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Incident Action Planning

Which NIMS Management Characteristic includes documents that record and communicate incident objectives, tactics, and assignments for operations and support?

Joint Information Center

Which ICS structure enables different jurisdictions to jointly manage and direct incident activities with a single incident action plan?

Information and Intelligence Management

Which NIMS Management Characteristic follows established processes for gathering, analyzing, assessing, sharing, and managing data?

Common Terminology

Which NIMS Management Characteristic involves using standardized names and definitions for major organizational functions and units?

Track and Report

Which resource management task enables resource coordination throughout the incident?

TRUE

Incident information is used across ICS, EOCs, MAC Groups, and JIS to aid in planning, detmine incident costs, and identify safety issues.

Section Chief

Each ICS General Staff is led by a(n) ________ who reports directly to the Incident Commander or Unified Command.

TRUE

Emergency Management Assistance Compact(EMAC) is a state-to-state system for sharing resources during an emergency or disaster.

Reliability, Scalability, and Portability

Use of communications and information systems tat are familiar to users is a part of which key principle?

Flexibility, standardization, unity of effort

The three NIMS guiding principles are:

None of the Above

Using social media to support activities such as producing maps and incident visualizations is an example of which communications standard?

Mobilize

Which resource management task deploys or activates personnel and resources?

Coordinating plans and determining resource needs

Collecting, analyzing, and sharing information.

Providing coordination and policy direction.

Which of the following is an EOC function?

Manageable Span of Control

Which NIMS Management Characteristic refers to the number of subordinates that directly report to a supervisor?

Resilience and Redundancy

Ensuring the uninterrupted flow of information describes which key communications and information systems principle?

All Stakeholders

Which organizations should be involved in communications planning?

Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs)

Which NIMS Command and Coordination structures are offsite locations where staff from multiple agencies come together?

TRUE

Incident Reports, such as Situation Reports and Status Reports enhance situational awareness and ensure that personnel can access needed information.

Planning

The Incident Action Plan is prepared by General Staff from which section?

Decline

The jurisdiction receiving mutual aid can __________ resources if they do not meet its needs.

Local EOCs activate.

When an incident occurs or threatens, local emergency personnel manage response using NIMS principles and ICS. If the incident is or becomes large or complex, __________.

Credentialing

Which resource management activity identifies and verifies that personnel are qualified for a particular position?

advanced equipment

The need for __________ can complicate information sharing among emergency personnel.

Staging Area

Which type of ICS facility is used to temporarily position and account for personnel, supplies, and equipment awaiting assignment?

TRUE

In NIMS, resource inventorying refers to preparedness activities conducted outside of incident response.

Command and Coordination

Which major NIMS Component describes recommended organizational structures for incident management at the operational and incident support levels?

Identifying and Typing Resources

Which resource management activity establishes common definitions for capabilities of personnel, equipment, teams, supplies, and facilities?

Joint Information Center (JIC)

The _______ is a central location that houses Joint Information System (JIS) operations and where public information staff perform public affairs functions.

TRUE

The MAC Group does not replace the primary functions of EOCs or other dispatch organizations.

Level 1 – Full Activation

When only certain EOC team members or organizations are activated to monitor a credible threat, which Activation Level has been implemented?

Interoperability

The ‘capacity for emergency management and response personnel to interact and work well together’ describes which of the key communications and information systems principles?

TRUE

NIMS Components are adaptable to planned events such as sporting events.

TRUE

EOCs can be fixed locations, temporary facilities, or virtual structures with staff participating remotely.

Incident Action Planning

Which NIMS Management Characteristic includes documents that record and communicate incident objectives, tactics, and assignments for operations and support.

A Unified Command is established.

When an incident occurs or threatens, local emergency personnel manage response using NIMS principles and ICS. If the incident is or becomes large or complex, ___________.

Common Terminology

Which NIMS Management Characteristic involves using standardized names and definitions for major organizational functions and units?

Information and Intelligence Management

Which NIMS Management Characteristic follows established processes for gathering, analyzing, assessing, sharing, and managing data?

Integrated Communications

Which NIMS Management Characteristic allows units from diverse agencies to connect, share information, and achieve situational awareness?

outside

In NIMS, resource inventorying refers to preparedness activities conducted __________ (of) incident response.

Departmental Structure

Which EOC Configuration allows personnel to function in the EOC with minimal preparation or startup time?

On-scene

ICS provides a standardized approach to the command, control, and coordination of ________ emergency personnel.

Capability

Regarding resource typing, which of the following characteristics are typically used to categorize resources?

Command and Coordination

Which major NIMS Component describes recommended organizational structures for incident management at the operational and incident support levels?

Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

Which NIMS structure develops, recommends, and executes public information plans and strategies?

MAC Groups

EOCs receive senior level guidance from:

TRUE

Full activation of an EOC can include personnel from assisting agencies.

MAC Groups

Which NIMS structure makes cooperative multi-agency decisions?

Track and Report

Which resource management task establishes and maintains the readiness of resources and ensures providers are paid in a timely manner?

Chain of Command and Unity of Command

Which NIMS Management Characteristic helps to eliminate confusion caused by conflicting instructions?