Chapter 12: Critical Resources: Resilience and Planning

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. ______ is the ability to withstand and recover rapidly from deliberate attacks.

A. Security

B. Elasticity

C. Flexibility

D. Resilience

Learning Objective: 12-1: Apply the concept of resilience.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Understanding Resilience

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Proper homeland security planning requires collaboration between the public and ______ sectors.

A. foreign

B. private

C. municipal

D. enemy

Learning Objective: 12-1: Apply the concept of resilience.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Role of Proper Planning

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Which of the following was a result of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5?

A. creation of the Do Not Fly list

B. development of the TSA

C. development of anti-cybercrime software

D. creation of a national Incident Command System

Learning Objective: 12-1: Apply the concept of resilience.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Foundational Concept: The National Incident Management System

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. What is the name of the organization created by the DHS to disseminate the new ICS protocols?

A. the TSA

B. the FBI

C. NIMS

D. the CIA

Learning Objective: 12-1: Apply the concept of resilience.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Foundational Concept: The National Incident Management System

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Which homeland security approach for handling emergencies relies on collaboration by all sectors and communities in society?

A. private–public coalition

B. whole community

C. resilience collaborative

D. planning partnership

Learning Objective: 12-1: Apply the concept of resilience.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Local Planning: The Whole Community Approach

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Approximately how many people were killed in the September 11th attacks?

A. 300

B. 600

C. 3,000

D. 6,000

Learning Objective: 12-1: Apply the concept of resilience.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Local Planning: The Private Sector

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. One of the many duties of the Private Sector Office of the DHS is to create and manage private sector ______ made up of industry representatives.

A. advisory councils

B. small businesses

C. nonprofits

D. limited liability corporations

Learning Objective: 12-2: Critically assess the role of proper preparedness and planning activities.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Promoting Homeland Security and Public–Private Collaboration

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Which public–private system has an overarching goal to build a secure and more resilient America by preventing or mitigating the effects of a terrorist attack?

A. National Chamber of Commerce Collaborative

B. American Business and Government Partnership

C. National Infrastructure Protection Plan

D. United States Resiliency Network

Learning Objective: 12-2: Critically assess the role of proper preparedness and planning activities.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Private Sector Preparedness

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Which centers provide assistance in planning for the 16 identified critical infrastructure sectors?

A. Regional Information Sharing Systems

B. Information Sharing and Analysis Centers

C. National Critical Command Centers

D. U.S. Planning and Purpose Centers

Learning Objective: 12-2: Critically assess the role of proper preparedness and planning activities.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Private Sector Preparedness

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Which government entity has taken the lead in coordinating medical preparedness strategies by publishing plans and handbooks for medical personnel?

A. state-level homeland security officials

B. urban first-responders in collaboration with state officials

C. federal homeland security bureaucracy

D. county law enforcement officers in collaboration with state officials

Learning Objective: 12-2: Critically assess the role of proper preparedness and planning activities.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Case in Point: Health and Medical Preparedness Strategies

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. As an all-hazards approach to homeland security, HSPD-21 identified four critical components of public health and medical preparedness: bio-surveillance, countermeasure distribution, mass-casualty care, and ______.

A. antidotes to poisons

B. missile defense

C. volunteer militias

D. community resilience

Learning Objective: 12-2: Critically assess the role of proper preparedness and planning activities.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. The 2007 National Strategy for Health and Preparedness established five key principles, one of which called for ______ across all levels of government.

A. sequestering information

B. vertical and horizontal coordination

C. eliminating chain of command

D. distributing supplies

Learning Objective: 12-2: Critically assess the role of proper preparedness and planning activities.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. What is “medical surge?”

A. a large-scale emergency involving human casualties in large numbers

B. a widespread loss of power at medical facilities

C. a sudden loss of medical personnel due to a terrorist attack

D. a sudden lack of vaccines

Learning Objective: 12-2: Critically assess the role of proper preparedness and planning activities.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Medical Surge Capacity and Capability Handbook

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. What did the HHS publish in 2007 to promote a system for integrating medical and health resources when responding to large-scale emergencies?

A. the Federal Emergency Management Agency Handbook

B. Medical Surge Capacity and Capability Handbook:

C. the National Emergency Preparedness Doctrine

D. HSPD-21

Learning Objective: 12-2: Critically assess the role of proper preparedness and planning activities.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Medical Surge Capacity and Capability Handbook

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. In order to prevent and mitigate threats to homeland security, the DHS must identify potential risks, assess whether a terrorist incident is likely, and then ______.

A. determine which terrorist cells are active

B. raise terrorist alerts immediately

C. assess the consequences to society

D. initiate travel bans from certain nations

Learning Objective: 12-3: Analyze issues that may arise when planning responses to plausible hazard-related scenarios.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Components of the Prevention and Mitigation Process

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. What is the goal of the Pre-Disaster Mitigation grant?

