IAHSS BASIC OFFICER COMPREHENSIVE ALL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔During a disturbance, which of these is a critical action to be taken by the facility?
a. Control access and validate all entering the building as necessary
b. Lock all doors so no one can leave or enter
c. Allow free access to building as if business as usual
d. Validate those entering the building only - ✔✔a. Control access and validate all
entering the building as necessary
✔✔Which of these is an example of an internal event that could affect your medical
center?
a. Loss of electricity
b. Major vehicle accident
c. Severe weather
d. Wild land fires - ✔✔a. Loss of electricity
✔✔Which of these is NOT a community planning partner regarding the healthcare
organization's emergency program?
a. Health department
b. Sheriff's office
c. Local fire department
d. Local TV station - ✔✔d. Local TV station
✔✔Which of these does The Joint Commission deem a critical area of the emergency
management plan?
a. Communication
b. Food
c. Mortuary
d. Decontamination - ✔✔a. Communication
, ✔✔Which of these are required in exercising the organization's emergency
management plan?
a. Monthly testing
b. Two exercises yearly
c. An exercise with actual patients
d. An exercise using a medical evacuation helicopter - ✔✔b. Two exercises yearly
✔✔Which of these is an operational function of security officers during emergency
situations?
a. Patient treatment
b. Crowd control
c. Spokesperson to the media
d. Initiation of facility evacuation - ✔✔b. Crowd control
✔✔Which of the following categories is NOT part of a bomb threat plan?
a. Establishing authority
b. Searching for the bomb
c. Pretension
d. Receiving the threat - ✔✔c. Pretension
✔✔What is the most common delivery of a bomb threat?
a. Called into the media
b. By phone at the facility
c. By email at the facility
d. Delivered in person to the facility - ✔✔b. By phone at the facility
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a question on the Telephone Bomb Threat Checklist?
a. What does the bomb look like?
b. Where is the bomb?
c. What is your name?
d. How old are you? - ✔✔d. How old are you?
✔✔What is the recommended distance to evacuate in case of a bomb threat?
a. Radius of 100 to 200 feet
b. Radius of 200 to 300 feet
c. Radius of 300 to 600 feet
d. Radius of 500 to 1000 feet - ✔✔d. Radius of 500 to 1000 feet
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a reason terrorists use suicide bombers?
a. Lack of an outfitted army
b. Final way to have their views hears
c. Most successful way of inflicting damage
d. Affects the least people - ✔✔d. Affects the least people
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔During a disturbance, which of these is a critical action to be taken by the facility?
a. Control access and validate all entering the building as necessary
b. Lock all doors so no one can leave or enter
c. Allow free access to building as if business as usual
d. Validate those entering the building only - ✔✔a. Control access and validate all
entering the building as necessary
✔✔Which of these is an example of an internal event that could affect your medical
center?
a. Loss of electricity
b. Major vehicle accident
c. Severe weather
d. Wild land fires - ✔✔a. Loss of electricity
✔✔Which of these is NOT a community planning partner regarding the healthcare
organization's emergency program?
a. Health department
b. Sheriff's office
c. Local fire department
d. Local TV station - ✔✔d. Local TV station
✔✔Which of these does The Joint Commission deem a critical area of the emergency
management plan?
a. Communication
b. Food
c. Mortuary
d. Decontamination - ✔✔a. Communication
, ✔✔Which of these are required in exercising the organization's emergency
management plan?
a. Monthly testing
b. Two exercises yearly
c. An exercise with actual patients
d. An exercise using a medical evacuation helicopter - ✔✔b. Two exercises yearly
✔✔Which of these is an operational function of security officers during emergency
situations?
a. Patient treatment
b. Crowd control
c. Spokesperson to the media
d. Initiation of facility evacuation - ✔✔b. Crowd control
✔✔Which of the following categories is NOT part of a bomb threat plan?
a. Establishing authority
b. Searching for the bomb
c. Pretension
d. Receiving the threat - ✔✔c. Pretension
✔✔What is the most common delivery of a bomb threat?
a. Called into the media
b. By phone at the facility
c. By email at the facility
d. Delivered in person to the facility - ✔✔b. By phone at the facility
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a question on the Telephone Bomb Threat Checklist?
a. What does the bomb look like?
b. Where is the bomb?
c. What is your name?
d. How old are you? - ✔✔d. How old are you?
✔✔What is the recommended distance to evacuate in case of a bomb threat?
a. Radius of 100 to 200 feet
b. Radius of 200 to 300 feet
c. Radius of 300 to 600 feet
d. Radius of 500 to 1000 feet - ✔✔d. Radius of 500 to 1000 feet
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a reason terrorists use suicide bombers?
a. Lack of an outfitted army
b. Final way to have their views hears
c. Most successful way of inflicting damage
d. Affects the least people - ✔✔d. Affects the least people
