2026 IAEM CEM/AEM FINAL EXAM WITH
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION PRACTICE
QUESTIONS CORRECTLY ANSWERED
1. There are four design elements used for creating an emergency management exercise. Which of the
following design elements provides the storyline that drives the exercise?
a. Objectives
b. Purpose.
c. Scenario.
d. Scope.
C
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2. Our needs assessment indicated the local hazard materials team recently received new equipment
and updated their standard operating procedures. Which one of the following exercise objectives
supports the jurisdiction's needs and follows the SMART format?
a. Assess the capability of the jurisdiction to respond to an unknown chemical release.
b. Assess the capability of the local hazardous material team to detect, identify, monitor, and respond
to the effects of an unknown chemical release.
c. Detect, identify, monitor, and respond to the effects of an unknown chemical release occurring at
2:00 a.m.
d. Detect, identify, monitor, and respond to the effects of a chlorine chemical release occurring at the
regional water treatment plant.
B
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3. Which of the following exercise documents contain distinct, chronologically sequenced modules,
with each module representing a specific time segment of the overall scenario?
a. Exercise Evaluation Guides (EEGs)
b. Exercise Plan (EXPLAN)
c. Master Scenario Events List (MSEL)
d. Situation Manual (SITMAN)
D
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,4. Which of the following exercise documents contain a checklist of critical tasks to be completed by
the players during the exercise?
a. Exercise Evaluation Guides (EEGs)
b. Exercise Plan (EXPLAN)
c. Master Scenario Events List (MSEL)
d. Situation Manual (SITMAN)
A
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45. Which of the following exercises usually require additional logistical considerations?
a. Discussion-based.
b. Operations-based.
c. Seminars.
d. Workshops.
B
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6. Exercise players participate in all but which one of the following exercise meetings?
a. Debriefings.
b. Facilitated/moderated discussions.
c. Guided presentations.
d. Hotwash.
A
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7. The Exercise Planning Team appoints a Lead Evaluator to organize and manage the exercise
evaluation activities. Which of the following people would best fulfill the Lead Evaluator position?
a. Business owner.
b. Deputy police chief.
c. Mitigation section planner.
d. Public works supervisor.
B
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8. Demonstrating conviction, courage, compassion, and community can:
a. Be used by a transformational leader to build trust.
b. Diminish your capacity for trusting others.
c. Make you vulnerable to your adversaries.
d. Undermine or erode trust.
A
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,9. The emergency manager's role for media relations is to:
(a.) Ensure plans for this function are in place and up-to-date.
(b.) Make all contacts with the media.
(c.) Review and approve all releases.
(d.) Serve as the primary spokesperson.
A
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10. If the community already has an emergency operations plan, the emergency manager should:
(a.) Assume the plan is probably outdated, and proceed to develop a new one.
(b.) Consider this part of the job done, and focus on other activities.
(c.) Coordinate a unified effort with all those responsible to keep the plan updated.
(d.) Let the people responsible for the various sections decide when and if changes are needed.
C
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11. Documentation is a legal and administrative requirement for an emergency management
organization. As an emergency manager, you will document which of the following records, except:
a. incident records.
b. mutual aid activities.
c. routine staffing records.
d. situation reports.
C
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12. Anticipated emergency operations is a budget item consisting of estimates for emergencies that
may occur during the budget cycle. What type of data may be needed to support these estimates?
a. Emergency operations plan.
b. Exercise training plan.
c. Historical records.
d. Weather reports.
C
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13. How is risk defined?
a. A predicted impact that a hazard would have on people, services, and specific facilities in a
community.
b. A specific point of vulnerability.
c. The magnitude, duration, seasonal pattern, and speed of onset of a hazard.
d. Typical weather patterns for a community.
, A
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14. Frequency, magnitude and potential intensity, and probable spatial extent are all factors to
consider when developing a(n):
a. Hazard profile.
b. Impact estimate.
c. Jurisdiction analysis.
d. Resource assessment.
A
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15. Mutual aid and assistance agreements may provide ________ when invoked.
a. Change of command
b. Unity of command
c. Policy decisions
d. Equipment such as bulldozers or dump trucks
D
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16. Standby contracts establish the price as that which is/was in effect:
a. on the day before the emergency event.
b. on the day of the emergency event.
c. on the day after an emergency event.
d. do not establish price for the resources provided during an emergency.
A
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17. Which one of the following objectives is considered short-term?
a. The Chamber of Commerce will work with local businesses to implement the economic
revitalization strategies developed and approved by the community leaders.
b. City departments will work with the whole community to develop permanent housing solutions for
people and their families who were left homeless by the wildland fires.
c. City departments will work with local businesses to establish temporary or interim infrastructure to
support business reopenings.
d. The public health department will work with local hospitals to rebuild disrupted/damaged health
care facilities damaged by the earthquake to current medical standards.
C
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Planning, Part 3
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION PRACTICE
QUESTIONS CORRECTLY ANSWERED
1. There are four design elements used for creating an emergency management exercise. Which of the
following design elements provides the storyline that drives the exercise?
a. Objectives
b. Purpose.
c. Scenario.
d. Scope.
