Disaster Management Ch 1-2
Emergency management is a discipline that deals with which of the following? -
answerPreparedness, risk and risk avoidance, and response and mitigation
The first time the federal government became involved in a local disaster was following
which of the following incidents? - answera town in New Hampshire was destroyed by a fire
in 1803
Which of the following FEMA directors was the first to have had prior emergency
management experience? - answerJames Lee Witt
Which of the following disasters is credited with starting the discussions that eventually led
to the creation of the National Flood Insurance Program? - answerHurricane Betsy (1965)
The changes to FEMA made by Director James Lee Witt were not tested until James Albaugh
took control of the agency during the George W. Bush administration. - answerFalse
In late 1992, when Hurricanes Andrew and Iniki struck within months of each other, FEMA
performed outstandingly well in responding to the disasters. - answerFalse
With the passage of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, which federal agency possessed the
most significant authority for natural disaster response and recovery - answerHUD
Which of the following was an important disaster mitigation initiative set forth by Director
Witt, which helped communities to become "disaster resistant". - answerProject Impact
During the 1930s, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Bureau of Public Roads
were both given authority to do which of the following? - answerDesign and build flood
control projects
The Civil Defense programs in the 1950s were established primarily to protect American
communities from which of the following hazards? - answerNuclear fallout brought on by a
Soviet nuclear attack
The constitution tasks which of the following government levels with the responsibility for
managing public health and safety? - answerstate
General Betcon is uniformly credited for doing which of the following for FEMA? -
answerrestoring integrity to the operations and appropriations of the agency
Which of the following can be defined as "a source of danger that may or may not lead to an
emergency"? - answerhazard
Hurricanes are commonly described using which of the following scales? - answerSadie-
Simpson scale
which of the following is NOT. a stage in the development of a hurricane? (wave, inversion,
depression, storm) - answerTropical Inversion
People living in which of the following areas have the greatest exposure to damage from
tornadoes? - answerpeople living in valleys
Emergency management is a discipline that deals with which of the following? -
answerPreparedness, risk and risk avoidance, and response and mitigation
The first time the federal government became involved in a local disaster was following
which of the following incidents? - answera town in New Hampshire was destroyed by a fire
in 1803
Which of the following FEMA directors was the first to have had prior emergency
management experience? - answerJames Lee Witt
Which of the following disasters is credited with starting the discussions that eventually led
to the creation of the National Flood Insurance Program? - answerHurricane Betsy (1965)
The changes to FEMA made by Director James Lee Witt were not tested until James Albaugh
took control of the agency during the George W. Bush administration. - answerFalse
In late 1992, when Hurricanes Andrew and Iniki struck within months of each other, FEMA
performed outstandingly well in responding to the disasters. - answerFalse
With the passage of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, which federal agency possessed the
most significant authority for natural disaster response and recovery - answerHUD
Which of the following was an important disaster mitigation initiative set forth by Director
Witt, which helped communities to become "disaster resistant". - answerProject Impact
During the 1930s, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Bureau of Public Roads
were both given authority to do which of the following? - answerDesign and build flood
control projects
The Civil Defense programs in the 1950s were established primarily to protect American
communities from which of the following hazards? - answerNuclear fallout brought on by a
Soviet nuclear attack
The constitution tasks which of the following government levels with the responsibility for
managing public health and safety? - answerstate
General Betcon is uniformly credited for doing which of the following for FEMA? -
answerrestoring integrity to the operations and appropriations of the agency
Which of the following can be defined as "a source of danger that may or may not lead to an
emergency"? - answerhazard
Hurricanes are commonly described using which of the following scales? - answerSadie-
Simpson scale
which of the following is NOT. a stage in the development of a hurricane? (wave, inversion,
depression, storm) - answerTropical Inversion
People living in which of the following areas have the greatest exposure to damage from
tornadoes? - answerpeople living in valleys