A. to predict disasters and obtain maximum federal funding

B. to analyze statistics regarding past disasters and to raise funds

C. to reduce risk to the population and structures and reduce reliance on federal funds

D. to calculate the likelihood of future natural and manmade disasters

Learning Objective: 12-3: Analyze issues that may arise when planning responses to plausible hazard-related scenarios.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Federal Mitigation Assistance

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. ______ agents are substances that rely on toxicity and are used for hostile purposes to cause disease or death in humans, animals, or plants.

A. Chemical

B. Biological

C. Nuclear

D. Ecological

Learning Objective: 12-3: Analyze issues that may arise when planning responses to plausible hazard-related scenarios.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Chemical Agents

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. ______ gas is a weaponized chemical agent that causes the lungs to fill with water and chokes the victim.

A. Mustard

B. Phosgene

C. Chlorine

D. Nerve

Learning Objective: 12-4: Discuss prevention and mitigation planning issues.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Chemical Agents

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. Bubonic plague, botulisms, and the Ebola virus are all classified as ______ agents.

A. biological

B. chemical

C. nerve

D. combination

Learning Objective: 12-4: Discuss prevention and mitigation planning issues.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Biological Agents

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. The main threat from a biological attack does not come from a large epidemic; rather ______ is more likely.

1. a large anthrax attack

B. the poisoning of the food and water supply

C. a large smallpox attack

D. a halt on funding for medical research

Learning Objective: 12-4: Discuss prevention and mitigation planning issues.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Biological Agents

Difficulty Level: Easy

True/False

1. Western European countries have not established centralized ministries or agencies similar to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Learning Objective: 12-5: Explain the political and other considerations that influence the preparedness and planning process.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Global Perspective: The European Approach to Homeland Security Preparedness

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. The Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for security and safety protocols at nuclear plants.

Learning Objective: 12-5: Explain the political and other considerations that influence the preparedness and planning process.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Coordinating Nuclear Security: The Role of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. There is a consensus that most terrorist attacks affect the public sector more than the private sector.

Learning Objective: 12-1: Apply the concept of resilience.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Local Planning: The Private Sector

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Tier 1 of the MSCC Tiers of Responsibility is to provide federal support to state, tribal, and jurisdiction management.

Learning Objective: 12-2: Critically assess the role of proper preparedness and planning activities.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Medical Surge Capacity and Capability Handbook

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. Nuclear weapons utilize weapons-grade plutonium and uranium.

Learning Objective: 12-5: Explain the political and other considerations that influence the preparedness and planning process.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Nuclear Weapons

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Dirty bombs contain weapons-grade biological poisons.

Learning Objective: 12-5: Explain the political and other considerations that influence the preparedness and planning process.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Radiological Agents

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Nuclear power facilities are desirable targets for violent extremists.

Learning Objective: 12-5: Explain the political and other considerations that influence the preparedness and planning process.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Radiological and Nuclear Hazard Planning

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. The CDC’s Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response is a comprehensive plan for effective preparedness and response agendas.

Learning Objective: 12-5: Explain the political and other considerations that influence the preparedness and planning process.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Case in Point: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines for Biological and Chemical Preparedness and Response

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. The sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo on March 20, 1995 involved a small number of victims.

Learning Objective: 12-3: Analyze issues that may arise when planning responses to plausible hazard-related scenarios.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: A Complex Dilemma: Mitigating Chemical and Biological Incidents

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Obtaining lethal quantities of anthrax is relatively simple.

Learning Objective: 12-5: Explain the political and other considerations that influence the preparedness and planning process.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Biological Agents

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. Does the European approach to homeland security preparedness present options which should be considered in the United States?

Learning Objective: 12-5: Explain the political and other considerations that influence the preparedness and planning process.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Global Perspective: The European Approach to Homeland Security

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Critically assess the utility of guidelines such as the National Incident Management System (NIMS). Does NIMS offer useful policy suggestions?

Learning Objective: 12-2: Critically assess the role of proper preparedness and planning activities.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Foundational Concept: The National Incident Management System

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. Explain why health and medical preparedness is necessary for homeland security strategy.

Learning Objective: 12-2: Critically assess the role of proper preparedness and planning activities.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Case in Point: Health and Medical Preparedness Strategies

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. In your opinion, how secure is the nation from the deployment of biological hazards by violent extremists?

Learning Objective: 12-3: Analyze issues that may arise when planning responses to plausible hazard-related scenarios.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Chemical and Biological Hazard Planning

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. In your opinion, what is the most likely scenario for the use of nuclear weapons? What homeland security strategies can help protect citizens from this risk?

Learning Objective: 12-5: Explain the political and other considerations that influence the preparedness and planning process.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Understanding the Threat: Radiological and Nuclear Hazards

Difficulty Level: Hard