NIMS IS-700.B EXAMINATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
100% CORRECT
⩥ qualifying. Answer: Personnel meet the minimum established
standards (including training, experience, physical and medical fitness)
to fill specific positions.
⩥ certification. Answer: recognition from an Authority Having
Jurisdiction (AHJ) or a third party that an individual has completed
qualification for a position (one example of a third party is an accredited
body such as a state licensure board for medical professionals)
⩥ credentialling. Answer: documentation - typically an identification
card or badge - that identifies personnel and verifies their qualifications
for a particular position.
⩥ planning process includes. Answer: identifying resource requirements
to meet anticipated threats and vulnerabilities.
⩥ Resource management strategies for planners to consider include:.
Answer: stockpiling resources,
,Establishing mutual aid agreements to obtain resources from
neighboring jurisdictions, Determining how and where to reassign
resources performing non-essential tasks,
Developing contracts to acquire resources from vendors
⩥ identify requirements. Answer: During an incident, personnel
continually identify, validate, and refine resource needs. The process
involves identifying:
Type and quantity of resources needed
Location where resources should be sent
Who will receive and use the resources
⩥ order and acquire. Answer: Both incident command and emergency
operations center staffs make initial and ongoing assessments of
resource requirements based on incident priorities and objectives.
If identified resource requirements are available locally they will be
activated or ordered.Resources that are not available locally can be
ordered by executing contracts, implementing mutual aid agreements, or
requesting assistance from another level of government (local
government to a State, State to the Federal Government).
⩥ mobilize. Answer: Personnel and other resources begin mobilizing
when notified through established channels.
Upon notification, deploying personnel receive information to include:
, Date, time, and place of departure
Mode of transportation to the incident
Estimated date and time of arrival
Reporting location and assigned supervisor
Anticipated incident assignment
Anticipated duration of deployment
Resource order number
Incident number
Applicable cost and funding codes
⩥ unrequested resources. Answer: Unrequested Resources
During incidents responders sometimes arrive at the incident site without
being requested.
This can interfere with incident management by:
Creating additional supervisory, logistical and safety needs
Depleting available resources
Complicating resource tracking and accountability
Interfering with access to the site by formally requested resources
⩥ track and report. Answer: Incident personnel track resources from
mobilization through demobilization using established resource tracking
procedures.
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
100% CORRECT
⩥ qualifying. Answer: Personnel meet the minimum established
standards (including training, experience, physical and medical fitness)
to fill specific positions.
⩥ certification. Answer: recognition from an Authority Having
Jurisdiction (AHJ) or a third party that an individual has completed
qualification for a position (one example of a third party is an accredited
body such as a state licensure board for medical professionals)
⩥ credentialling. Answer: documentation - typically an identification
card or badge - that identifies personnel and verifies their qualifications
for a particular position.
⩥ planning process includes. Answer: identifying resource requirements
to meet anticipated threats and vulnerabilities.
⩥ Resource management strategies for planners to consider include:.
Answer: stockpiling resources,
,Establishing mutual aid agreements to obtain resources from
neighboring jurisdictions, Determining how and where to reassign
resources performing non-essential tasks,
Developing contracts to acquire resources from vendors
⩥ identify requirements. Answer: During an incident, personnel
continually identify, validate, and refine resource needs. The process
involves identifying:
Type and quantity of resources needed
Location where resources should be sent
Who will receive and use the resources
⩥ order and acquire. Answer: Both incident command and emergency
operations center staffs make initial and ongoing assessments of
resource requirements based on incident priorities and objectives.
If identified resource requirements are available locally they will be
activated or ordered.Resources that are not available locally can be
ordered by executing contracts, implementing mutual aid agreements, or
requesting assistance from another level of government (local
government to a State, State to the Federal Government).
⩥ mobilize. Answer: Personnel and other resources begin mobilizing
when notified through established channels.
Upon notification, deploying personnel receive information to include:
, Date, time, and place of departure
Mode of transportation to the incident
Estimated date and time of arrival
Reporting location and assigned supervisor
Anticipated incident assignment
Anticipated duration of deployment
Resource order number
Incident number
Applicable cost and funding codes
⩥ unrequested resources. Answer: Unrequested Resources
During incidents responders sometimes arrive at the incident site without
being requested.
This can interfere with incident management by:
Creating additional supervisory, logistical and safety needs
Depleting available resources
Complicating resource tracking and accountability
Interfering with access to the site by formally requested resources
⩥ track and report. Answer: Incident personnel track resources from
mobilization through demobilization using established resource tracking
procedures.
