NIMS ICS 400 EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A.pdf

NIMS ICS 400 EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔NIMS Command & Coordination components - ✔✔5.5
The Command and Coordination component of NIMS
includes four NIMS Functional Groups:
Incident Command System (ICS),
Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs),
Multiagency Coordination Groups (MAC Groups) and
Joint Information Systems (JIS).

✔✔NIMS Coordination definition - ✔✔5.8
as the exchange of
information systematically among principals who have or
may have a need to know certain information to carry out
specific incident management responsibilities.

✔✔NIMS Command definition - ✔✔5.9
Command is delegated authority for using agency resources
'Command' is defined in NIMS as "the act of directing,
ordering, or controlling by virtue of explicit statutory,
regulatory, or delegated authority."

✔✔Unity of Command vs Unity of Effort - ✔✔5.10
Unified Command is an ICS application used
when more than one agency has incident
jurisdiction or when incidents cross political
jurisdictions. IMproves cooperation

Unity of command is a NIMS guiding principle
stating that each individual involved in incident
management reports to and takes direction from
only one person.