Right,
Here are Alexander's 20 questions, laboriously translated back into English 
from the Italian I use them in ( if you use them, pliz check for 
errors--hope the wording isn't strange after the translation). They can of 
course be changed around and added to or subtracted from or modified in any 
way that might convert them from useless to useful.

In case it provides some inspiration, I include my natural disasters exam 
questions, as accumulated over 22 years of teaching the subject in a large 
American multiversity. Without multiple choice would George W. Bush ever 
have got through Yale? There is also a file with a few model answers to 
questions that need a written response.

In the emergency management field I think the average multiple choice 
question has four answers: three are 'maybe' and one is 'perhaps'. Hence I 
did not go for more complex questions but I did try to avoid the Mastermind 
guessing-game type of question of the "what is the height of Mount Everest?" 
type.

Hope it helps. Any guidance you can offer, or more usefully, raw material, 
for the construction of a specifically Italian version of the CEM would be 
much appreciated as we are about to get cracking on that.

All the best,
David

PS: New stuff put on
www.emergency-planning.blogspot.com
and
www.protezione-civile-italia.blogspot.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arthur Rabjohn CEM" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 9:18 PM
Subject: Help needed in building exam question bank


Ladies and Gentlemen,

IAEM Europa is in the process of building a Question Bank to support local
application of the Certified Emergency Manager (CEM(R)) Program. A
component of the program is a 100 question multiple choice exam that is made
up of 60-80% general Emergency Management questions and 40-20% country
specific questions.

It would be of great assistance if you could provide me with a number of
questions that you think would be a fair assessment of an Emergency
Managers professionals knowledge. Country specific questions are sort for
IAEM Europa countries, but I will also collate questions for other 
counteries
and generl EM questions you may wish to contribute.

Please format your submissions as follows:

Country Specific (Name of Country) / GENERAL

Question

4 choices of answer A - D

Answer

Send to me at [log in to unmask]

Thank you in anticipation of your contributions.

Arthur Rabjohn CEM
President
IAEM Europa