1.)At the federal level, the U.S. government can declare an event a major disaster, an emergency, or a public health emergency.Declaring an event a public health emergency is unique because...

a. it is enacted into law by Congress and funds are limited by the amount Congress has given it.

b. it is declared by the President and unlimited funds are available to respond to the emergency.

c. it is declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and only funds in the Public Health Emergency Fund can be used.

d. it requires the court system to legally define what constitutes a public health emergency and how much money is required to pay for the damages.

2.)In 2008, the Institute of Medicine identified 4 areas of research needed to better inform the public health community about emergency preparedness.Since that report, numerous articles have been published on the needs of vulnerable populations during emergencies.In general, these articles conclude that...

a. high-income individuals are typically too busy to prepare for emergencies.

b. socioeconomic status is not associated with how prepared a person is for an emergency.

c. lower-income individuals are less prepared for emergencies than higher income individuals.

d. households living in poverty are better able to handle the strain of emergencies.

3.)A U.S. physician volunteers to fight an outbreak of Yellow Fever in Southeast Asia.Legally, the physician needs to worry about...

a. any liability that the physician assumes if one of their patients is harmed during the epidemic.

b. whether the clinic will have enough sterile equipment to treat the patients.

c. recent research demonstrating the Yellow Fever vaccine is only 50% effective.

d. if Yellow Fever is spread by mosquitoes or contaminated drinking water.

4.)The U.S. has a Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) that theoretically allows the government to deploy medical countermeasures during an emergency very quickly.Several critics of the SNS have noted that...

a. there is an efficient system to procure new drugs after they receive FDA approval.

b. the SNS relies very heavily on traditional countermeasures, such as isolation and quarantine.

c. it is often difficult to ensure that medical countermeasures in the SNS are both safe and effective.

d. fully stocking the SNS is very cheap and countermeasures are easily placed in the correct locations ahead of an epidemic.

5.)In his meeting with Dr. Evil, Rumpole the Malevolent says that a bioterrorist attack would be most successful where...

a. laws that describe emergency powers are constantly updated.

b. the public health system is fully integrated across all levels of government.

c. the legal system emphasizes individual rights.

d. the power to respond to the attack is held by the federal government.