Exam 2 Study Guide (EADP 3010)
When does the response phase occur? - correct answer ✔Immediately
before, during, and after the disaster
Disaster Induced Demands - correct answer ✔Caused by the hazard or
event
Response Induced Demands - correct answer ✔include the needs to
coordinate activities of individuals and organizations involved in the response
What are the 4 areas of acitivity that are typically involved in response? -
correct answer ✔Emergency assesment, expedient hazard mitigation,
protective response, incident management
Emergency assessment includes... - correct answer ✔Monitoring hazards in
your community, assessing the damages and other impacts when disasters
occur
Expedient hazard mitigation includes... - correct answer ✔Activities
undertaken just before or shortly after the onset of a disaster
What is an example of expedient hazard mitigation? - correct answer
✔Sandbagging for a flood or boarding up windows for a hurricane
Examples of protective response (what we typically think of as response)
include... - correct answer ✔Search and rescue, medical care, sheltering
, Incident management includes... - correct answer ✔Establishin an EOC,
coordination of agencies, media communications
Disaster Warnings can be ineffective if... - correct answer ✔Lack of clear
instructions, lots of jargon, inconsistent messaging across different platforms
What was the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS)? - correct answer
✔The color-coded system usd by the DHS to indicate the risk of terrorist
attacks
Why was the HSAS not effective? - correct answer ✔Too vague about who it
applied to and where the threat was, people started to get warning fatigue
Which system replaced HSAS? - correct answer ✔The National Terrorism
Advisory System
True or False
Following a disaster, people act irrationally and social order is broken down.
Crime increases, and mass panic sets in. - correct answer ✔False
Why do myths about disasters exist? - correct answer ✔Portrayal and
sensationalization in mass media, institutional interests (private security firms)
What are the 3 types of convergence behavior? - correct answer ✔Personal,
Informational, Material
The phase of the disaster lifecycle characterized by returning to pre-disaster
levels or better. - correct answer ✔Recovery phase
When does the response phase occur? - correct answer ✔Immediately
before, during, and after the disaster
Disaster Induced Demands - correct answer ✔Caused by the hazard or
event
Response Induced Demands - correct answer ✔include the needs to
coordinate activities of individuals and organizations involved in the response
What are the 4 areas of acitivity that are typically involved in response? -
correct answer ✔Emergency assesment, expedient hazard mitigation,
protective response, incident management
Emergency assessment includes... - correct answer ✔Monitoring hazards in
your community, assessing the damages and other impacts when disasters
occur
Expedient hazard mitigation includes... - correct answer ✔Activities
undertaken just before or shortly after the onset of a disaster
What is an example of expedient hazard mitigation? - correct answer
✔Sandbagging for a flood or boarding up windows for a hurricane
Examples of protective response (what we typically think of as response)
include... - correct answer ✔Search and rescue, medical care, sheltering
, Incident management includes... - correct answer ✔Establishin an EOC,
coordination of agencies, media communications
Disaster Warnings can be ineffective if... - correct answer ✔Lack of clear
instructions, lots of jargon, inconsistent messaging across different platforms
What was the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS)? - correct answer
✔The color-coded system usd by the DHS to indicate the risk of terrorist
attacks
Why was the HSAS not effective? - correct answer ✔Too vague about who it
applied to and where the threat was, people started to get warning fatigue
Which system replaced HSAS? - correct answer ✔The National Terrorism
Advisory System
True or False
Following a disaster, people act irrationally and social order is broken down.
Crime increases, and mass panic sets in. - correct answer ✔False
Why do myths about disasters exist? - correct answer ✔Portrayal and
sensationalization in mass media, institutional interests (private security firms)
What are the 3 types of convergence behavior? - correct answer ✔Personal,
Informational, Material
The phase of the disaster lifecycle characterized by returning to pre-disaster
levels or better. - correct answer ✔Recovery phase
