CHN chapter 32: Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Nursing
High-Scoring Exam Responses – Full Paper with Detailed Explanations
What is essential for nurses to have in order to respond effectively in a disaster situation across
different communities?
a. Some information on disaster planning
b. Recognition that each disaster is similar
c. Specific expertise in emergency management
d. An effective disaster plan - c. Specific expertise in emergency management
What statement is correct as it relates to natural disasters?
a. Their impacts can sometimes be mitigated
b. They always happen quickly
c. They include infectious diseases
d. They are predictable - a. Their impacts can sometimes be mitigated
Using the Canadian Disaster Database, what is the most common disaster in Canada?
a. Fuel spills
b. Tsunamis
c. Tornadoes
d. Cold waves - a. Fuel spills
The Canadian government adopted NIMS in 2004 as a framework for all levels of government in
Canada to develop emergency response plans. What does NIMS stand for and who developed
it?
a. National and International Model for Security, United Kingdom
b. National Incident Management System, United States
, c. Natural Incident Modelling Sphere, Canada
d. National Information and Military System, United Nations - b. National Incident
Management System, United States
Which of the following Canadian disasters claimed the most lives?
a. 1998 Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, aircraft crash
b. 1918-1925 across Canada, Spanish influenza
c. 1927 Newfoundland, hurricane
d. 2003 Toronto, Ontario, SARS - b. 1918-1925 across Canada, Spanish influenza
In Canada, at what level of government are emergency management and preparedness
responses initiated?
a. Coordinated through Emergency Management Agency
b. Provincial/territorial
c. Federal
d. Municipal - d. Municipal
A nurse is attending a classroom exercise on disaster management. What stage of the
emergency management programming is this exercise?
a. Preparedness
b. Response
c. Prevention
d. Mitigation - c. Prevention
Using the Incident Management System, what is an example of an operations function during a
pandemic influenza?
a. Conducts mass immunization of the general public
High-Scoring Exam Responses – Full Paper with Detailed Explanations
What is essential for nurses to have in order to respond effectively in a disaster situation across
different communities?
a. Some information on disaster planning
b. Recognition that each disaster is similar
c. Specific expertise in emergency management
d. An effective disaster plan - c. Specific expertise in emergency management
What statement is correct as it relates to natural disasters?
a. Their impacts can sometimes be mitigated
b. They always happen quickly
c. They include infectious diseases
d. They are predictable - a. Their impacts can sometimes be mitigated
Using the Canadian Disaster Database, what is the most common disaster in Canada?
a. Fuel spills
b. Tsunamis
c. Tornadoes
d. Cold waves - a. Fuel spills
The Canadian government adopted NIMS in 2004 as a framework for all levels of government in
Canada to develop emergency response plans. What does NIMS stand for and who developed
it?
a. National and International Model for Security, United Kingdom
b. National Incident Management System, United States
, c. Natural Incident Modelling Sphere, Canada
d. National Information and Military System, United Nations - b. National Incident
Management System, United States
Which of the following Canadian disasters claimed the most lives?
a. 1998 Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, aircraft crash
b. 1918-1925 across Canada, Spanish influenza
c. 1927 Newfoundland, hurricane
d. 2003 Toronto, Ontario, SARS - b. 1918-1925 across Canada, Spanish influenza
In Canada, at what level of government are emergency management and preparedness
responses initiated?
a. Coordinated through Emergency Management Agency
b. Provincial/territorial
c. Federal
d. Municipal - d. Municipal
A nurse is attending a classroom exercise on disaster management. What stage of the
emergency management programming is this exercise?
a. Preparedness
b. Response
c. Prevention
d. Mitigation - c. Prevention
Using the Incident Management System, what is an example of an operations function during a
pandemic influenza?
a. Conducts mass immunization of the general public
