Chapter 2:Human Needs as Problems Requiring Responses from

Organizations, Institutions, and Communities

Test Bank

Multiple Choice Questions:

  1. An example of a category would be______.
  2. Boy Scouts of America
  3. undocumented Latinos in the United States
  4. Mothers Against Drunk Drivers
  5. the U.S. Congress
  1. The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act were passed by Congress in ______.
  2. 2000
  3. 2001
  4. 2002
  5. 2003
  1. The Department of Agricultures adjusts the poverty threshold______.
  2. every year
  3. every 6 months
  4. every 18 years
  5. every 24 months
  1. According to Patel and Delwiche in the text, famine______.
  2. occurs spontaneously due to a failed crop season
  3. is the result of market forces
  4. occurs due to poor farming techniques
  5. All of the above are true.
  1. FEMA stands for the______.
  2. Federal Emergency Medical Association
  3. Federal Energy Management Association
  4. Federal Energy Management Agency
  5. Federal Emergency Management Agency
  1. An indirect consequence of violent conflicts includes______.
  2. loss of life
  3. disability
  4. collapsing food production systems
  5. All of the above are true.
  1. This type of victim of disasters requires one to respond to a disaster because of their occupation.
  2. Primary
  3. Secondary
  4. Tertiary
  5. Quaternary
  1. One of the main differences between raped women in the USA vs. raped women in developing countries is that______.
  2. women in developing countries have more access to psychological services following a rape
  3. women in developing countries have less access to psychological services following a rape
  4. women in developing countries have more access to health care services following a rape
  5. women in developing countries have fewer psychological disturbances following a rape
  1. It is reported poor countries sell their resources to help finance ______.
  2. their military or terrorist activities
  3. their educational systems
  4. their religious infrastructure
  5. their social network building
  1. Violent conflicts______involve human rights violations.
  2. always
  3. never
  4. may or may not
  5. None of the above is true.
  1. Trafficked women tend to work in______.
  2. brothels
  3. sweatshops
  4. grocery stores
  5. a & b only
  1. This type of victim of disasters is directly exposed to the effects of a disaster.
  2. Primary
  3. Secondary
  4. Tertiary
  5. Quaternary
  1. Strong educational systems help communities improve ______.
  2. food production
  3. nutrition
  4. roads
  5. All of the above are true.
  1. ______has the highest percentage of impoverished people in the United States.
  2. Ohio
  3. New York
  4. Oklahoma
  5. Oregon
  1. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is a______.
  2. mental disorder
  3. health disorder
  4. behavior disorder
  5. postal worker related disorder
  1. It is because of the aim and consequences of rape in this country that the United Nations decided that rape was a violation of human rights.
  2. Rwanda
  3. Bosnia
  4. Haiti
  5. a & b only
  1. This type of victim of disasters is a concerned and caring member of a community although he or she is personally beyond the direct impact.
  2. Primary
  3. Secondary
  4. Tertiary
  5. Quaternary
  1. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), famine occurs when it reaches the point of ______.
  2. critical malnutrition
  3. affects 15%+ of children of a certain age
  4. any number of deaths from starvation
  5. a & b only
  1. The National Crime Victimization Survey collects data about crimes that occurred within the last______.
  2. six months
  3. year
  4. last 30 days
  5. last week
  1. The goal of ethnic cleansing is to ______.
  2. render an area ethnically homogenous
  3. force outsiders out of an area by any means necessary
  4. utilize terror filled violence to get rid of a group of people
  5. All of the above are true.
  1. FEMA’s definition of a major disaster includes______.
  2. natural disasters
  3. human made disasters
  4. total destruction of two large homes
  5. both a & b
  1. There seems to be a consensus in the world about who a terrorist is.
  2. True, because terrorists are always Muslims
  3. False, because terrorists come in many forms
  4. False, because there is no such thing as a terrorist
  5. True, because terrorists are always those in control of the resources
  1. Most corporate crimes are considered______.
  2. blue collar
  3. pink collar
  4. white collar
  5. rainbow collar
  1. The United Nations contend that______create and perpetuate extreme inequality in this society.
  2. an individual’s bigotry
  3. structural forces
  4. individuals’ laziness
  5. structured philanthropy
  1. Human trafficking is a form of ______.
  2. genocide
  3. human rights violation
  4. ethnic cleansing
  5. All of the above are true.

True and False Questions:

  1. A category is an assembly of individuals who interact regularly, have a mutual sense of identity, and have a sense of belonging. False
  1. “Welfare queen” is a derogatory term. True
  1. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law in the early 1970s. False
  1. Mass care includes providing child welfare services. False
  1. The Ku Klux Klan would be considered a terrorist group. True
  1. Bernie Madoff is an example of a blue collar crime perpetrator. False
  1. Human trafficking involves women and girls only. False
  1. During the Rwanda massacre of 1994, most civilians were shot to death. False
  1. The White Slave Traffic Act applies only to Europeans and Caucasian Americans. False
  1. The Uniform Crime Report comes from data from self-report surveys by telephone researchers. False
  1. The lack of basics like boots or shoes is an example of moderate poverty. False
  1. FEMA is an emergency relief system. True
  1. Many research studies show that females with children who do not have husbands have more poverty. True
  1. As a result of 9/11, Americans have more rights rather than fewer. False
  1. Economic assistance and services includes providing educational services programs. True

Short Essay Questions:

  1. Please describe global poverty in the context of extreme/abject poverty, moderate poverty and relative poverty.
  2. Extreme/abject poverty exists when households cannot secure their basic needs for survival.
  3. Moderate Poverty exists when households who barely secure basic needs.
  4. Relative Poverty exists when households that have income below a specific proportion of some average national income
  1. What are mass care and economic assistance and services?
  2. Some experts feel strongly that it is essential that the government is able to provide mass care and economic assistance in times of a massive crisis or disaster.
  3. Mass care is the capacity to provide immediate shelter, feeding centers, basic first aid, bulk distribution of needed items, and related services to persons affected by a large-scale incident.
  4. Economic assistance and services refer to the capability to meet the demands for cash assistance, human services programs, educational services, and family child welfare services.
  5. Being able to provide these two benefits can gravely reduce mental illness and homelessness in a society.
  1. How does the World Health Organization and the United Nations define famine?
  2. The World Health Organization states that a famine occurs when the severity of critical malnutrition affects more than 15% of all children (6 months to 59.9 months)
  3. The United Nations states that a famine occurs when there is a collapse in the availability of food that leads to widespread deaths from starvation or from hunger-related illnesses.
  1. Define terrorism, terrorist group and international terrorism.
  2. Terrorism is premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant persons or targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents that is usually intended to influence a broader audience.
  3. A terrorist group is any group practicing or that has significant subgroups that practice international terrorism.
  4. International terrorism is terrorism involving citizens from the territory of more than one country.

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