Discuss the characteristics of the policy environment for disaster and emergency management that present challenges for program administrators and practitioners. How can these challenges be overcome?

What would you include on your list of “hot topics” for disaster and emergency management today and what do you think will be on the list ten years from now?

Discuss the historical evolution of emergency management in the U.S., citing important federal legislative milestones and focusing events, and discussing why they were important.

When creating your own functions, which of the following are good characteristics that make them robust, sharable, and reusable (check all that apply)

In designing large programs how and when should functions be used (check all that apply)?

What’s printed? def add(x, y):     total =  x+y     return total print(add(100,4))

Variables (identifiers) listed in the parenthesis during function definition are called

What’s printed? main ( ) def add(x=20, y=10):               print (x + y) def main():                a, b = 5, 7               add(x = a, y = 3)

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of using a function?

A function can be useful in creating large scale software systems because, if defined correctly, it presents a useful abstraction for the developer.  This is useful for the developer because