Oklahoma History Risk Assessment & Management 2

Question 1

Which federal agency partnered with Oklahoma after the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing to reassess security risks at government facilities nationwide?

Accepted Answer

GSA

Answer

The General Services Administration (GSA) led a nationwide security reassessment of federal buildings following the bombing.

Question 2

Oklahoma's location in 'Tornado Alley' requires communities to assess which primary atmospheric risk factor when issuing storm warnings?

Accepted Answer

Wind shear between air masses

Answer

Wind shear—the change in wind speed and direction with altitude—is the primary atmospheric condition that drives tornado formation in Oklahoma.

Question 3

After the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, which risk was most inadequately assessed by city officials that contributed to the scale of destruction?

Accepted Answer

Potential for armed civilian conflict escalation

Answer

City officials failed to assess and contain the risk of armed civilian escalation, allowing the conflict to grow into a catastrophic massacre.

Question 4

Oklahoma's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) uses which framework to standardize risk assessment across state agencies?

Accepted Answer

FEMA's Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA)

Answer

Oklahoma uses FEMA's THIRA framework to identify threats, assess risks, and determine capability gaps across all state agencies.

Question 5

During the Dust Bowl, which risk management failure by farmers most directly worsened the ecological disaster in Oklahoma?

Accepted Answer

Removal of native grasses that anchored topsoil

Answer

Farmers plowed under native grasses to plant wheat, destroying the root systems that held topsoil in place during drought and wind.

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