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FEMA IS-403: Introduction to Individual Assistance (IA) (DF-103) Answers

1. Which of the following statements best describe the Disaster Recovery Center (DRC)?

 


2. Which IA program below includes Housing Assistance (HA) and Other Needs Assistance (ONA)?

 


3. Housing Assistance comes in two forms. One is Financial. What is the other?

 


4. Which of the following is a physical facility that is used when multiple disasters occur in a close proximity of time and space?

 


5. Which IA program offers low-interest disaster loans to homeowners and renters for resorting or replacing disaster-damaged, uninsured real and personal property?

 


6. Which of the following statements accurately describe the Stafford Act?

 


7. Which of the following are factors considered by FEMA when developing a recommendation to the President for supplemental disaster assistance?

 


8. To which OFA partner agency would you refer a disaster survivor for help with declaring uninsured casualty losses?

 


9. What is the first step in the Sequence of Delivery?

 


10. Which of the following statements best describe the Sequence of Delivery?

 


11. The Stafford Act authorizes the President to do which of the following?

 


12. Which statement best describes the biggest factor FEMA considers when determining whether to recommend Federal disaster assistance?

 


13. Which of the following statements best describe the Joint Field Office (JFO)?

 


14. Which type of Housing Assistance is used by the applicant to purchase or make a down payment on a new home?

 


15. After an incident occurs, and a formal PDA request is made to the FEMA Region, what is typically the next step in the process to obtain a Presidential Disaster Declaration?

 


16. Which OFA partner agency has a program that provides loans to low-income rural residents and communities to buy, build, or repair housing?

 


17. After the Region submits a separate RSAR to FEMA headquarters with their recommendations, what is typically the next step in the process to obtain a Presidential Disaster Declaration?

 


18. Which one of the following depicts the order of components in the Sequence of Delivery for Disaster Assistance?

 


19. Which of the following services do NPSCs provide to disaster survivors?

 


20. Which term applies to the order in which assistance is provided to disaster survivors through FEMA, to help ensure that applicants receive all the assistance they are legally entitled to without duplication of benefits?