The fundamental trade-offs available to planner

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1. Which of the following is TRUE?

a) Conflict disasters occur more often than hurricanes.

b) Hurricane disasters occur more often than conflict disasters.

c) Conflict disasters occur more often than hazardous spills.

d) Conflict disasters occur more often than flooding and wildfires.

2. Once scientists recognized that disasters are triggered by natural hazard agents, __________ was/were implemented.

a) feedback via radio transmission

b) silver bullets to safeguard against disasters

c) warning systems

d) government relief agencies

3. In the past, people tended to view disasters as:

a) events that happen to other people.

b) acts of God.

c) matters best left in the hands of insurance companies.

d) events that could be prevented with preparation.

4. One reason the military did not arrive timely to New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina was because:

a) the military was overextended with its duties in Iraq.

b) the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 does not permit deployment of the military.

c) military assistance was not needed.

d) the governor failed to timely make a request for deployment of the military.

5. Frictions between and among federal agencies resulted in civil defense emerging as victor over natural disaster relief. The traditional model coincided with civil defense and came into being primarily due to the threat of:

a) a nuclear war.

b) dams giving way.

c) civil unrest.

d) terrorism concerns.

6. A strength of the professional model is that it:

a) disregards old strategies.

b) pays great attention to detail.

c) appreciates the roles of government and first responders.

d) sees the big picture.

7. Which of the following is not one of the fundamental trade-offs available to a planner?

Capacity (regular time, overtime, subcontracted)

Inventory

Warehouse availability

Backlog/lost sales because of delay

8. There are essentially three distinct aggregate planning strategies for achieving balance between costs. Which of the following is not one of these?

Chase strategy-using capacity as the lever

Flexibility strategy-using utilization as the lever

Level strategy-using inventory as the lever

Response strategy-using utilization as the lever

9. Is the amount of time it takes for a customer to receive an order.

Time to market

Product Availability

Returnability

Response Time

10. Ziggler lives near Allbrite, a paper manufacturing facility. She has recently noticed noxious fumes coming from the factory that give her severe headaches. Which stakeholder group should Allbrite address to improve social responsibility?

"which one is correct answer"

Community

Investors

Employees

Government

Customers

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