IAEM CEM AEM CORE EXAM 2026 SET QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Which incident facility is the location where personnel and equipment are kept while
waiting for tactical assignments? - ✔✔Staging Area
✔✔Which of the following organizational entities within the Operations Section may be
used to divide an incident geographically? - ✔✔Divisions
✔✔You are a Group Supervisor working in a Branch within the Operations Section.
Who is your immediate supervisor? - ✔✔Branch Director
✔✔The major activities of the Planning Section include - ✔✔preparing and documenting
incident action plans
✔✔Interoperability means... - ✔✔Communication equipment, procedures, and systems
can operate together during a response.
✔✔Command is... - ✔✔The ability to control information exchange within and across
organizations involved in an incident.
✔✔Check-in, initial briefing, recordkeeping, and demobilization procedures are all
necessary to ensure - ✔✔Accountability
✔✔The Incident Command System (ICS) is - ✔✔A standardized approach to an
incident management that is applicable for use in all hazards
✔✔The exercise _______ is a forum for exercise players to review what happened
during the exercise and discuss what they learned - ✔✔Hot Wash
✔✔The Improvement Plan Matrix does all of the following except - ✔✔Provide an
executive summary.
✔✔Where does the initiating event take place, what time of day does the event take
place, and what the weather is like are all questions that should be answered in the -
✔✔Scenerio narrative
✔✔Which type of participant is not generally part of a discussion based exercise? -
✔✔Evaluators
✔✔All functions of exercise development and not exercise design - ✔✔Creating
exercise documentation, arranging logistics, coordinating participants, media and safety
personnel
,✔✔Existing exercise requirements and capabilities, plausible risks, and functions most
in need of rehearsal will be identified by conducting a(n) - ✔✔Needs assessment
✔✔Improving planning is part of the ______ process - ✔✔Project Management
✔✔In order to conduct a successful evaluation, what must be accomplished? -
✔✔Observe the exercise and collect supporting data. Compare performance against
expected outcomes. Determine needed changes to ensure outcomes.
✔✔The Concepts and Objectives Meeting (C&O) occurs before the - ✔✔Initial Planning
Conference (IPC)
✔✔Exercises can be used to - ✔✔Test existing plans, procedures, and policies
✔✔The last step in the exercise cycle before you start over with Strategy/Plan is -
✔✔Improvement planning
✔✔A broad statement of desired exercise goals is a definition of a(n) - ✔✔Purpose
✔✔Exercise briefings - ✔✔are used to train or inform exercise participants. Are
difference for collers, evaluators, players and actors. Used to explain exercise play rules
and safety.
✔✔An exercise program's long-term strategy and methodology is outlined in the -
✔✔Multiyear Exercise Plan
✔✔The purpose of a multiyear exercise schedule is to - ✔✔synchronize exercise
planning efforts between agencies
✔✔Securing the planning conference and exercise site facilities would be a task for
which incident command function? - ✔✔Logistics Lead
✔✔When implementing the recommendation from the AAR and action items from the
IP, planners should - ✔✔Prioritize improvement action items. Have a solid method for
regularly monitoring improvements. Review potential alternatives if progress is not being
made.
✔✔Evaluation criteria is gathered from examination of - ✔✔Objectives
✔✔Exercise Program managers should use exercises to validate - ✔✔Plans, policies or
procedures. Training of personnel. Equipment
, ✔✔Exercise Program management includes - ✔✔Multiyear exercise program planning
✔✔The Exercise Planning Team beings planning for the evaluation portion of the
exercise during - ✔✔the design and objectives development
✔✔The scenario should be credible enough for participants to suspend their inherent
disbelief in hypothetical situations. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔What information is contained in an exercise evaluation plan? - ✔✔Plans, policies or
procedures and agreements
✔✔The exercise planning team member who assigns tasks to team members and
ensures the successful execution of the exercise is the: - ✔✔Lead Exercise Planner
✔✔The After-Action Report (AAR) contains all of the following information except: -
✔✔Listing of event synopses, expected participant responses, and objectives and core
capability targets
✔✔Which of the following do participants do during the Training and Exercise Planning
Workshop (TEPW)? - ✔✔Identify exercise needs and translate those needs into
priorities
✔✔Which of the following is a discussion point for a Master Scenario Events List
(MSEL) meeting? - ✔✔Exercise Scenerio
✔✔When evaluating an exercise, evaluators record their observations in the Exercise
Evaluation Guide (EEG). Observations that should be recorded include: - ✔✔Actual
time required for exercise players to complete the critical tasks & resources utilized
✔✔A focus of the Final Planning Meeting (FPM) is: - ✔✔Assuring all outstanding issues
are identified and resolved
✔✔The following are discussion points for a Master Scenario Events List (MSEL)
meeting except: - ✔✔Evaluation requirements, including EEGs
✔✔For discussion-based exercises, setup and configuration of A/V equipment should
take place: - ✔✔A day prior to exercise conduct to verify equipment is working properly
✔✔How are gaps identified through exercises? - ✔✔Observation and evaluation
✔✔A difference between discussion-based and operations-based exercises is that
discussion-based exercises involve actual implementation of response activities in
reaction to an exercise scenario. - ✔✔FALSE
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Which incident facility is the location where personnel and equipment are kept while
waiting for tactical assignments? - ✔✔Staging Area
✔✔Which of the following organizational entities within the Operations Section may be
used to divide an incident geographically? - ✔✔Divisions
✔✔You are a Group Supervisor working in a Branch within the Operations Section.
