Introduction to Emergency
Management Chapter 2 Question and
answers verified to pass 2026
Hazard - correct answer A source of danger that may or may not lead to an emergency or disaster and it
is named after the emergency/disaster that could be so precipitated.
Hazard Identification - correct answer The process undertaken to analyze sources of danger that may or
may not lead to an emergency or disaster.
Disaster - correct answer An event that exceeds the emergency response and recovery capabilities and
resources of the agencies and officials responsible for its management in one or more critical areas of
response or recovery.
Earthquake - correct answer A sudden, rapid shaking of the earth's crust caused by the breaking and
shifting of the rock beneath the earth's surface.
Catastrophe - correct answer When the response requirements in one or more critical areas of
assistance are unable to be met at all levels of government responding.
Natural Hazards - correct answer Hazards that exist in the environment as a result of hydrological,
meteorological, seismic, geologic, volcanic, mass-movement, or other natural processes, and that pose a
threat to human populations and communities by the Will of almighty God.
Flood - correct answer Overabundance of water that engulfs land and other property that is normally
dry.
What intensifies risks associated with natural hazards? - correct answer Human activities such as
development and modification of the landscape and atmosphere intensifies natural hazards in scope
and scale. E.g, living near seismic faults, floodplain, and barrier islands increases the risk.
Management Chapter 2 Question and
answers verified to pass 2026
Hazard - correct answer A source of danger that may or may not lead to an emergency or disaster and it
is named after the emergency/disaster that could be so precipitated.
Hazard Identification - correct answer The process undertaken to analyze sources of danger that may or
may not lead to an emergency or disaster.
Disaster - correct answer An event that exceeds the emergency response and recovery capabilities and
resources of the agencies and officials responsible for its management in one or more critical areas of
response or recovery.
Earthquake - correct answer A sudden, rapid shaking of the earth's crust caused by the breaking and
shifting of the rock beneath the earth's surface.
Catastrophe - correct answer When the response requirements in one or more critical areas of
assistance are unable to be met at all levels of government responding.
Natural Hazards - correct answer Hazards that exist in the environment as a result of hydrological,
meteorological, seismic, geologic, volcanic, mass-movement, or other natural processes, and that pose a
threat to human populations and communities by the Will of almighty God.
Flood - correct answer Overabundance of water that engulfs land and other property that is normally
dry.
What intensifies risks associated with natural hazards? - correct answer Human activities such as
development and modification of the landscape and atmosphere intensifies natural hazards in scope
and scale. E.g, living near seismic faults, floodplain, and barrier islands increases the risk.
