Deck 13: Critical Outcomes: Response and Recovery

Question 1

Which tier of authority provides immediate police,fire,and medical emergency assistance?

A)federal
B)state
C)local
D)county

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What kind of weapon was used during Ramzi Yousef's 1993 attack on the World Trade Center?

A)small weapons
B)truck bomb
C)a missile launched by nearby aircraft
D)Molotov cocktails

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What types of functions represent systematized collaboration among policy planners and represent federal coordinating structures used to achieve the core capabilities?

A)Systemic Response Efforts (SRFs)
B)Collaboration Functions (CFs)
C)Emergency Support Functions (ESFs)
D)Communication Protocol Efforts (CPEs)

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What is the approximate amount of funding disbursed by the federal government to state governments each year for emergency management?

A)$3 million
B)$30 million
C)$300 million
D)There is no such funding.

Question 5

What do we call the concept that divides emergency response into Command,Operations,Planning,Logistics,and Finance and Administration functions?

A)the Incident Command System
B)the Department of Homeland Security
C)National Assessment Protocol
D)the Hazards Protocol

Question 6

How do terrorists measure whether or not their efforts have been successful?

A)by largely conventional methods,such as winning elections and obtaining political power
B)by subjective and unconventional methods,such as getting media attention and disrupting societal routines
C)by financial methods,namely by measuring how much financial gain they have acquired or lost
D)by geographical methods,specifically by how much additional land they have acquired

Question 7

Why don't all states have the same procedures and reporting responsibilities for assigning homeland security duties to their state's emergency management offices?

A)The federal government doesn't want this uniformity.
B)There are too many political issues related to state's rights and not enough funding.
C)There are no models in place for designing such systems.
D)There aren't any benefits to having this uniformity.

Question 8

What does the National Response Framework recommend creating in order to manage a Joint Field Office (JFO)?

A)a Unified Coordination Group
B)an alliance with the National Guard
C)a network with the Coast Guard
D)a local division of the HHS

Question 9

What does ICS protocol require all emergency responders to do first when responding to an emergency or disaster?

A)conduct their own assessment of which area of the disaster needs them the most
B)immediately go to the Logistics team
C)get their assignments according to the procedures established by the Incident Commander
D)modify the IAP as needed

Question 10

What do we call the offices that are locally established to respond to an emergency incident and coordinate recovery activities?

A)Combined Recovery Agencies
B)State-Federal Collaboration Office
C)Federal Jurisdiction Agencies
D)Joint Field Offices

Question 11

Which type of presidential declaration triggers aid that protects property,public health,and safety in order to lessen the threat of an incident becoming a catastrophic event?

A)major disaster declaration
B)FEMA declaration
C)interim declaration
D)emergency declaration

Question 12

When do state emergency management offices usually become involved in local emergencies?

A)when Congress deems it is appropriate
B)when state authorities deem it appropriate
C)when they receive a request from local authorities
D)only when authorized by FEMA

Question 13

Which document "provides context for how the whole community works together and how response efforts relate to other parts of national preparedness?"

A)the 2nd edition of the National Response Framework
B)the 3rd edition of National Emergencies Act
C)the first draft of the Emergency Powers Act
D)the Public Service Health Act

Question 14

Which tier of government is the most capable of coordinating efficient response and recovery management among different levels of authority?

A)federal
B)state
C)county
D)municipal

Question 15

What is the term used to describe the primary state/federal incident management activities conducted at the incident level?

A)federalized management
B)unified coordination
C)command control
D)merged alliance

Question 16

When the bombing of the Alfred P.Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City occurred,which plan presented the procedural framework for federal response coordination?

A)1993 Federal Response Plan
B)Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950
C)Flood Control and Other Disasters Plan
D)American National Disaster Plan

Question 17

What event ended the era of reactive planning for national emergency?

A)bombing of the USS Cole
B)November 2015 Paris Attacks
C)attack on Pearl Harbor
D)attacks on September 11,2001

Question 18

The 14 core capabilities featured in the National Response Framework contain ______ that should be undertaken by response authorities.

A)official directives
B)critical tasks
C)standing orders
D)miscellaneous duties

Question 19

The five mission areas introduced and explained by the FEMA's National Planning Frameworks are: prevention,protection,mitigation,______,and ______.

A)evaluation; retaliation
B)funding; reaction
C)retaliation; reaction
D)response; recovery

Question 20

What do we call the elements,or action items,needed to achieve the National Preparedness Goals?

A)central focuses
B)key concepts
C)core capabilities
D)main targets

Question 21

A key ICS training concept is for all personnel to use common terminology.

Question 22

ICS protocol does not include the planning of objectives.

Question 23

The state and local tiers of homeland security authority represent the front line of responsibility very infrequently when an incident occurs.

Question 24

States do not get any financial assistance for running their state emergency management offices.

Question 25

Research indicates that reactive planning is the most effect method of preventing terrorist attacks.

Question 26

The National Response Framework might require the president to unilaterally announce a disaster declaration without awaiting a request from a governor.

Question 27

The federal government disburses the same amount of money to each state annually.

Question 28

Local emergency operations plans are created by federal agencies like FEMA.

Question 29

Local responders constitute a very large segment of the homeland security enterprise.

Question 30

Presidential declarations are usually activated only before local and state levels of authority request assistance when responding to disasters and emergencies.