NIMS ICS 400 Final Exam Questions and Answers-Graded A

NIMS ICS 400 Final Exam Questions and
Answers

What iiare iicomplex iiincidents? ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Involve iimultijurisdictional iiand/or
iimultidisciplinary
efforts iiof iimore iithan iione iiagency iiand/or iipolitical
jurisdiction

What iiare iicharacteristics iiof iicomplex iiincidents? ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii--Require
iinumerous iitactical iiand iisupport iiresources
normally iiexceeding iithe iijurisdiction's iiinternal
resource iicapacity
- iiSpan iimultiple iioperational iiperiods ii(days, iiweeks,
years)
-Draw iinational iimedia iiinterest

What iiis iian iiIncident iiComplex? ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-An iiincident iicomplex iiis iian
iiorganizational iistructure iithat iiexists iiwhen iitwo iior iimore iiindividual iiincidents iilocated
iiin iithe iisame iigeneral iiarea iiare iiassigned iito iia iisingle iiIncident iiCommander iior iiUnified
iiCommand.


How iido iiincidents iifit iiinto iithe iiprogram iistructure? ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-Incidents
iibecome iibranches iiin iithe iiops iisection iiunder iithe iisame iiincident iicommander
-Using iiBranches iiallows iifor iimore iiflexibility iito
establish iiDivisions iior iiGroups iiif iirequired iilater.

What iiis iiArea iiCommand? ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-An iiArea iiCommand iiis iiactivated iito
iiaddress iicompetition
for iiresources iiamong iimultiple iiICPs iibased iion iithe
complexity iiof iithe iiincident iiand iiincident iimanagement
span-of-control iiconsiderations. ii2 iior iimore iiincidents

Area iicommand iiprimary iifunctions ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii--Develop iibroad iiobjectives iifor
iithe iiaffected iiarea.
-Coordinate iidevelopment iiof iiincident iiobjectives
and iistrategies iifor iieach iiincident.

Advantages iiof iiArea iiCommand ii- iiCorrect iiAnswers ii-4.8
-This iiallows iithe iiIncident iiCommanders iito iifocus iitheir