The Whole Community approach refers to different organizations within the Federal
Government
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False
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Which NIMS Management Characteristic is necessary for achieving situational awareness
and facilitating information sharing?
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B. Integrated Communications
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Which NIMS Management Characteristic refers to personnel requested through
appropriate authorities and established resource management systems?
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A. Dispatch/ Deployment
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Qualification, Certification, and Credentialing Personnel are part of which NIMS
Management Characteristic?
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C. Comprehensive Resource Management
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Which NIMS Management Characteristic may include gathering, analyzing, and assessing
weather service data from technical specialists?
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A. Information and Intelligence Managemen
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Which item is included in the NIMS Management Characteristic of Accountability?
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C. Check-In/Check-Out of incident personnel
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Major activities of the Logistics Section include:
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D. Ordering, obtaining, maintaining, and accounting for esssential personnel, equipment, and
supplies
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Major activities of the Planning Section include:
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β A. Preparing and documenting Incident
Action Plans.
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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?
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C. Logistics Section Chief
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Which General Staff member negotiates and monitors contracts, maintains
documentation for reimbursement, and oversees timekeeping for incident personnel?β.
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D. Finance/Administration Section Chief
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Which General Staff member prepares Incident Action Plans, manages information, and
maintains situational awareness for the incident?
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A. Planning Section Chief
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Which General Staff member directs all responses and tactical actions to achieve the
incident objectives?
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A. Operations Section Chief
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Who has overall responsibility for managing the on-scene incident
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D. Incident Commander
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Check-in, Incident Action Planning, Personal Responsibility, and Resource Tracking are
all necessary to ensure:
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C. Accountability
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When command is transferred, the process should include a(n):
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C. Briefing
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The Incident Command System (ICS) is:
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C. A standardized approach to incident management that is applicable for use in all hazards
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Which ICS functional area tracks resources, collects and analyzes information, and
maintains documentation?
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A. Planning
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Within the National Incident Management System Characteristics, the concept of
common terminology covers all of the following EXCEPT
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C. Technical Specifications
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If the Incident Commander designates personnel to provide public information, safety,
and liaison services, the personnel are collectively referred to as the:
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B. Command Staf
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Which one of the following activities is an example of incident coordination?
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A. Resolving critical resource issues.
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The Incident Command System (ICS) can be used to manage any type of incident,
including planned event
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A. TRUE
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The NIMS Management Characteristic of Information and Intelligence Management may
include surveillance of disease outbreaks.
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A. TRUE
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To be effective, the Incident Action Plan should cover a specified timeframe
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A. TRUE
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The Liaison Officer
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D. Is the point of contact for other response organizations
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To ensure efficient, clear, communication, the National Incident Management System
Characteristics recommend the use of:
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C. Common terminology
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At the incident scene, who handles media inquiries?
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A. Public Information Officer
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To ensure a smooth transfer, the outgoing Incident Commander should provide a(n)
___________ to the new Incident Commander.
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A. Briefing
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Which ICS functional area establishes tactics and directs all operational resources to
reach the incident objectives?
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A. Operations
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The NIMS Management Characteristic of Chain of Command and Unity of Command
means that each person:
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C. Reports to only one ICS supervisor.
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Incident objectives that drive incident operations are established by:
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B. Incident Commander or Unified Commander
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Expansion of the ICS modular organization is the responsibility of the:
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C. Incident Commander
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Which ICS functional area monitors costs related to the incident and provides
accounting, procurement, time recording, and cost analysis?
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D. Finance/Administration
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Selection of Incident Commanders is done by the:
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C. Jurisdiction or organization with primary responsibility for the incident
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An Incident Action Plan is captures and communicates overall operational and support
activities for an incident.
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A. TRUE
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The Incident Commander or Unified Commander establishes incident objectives that
include:
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C. Identifying strategies, tactics, tasks, and activities to achieve the objectives.
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The number of subordinates that one supervisor can manage effectively during an
incident is referred to as
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A. Manageable Span of Control
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Manageable Span of Control refers to:
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. The number of individuals or resources that one supervisor can effectively manage during an
incident.
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In a Unified Command, members representing multiple jurisdictions and agencies work
together to establish:
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A. Incident Objectives
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Which NIMS component includes the Incident Command System (ICS)?
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D. Command and Coordination
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Chain of command prevents personnel from directly communicating with each other to
share information.
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B. FALSE
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Depending on the incident size and complexity, various types of support facilities may be
established by:
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C. Incident Command
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Which member of the Command and Staff interfaces with other agencies to meet
incident-related information requirements?
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D. Public Information Officer
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The Incident Command System (ICS) is only applicable to large, complex incidents.
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B. FALSE
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Which ICS function is responsible for documentation for mutual aid agreements?
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C. Finance/Administration
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Which position is always staffed in ICS applications?
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B. Incident Commander
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When partners representing multiple jurisdictions or agencies work together to establish
the incident objectives, what type of Command is being used?
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D. Unified Command
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To avoid overburdening the incident command, resources should not self-dispatch
(spontaneously deploy).
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A. TRUE
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One of the benefits of ICS is that it provides an orderly, systematic ___________ process.
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C. Planning
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Who designates the Incident Commander and the process for transferring command?
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D. The jurisdiction or organization with primary responsibility for the incident
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Command is:
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A. Directing, ordering, or controlling by virtue of explicit statutory regulatory, or delegated authority.
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The Whole Community approach means that solutions serve the affected community and
a variety of resources are used as needed.
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A. TRUE
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Acquiring, Storing, and Inventorying Resources are part of which NIMS Management
Characteristic?
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B. Comprehensive Resource Management
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