Community Medicine Practice

20 learning units • 10 questions per unit • 200 explained questions

Module 19 — Disasters, Emergencies & Public-Health Preparedness

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Question 01 • Single best answer

Why can the same flood produce different health impacts in two communities?

A. Hazard magnitude is the only determinant B. Exposure, vulnerability and capacity differ C. Preparedness never matters D. Housing cannot affect health

Question 02 • Single best answer

Which activity best represents preparedness?

A. Practicing a response plan with assigned roles B. Waiting for the first death before planning C. Rebuilding a bridge years later only D. Ignoring stock availability

Question 03 • Single best answer

What should guide emergency supply requests?

A. Donations offered regardless of suitability B. Advertising value only C. Equal boxes without checking contents D. Rapid needs assessment and coordination

Question 04 • Single best answer

Why must disaster triage be repeated?

A. Clinical condition and available resources can change B. Initial classification is always permanent C. Reassessment has no effect on care D. Only record color matters

Question 05 • Single best answer

Which routine service may remain urgent during a disaster?

A. Essential chronic treatment and childbirth care B. Only elective publicity events C. Only annual staff photographs D. No routine service matters

Question 06 • Single best answer

What should an accessible shelter plan consider?

A. Only total floor area B. Only the nearest road name C. Disability, communication, safety and practical access D. Only average adult needs

Question 07 • Single best answer

Are epidemics inevitable after every natural disaster?

A. Yes regardless of conditions B. Yes solely because people are frightened C. Yes whenever any building is damaged D. No

Question 08 • Single best answer

Which statement about bodies after natural disasters is most accurate?

A. They do not generally cause epidemics merely by being present B. Every body automatically causes a community epidemic C. No handling precautions are ever needed D. Identification and dignity are irrelevant

Question 09 • Single best answer

What is an important aim of recovery?

A. Recreate every unsafe condition unchanged B. End surveillance immediately C. Measure success only by ceremonies D. Restore services while reducing future vulnerability

Question 10 • Single best answer

What should an after-action review produce?

A. Concrete improvements to plans and practice B. A blame list without learning C. Destruction of response records D. Unsupported claims of perfect performance