PHLT 415 test 3 questions & answers
graded A+
EOC - what does this stand for, what are the responsibilities of the EOC - correct answer
✔✔Emergency Operations Center
strategic/operational overview of incident:
Receives, analyzes, displays, and monitors incident information.
Identifies, organizes, collaborates, and coordinates resources.
Communicates to all affected parties.
FEMA definition of EOC - correct answer ✔✔Emergency Operations Center: a central command
and control facility responsible for carrying out the principals of emergency preparedness and
emergency management, or disaster management functions at a strategic level during an
emergency
what are the five functions of an EOC - correct answer ✔✔Prevention, protection, mitigation,
response, recovery
what is a PHEOC - correct answer ✔✔integrates traditional into emergency model
IMS - what does this stand for and how is it similar to/different from ICS - correct answer
✔✔Incident Management System:
o Almost identical to ICS but better fits the philosophy of public health principles
, -applies principles of ICS
-just like ICS in that it can expand and contract
Describe Public Health Preparedness Capabilities: National Standards for State and Local
Planning - who produced this, what does it do, what does it require of health departments? -
correct answer ✔✔• CDC makes this
• Lays out 15 public health capabilities that state, local, tribal, and territorial partners can use to
assist in the development of plans, policies, and procedures to prepare for and respond to
public health threats
• Asks health departments to meet criteria for specific functions
Who provides most of the emergency management guidance in the United States? - correct
answer ✔✔• FEMA
Who provides the guidance for emergency management for international public health? -
correct answer ✔✔• The WHO
• Only if countries are in the International Health Regulations
• Provide planning guidance for establishing legal authority for PHEOC
Describe the Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreement and who is in
charge of administering it? - correct answer ✔✔• Partners receive funding in exchange for
concentrating efforts on agreed path
o State, local, tribal, and territorial partners
o Strengthening their ability to prepare for public health threats
Who provides most of the public health leadership during public health emergencies? Who
doesn't? - correct answer ✔✔• Local level: local health authority
• State: state health departments
• Federal: CDC
graded A+
EOC - what does this stand for, what are the responsibilities of the EOC - correct answer
✔✔Emergency Operations Center
strategic/operational overview of incident:
Receives, analyzes, displays, and monitors incident information.
Identifies, organizes, collaborates, and coordinates resources.
Communicates to all affected parties.
FEMA definition of EOC - correct answer ✔✔Emergency Operations Center: a central command
and control facility responsible for carrying out the principals of emergency preparedness and
emergency management, or disaster management functions at a strategic level during an
emergency
what are the five functions of an EOC - correct answer ✔✔Prevention, protection, mitigation,
response, recovery
what is a PHEOC - correct answer ✔✔integrates traditional into emergency model
IMS - what does this stand for and how is it similar to/different from ICS - correct answer
✔✔Incident Management System:
o Almost identical to ICS but better fits the philosophy of public health principles
, -applies principles of ICS
-just like ICS in that it can expand and contract
Describe Public Health Preparedness Capabilities: National Standards for State and Local
Planning - who produced this, what does it do, what does it require of health departments? -
correct answer ✔✔• CDC makes this
• Lays out 15 public health capabilities that state, local, tribal, and territorial partners can use to
assist in the development of plans, policies, and procedures to prepare for and respond to
public health threats
• Asks health departments to meet criteria for specific functions
Who provides most of the emergency management guidance in the United States? - correct
answer ✔✔• FEMA
Who provides the guidance for emergency management for international public health? -
correct answer ✔✔• The WHO
• Only if countries are in the International Health Regulations
• Provide planning guidance for establishing legal authority for PHEOC
Describe the Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreement and who is in
charge of administering it? - correct answer ✔✔• Partners receive funding in exchange for
concentrating efforts on agreed path
o State, local, tribal, and territorial partners
o Strengthening their ability to prepare for public health threats
Who provides most of the public health leadership during public health emergencies? Who
doesn't? - correct answer ✔✔• Local level: local health authority
• State: state health departments
• Federal: CDC
