REHS CORRECT FINAL EXAMS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What are the 14 essential ICS Features - ✔✔Command
1- Common Terminology
2- Establishment and Transfer of Command
3- Chain of Command and Unity of Command
4- Unified Command
Planning/Organizational Structure
5- Management by Objectives
6- Modular Organization
7- Incident Action Planning
8- Manageable Span of Control
Facilities/Resources
9- Incident Locations and Facilities
10- Comprehensive Resource Management
Communications/Information Management
11- Integrated Communications
12- Information and Intelligence management
Professionalism
13- Accountability
14- Dispatch/Deployment
✔✔What does the incident commander do? - ✔✔1- Manages the organization and NOT
THE INCIDENT
2- Responsible for overall incident management
3- Ensuring clear authority and knowledge of agency policy
4- Ensuring incident safety
,✔✔What does the command staff do? - ✔✔Assigned to carry out staff functions needed
to support the IC
✔✔In an emergency response what is the general staff responsible for? -
✔✔Responsible for the functional aspects of the incident command structure
✔✔What does the Public Information Officer (PIO) do in an emergency response? -
✔✔1-Determine any limits on information release
2-Develop information for use in press/media
3-Obtain IC approval for news releases
4-Conduct media briefings
✔✔In an emergency response what does the Safety Officer do? - ✔✔1-Mitigate
hazardous situations
2-Safety messages and briefings are made
3-Prevent unsafe acts
✔✔In an emergency response what does the Assistants do? - ✔✔Help manage
workloads of command staff members
✔✔In an emergency response what does the operations section do? - ✔✔1-
Responsible for managing all tactical operations at an incident
2-Incident Action Plan provides necessary guidance
3-Assure the safety of tactical operations
4-Manage tactical operations
5-Develop operations portion of the IAP
✔✔In an emergency response what does the planning section do? - ✔✔1-Responsible
for providing planning services for the incident
2-Collects situation and resource status information, evaluates it, and processes the
information for use in developing action plans
3-Collect and manage all incident-relevant operational data
4-Supervise the preparation of the IAP
5-Determine the need for specialized resources
✔✔In an emergency response what does the logistics section do? - ✔✔1-Provides all
incident support needs except for logistics support to air operations
2-Responsible for providing:
-Facilities
-Transportation
-Communication
-Supplies
-Fuel/Maintenance
-Medical Services
-Food
, ✔✔In an emergency response what does the finance/administration section do? -
✔✔Responsible for managing all financial aspects of an incident
Not all incidents will require this section
Manage all financial aspects of an incident
Provide financial and cost analysis information
Ensure compensation and claims functions are addressed
✔✔How long does water need to run before a water sample can be taken? - ✔✔2
minutes, but local health departments might require longer.
✔✔Humidity over what percent can lead to a good environment for viruses and bacteria
- ✔✔60%
✔✔What is the ORDER for the FDA food code violations
- Priority Foundation Item
- Priority Item
- Core Item - ✔✔Priority Item, Priority Foundation Item, Core Item
✔✔What are Priority Item? - ✔✔Violations are those that most directly eliminate or
reduce a risk of foodborne illness, such as improper temperatures of hot/cold holding,
rodent or insect infestation, and food contact surfaces. (Critical Violations)
✔✔What are Priority Foundation Item? - ✔✔Violations are those items that contribute to
the compliance of priority violations and enable one or more priority items. For example,
not having a metal stem thermometer, sanitizer test strips, or soap or paper towels at a
hand sink. (Non-critical violations that could lead to a critical violation)
✔✔What are Core Item? - ✔✔Violations involve routine sanitation and facility upkeep.
