NUR 206 COMMUNITY EXAM 4
2025 - 2026
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Question 1
A community health nurse is working with people who experienced a tornado and have
been forced to leave their homes to escape the effects of a disaster. The nurse would identify
these people as which of the following?
A) Indirect victims
B) Refugees
C) Displaced persons
D) Casualties
Correct Answer
C) Displaced persons
Question 2
A community health nurse working as a part of a disaster response team is told that the
disaster is classified as a multiple-casualty incident. The nurse would interpret this to mean
which of the following?
A) There is more than 1 but less than 10 casualties.
B) The number of casualties is between 2 and 100.
C) Casualties number over 100.
D) There are too many casualties to count.
Correct Answer
B) The number of casualties is between 2 and 100.
Question 3
A community health nurse is part of a disaster response team that is first to respond to an
earthquake. The team evaluates the level of destruction and devastation, identifying this as
which of the following?
A) Intensity
B) Scope
C) Casualty
D) Range of effect
Correct Answer
A) Intensity
Question 4
Which of the following examples of disasters are natural disasters? (SATA)
A) The Earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011
B) The 2008 shootings at Virginia Tech
C) The terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001
D) Wildfires that affected California in October 2007
E) The oil spill in the gulf coast in 2010 that threatened hundreds of species of wildlife
, Correct Answer
A) The Earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011
D) Wildfires that affected California in October 2007
Question 5
After teaching a class about the factors that contribute to disasters, the instructor determines
that the teaching was successful when the students identify which of the
following as the agent?
A) Population's age
B) Radiation
C) Level of preparedness
D) Flood-prone location
Correct Answer
B) Radiation
Question 6
Which of the following federal agencies would a community health nurse expect to be
contacted to assist with a disaster in the
United States?
A) American Red Cross
B) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
C) WHO's Emergency Relief Operations
D) Pan American Health Organization
Correct Answer
B) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Question 7
The nurse is using the epidemiological triad to explain the factors contributing the disaster.
Which one of the following statements about the environment factors that contribute to
disasters is most accurate?
A) The environment is the natural or technologic element that causes the disaster.
B) The environment is the human being who experiences the disaster.
C) Factors that could potentially contribute to or mitigate a disaster are environmental.
D) Examples of environmental factors that cause a disaster are high winds of a hurricane and
the lava of an erupting volcano.
Correct Answer
C) Factors that could potentially contribute to or mitigate a disaster are environmental.
Question 8
A community health nurse is working with a community that is involved with identifying risk
factors for program development in case of a disaster. This community is in which phase of
disaster management?
2025 - 2026
For more info:
, NUR 206 Community Exam 4
Question 1
A community health nurse is working with people who experienced a tornado and have
been forced to leave their homes to escape the effects of a disaster. The nurse would identify
these people as which of the following?
A) Indirect victims
B) Refugees
C) Displaced persons
D) Casualties
Correct Answer
C) Displaced persons
Question 2
A community health nurse working as a part of a disaster response team is told that the
disaster is classified as a multiple-casualty incident. The nurse would interpret this to mean
which of the following?
A) There is more than 1 but less than 10 casualties.
B) The number of casualties is between 2 and 100.
C) Casualties number over 100.
D) There are too many casualties to count.
Correct Answer
B) The number of casualties is between 2 and 100.
Question 3
A community health nurse is part of a disaster response team that is first to respond to an
earthquake. The team evaluates the level of destruction and devastation, identifying this as
which of the following?
A) Intensity
B) Scope
C) Casualty
D) Range of effect
Correct Answer
A) Intensity
Question 4
Which of the following examples of disasters are natural disasters? (SATA)
A) The Earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011
B) The 2008 shootings at Virginia Tech
C) The terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001
D) Wildfires that affected California in October 2007
E) The oil spill in the gulf coast in 2010 that threatened hundreds of species of wildlife
, Correct Answer
A) The Earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011
D) Wildfires that affected California in October 2007
Question 5
After teaching a class about the factors that contribute to disasters, the instructor determines
that the teaching was successful when the students identify which of the
following as the agent?
A) Population's age
B) Radiation
C) Level of preparedness
D) Flood-prone location
Correct Answer
B) Radiation
Question 6
Which of the following federal agencies would a community health nurse expect to be
contacted to assist with a disaster in the
United States?
A) American Red Cross
B) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
C) WHO's Emergency Relief Operations
D) Pan American Health Organization
Correct Answer
B) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Question 7
The nurse is using the epidemiological triad to explain the factors contributing the disaster.
Which one of the following statements about the environment factors that contribute to
disasters is most accurate?
A) The environment is the natural or technologic element that causes the disaster.
B) The environment is the human being who experiences the disaster.
C) Factors that could potentially contribute to or mitigate a disaster are environmental.
D) Examples of environmental factors that cause a disaster are high winds of a hurricane and
the lava of an erupting volcano.
Correct Answer
C) Factors that could potentially contribute to or mitigate a disaster are environmental.
Question 8
A community health nurse is working with a community that is involved with identifying risk
factors for program development in case of a disaster. This community is in which phase of
disaster management?
