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10May 2002
Here's a series of real-life posers. Take the test and see if you
have the right stuff to direct an aid operation...
When you have finished tot up your score according the schedule below:
1. Reports of a major earthquake have hit morning news bulletins.
Information is sketchy. Do you… a)Wait until the situation becomes
clear b) Prepare for an appeal but say nothing publicly; c) Notify the
media you are launching an appeal.
2. Your initial assessment of earthquake damage shows you need skilled
staff. Do you prioritise… a) Security staff to protect staff
and supplies b) Logistic staff to analyse needs c) Medical staff to treat
thousands injured
3. Emergency survival packs are held up due to a shortage of wharfies
at the port. Do you… a) Take a team of agency staff to move supplies
b) Bribe the port authority to prioritise your supplies c) Pressure govt
officials to speed delivery
4. Aftershocks continue to rock the region. It's dangerous
to travel by road. Do you…a) Wait b) Keep going c) Use helicopters
despite extra costs
5. Journalists want to hitch a ride on aid convoys taking up precious
room. Will you… a) Enforce a 'no passengers' rule. b) Allow reporters
if their coverage helps raise money c) Co-operate and hope they return
the favour
6. Bandits attack your convoy and hold one of your driver's hostage.
Do you… a) Make a bolt for it and risk your driver's life b)
Give them everything they want c) Bargain some supplies for the driver's
release
7. Your convoy comes across a starving family. Do you: a) Stop,
help the family and take them with you b) Give them high-energy biscuits
then leave them c) Ignore them.
8. Your convoy comes to a damaged bridge that may collapse. The alternative
route is a three hour detour. Do you… a) Risk the bridge b) Take
the detour c) Take only smaller vehicles across the bridge
9. At the refugee camp desperate people mob your trucks and violence
ensues. Do you… a) Get out fast and wait for government security
forces b) Threaten the crowd with guns c) Rely on the camp administrator
to calm crowds
10 Order is restored in the camp. How will you distribute aid? a)
Make everyone queue up; give everyone the same aid b) Ask community leaders
to register each family and give aid according to family size c) Make
ration cards for each individual. Vary rations according to need
Score: 1. a)0 b)10 c)6 2. a)4 b)10 c)5 3. a)6 b)0 c)10 4. a)0 b)6
c)4
5. a)3 b)6 c)2 6. a)0 b)2 c)6 7. a)4 b)6 c)4 8. a)4 b)4 c)6
9. a)2 b)0 c)6 10. a)5 b)6 c)2
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