INSTRUCTOR’S MANUAL & SAMPLE TEST BANK
INTRODUCTION TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, 8TH EDITION
CHAPTER NO. 01: THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION & ANSWERS
1. Emergency management is a discipline that deals with which of the following?
a. Response and Mitigation
b. Preparedness
c. Risk and risk avoidance
d. *All of the above
2. The constitution tasks which of the following government levels with the responsibility for
managing public health and safety?
a. County
b. Local
c. *State
d. Federal
3. The first time the federal government became involved in a local disaster following which of
the following?
a. *A town in New Hampshire was destroyed by a fire in 1803
b. St. Louis, Missouri is flooded in 1815
c. A series of tornadoes devastates several communities in Oklahoma in the 1830s
d. Hurricane Oswald causes severe damage in five Atlantic states in 1877
4. During the 1930s, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Bureau of Public Roads
were both given authority to do which of the following?
a. Prevent construction that increased slope failures, thereby reducing landslide risks
b. *Design and build flood control projects
c. Perform annual ‘controlled burns’ to reduce wildfire risk
d. Buyback properties in the floodplain and create ‘green spaces’
5. The Civil Defense programs in the 1950s were established primarily to protect American
communities from which of the following hazards?
, a. Technological disasters brought about by increased industrial production
b. Rioting and other civil disobedience
c. *Nuclear fallout brought on by a Soviet nuclear attack
d. Invasion into American soil of a foreign military’s troops
6. The primary functions of the Office of Defense Mobilization, which merged with the Federal
Civil Defense Administration in 1958, were which of the following?
a. *Production, stockpiling, and quick mobilization of critical materials in the event of
war
b. Mobilization of disaster relief supplies in response to major natural disasters
c. Transportation of military troops to disaster sites for response assistance
d. All of the above
7. The Hebgen Lake Earthquake, which measured 7.3 on the Richter scale, brought attention to
which of the following:
a. Earthquake retrofitting in older structures was desperately needed
b. *The nation’s earthquake risk went beyond the California borders
c. The federal response to natural disasters would require the use of the military
d. Secondary disasters sparked by an initial disaster can have severe consequences
8. Which of the following disasters is credited with starting the discussions that eventually led to
the creation of the National Flood Insurance Program?
a. Hurricane Donna (1960)
b. The Ash Wednesday Storm (1962)
c. *Hurricane Betsy (1965)
d. Hurricane Camille (1969)
9. George Bernstein increased participation in the National Flood Insurance Program by
proposing that the purchase of flood insurance was required for which of the following?
a. *The purchase of homeowner loans backed by federal mortgages
b. The purchase of a new home
c. Ownership of property in communities where floods had previously occurred
d. Zoning of land for agricultural purposes
,10. With the passage of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, which federal agency possessed the
most significant authority for natural disaster response and recovery
a. DOD
b. FEMA
c. DHS
d. *HUD
11. President Carter sought to consolidate emergency preparedness, mitigation, and response
activities into one government agency at the federal level. This plan, called Reorganization Plan
Number 3, resulted in the creation of which of the following?
a. Federal Preparedness Agency
b. Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
c. *Federal Emergency Management Agency
d. Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
12. As director of FEMA, John Macy developed which of the following disaster management
concepts?
a. *Integrated Emergency Management System (IEMS)
b. Comprehensive Emergency Management (CEM)
c. Holistic Disaster Management (HDM)
d. Multi-Agency Emergency Management (MEM)
13. Which of the following FEMA Administrators implemented the FIT (FEMA Integration
Teams) program, which was designed to enhance intergovernmental coordination between
Federal, state, and local partners?
a. Craig Fugate
b. Peter Gainor
c. *Brock Long
d. Deanne Criswell
14. General Becton is uniformly credited for doing which of the following for FEMA?
a. *Restoring integrity to the operations and appropriations of the agency
, b. Elevating the position of Director to the Cabinet level
c. Creating stronger partnerships with state and local response agencies
d. All of the above
15. Senator Al Gore illustrated his views that FEMA’s priorities were misplaced in regards to the
low priority given to natural disasters by citing a report that detailed which of the following
threats?
a. The increase in property value and industrial production in the nation’s floodplains
b. The increase in development along coasts where Hurricanes were prevalent
c. The deteriorating upper atmosphere as indicated by the growing holes in the ozone layer
d. *The potential consequences of the New Madrid fault zone in the central United
States
16. Which of the following FEMA directors was the first to have had prior emergency
management experience?
a. John Macy
b. General Julius Becton
c. *James Lee Witt
d. Louis Giuffrida
17. Which of the following reforms was not performed by Director James Lee Witt?
a. Customer service training was introduced
b. *The focus of Emergency Management was shifted from mitigation to response
c. New technologies in Emergency Management were explored
d. The agency was reorganized to break down ‘bottlenecks’
18. The Midwest Floods in 1993, which resulted in major disaster declarations in nine states,
resulted in which of the following?
