FEMA Test Answers

Which General Staff member prepares Incident Action Plans, manages information, and maintains situational awareness for the incident?

Planning Section Chief

If the Incident Commander designates personnel to provide public information, safety, and liaison services, the personnel are collectively referred to as the

Command Staff

Which member of the Command and Staff interfaces with other agencies to meet incident-related information requirements?

Public Information Officer

The Incident Command System (ICS) is only applicable to large, complex incidents.

FALSE

Which General Staff member directs all responses and tactical actions to achieve the incident objectives?

Operations Section Chief

Which of the following are typical incident facilities?

Point-of-distribution sites, Camps, Incident Command Post

Which General Staff member negotiates and monitors contracts, maintains documentation for reimbursement, and oversees timekeeping for incident personnel?

Finance/Administration Section Chief

The Liaison Officer

Is the point of contact for other response organizations

Establishment of the ICS modular organization is the responsibility of the:

Incident Commander

When command is transferred, the process should include a(n):

Briefing

The Whole Community approach refers to different organizations within the Federal Government.

FALSE

Who designates the Incident Commander and the process for transferring command?

The jurisdiction or organization with primary responsibility for the incident

Which ICS function is responsible for documentation for mutual aid agreements?

Finance/Administration

The Incident Command System (ICS) can be used to manage any type of incident, including planned events.

TRUE

To avoid overburdening the incident command, resources should not self-dispatch (spontaneously deploy).

TRUE

Which NIMS Management Characteristic may include gathering, analyzing, and assessing weather service data from technical specialists?

Information and Intelligence Management

Who has overall responsibility for managing the on-scene incident?

Incident Commander

Manageable Span of Control refers to:

The number of individuals or resources that one supervisor can effectively manage during an incident.

Qualification, Certification, and Credentialing Personnel are part of which NIMS Management Characteristic?

Comprehensive Resource Management

Which NIMS Management Characteristic is necessary for achieving situational awareness and facilitating information sharing?

Integrated Communications

Which ICS functional area tracks resources, collects and analyzes information, and maintains documentation?

Planning

To ensure efficient, clear, communication, the National Incident Management System Characteristics recommend the use of:

Common terminology

In a Unified Command, members representing multiple jurisdictions and agencies work together to establish:

Incident Objectives

At the incident scene, who handles media inquiries?

Public Information Officer

Which ICS functional area arranges for resources and needed services to support achievement of the incident objectives?

Logistics

Which Section organizes, assigns, and supervises tactical response resources?

Operations

Which ICS functional area monitors costs related to the incident and provides accounting, procurement, time recording, and cost analysis?

Finance/Administration

Check-in, Incident Action Planning, Personal Responsibility, and Resource Tracking are all necessary to ensure:

Accountability

The Incident Command System (ICS) is:

A standardized approach to incident management that is applicable for use in all hazards.

An Incident Action Plan is captured and communicates overall operational and support activities for an incident.

TRUE

Which position is always staffed in ICS applications?

Incident Commander

Selection of Incident Commanders is done by the:

Jurisdiction or organization with primary responsibility for the incident

Which NIMS Management Characteristic refers to personnel requested through appropriate authorities and established resource management systems?

Dispatch/ Deployment

One of the benefits of ICS is that it provides an orderly, systematic ___________ process.

Planning

Acquiring, Storing, and Inventorying Resources are part of which NIMS Management Characteristic?

Comprehensive Resource Management

When partners representing multiple jurisdictions or agencies work together to establish the incident objectives, what type of Command is being used?

Unified Command

Command is:

Directing, ordering, or controlling by virtue of explicit statutory, regulatory, or delegated authority.

Which General Staff member is responsible for ensuring that assigned incident personnel are fed and have communications, medical support, and transportation as needed to meet the operational objective?

Logistics Section Chief

Within the National Incident Management System Characteristics, the concept of common terminology covers all of the following EXCEPT:

Technical Specifications

Which ICS functional area establishes tactics and directs all operational resources to reach the incident objectives?

Operations

The Incident Commander or Unified Commander establishes incident objectives that include:

Identifying strategies, tactics, tasks, and activities to achieve the objectives.

At the incident scene, who handles media inquires?

Public Information Officer

Who has overall responsibility for managing the on-scene incident?

Incident Commander

The Liaison Officer:

Is the point of contact for other response organizations.

You are working in a complex incident. There are multiple Incident Commanders representing multiple jurisdictions working together to establish incident objectives. What type of ICS structure is being used?

Unified Command

After being deployed and arriving on scene at an incident, the first task for response personnel is to:

Check in and receive an assignment.

You are implementing tactical activities to achieve the incident objectives. What is the correct title of the ICS organizational element to which you are assigned?

Planning Section

You are a Group Supervisor working in a Branch within the Operations Section. Who is your immediate supervisor?

Branch Director

The difference between a Strike Team and a Task Force is:

Strike Teams have similar resources while Task Forces are comprised of mixed resources.

The major activities of the Planning Section include:

Preparing and documenting Incident Action Plans.

Command is:

Directing, ordering, or controlling by virtue of explicit statutory, regulatory, or delegated authority.

Which of the following organizational entities within the Operations Section may be used to divide an incident geographically?

Divisions

A Deputy is the support position for all of the following positions, EXCEPT:

Public Information Officer

If the Incident Commander designates personnel to provide public information, safety, and liaison services, the personnel are collectively referred to as the:

Command Staff

Which Section Chief is responsible for ensuring that assigned incident personnel are fed and have communications, medical support, and transportation as needed to meet the operational objectives?

Logistics Section Chief

Interoperability means:

Communication equipment, procedures, and systems can operate together during a response.

TRUE OR FALSE: Someone who serves as a Director every day might not hold that title when deployed under an ICS structure.

True

Before leaving an incident assignment, you should do all of the following EXCEPT FOR:

Self-dispatch to another incident.

In ICS, the members of the Command Staff assume the title of:

Officer

Span of control refers to:

The number of individuals or resources that one supervisor can manage effectively during an incident.

Which ICS function records time accounting and procures needed items?

Finance/Administration

Check-in, initial briefing, recordkeeping, and demobilization procedures are all necessary to ensure:

accountability

The Incident Command System (ICS) is:

A standardized approach to incident management that is applicable for use in all hazards.

Which incident facility is the location where personnel and equipment are kept while waiting for tactical assignments?

Staging Area

The ability to communicate within ICS is absolutely critical. To ensure efficient, clear communication, ICS requires the use of:

Common terminology.

The Operations Section Chief:

Directs tactical actions to achieve the incident objectives.