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SHSU - POLS3393 - Social Policy
International Disaster Management

Disasters may spread from one country to any other because of which of the following? -
ANSAll of the above

The first step taken in any effective disaster management process should be which of the
following? - ANSHazard identification

Which of the following is not generally considered an intentional hazard? - ANSHazMat spil

Brainstorming is a form of which kind of hazard identification method? - ANSPrescriptive

Which of the following officials is likely to have information that could assist a hazard
identification effort? - ANSAll of the above

Which of the following focuses on the many possible effects resulting from a single hazard? -
ANSEvent tree

Which of the following may be created by disaster managers to summarize all of the necessary
information about a disaster into a succinct report? - ANSRisk statement

Which of the following is typically included in a community profile? - ANSAll of the above

Which of the following hazards is likely to affect a community in a uniform manner? - ANSBoth a
and b

Which of the following is not normally found on a standard risk statement? - ANSSecondary
hazards caused by the hazard

Hazards associated with movement of the earth's plates are known as which of the following? -
ANSTectonic hazards

Which of the following is the distance below the earth's surface where the energy of an
earthquake is released? - ANSFocal depth

Which of the following is not one of the three main categories of volcanoes? - ANSContinental

Expansive soils, avalanches, and land subsidence are all forms of which type of natural hazard?
- ANSMass movement hazard

,The most common natural hazard throughout the world is which of the following? - ANSFlooding

Which of the following may be used to measure drought risk? - ANSThe Palmer Index

Tropical cyclones occur in which part of the world? - ANSSouthwest Indian Ocean

In 2003, over 40,000 people died as the result of which hazard? - ANSExtreme heat

Which of the following weapons involves the movement of energy through space and material? -
ANSRadiological weapons

Governments should focus their efforts upon those hazards that are likely to result in the
greatest undesirable consequences if they were to occur. - ANSTRUE

During hazard identification, emergency managers are not concerned with the likelihood or
consequence of hazards. - ANSTRUE

In hazard identification, disaster managers must attempt to identify every scenario that could
possibly occur within a given community or country. - ANSTRUE

Physical location dictates a nation's full hazard profile. - ANSFALSE

Checklists are a good way to begin the hazard identification process. - ANSFALSE

In 2010, the United States was listed among the top 10 countries ranked by number of terrorist
attacks. - ANSFALSE

In general, natural hazards are much less understood than technological hazards. - ANSFALSE

Though natural hazards have existed for thousands of years, technological and intentional
hazards are both relatively new, emerging only in the past few decades. - ANSFALSE

The hazard identification process tells disaster managers little more than what hazards threaten
the community. - ANSTRUE

Earthquakes are a secondary hazard of a tsunami. - ANSFALSE

The Hawaiian Islands are an example of a shield volcano. - ANSTRUE

On average, over 1 million avalanches occur each year. - ANSTRUE

The Richter Scale measures earthquake intensity. - ANSFALSE

, Maritime accidents rarely involve passengers, causing most of their harm through the release of
their hazardous cargo. - ANSFALSE

Chemical weapons have existed for centuries. - ANSTRUE

Landslides can occur slowly, over a course of days and even weeks. - ANSTRUE

When are response efforts initiated? - ANSAll of the above

Which of the following hazards generally gives emergency managers little lead time? -
ANSEarthquakes

International aid is rarely deployed in advance of a disaster because of which of the following
reasons? - ANSGovernments wish to preserve an image of control.

Search and rescue involves three interrelated functions, including the locating of victims, the
extraction of victims, and which of the following? - ANSThe provision of initial first aid medical
care

Which of the following performs the majority of search and rescue activities? - ANSFamily
members and bystanders

What is probably the greatest obstacle for international search and rescue team operations? -
ANSTime delays in reaching the affected country caused by travel

Mass casualty incidents are defined as which of the following? - ANSIncidents where the
number of victims overwhelms the capacity of local clinics or hospitals

Triage is most closely associated with which of the following response functions? - ANSFirst aid
medical treatment

Which of the following must be identified by disaster managers in the planning phase of
evacuation, long before the disaster happens? - ANSAll of the above

Situation assessments are also referred to as which of the following? - ANSDamage
assessment

What must be conducted in order for damage and needs assessments to be useful? -
ANSReporting

In which of the following are affected people sampled in groups arranged geographically within
the affected area, representative of the different geographic areas affected by the disaster? -
ANSCluster sampling

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