IAEM CEM/AEM FINAL PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTION GRADED A+
✔✔According to the National Incident Management System (NIMS), when should
managers plan and prepare for demobilizing resources no longer needed for the
incident?
A. At the same time that they begin the resource mobilization process.
B. After the Operations Section Chief completed all the IAP objectives.
C. When the Resource Unit Leader no longer has a use for the resource.
D. While preparing the emergency operations plan. - ✔✔A. At the same time that they
begin the resource mobilization process.
✔✔The National Incident Management System (NIMS) provides a set of ___________
organizational structures, as well as requirements for processes, procedures, and
systems designed to improve interoperability.
a. complicated.
b. rigid.
c. simple.
d. standardized. - ✔✔d. standardized.
✔✔What principle(s) represent the foundation for the Whole Community approach to
emergency management?
A. Strengthen what works in communities on a daily basis
B. Engage and empower all parts of the community
C. Understands and meets the actual needs of the community
D. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
✔✔According to the Incident Command system (ICS), who directs tactical operations
when the Operations Section has been activated?
A. Deputy Incident Commander.
B. Emergency Operations Center.
C. Incident Commander.
D. Operations Section Chief. - ✔✔D. Operations Section Chief.
✔✔Which one of the actions listed below is primarily a state / tribal responsibility for
disaster response?
A. Provide immediate aid.
B. Request a Presidential Disaster Declaration.
C. Serves as the first line of defense in emergencies.
D. Warns and advises citizens. - ✔✔B. Request a Presidential Disaster Declaration.
✔✔According to the National Disaster Recovery Framework, when does the recovery
process begin?
A. After the response teams begin demobilizing.
B. Concurrently with the response after the lifesaving actions are completed.
,C. When the senior executive for the jurisdiction/entity declares the recovery begins.
D. With pre-disaster preparedness and includes a wide range of planning activities. -
✔✔D. With pre-disaster preparedness and includes a wide range of planning activities.
✔✔What is a Joint Information Center (JIC)?
A. A central location from which emergency operations are coordinated.
B. A central location where disaster victims can rest and obtain food.
C. A central location at the incident scene where responders can be debriefed about the
incident.
D. A central location, where the Public Information Officers provide updates to the
media. - ✔✔D. A central location, where the Public Information Officers provide updates
to the media.
✔✔1. Which of the following social media tools allow the emergency manager and
community members to connect directly with each other for two-way communication
before, during and after an incident?
a. Blog.
b. Social networking site.
c. Media sharing site.
d. Wiki. - ✔✔b. Social networking site.
Sample Certification Exam Questions: Social Media
✔✔During the response to a major disaster event, you want to get a message out to the
public regarding evacuations and sheltering options. Because your jurisdiction borders
another country, you need to ensure that your message is immediate and available
globally. Which of the following communications platforms or tools should you use?
a. Local AM radio.
b. Major daily newspapers.
c. Social media sites.
d. Press release. - ✔✔c. Social media sites.
Sample Certification Exam Questions: Social Media
✔✔The Improvement Plan Matrix lists each area for improvement. By whom and when
are they identified?
a. By evaluators during the exercise.
b. By evaluators in the After Action Report.
c. By stakeholders during the exercise.
d. By stakeholders during the AAR Conference. - ✔✔b. By evaluators in the After Action
Report.
✔✔4. Which of the following presents an integrated set of guidance, programs, and
processes that enables thewhole community to meet the National Preparedness Goal
A. State Training and Exercise System
B. National Preparedness System
C. Community Response System
, D. Incident Command System - ✔✔B. National Preparedness System
✔✔A document describing how a community will respond to a wide variety of potential
hazards is:
A. An emergency operations plan
B. A standard operating procedure
C. An implementing instruction
D. A support document - ✔✔A. An emergency operations plan
✔✔In the National Preparedness Goal, which of the following is not a Mission Area:
a) Prevention
b) Response
c) Planning - ✔✔c) Planning
✔✔Which Mission Area includes those capabilities necessary to avoid, prevent, or stop
a threatened or actual act of terrorism:
a) Prevention
b) Protection
c) Mitigation - ✔✔a) Prevention
✔✔Conducting a systematic process engaging the whole community, as appropriate, in
the development of executable strategic, operational, and/or tactical-level approaches to
meet defined objectives is part of planning for which Mission Area:
a) Prevention
b) Protection
c) Mitigation - ✔✔b) Protection
✔✔Assessing risk and disaster resilience so that decision-makers, responders, and
community members can take informed action to reduce their entity's risk and increase
their resilience is part of which Mission Area:
a) Prevention
b) Protection
c) Mitigation - ✔✔c) Mitigation
✔✔Conducting the appropriate measures to ensure the protection of the health and
safety of the public and workers, as well as the environment, from all-hazards in support
of responder operations and the affected communities is part of which Mission Area:
a) Response
b) Recovery
c) Reaction - ✔✔a) Response
✔✔National Preparedness Goal - ✔✔Defines what it means for the whole community to
be prepared for all types of disasters and emergencies. The goal itself is succinct:
WITH SOLUTION GRADED A+
✔✔According to the National Incident Management System (NIMS), when should
managers plan and prepare for demobilizing resources no longer needed for the
incident?
A. At the same time that they begin the resource mobilization process.
B. After the Operations Section Chief completed all the IAP objectives.
C. When the Resource Unit Leader no longer has a use for the resource.
D. While preparing the emergency operations plan. - ✔✔A. At the same time that they
begin the resource mobilization process.
✔✔The National Incident Management System (NIMS) provides a set of ___________
organizational structures, as well as requirements for processes, procedures, and
systems designed to improve interoperability.
a. complicated.
b. rigid.
c. simple.
d. standardized. - ✔✔d. standardized.
✔✔What principle(s) represent the foundation for the Whole Community approach to
emergency management?
A. Strengthen what works in communities on a daily basis
B. Engage and empower all parts of the community
C. Understands and meets the actual needs of the community
D. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
✔✔According to the Incident Command system (ICS), who directs tactical operations
when the Operations Section has been activated?
A. Deputy Incident Commander.
B. Emergency Operations Center.
C. Incident Commander.
D. Operations Section Chief. - ✔✔D. Operations Section Chief.
✔✔Which one of the actions listed below is primarily a state / tribal responsibility for
disaster response?
A. Provide immediate aid.
B. Request a Presidential Disaster Declaration.
C. Serves as the first line of defense in emergencies.
D. Warns and advises citizens. - ✔✔B. Request a Presidential Disaster Declaration.
✔✔According to the National Disaster Recovery Framework, when does the recovery
process begin?
A. After the response teams begin demobilizing.
B. Concurrently with the response after the lifesaving actions are completed.
,C. When the senior executive for the jurisdiction/entity declares the recovery begins.
D. With pre-disaster preparedness and includes a wide range of planning activities. -
✔✔D. With pre-disaster preparedness and includes a wide range of planning activities.
✔✔What is a Joint Information Center (JIC)?
A. A central location from which emergency operations are coordinated.
B. A central location where disaster victims can rest and obtain food.
C. A central location at the incident scene where responders can be debriefed about the
incident.
D. A central location, where the Public Information Officers provide updates to the
media. - ✔✔D. A central location, where the Public Information Officers provide updates
to the media.
✔✔1. Which of the following social media tools allow the emergency manager and
community members to connect directly with each other for two-way communication
before, during and after an incident?
a. Blog.
b. