Acts of bioterrorism or natural disasters, such as earthquakes, will often have more casualties be-cause:
a. they cause the most widespread destruc-tion.
b. victims have little time to make evacuation preparations.
c. those with chronic conditions cannot es-cape in time.
d. the early warning systems are not effec-tive.
ANS: B
The use of weapons of mass destruction or natural disasters, such as earthquakes, will often have more casualties because victims have little time to make evacuation preparations. The other an-swers are false.
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