C
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Exercises and Tests (Exercise Design, Part 2)
2. Our needs assessment indicated the local hazard materials team recently received new equipment
and updated their standard operating procedures. Which one of the following exercise objectives
supports the jurisdiction's needs and follows the SMART format?
a. Assess the capability of the jurisdiction to respond to an unknown chemical release.
b. Assess the capability of the local hazardous material team to detect, identify, monitor, and respond
to the effects of an unknown chemical release.
c. Detect, identify, monitor, and respond to the effects of an unknown chemical release occurring at
2:00 a.m.
d. Detect, identify, monitor, and respond to the effects of a chlorine chemical release occurring at the
regional water treatment plant.
B
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Exercises and Tests (Exercise Design, Part 2)
3. Which of the following exercise documents contain distinct, chronologically sequenced modules,
with each module representing a specific time segment of the overall scenario?
a. Exercise Evaluation Guides (EEGs)
b. Exercise Plan (EXPLAN)
c. Master Scenario Events List (MSEL)
d. Situation Manual (SITMAN)
D
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Exercises and Tests (Exercise Design, Part 3)
,4. Which of the following exercise documents contain a checklist of critical tasks to be completed by
the players during the exercise?
a. Exercise Evaluation Guides (EEGs)
b. Exercise Plan (EXPLAN)
c. Master Scenario Events List (MSEL)
d. Situation Manual (SITMAN)
A
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Exercises and Tests (Exercise Design, Part 3)
45. Which of the following exercises usually require additional logistical considerations?
a. Discussion-based.
b. Operations-based.
c. Seminars.
d. Workshops.
B
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Exercises and Tests (Exercise Design, Part 4)
6. Exercise players participate in all but which one of the following exercise meetings?
a. Debriefings.
b. Facilitated/moderated discussions.
c. Guided presentations.
d. Hotwash.
A
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Exercises and Tests (Exercise Design, Part 4)
7. The Exercise Planning Team appoints a Lead Evaluator to organize and manage the exercise
evaluation activities. Which of the following people would best fulfill the Lead Evaluator position?
a. Business owner.
b. Deputy police chief.
c. Mitigation section planner.
d. Public works supervisor.
B
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Exercises and Tests (Exercise Design, Part 5)
8. Demonstrating conviction, courage, compassion, and community can:
a. Be used by a transformational leader to build trust.
b. Diminish your capacity for trusting others.
c. Make you vulnerable to your adversaries.
d. Undermine or erode trust.
A
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Leadership & Influence, Part 3
,9. The emergency manager's role for media relations is to:
(a.) Ensure plans for this function are in place and up-to-date.
(b.) Make all contacts with the media.
(c.) Review and approve all releases.
(d.) Serve as the primary spokesperson.
A
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Program Management, Part 1
10. If the community already has an emergency operations plan, the emergency manager should:
(a.) Assume the plan is probably outdated, and proceed to develop a new one.
(b.) Consider this part of the job done, and focus on other activities.
(c.) Coordinate a unified effort with all those responsible to keep the plan updated.
(d.) Let the people responsible for the various sections decide when and if changes are needed.
C
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Program Management, Part 1
11. Documentation is a legal and administrative requirement for an emergency management
organization. As an emergency manager, you will document which of the following records, except:
a. incident records.
b. mutual aid activities.
c. routine staffing records.
d. situation reports.
C
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Program Management, Part 2
12. Anticipated emergency operations is a budget item consisting of estimates for emergencies that
may occur during the budget cycle. What type of data may be needed to support these estimates?
a. Emergency operations plan.
b. Exercise training plan.
c. Historical records.
d. Weather reports.
C
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Program Management, Part 2
13. How is risk defined?
a. A predicted impact that a hazard would have on people, services, and specific facilities in a
community.
b. A specific point of vulnerability.
c. The magnitude, duration, seasonal pattern, and speed of onset of a hazard.
d. Typical weather patterns for a community.
, A
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Planning, Part 1
14. Frequency, magnitude and potential intensity, and probable spatial extent are all factors to
consider when developing a(n):
a. Hazard profile.
b. Impact estimate.
c. Jurisdiction analysis.
d. Resource assessment.
A
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Planning, Part 1
15. Mutual aid and assistance agreements may provide ________ when invoked.
a. Change of command
b. Unity of command
c. Policy decisions
d. Equipment such as bulldozers or dump trucks
D
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Planning, Part 2
16. Standby contracts establish the price as that which is/was in effect:
a. on the day before the emergency event.
b. on the day of the emergency event.
c. on the day after an emergency event.
d. do not establish price for the resources provided during an emergency.
A
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Planning, Part 2
17. Which one of the following objectives is considered short-term?
a. The Chamber of Commerce will work with local businesses to implement the economic
revitalization strategies developed and approved by the community leaders.
b. City departments will work with the whole community to develop permanent housing solutions for
people and their families who were left homeless by the wildland fires.
c. City departments will work with local businesses to establish temporary or interim infrastructure to
support business reopenings.
d. The public health department will work with local hospitals to rebuild disrupted/damaged health
care facilities damaged by the earthquake to current medical standards.
C
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Planning, Part 3