a. The creation of the National Flood Insurance Program
b. The dissolution of the Tennessee Valley Authority
c. *The initiation of the largest voluntary buyout program to date
d. All of the above
INTRODUCTION TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, 8TH EDITION
CHAPTER NO. 01: THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION & ANSWERS
1. Emergency management is a discipline that deals with which of the following?
a. Response and Mitigation
b. Preparedness
c. Risk and risk avoidance
d. *All of the above
2. The constitution tasks which of the following government levels with the responsibility for
managing public health and safety?
a. County
b. Local
c. *State
d. Federal
3. The first time the federal government became involved in a local disaster following which of
the following?
a. *A town in New Hampshire was destroyed by a fire in 1803
b. St. Louis, Missouri is flooded in 1815
c. A series of tornadoes devastates several communities in Oklahoma in the 1830s
d. Hurricane Oswald causes severe damage in five Atlantic states in 1877
4. During the 1930s, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Bureau of Public Roads
were both given authority to do which of the following?
a. Prevent construction that increased slope failures, thereby reducing landslide risks
b. *Design and build flood control projects
c. Perform annual ‘controlled burns’ to reduce wildfire risk
d. Buyback properties in the floodplain and create ‘green spaces’
5. The Civil Defense programs in the 1950s were established primarily to protect American
communities from which of the following hazards?
, a. Technological disasters brought about by increased industrial production
b. Rioting and other civil disobedience
c. *Nuclear fallout brought on by a Soviet nuclear attack
d. Invasion into American soil of a foreign military’s troops
6. The primary functions of the Office of Defense Mobilization, which merged with the Federal
Civil Defense Administration in 1958, were which of the following?
a. *Production, stockpiling, and quick mobilization of critical materials in the event of
war
b. Mobilization of disaster relief supplies in response to major natural disasters
c. Transportation of military troops to disaster sites for response assistance
d. All of the above
7. The Hebgen Lake Earthquake, which measured 7.3 on the Richter scale, brought attention to
which of the following:
a. Earthquake retrofitting in older structures was desperately needed
b. *The nation’s earthquake risk went beyond the California borders
c. The federal response to natural disasters would require the use of the military
d. Secondary disasters sparked by an initial disaster can have severe consequences
8. Which of the following disasters is credited with starting the discussions that eventually led to
the creation of the National Flood Insurance Program?
a. Hurricane Donna (1960)
b. The Ash Wednesday Storm (1962)
c. *Hurricane Betsy (1965)
d. Hurricane Camille (1969)
9. George Bernstein increased participation in the National Flood Insurance Program by
proposing that the purchase of flood insurance was required for which of the following?
a. *The purchase of homeowner loans backed by federal mortgages
b. The purchase of a new home
c. Ownership of property in communities where floods had previously occurred
d. Zoning of land for agricultural purposes
,10. With the passage of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, which federal agency possessed the
most significant authority for natural disaster response and recovery
a. DOD
b. FEMA
c. DHS
d. *HUD
11. President Carter sought to consolidate emergency preparedness, mitigation, and response
activities into one government agency at the federal level. This plan, called Reorganization Plan
Number 3, resulted in the creation of which of the following?
a. Federal Preparedness Agency
b. Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
c. *Federal Emergency Management Agency
d. Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
12. As director of FEMA, John Macy developed which of the following disaster management
concepts?
a. *Integrated Emergency Management System (IEMS)
b. Comprehensive Emergency Management (CEM)
c. Holistic Disaster Management (HDM)
d. Multi-Agency Emergency Management (MEM)
13. Which of the following FEMA Administrators implemented the FIT (FEMA Integration
Teams) program, which was designed to enhance intergovernmental coordination between
Federal, state, and local partners?
a. Craig Fugate
b. Peter Gainor
c. *Brock Long
d. Deanne Criswell
14. General Becton is uniformly credited for doing which of the following for FEMA?
a. *Restoring integrity to the operations and appropriations of the agency
, b. Elevating the position of Director to the Cabinet level
c. Creating stronger partnerships with state and local response agencies
d. All of the above
15. Senator Al Gore illustrated his views that FEMA’s priorities were misplaced in regards to the
low priority given to natural disasters by citing a report that detailed which of the following
threats?
a. The increase in property value and industrial production in the nation’s floodplains
b. The increase in development along coasts where Hurricanes were prevalent
c. The deteriorating upper atmosphere as indicated by the growing holes in the ozone layer
d. *The potential consequences of the New Madrid fault zone in the central United
States
16. Which of the following FEMA directors was the first to have had prior emergency
management experience?
a. John Macy
b. General Julius Becton
c. *James Lee Witt
d. Louis Giuffrida
17. Which of the following reforms was not performed by Director James Lee Witt?
a. Customer service training was introduced
b. *The focus of Emergency Management was shifted from mitigation to response
c. New technologies in Emergency Management were explored
d. The agency was reorganized to break down ‘bottlenecks’
18. The Midwest Floods in 1993, which resulted in major disaster declarations in nine states,
resulted in which of the following?
a. The creation of the National Flood Insurance Program
b. The dissolution of the Tennessee Valley Authority
c. *The initiation of the largest voluntary buyout program to date
d. All of the above
