ICS 200 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Which Section is responsible for all support requirements needed to facilitate
effective and efficient incident management, including ordering resources from off-
incident locations?
A) Operations Section
B) Finance/Administration Section
C) Logistics Section - ✔✔C) Logistics Section
✔✔Which Section would perform cost analysis and contracting services?
A) Finance/Administration Section
B) Planning Section
C) Logistics Section - ✔✔A) Finance/Administration Section
✔✔Who handles media and public inquiries, emergency public information and
warnings, rumor monitoring and response, and media monitoring, and coordinates the
dissemination of information in an accurate and timely manner?
A) Public Information Officer
B) Planning Section Officer
C) Safety Officer - ✔✔A) Public Information Officer
✔✔Who is responsible for monitoring incident operations and advising the Incident
Commander on all matters relating to operational safety, including the health and safety
of emergency responder personnel?
A) Operations Section Chief
B) Medical Unit Leader
C) Safety Officer - ✔✔C) Safety Officer
✔✔Scenario: The Command Staff consists of a Safety Officer and Public Information
Officer.
Which organizational structure for the General Staff uses correct ICS principles, position
titles, and features?
A) Four Strike Teams that combine different types of law enforcement and medical
resources under the supervision of a Leader.
B) Separate Divisions that are assigned to accomplish different incident objectives
under the supervision of a Leader.
C) Two Branches that manage Medical (EMS and Life Support) and Investigative
(Police) resources under the supervision of a Director. - ✔✔C) Two Branches that
, manage Medical (EMS and Life Support) and Investigative (Police) resources under the
supervision of a Director.
✔✔Instructions: Select the TRUE statement from below:
A) Each time an incident is managed using ICS, it is necessary to have a written
delegation of authority.
B) An Incident Commander's scope of authority must be stated in existing laws.
C) The granting official is relieved of the ultimate responsibility for the incident after
delegating authority.
D) A delegation of authority is needed when an incident scope is complex or beyond
existing authorities. - ✔✔D) A delegation of authority is needed when an incident scope
is complex or beyond existing authorities.
✔✔Heavy rains are threatening to cause a dam break. One incident objective and its
strategy and tactics are as follows:
Objective: Decrease the probability of flooding by reducing the reservoir level to 35 feet
by 0800 tomorrow.
Strategy: Pump water from reservoir.
Tactics: _____________________________
A) Use truck-mounted pumps working from the road into spillway, and portable pumps
on the east side discharging into Murky Creek.
B) Inform the community of the potential risks and evacuate the downstream residents
who are closest to the dam. - ✔✔A) Use truck-mounted pumps working from the road
into spillway, and portable pumps on the east side discharging into Murky Creek.
✔✔True or False:
Emergency Operations Plans should be consistent with the National Incident
Management System (NIMS). - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False:
The operational period is a fixed 12-hour period within which tactics must be completed.
- ✔✔False
✔✔True or False:
Mutual aid is the mandatory provision of resources by agencies or organizations to
assist each other when existing resources are inadequate. - ✔✔False
✔✔True or False:
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Which Section is responsible for all support requirements needed to facilitate
effective and efficient incident management, including ordering resources from off-
incident locations?
A) Operations Section
B) Finance/Administration Section
C) Logistics Section - ✔✔C) Logistics Section
✔✔Which Section would perform cost analysis and contracting services?
A) Finance/Administration Section
B) Planning Section
C) Logistics Section - ✔✔A) Finance/Administration Section
✔✔Who handles media and public inquiries, emergency public information and
warnings, rumor monitoring and response, and media monitoring, and coordinates the
dissemination of information in an accurate and timely manner?
A) Public Information Officer
B) Planning Section Officer
C) Safety Officer - ✔✔A) Public Information Officer
✔✔Who is responsible for monitoring incident operations and advising the Incident
Commander on all matters relating to operational safety, including the health and safety
of emergency responder personnel?
A) Operations Section Chief
B) Medical Unit Leader
C) Safety Officer - ✔✔C) Safety Officer
✔✔Scenario: The Command Staff consists of a Safety Officer and Public Information
Officer.
Which organizational structure for the General Staff uses correct ICS principles, position
titles, and features?
A) Four Strike Teams that combine different types of law enforcement and medical
resources under the supervision of a Leader.
B) Separate Divisions that are assigned to accomplish different incident objectives
under the supervision of a Leader.
C) Two Branches that manage Medical (EMS and Life Support) and Investigative
(Police) resources under the supervision of a Director. - ✔✔C) Two Branches that
, manage Medical (EMS and Life Support) and Investigative (Police) resources under the
supervision of a Director.
✔✔Instructions: Select the TRUE statement from below:
A) Each time an incident is managed using ICS, it is necessary to have a written
delegation of authority.
B) An Incident Commander's scope of authority must be stated in existing laws.
C) The granting official is relieved of the ultimate responsibility for the incident after
delegating authority.
D) A delegation of authority is needed when an incident scope is complex or beyond
existing authorities. - ✔✔D) A delegation of authority is needed when an incident scope
is complex or beyond existing authorities.
✔✔Heavy rains are threatening to cause a dam break. One incident objective and its
strategy and tactics are as follows:
Objective: Decrease the probability of flooding by reducing the reservoir level to 35 feet
by 0800 tomorrow.
Strategy: Pump water from reservoir.
Tactics: _____________________________
A) Use truck-mounted pumps working from the road into spillway, and portable pumps
on the east side discharging into Murky Creek.
B) Inform the community of the potential risks and evacuate the downstream residents
who are closest to the dam. - ✔✔A) Use truck-mounted pumps working from the road
into spillway, and portable pumps on the east side discharging into Murky Creek.
✔✔True or False:
Emergency Operations Plans should be consistent with the National Incident
Management System (NIMS). - ✔✔True
✔✔True or False:
The operational period is a fixed 12-hour period within which tactics must be completed.
- ✔✔False
✔✔True or False:
Mutual aid is the mandatory provision of resources by agencies or organizations to
assist each other when existing resources are inadequate. - ✔✔False
✔✔True or False:
