Chapter 13: Critical Outcomes: Response and Recovery

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. What kind of weapon was used during Ramzi Yousef’s 1993 attack on the World Trade Center?

A. small weapons

B. truck bomb

C. a missile launched by nearby aircraft

D. Molotov cocktails

Learning Objective: 13-1: Define homeland security response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Opening Viewpoint: The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing and the Case of Ramzi Yousef

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Which tier of government is the most capable of coordinating efficient response and recovery management among different levels of authority?

A. federal

B. state

C. county

D. municipal

Learning Objective: 13-1: Define homeland security response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: National Response and Recovery: Fostering Administrative Coordination

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. The five mission areas introduced and explained by the FEMA’s National Planning Frameworks are: prevention, protection, mitigation, ______, and ______.

A. evaluation; retaliation

B. funding; reaction

C. retaliation; reaction

D. response; recovery

Learning Objective: 13-1: Define homeland security response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Federal National Planning Frameworks and the National Preparedness Goal

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. What do we call the elements, or action items, needed to achieve the National Preparedness Goals?

A. central focuses

B. key concepts

C. core capabilities

D. main targets

Learning Objective: 13-1: Define homeland security response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Federal National Planning Frameworks and the National Preparedness Goal

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. What do we call the concept that divides emergency response into Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance and Administration functions?

A. the Incident Command System

B. the Department of Homeland Security

C. National Assessment Protocol

D. the Hazards Protocol

Learning Objective: 13-1: Define homeland security response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Incident Command System

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. What does ICS protocol require all emergency responders to do first when responding to an emergency or disaster?

A. conduct their own assessment of which area of the disaster needs them the most

B. immediately go to the Logistics team

C. get their assignments according to the procedures established by the Incident Commander

D. modify the IAP as needed

Learning Objective: 13-1: Define homeland security response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Incident Command System: Professionalism

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Which type of presidential declaration triggers aid that protects property, public health, and safety in order to lessen the threat of an incident becoming a catastrophic event?

A. major disaster declaration

B. FEMA declaration

C. interim declaration

D. emergency declaration

Learning Objective: 13-1: Define homeland security response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Case in Point: Presidential Declarations

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. When the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City occurred, which plan presented the procedural framework for federal response coordination?

A. 1993 Federal Response Plan

B. Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950

C. Flood Control and Other Disasters Plan

D. American National Disaster Plan

Learning Objective: 13-2: Analyze national homeland security response and recovery protocols.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Background: The Progression of Federal Response Planning

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. The 14 core capabilities featured in the National Response Framework contain ______ that should be undertaken by response authorities.

A. official directives

B. critical tasks

C. standing orders

D. miscellaneous duties

Learning Objective: 13-2: Analyze national homeland security response and recovery protocols.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The National Response Framework: The Core Capabilities

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. What types of functions represent systematized collaboration among policy planners and represent federal coordinating structures used to achieve the core capabilities?

A. Systemic Response Efforts (SRFs)

B. Collaboration Functions (CFs)

C. Emergency Support Functions (ESFs)

D. Communication Protocol Efforts (CPEs)

Learning Objective: 13-2: Analyze national homeland security response and recovery protocols.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: National Response Framework: The Emergency Support Functions

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. What is the term used to describe the primary state/federal incident management activities conducted at the incident level?

A. federalized management

B. unified coordination

C. command control

D. merged alliance

Learning Objective: 13-2: Analyze national homeland security response and recovery protocols.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: National Response Framework: Unified Coordination and the Joint Field Office

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. What do we call the offices that are locally established to respond to an emergency incident and coordinate recovery activities?

A. Combined Recovery Agencies

B. State-Federal Collaboration Office

C. Federal Jurisdiction Agencies

D. Joint Field Offices

Learning Objective: 13-2: Analyze national homeland security response and recovery protocols.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: National Response Framework: Unified Coordination and the Joint Field Office

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. What does the National Response Framework recommend creating in order to manage a Joint Field Office (JFO)?

A. a Unified Coordination Group

B. an alliance with the National Guard

C. a network with the Coast Guard

D. a local division of the HHS

Learning Objective: 13-2: Analyze national homeland security response and recovery protocols.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: National Response Framework: Unified Coordination and the Joint Field Office

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Why don’t all states have the same procedures and reporting responsibilities for assigning homeland security duties to their state’s emergency management offices?

A. The federal government doesn’t want this uniformity.

B. There are too many political issues related to state’s rights and not enough funding.

C. There are no models in place for designing such systems.

D. There aren’t any benefits to having this uniformity.

Learning Objective: 13-3: Evaluate the necessity of federal leadership in response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Response and Recovery Planning by State Authorities

Difficulty Level: Hard

15. Which tier of authority provides immediate police, fire, and medical emergency assistance?

A. federal

B. state

C. local

D. county

Learning Objective: 13-3: Evaluate the necessity of federal leadership in response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Response and Recovery Planning by Local Authorities

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. How do terrorists measure whether or not their efforts have been successful?

A. by largely conventional methods, such as winning elections and obtaining political power

B. by subjective and unconventional methods, such as getting media attention and disrupting societal routines

C. by financial methods, namely by measuring how much financial gain they have acquired or lost

D. by geographical methods, specifically by how much additional land they have acquired

Learning Objective: 13-4: Apply federal leadership initiatives.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Final Consideration: Despite Best Efforts, Is Terrorism Effective?

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Which document “provides context for how the whole community works together and how response efforts relate to other parts of national preparedness?”

A. the 2nd edition of the National Response Framework

B. the 3rd edition of National Emergencies Act

C. the first draft of the Emergency Powers Act

D. the Public Service Health Act

Learning Objective: 13-2: Analyze national homeland security response and recovery protocols.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Case in Point: Implementing the National Response Framework

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. What event ended the era of reactive planning for national emergency?

A. bombing of the USS Cole

B. November 2015 Paris Attacks

C. attack on Pearl Harbor

D. attacks on September 11, 2001

Learning Objective: 13-2: Analyze national homeland security response and recovery protocols.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Problem of Reactive Planning

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. When do state emergency management offices usually become involved in local emergencies?

A. when Congress deems it is appropriate

B. when state authorities deem it appropriate

C. when they receive a request from local authorities

D. only when authorized by FEMA

Learning Objective: 13-3: Evaluate the necessity of federal leadership in response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Response and Recovery Planning by State Authorities

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. What is the approximate amount of funding disbursed by the federal government to state governments each year for emergency management?

A. $3 million

B. $30 million

C. $300 million

D. There is no such funding.

Learning Objective: 13-4: Apply federal leadership initiatives.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Response and Recovery Planning by State Authorities

Difficulty Level: Easy

True/False

1. Research indicates that reactive planning is the most effect method of preventing terrorist attacks.

Learning Objective: 13-1: Define homeland security response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Problem of Reactive Planning

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. A key ICS training concept is for all personnel to use common terminology.

Learning Objective: 13-1: Define homeland security response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Incident Command System: Standardization

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. ICS protocol does not include the planning of objectives.

Learning Objective: 13-1: Define homeland security response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Incident Command System: Planning/Organizational Structure

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Presidential declarations are usually activated only before local and state levels of authority request assistance when responding to disasters and emergencies.

Learning Objective: 13-1: Define homeland security response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Presidential Declarations: Standard Procedures

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. The National Response Framework might require the president to unilaterally announce a disaster declaration without awaiting a request from a governor.

Learning Objective: 13-1: Define homeland security response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Presidential Declarations: Exceptional Procedures

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. The state and local tiers of homeland security authority represent the front line of responsibility very infrequently when an incident occurs.

Learning Objective: 13-3: Evaluate the necessity of federal leadership in response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: State and Local Response and Recovery Planning

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. States do not get any financial assistance for running their state emergency management offices.

Learning Objective: 13-3: Evaluate the necessity of federal leadership in response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Response and Recovery Planning by State Authorities

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Local responders constitute a very large segment of the homeland security enterprise.

Learning Objective: 13-3: Evaluate the necessity of federal leadership in response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Response and Recovery Planning by Local Authorities

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Local emergency operations plans are created by federal agencies like FEMA.

Learning Objective: 13-4: Apply federal leadership initiatives.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Response and Recovery Planning by Local Authorities

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. The federal government disburses the same amount of money to each state annually.

Learning Objective: 13-4: Apply federal leadership initiatives.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Response and Recovery Planning by State Authorities

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. Are presidential declarations an effective means to deliver needed services after a disaster? Explain your answer.

Learning Objective: 13-3: Evaluate the necessity of federal leadership in response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Case in Point: Presidential Declarations

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Discuss the National Preparedness Goal and whether it is feasible to achieve it.

Learning Objective: 13-2: Analyze national homeland security response and recovery protocols.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Federal National Planning Frameworks and the National Preparedness Goal

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. In your opinion, what is the greatest challenge to the effectiveness of local-level response and recovery planning?

Learning Objective: 13-1: Define homeland security response and recovery.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Response and Recovery Planning by Local Authorities

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. In your opinion, has the national response framework been successful?

Learning Objective: 13-2: Analyze national homeland security response and recovery protocols.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Case in Point: Implementing the National Response Framework

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Should additional command and response structures be recommended? Explain your answer.

Learning Objective: 13-4: Apply federal leadership initiatives.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Various

Difficulty Level: Hard