Who is your immediate supervisor? - ✔✔Branch Director
✔✔The major activities of the Planning Section include - ✔✔preparing and documenting
incident action plans
✔✔Interoperability means... - ✔✔Communication equipment, procedures, and systems
can operate together during a response.
✔✔Command is... - ✔✔The ability to control information exchange within and across
organizations involved in an incident.
✔✔Check-in, initial briefing, recordkeeping, and demobilization procedures are all
necessary to ensure - ✔✔Accountability
✔✔The Incident Command System (ICS) is - ✔✔A standardized approach to an
incident management that is applicable for use in all hazards
✔✔The exercise _______ is a forum for exercise players to review what happened
during the exercise and discuss what they learned - ✔✔Hot Wash
✔✔The Improvement Plan Matrix does all of the following except - ✔✔Provide an
executive summary.
✔✔Where does the initiating event take place, what time of day does the event take
place, and what the weather is like are all questions that should be answered in the -
✔✔Scenerio narrative
✔✔Which type of participant is not generally part of a discussion based exercise? -
✔✔Evaluators
✔✔All functions of exercise development and not exercise design - ✔✔Creating
exercise documentation, arranging logistics, coordinating participants, media and safety
personnel
,✔✔Existing exercise requirements and capabilities, plausible risks, and functions most
in need of rehearsal will be identified by conducting a(n) - ✔✔Needs assessment
✔✔Improving planning is part of the ______ process - ✔✔Project Management
✔✔In order to conduct a successful evaluation, what must be accomplished? -
✔✔Observe the exercise and collect supporting data. Compare performance against
expected outcomes. Determine needed changes to ensure outcomes.
✔✔The Concepts and Objectives Meeting (C&O) occurs before the - ✔✔Initial Planning
Conference (IPC)
✔✔Exercises can be used to - ✔✔Test existing plans, procedures, and policies
✔✔The last step in the exercise cycle before you start over with Strategy/Plan is -
✔✔Improvement planning
✔✔A broad statement of desired exercise goals is a definition of a(n) - ✔✔Purpose
✔✔Exercise briefings - ✔✔are used to train or inform exercise participants. Are
difference for collers, evaluators, players and actors. Used to explain exercise play rules
and safety.
✔✔An exercise program's long-term strategy and methodology is outlined in the -
✔✔Multiyear Exercise Plan
✔✔The purpose of a multiyear exercise schedule is to - ✔✔synchronize exercise
planning efforts between agencies
✔✔Securing the planning conference and exercise site facilities would be a task for
which incident command function? - ✔✔Logistics Lead
✔✔When implementing the recommendation from the AAR and action items from the
IP, planners should - ✔✔Prioritize improvement action items. Have a solid method for
regularly monitoring improvements. Review potential alternatives if progress is not being
made.
✔✔Evaluation criteria is gathered from examination of - ✔✔Objectives
✔✔Exercise Program managers should use exercises to validate - ✔✔Plans, policies or
procedures. Training of personnel. Equipment
, ✔✔Exercise Program management includes - ✔✔Multiyear exercise program planning
✔✔The Exercise Planning Team beings planning for the evaluation portion of the
exercise during - ✔✔the design and objectives development
✔✔The scenario should be credible enough for participants to suspend their inherent
disbelief in hypothetical situations. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔What information is contained in an exercise evaluation plan? - ✔✔Plans, policies or
procedures and agreements
✔✔The exercise planning team member who assigns tasks to team members and
ensures the successful execution of the exercise is the: - ✔✔Lead Exercise Planner
✔✔The After-Action Report (AAR) contains all of the following information except: -
✔✔Listing of event synopses, expected participant responses, and objectives and core
capability targets
✔✔Which of the following do participants do during the Training and Exercise Planning
Workshop (TEPW)? - ✔✔Identify exercise needs and translate those needs into
priorities
✔✔Which of the following is a discussion point for a Master Scenario Events List
(MSEL) meeting? - ✔✔Exercise Scenerio
✔✔When evaluating an exercise, evaluators record their observations in the Exercise
Evaluation Guide (EEG). Observations that should be recorded include: - ✔✔Actual
time required for exercise players to complete the critical tasks & resources utilized
✔✔A focus of the Final Planning Meeting (FPM) is: - ✔✔Assuring all outstanding issues
are identified and resolved
✔✔The following are discussion points for a Master Scenario Events List (MSEL)
meeting except: - ✔✔Evaluation requirements, including EEGs
✔✔For discussion-based exercises, setup and configuration of A/V equipment should
take place: - ✔✔A day prior to exercise conduct to verify equipment is working properly
✔✔How are gaps identified through exercises? - ✔✔Observation and evaluation
✔✔A difference between discussion-based and operations-based exercises is that
discussion-based exercises involve actual implementation of response activities in
reaction to an exercise scenario. - ✔✔FALSE
