DISASTER MANAGEMENT PRACTICE
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ disaster type, disaster level, and disaster __________ are 3 ways to classify
a disaster..
Answer: scope
◍ ______ moderate tornado: 73-112 mph.
Answer: F1
◍ assessing disaster survivors, conducting rapid needs assessment, and using
individual and population based triage for care is ____________ prevention.
Answer: secondary
◍ ______ incredible tornado: 261-318 mph.
Answer: F5
◍ A category ____ hurricane has winds 74-95 mph.
Answer: 1
◍ A category ___ hurricane has winds 156+ mph.
Answer: 5
◍ hurricanes, blizzards, droughts, earthquakes, avalanches, tzunamis,
thunderstorms with extreme lightening, forest fires induced by lightening,
tornadoes, hailstorms, cyclones, floods, mudslides, and volcanic eruptions
are all examples of _____________ disasters..
Answer: natural
◍ The _________ __ established a national strategy that enables a level of
public health and medical preparedness sufficient to address a range of
possible disasters..
, Answer: HSPD 21
◍ Tennessee is in fema region ______.
Answer: 4
◍ nausea, lightheadedness, dizziness, GI problems, rapid heart rate, tremors,
HA, teeth grinding, fatigue, poor sleep, pain, hyperarousal, and jumpiness
are all examples of __________ responses to traumatic events.
Answer: physical
◍ Disasters without _________ have more causalities due to less time to
prepare..
Answer: warning
◍ shock, numbness, overwhelmed, depression, feeling lost, feeling nothing,
feeling abandoned, uncertainty of feelings, and volatile emotions are all
examples of ___________ responses to traumatic events.
Answer: emotional
◍ The major factor that has increased Florida's vulnerability to natural
disasters in recent decades has been:Answers: 1. El Niño.2. Geography.3.
Trade winds.4. Urbanization..
Answer: Urbanization.
◍ A nurse is assigned to provide community outreach to a small town that was
partially destroyed by a tornado 3 years earlier and has been rebuilt. The
first client is a family who lost their home and their best friend in the
tornado. The best intervention would include:Answers:1. Assessment of the
family's home environment to rule out safety issues.2. Avoidance of
discussion of the disaster of 3 years ago.3. Consideration that the family will
have worked through the emotional aftermath by now.4. Support of the
family in preparing a personal disaster response plan..
Answer: Support of the family in preparing a personal disaster response
plan.
◍ Any human made or natural event causing destruction and devastation that
cannot be relieved without assistance is a definition of a ____________..
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ disaster type, disaster level, and disaster __________ are 3 ways to classify
a disaster..
Answer: scope
◍ ______ moderate tornado: 73-112 mph.
Answer: F1
◍ assessing disaster survivors, conducting rapid needs assessment, and using
individual and population based triage for care is ____________ prevention.
Answer: secondary
◍ ______ incredible tornado: 261-318 mph.
Answer: F5
◍ A category ____ hurricane has winds 74-95 mph.
Answer: 1
◍ A category ___ hurricane has winds 156+ mph.
Answer: 5
◍ hurricanes, blizzards, droughts, earthquakes, avalanches, tzunamis,
thunderstorms with extreme lightening, forest fires induced by lightening,
tornadoes, hailstorms, cyclones, floods, mudslides, and volcanic eruptions
are all examples of _____________ disasters..
Answer: natural
◍ The _________ __ established a national strategy that enables a level of
public health and medical preparedness sufficient to address a range of
possible disasters..
, Answer: HSPD 21
◍ Tennessee is in fema region ______.
Answer: 4
◍ nausea, lightheadedness, dizziness, GI problems, rapid heart rate, tremors,
HA, teeth grinding, fatigue, poor sleep, pain, hyperarousal, and jumpiness
are all examples of __________ responses to traumatic events.
Answer: physical
◍ Disasters without _________ have more causalities due to less time to
prepare..
Answer: warning
◍ shock, numbness, overwhelmed, depression, feeling lost, feeling nothing,
feeling abandoned, uncertainty of feelings, and volatile emotions are all
examples of ___________ responses to traumatic events.
Answer: emotional
◍ The major factor that has increased Florida's vulnerability to natural
disasters in recent decades has been:Answers: 1. El Niño.2. Geography.3.
Trade winds.4. Urbanization..
Answer: Urbanization.
◍ A nurse is assigned to provide community outreach to a small town that was
partially destroyed by a tornado 3 years earlier and has been rebuilt. The
first client is a family who lost their home and their best friend in the
tornado. The best intervention would include:Answers:1. Assessment of the
family's home environment to rule out safety issues.2. Avoidance of
discussion of the disaster of 3 years ago.3. Consideration that the family will
have worked through the emotional aftermath by now.4. Support of the
family in preparing a personal disaster response plan..
Answer: Support of the family in preparing a personal disaster response
plan.
◍ Any human made or natural event causing destruction and devastation that
cannot be relieved without assistance is a definition of a ____________..
