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WorksheetsDisaster Preparedness (Unit 1) Vocabulary Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
An event that produces greater loss than a community can handle, including casualties, property damage, and significant environmental damage.
a)
Disaster
b)
Resource
c)
Facility
d)
Mitigation
2.
A terrible disaster, a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin.
a)
Recovery
b)
Catastrophe
c)
Assessment
d)
Fortify
3.
A supply of something that someone has and can use when it is needed.
a)
Response
b)
Recovery
c)
Disaster
d)
Resource
4.
Assets of physical and logical systems that are essential to the minimum operations of the economy and government.
a)
Infrastructure
b)
Vulnerability
c)
Compromised
d)
Fortify
5.
The act of being ready for something; the state of being prepared.
a)
Preparedness
b)
Recovery
c)
Mitigation
d)
Disaster
6.
Something that is built, installed, or established to serve a particular purpose.
a)
Recovery
b)
Mitigation
c)
Facility
d)
Wildfire
7.
Hazard management strategy that has the goal of protecting the population, limiting damage from the impact of an event, and minimizing damage from secondary impacts.
a)
Response
b)
Recovery
c)
Compromised
d)
Assessment
8.
Hazard management strategy that has the goal of restoring the normal functioning of a community.
a)
Assessment
b)
Fortify
c)
Recovery
d)
Wildfire
9.
An inherent weakness in a system or its operating environment that may be exploited to cause harm to the system.
a)
Vulnerability
b)
Public Utilities
c)
Infrastructure
d)
Liaison
10.
To make something less severe, harmful, or painful.
a)
Compromised
b)
Mitigation
c)
Recovery
d)
Resource
11.
The act of making a judgment about something; an idea or opinion.
a)
Assessment
b)
Recovery
c)
Disaster
d)
Vulnerability
12.
A change that makes something worse and that is not done for a good reason.
a)
Preparedness
b)
Mitigation
c)
Compromised
d)
Response
13.
Something that makes a place or a substance no longer suitable for use; something that contaminates a place or substance.
a)
Contaminant
b)
Fortify
c)
Wildfire
d)
Catastrophe
14.
To make something stronger
a)
Fortify
b)
Mitigation
c)
Facility
d)
Disaster
15.
A business organization performing a public service and subject to special governmental regulation.
a)
Wildfire
b)
Infrastructure
c)
Assessment
d)
Public Utilities
16.
A fire in a wild area that is not controlled and that can burn a large area very quickly.
a)
Facility
b)
Response
c)
Wildfire
d)
Recovery
17.
An area in which participants in a new operation or mission are assembled and readied.
a)
Liaison
b)
Staging Area
c)
Hazard
d)
Personal Protective Equipment
18.
A relationship that allows different organizations or groups to work together and provide information to each other.
a)
Liaison
b)
Hazard
c)
Disaster
d)
Recovery
19.
Protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection.
a)
Personal Protective Equipment
b)
Hazard
c)
Staging Area
d)
Liaison
20.
A source of danger.
a)
Personal Protective Equipment
b)
Liaison
c)
Recovery
d)
Hazard
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