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Disaster Preparedness

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

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Class
Date
1.

What does CERT stand for?

a)

Certified Emergency Response Team

b)

Community Early Response Team

c)

Certified Emergency Responder Trainor

d)

Community Emergency Response Teams

2.

When do CERTs respond?

a)

immediately before a disaster

b)

immediately after a disaster when response resources are overwhelmed

c)

after first responders have made sure it is safe

d)

during a disaster to save more people

3.

While CERTs are a valuable asset in emergency response, CERTs are not trained to perform all of the functions or respond to the same degree as professional responders

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Effective community preparedness addresses the unique attributes of the community EXCEPT:

a)

The threat and hazards profile and vulnerabilities of the area

b)

The existing infrastructure

c)

Resources and skills within the community

d)

Whether or not they county has the budget need to respond to a disaster

5.

Who has the responsibility to develop, test, and refine emergency operations plans, ensure emergency responders have adequate skills and resources, and

a)

The community

b)

The local hospital

c)

The government

d)

The local school system

6.

To meet these challenges, government should involve who in the planning process; to incorporate community resources in the plans; to provide reliable, actionable information; and to encourage training, practicing, and volunteer programs?

a)

The community

b)

The school board

c)

The local power company

d)

The utilities company

7.

The government emergency service providers include all the following except:

a)

Emergency Management

b)

Law Enforcement

c)

Fire and Rescue

d)

School System

8.

All government agencies with a role in disaster response work to organize and coordinate their agencies’ activities before an emergency or disaster. The product of their work is the :

a)

Incident Action Plan

b)

Response Plan

c)

Emergency Operations Plan

d)

FEMA document

9.

The EOP documents all the following EXCEPT:

a)

Assigns responsibility to organizations and individuals for carrying out specific actions at projected times and places

b)

Sets forth lines of authority and organizational relationships and shows how all actions will be coordinated

c)

Describes how people and property will be protected

d)

Describes how the Federal Government will decide who needs recovery money the most

10.

Check all that apply: All members of the community should:

a)

Learn about community alerts and warnings, evacuation routes, and how to get critical information

b)

Take training in preparedness, first aid, and response skills

c)

Report suspicious activity

d)

 Practice skills and personal plans through periodic drills in multiple settings

11.

What is the grassroots movement to strengthen community safety and preparedness through increased engagement of all sectors of the community.

a)

Citizen Corps

b)

NIMS

c)

Fire Department

d)

Disaster Medical Teams

12.

Natural Disaster include all the following Except:

a)

Earthquake

b)

Wildfire

c)

Nuclear Power Plant Explosion

d)

Hurricane

13.

What are two technological disasters? Select two

a)

Hazardous Spill

b)

Terrorism

c)

Bombing

d)

Nuclear Power Plant Accident

14.

What would be an Intentional Disaster?

a)

Hazardous Material Incident

b)

Hurricane

c)

Terrorist Attack

d)

Flu Outbreak

15.

What would be an example of a Pandemic?

a)

Tsunami

b)

Category 4 Hurricane

c)

Ebola Outbreak

d)

Terrorist Attack

16.

Disasters have several key elements in common, Select ALL that apply

a)

They are relatively unexpected, with little or no warning or opportunity to prepare.

b)

Available personnel and emergency services may be overwhelmed initially by demands for their services

c)

Lives, health, and the environment are endangered.

d)

They typically only cause monetary damage that can be fixed

17.

Why does CERT exist?

a)

Available personnel and emergency services may be overwhelmed initially by demands for their services.

b)

Its gives people opportunities to volunteer

c)

It looks good for a community

d)

It gives people in small communities jobs

18.

Damage to ________________may severely restrict the abilities of police, fire, and emergency medical services in that disaster.

a)

Infrastructure

b)

Banks

c)

Mental Health

19.

Because emergency services personnel are likely to have inadequate resources to meet the public’s needs, those resources must be applied according to the highest priority need. Who will address incidences of grave public safety?

a)

Police

b)

Fire fighters

c)

EMS

d)

Community

20.

Because emergency services personnel are likely to have inadequate resources to meet the public’s needs, those resources must be applied according to the highest priority need. Who will suppress major fires?

a)

Police

b)

Fire Fighters

c)

EMS

d)

CERT

21.

