Deck 8: Natural Disasters and Humanitarian Response

Question 1

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, what agency issued recommendations for handling drugs that might have been affected by the flood?

A) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
B) Food and Drug Administration
C) National Institutes of Health
D) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In 2005, countries agreed to which of the following, which provided guidance to reduce disaster risk, while aligning with the Millennium Development Goals.

A) National Disaster Medical System
B) Millennium Development Goals
C) Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015
D) Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In the response to the Pakistani flood, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs coordinated information through which of the following, and WHO along with the Ministry of Health led the health cluster?

A) Argus
B) BioSense
C) BioWatch
D) ReliefWeb

Answer 3

D

Question 4

To address the shortcomings of Hyogo and move forward with disaster risk reduction (DRR), 185 countries participated in 150 official planning sessions, along with international organizations, NGOs, private sector, and local representatives to agree on which of the following?

A) National Disaster Medical System
B) Millennium Development Goals
C) Regional Strategy for Emergency and Humanitarian Action
D) Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030

Question 5

For most natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies that occur in the United States, FEMA is the lead federal agency.

Question 6

What are some major natural disasters that required a public health response in the past century?

Question 7

What does a Disaster Medical Assistance Team do?

Question 8

Name some of the public health responses to Hurricane Katrina.

Question 9

Name some challenges associated with the public health response to Hurricane Katrina.

Question 10

What group leads the health cluster and what is the goal of the cluster approach?

Question 11

In the United States, what agency started responding officially to international disasters in the 1960s, when an Epidemic Intelligence Service team traveled to Nigeria to help maintain public health programs in the midst of a civil war?

A) American Red Cross
B) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
C) Federal Emergency Management Agency
D) World Health Organization

Question 12

Which agency, as a nongovernmental organization (NGO), has a federal charter to engage in disaster relief, and has specific responsibilities outlined in the National Response Framework based on its recognized expertise in this area?

A) American Red Cross
B) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
C) Federal Emergency Management Agency
D) World Health Organization

Question 13

Which of the following is designed to address the failures that occur when people and communities are not prepared for recurring natural disasters, nor have the resiliency to recover from such events?

A) National Disaster Medical System
B) International disaster response
C) Disaster risk reduction
D) Inter-Agency Standing Committee

Question 14

Which of the following was created to coordinate activities across all of the United Nations during humanitarian organizations?

A) National Disaster Medical System
B) International disaster response
C) Disaster risk reduction
D) Inter-Agency Standing Committee

Question 15

Which of the following was created by a group of seasoned humanitarian response professionals to improve the quality of humanitarian response and hold organizations and individuals accountable to affected populations, donors, and constituents?

A) Sphere Project
B) Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network
C) Emergency Response Framework
D) National Disaster Management Authority

Question 16

It is an absolute certainty that natural disasters will occur all over the world.

Question 17

For most natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies that occur in the United States, the American Red Cross is the lead federal agency.

Question 18

Disaster risk reduction and risk management are areas that are now being more fully adopted at regional levels and particularly within the health field.

Question 19

The Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network is a coalition of over 200 partners around the world.

Question 20

The cluster approach attempts to clarify the roles and responsibilities across multiple sectors of a response.

Question 21

For most natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies that occur in the United States, which of the following is the lead agency?

A) American Red Cross
B) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
C) Federal Emergency Management Agency
D) National Institutes of Health

Question 22

In response to Hurricane Katrina, which agency sent staff to the affected areas, deployed the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) to provide drugs and medical supplies, and developed public health and occupational health guidance?

A) National Institutes of Health
B) Food and Drug Administration
C) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
D) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Question 23

Which group expands the reach of the WHO, providing health experts and operational support and contributing to all aspects of preparedness, detection, and response during health emergencies?

A) American Red Cross
B) Emergency Medical Teams
C) Emergency Response Network
D) Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network

Question 24

Which of the following develops the policies and agrees on clear delineation of responsibilities for the humanitarian response?

A) Inter-Agency Standing Committee
B) Emergency Medical Teams
C) Emergency Response Network
D) Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network

Question 25

Which of the following integrates all levels of society, setting global targets and guiding principles under four priorities for action?

A) National Disaster Medical System
B) Millennium Development Goals
C) Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015
D) Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030

Question 26

The public health community is much more likely to engage in a response to a natural or humanitarian disaster than to an intentional or accidental one.

Question 27

Often, the most experienced public health and medical professionals on the ground during an emergency come from the nongovernmental organization community.

Question 28

Risk management is designed to address the failures that occur when people and communities are not prepared for recurring natural disasters, nor have the resiliency to recover from such events.

Question 29

Almost all offices and branches of the federal Department of Defense eventually became involved in the response to Hurricane Katrina.

Question 30

Over the decades, the NIH has developed public health and epidemiologic tools to address the realities of disaster situations and displaced populations.