environment is the responsibility of the individual laboratories.

Name at least one type of intelligence utilized by the intelligence community.

In the United States, the most extreme position regarding national security is that it does not matter if the threat to security comes from within or from outside the nation.

What are the responsibilities of the public health community after a radiologic exposure?

Overall, the current threat posed by biological weapons has decreased significantly in the past decade.

Public health preparedness refers to planning for and responding to acute events, as opposed to chronic condition over time.

Public health preparedness, like which of the following, is a term that represents concerns and actions that have occurred throughout history?

The preparedness cycle never ends as we continually plan, organize, equip, train, exercise, and evaluate our actions.

What action involved with the plan can be done by putting it on a website, printed and handed out, or placed in an easily accessible location?

Which of the following refers to planning and responding to acute events, as opposed to chronic conditions that evolve over time?

Increasing high-containment laboratory capacity has been described as a double-edge sword.

Some disasters require resources that only the militaries of the world possess.

What are some of the U.S. programs that support global surveillance?