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The Unified Coordination Group:_____. A. Directs the tactics employed at the incident site. B. Provides coordination leadership at the Joint Field Office. C. Is a state-level group comprised of the heads of each Emergency Support Function (ESF). D. Is a temporary Federal facility. Answer: B. Provides coordination leadership at the Joint Field Office. The UCG…

Which of the following is an example of dramatic irony? A. The characters are purposely hiding important factors from the audience. B. The characters say the exact opposite of what they really mean. C. The audience is more concerned about the characters sinning than falling in love. D. A knight swears loyalty to a newly…

Why was the Delaware Valley called “the best poor man’s country”? A. There were so few settlers that jobs were easy to find. B. Rich soil and a mild climate made good conditions for farming. C. Land was given away to poor people. D. Rich people who lived there gave food away. Answer: B. Rich…

Which of the following is not part of feminist psychology? a. questioning the practice of science itself when it is male biased b. discovering the contributions of women to psychology c. favoring women over men d. studying psychological gender differences Answer: c. favoring women over men Feminist psychology is an approach that focuses on understanding…

which of the following is a community lifeline? a. schools and churches b. lumber and hardware c. grocery and fast food d. communications Answer: d. communications The lifelines of community are the critical services to be in place to ensure implosion of operational systems and provide basic needs to a community in times of emergency…

Question:- Mixing alcohol and depressants may _____ the effects of alcohol. Answer: increase Alongside the depressing effect of the alcohol, if other drugs that are also, depressants are used, such as benzodiazepines (e.g., Xanax, Valium) and opioids (e.g., codeine, oxycodone) the depressant effect upon the central nervous system will be augmented or intensified. This multiplication…

Question: People who study death and dying are known as __________. A.thanatologists B.morticians C.terminalists D.gerontologists Answer: A.thanatologists Thanatology can be defined as a scientific discipline that deals with issues related to death including people’s mental and social reactions toward dying. Thanatology is a science that studies death. Thus, Thanatologists, professionals specializing in the concerns of…

Question: What type of social engineering targets particular groups of people? Answer: spear phishing. Spear phishing is a pretexted email attack that singles out individuals or corporate bodies within an organization. Contrasting with the wide scope contained in numerous phishing campaigns, spear phishing attacks are specifically narrowed, customized and pinpointed to the victims in question.…

Question: Autopsies show that the brains of Alzheimer victims _____. Answer: abnormal clumps and tangled bundles of fibers. Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by the presence of two abnormal structures in the brain: amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, which are associated with the memory issues. Amyloid plaques are aggregation of beta-amyloid protein, which interfere with neuron…

Which of the following is not a tissue type? a. Nerve b. Epithelial c. Plasma d. Connective Answer: c. Plasma While there is no true tissue, plasma, in the body, it is one of the vital components of the blood. The main four types of tissue structures that characterize humans include those of epithelial tissues,…