For example, this would consist of things like unclean floors, general maintenance, and
buildings or facilities (Non-critical violations of the facility/building)
✔✔When is a HACCP is Required? - ✔✔-Smoking for preservation
-Using food additives to preserve or alter food so that it would no longer be considered
TCS
-Curing food
-Packaging food using Reduced Oxygen Packaging (ROP) or Modified Atmospheric
Packaging (MAP)
-Custom processing of animals
-Pasteurizing juice on-site and packaging for later sale
-Sprouting seeds or beans
✔✔What are the types/temperatures of pasteurization of milk? - ✔✔-Batch/Vat
Pasteurization - 145°F for 30 Minutes
-HTST (High Temp Short Time) - 161°F for 15 Seconds
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What are the 14 essential ICS Features - ✔✔Command
1- Common Terminology
2- Establishment and Transfer of Command
3- Chain of Command and Unity of Command
4- Unified Command
Planning/Organizational Structure
5- Management by Objectives
6- Modular Organization
7- Incident Action Planning
8- Manageable Span of Control
Facilities/Resources
9- Incident Locations and Facilities
10- Comprehensive Resource Management
Communications/Information Management
11- Integrated Communications
12- Information and Intelligence management
Professionalism
13- Accountability
14- Dispatch/Deployment
✔✔What does the incident commander do? - ✔✔1- Manages the organization and NOT
THE INCIDENT
2- Responsible for overall incident management
3- Ensuring clear authority and knowledge of agency policy
4- Ensuring incident safety
,✔✔What does the command staff do? - ✔✔Assigned to carry out staff functions needed
to support the IC
✔✔In an emergency response what is the general staff responsible for? -
✔✔Responsible for the functional aspects of the incident command structure
✔✔What does the Public Information Officer (PIO) do in an emergency response? -
✔✔1-Determine any limits on information release
2-Develop information for use in press/media
3-Obtain IC approval for news releases
4-Conduct media briefings
✔✔In an emergency response what does the Safety Officer do? - ✔✔1-Mitigate
hazardous situations
2-Safety messages and briefings are made
3-Prevent unsafe acts
✔✔In an emergency response what does the Assistants do? - ✔✔Help manage
workloads of command staff members
✔✔In an emergency response what does the operations section do? - ✔✔1-
Responsible for managing all tactical operations at an incident
2-Incident Action Plan provides necessary guidance
3-Assure the safety of tactical operations
4-Manage tactical operations
5-Develop operations portion of the IAP
✔✔In an emergency response what does the planning section do? - ✔✔1-Responsible
for providing planning services for the incident
2-Collects situation and resource status information, evaluates it, and processes the
information for use in developing action plans
3-Collect and manage all incident-relevant operational data
4-Supervise the preparation of the IAP
5-Determine the need for specialized resources
✔✔In an emergency response what does the logistics section do? - ✔✔1-Provides all
incident support needs except for logistics support to air operations
2-Responsible for providing:
-Facilities
-Transportation
-Communication
-Supplies
-Fuel/Maintenance
-Medical Services
-Food
, ✔✔In an emergency response what does the finance/administration section do? -
✔✔Responsible for managing all financial aspects of an incident
Not all incidents will require this section
Manage all financial aspects of an incident
Provide financial and cost analysis information
Ensure compensation and claims functions are addressed
✔✔How long does water need to run before a water sample can be taken? - ✔✔2
minutes, but local health departments might require longer.
✔✔Humidity over what percent can lead to a good environment for viruses and bacteria
- ✔✔60%
✔✔What is the ORDER for the FDA food code violations
- Priority Foundation Item
- Priority Item
- Core Item - ✔✔Priority Item, Priority Foundation Item, Core Item
✔✔What are Priority Item? - ✔✔Violations are those that most directly eliminate or
reduce a risk of foodborne illness, such as improper temperatures of hot/cold holding,
rodent or insect infestation, and food contact surfaces. (Critical Violations)
✔✔What are Priority Foundation Item? - ✔✔Violations are those items that contribute to
the compliance of priority violations and enable one or more priority items. For example,
not having a metal stem thermometer, sanitizer test strips, or soap or paper towels at a
hand sink. (Non-critical violations that could lead to a critical violation)
✔✔What are Core Item? - ✔✔Violations involve routine sanitation and facility upkeep.
For example, this would consist of things like unclean floors, general maintenance, and
buildings or facilities (Non-critical violations of the facility/building)
✔✔When is a HACCP is Required? - ✔✔-Smoking for preservation
-Using food additives to preserve or alter food so that it would no longer be considered
TCS
-Curing food
-Packaging food using Reduced Oxygen Packaging (ROP) or Modified Atmospheric
Packaging (MAP)
-Custom processing of animals
-Pasteurizing juice on-site and packaging for later sale
-Sprouting seeds or beans
✔✔What are the types/temperatures of pasteurization of milk? - ✔✔-Batch/Vat
Pasteurization - 145°F for 30 Minutes
-HTST (High Temp Short Time) - 161°F for 15 Seconds
