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WorksheetsDisaster Management Worksheet
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
A disaster is best defined as:
A minor disruption
A serious disruption exceeding local coping capacity
A planned event
A hazard
A hazard refers to:
A dangerous phenomenon that may cause harm
A disaster itself
Poverty
Insurance
Disasters occur due to convergence of:
Hazards and vulnerabilities
Hazards and wealth
Hazards and preparedness
Hazards and insurance
Natural disasters include:
Earthquakes, floods, epidemics
Industrial accidents
Terrorism
Nuclear war
Principles of emergency management include:
Collaborative, comprehensive, coordinated
Random, isolated, reactive
Expensive, exclusive, rigid
None of the above
Disaster response occurs:
Before a disaster
During or immediately after
Only during recovery
Only during prevention
Main goals of disaster response:
Saving lives and livelihoods
Insurance coverage only
Political stability
Long-term development
Rehabilitation means:
Restoration of socio-economic institutions
Immediate relief only
Evacuation
Insurance claims
Post-disaster trauma management includes:
Counselling and psycho-social support
Only veterinary treatment
Only reconstruction
Ignoring victims
Insurance industry role in disasters:
Mitigating impacts by underwriting losses
Ignoring communities
Raising premiums
None
Acute shortage during disasters usually affects:
Shelter only
Feed, fodder, and water
Veterinary drugs
Shade
Priority feeding should be given to:
Dry stock
Pregnant and lactating cows
Pets only
Young calves
Complete feeds are useful because:
Balance roughage and concentrates
Reduce immunity
Are expensive
Only for poultry
Malnutrition in animals leads to:
Strong immunity
Diseases and reduced immunity
Faster growth
Less feed demand
Urea-molasses diets should be offered:
Immediately, same day
After fermentation
Only to calves
Never
Most limiting nutrient during drought:
Protein
Energy
Minerals
Vitamins
Protein deficiency during breeding season reduces:
Pregnancy rate
Growth rate
Immunity only
Milk yield only
Phosphorus supplementation during drought is:
More critical
Not needed
Less important
Replaced by calcium
Vitamin deficiency during drought mainly involves:
Vitamin A and D
Vitamin B complex
Vitamin K
Vitamin C
Reducing nutrient requirements can be achieved by:
Weaning young ones early
Increasing lactation
Increasing stocking rate
Stopping supplementation
Section D: Handling Animals in Disasters — First priority for animals:
Shelter
Clean water and feed
Vaccination
Transport
Section D: Handling Animals in Disasters — Frightened animals may:
Harm people
Be calm
Sleep more
Eat more
Section D: Handling Animals in Disasters — Animals in extreme distress should:
Be euthanized humanely
Be ignored
Be transported
Be left to recover
Section D: Handling Animals in Disasters — Dead animals must be disposed of:
Safely with government assistance
By burial only
By leaving in open fields
By burning only
Section D: Handling Animals in Disasters — Before bringing animals home, check for:
Debris
Insurance
Vaccination
Market prices
Section D: Handling Animals in Disasters — Accommodation after disasters must be:
Clean, dry, repaired
Dirty and wet
Temporary only
Without fences
Section D: Handling Animals in Disasters — Noise and activity should be:
Minimized
Increased
Ignored
Encouraged
Shade is important to:
Prevent heat stress
Improve milk yield only
Reduce feed intake
Prevent reproduction
Monitoring animals after return should be:
At least daily initially
Weekly only
Monthly
Not necessary
Disinfecting contaminated surfaces requires:
Detergent + disinfectant
Water only
Soap only
Sunlight
Section E: Dynamics of Infectious Diseases — Crowding increases risk of:
Disease transmission
Better nutrition
Reduced contact
None
Section E: Dynamics of Infectious Diseases — Waterborne diseases after floods include:
Diarrheal outbreaks
Rabies
Anthrax
None
Section E: Dynamics of Infectious Diseases — Vector-borne diseases increase due to:
Stagnant water breeding sites
Dry conditions
Vaccination
None
Section E: Dynamics of Infectious Diseases — Dead bodies after disasters:
Do not pose epidemic risk
Always cause outbreaks
Burial of dead bodies is:
Preferable to cremation
Not allowed
Always mass burial
None
Grave bottom must be:
1.5 m above water table
0.5 m above
3 m above
None
Workers handling dead bodies must:
Use gloves and wash hands
Avoid PPE
Ignore hygiene
None
Dead bodies need disinfection before disposal:
Only in cholera/hemorrhagic fever
Always
Never
None
Universal precautions include:
Gloves, handwashing, disinfecting equipment
Ignoring safety
Burning bodies
None
Families should be allowed:
Culturally appropriate funerals
No access
Mass burial only
None
Operational plans guide:
Practical implementation of response
Prevention only
Insurance claims
None
Operational plans ensure work is done:
On schedule, within budget, meeting quality
Randomly
Without coordination
None
Initial plans in rapid onset emergencies should be:
Simple
Complex
Ignored
Detailed
Objectives should be:
25 words or less
100 words
200 words
None
Rationale statements should be:
Two paragraphs
Ten pages
One sentence
None
Critical step in planning:
Define tasks and assign responsibilities
Ignore resources
Skip scheduling
Avoid budgeting
Master budget combines:
Individual project budgets
Only HR costs
Only procurement costs
None
Safety and security plans should be developed:
From the start
At the end
Only if needed
None
Plans should be:
Updated and developed as you go
Static
Ignored
None
Communicating plans is important to:
Share information with colleagues and affected people
Avoid transparency
Reduce accountability
None