Because emergency services personnel are likely to have inadequate resources to meet the public’s needs, those resources must be applied according to the highest priority need. Who will handle life-threatening injuries?

a)

Police

b)

Fire Fighters

c)

EMS

d)

CERT

22.

Hazards from Home Fixtures include: SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

a)

Gas line ruptures from water heaters or ranges displaced by shaking, water, or wind

b)

Damage from falling books, dishes, or other cabinet contents

c)

Risk of injury or electric shock from displaced appliances and office equipment

d)

Fire from faulty wiring, overloaded plugs, frayed electrical cords

23.

What should be your first step after a disaster?

a)

Assess the situation

b)

Run for help

c)

Go check on your Neighbor

d)

Stay where you are at

24.

If you are not in immediate danger after a disaster what should you do?

a)

Run for help

b)

Check on your elderly neighbors

c)

Stay where you are at and get more information

d)

Start assessing damage to your house

25.

If experts tells you to evacuate from your location what should you do?

a)

Stay and see if things get better

b)

Stay where your at unless things get worse

c)

Leave only after you have checked on your neighbors and pets

d)

Leave immediately

26.

____________ are congregate care facilities that house many people in one location.

a)

Mass Care Shelter

b)

Churches

c)

Extended Care Facility

d)

Schools

27.

What all should be in your Disaster Plan? SELECT ALL that apply.

a)

Where will you meet family members

b)

Identify an out-of-state “check-in contact.”

c)

How will you escape buildings where you spend time: your home, workplace, school, place of worship?

d)

What route (and several alternatives) will you use to evacuate? Do you have transportation?

28.

It is important to have an escape plan that: SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

a)

Includes escape from every room of the house or every area of the workplace

b)

Considers the needs of children and individuals with disabilities

c)

Is practiced only once a year

d)

Is the same as your neighbors plan

29.

_______________ is the reduction of loss of life and property by lessening the impact of disasters

a)

Mitigation

b)

Planning

c)

Recooperation

d)

Litigation

30.

All are NON-STRUCTURAL hazard mitigation examples EXCEPT:

a)

Anchor heavy furniture

b)

secure appliances and office equipment

c)

Childproof cabinet doors

d)

Bolt house to foundation

31.

All are STRUCTURAL mitigation examples except:

a)

Install trusses or hurricane straps to reinforce the roof

b)

Raise utilities

c)

Build a safe room

d)

Install hurricane storm shutters.

32.

CERTs are trained to perform all of the functions or respond to the same degree as professional responders

a)

True

b)

False

33.

CERTs responder after a disaster by doing all the following EXCEPT:

a)

Locating and turning off utilities, if safe to do so

b)

Extinguishing small fires

c)

Treating life-threatening injuries until professional assistance can be obtained

d)

Conducted search and rescue from a collapsed building

34.

What is CERT member's first responsibility?

a)

Safety of the community

b)

Personal and family safety

c)

Safety of first responders

35.

What section of the CERT organization is rarely used?

a)

Operations

b)

Administration

c)

Planning

d)

Logistics

36.

What is PPE?

a)

Personal Protective Equipment

b)

Personal Property Equipment

c)

Planning Period Extension

d)

Properly Planned Exercise

37.

CERT members are required to wear: Select ALL that apply

a)

Helmet

b)

Googles

c)

N95 mask

d)

Gloves

e)

Sturdy Shoes

38.

What would be an example of a NON-Disaster Role a CERT member would do?

a)

Staffing parades, health fairs, county fair, and special events

b)

Donating blood

c)

Provide Security at a Presidental rally

d)

Working as Mall Security

39.

CERT members are generally protected by “_________________________” laws that protect people who provide care in a prudent and reasonable manner.

a)

HEPPA

b)

FEMA

c)

Good Samartian

d)

Mitigation

40.

The _____________________ is a federal law that protects volunteers from liability as long as they are acting in accordance with the training that they have received.

a)

Volunteer Protection Act of 1997

b)

Voting Rights Act

c)

2nd Amendment

d)

Stand your Ground Law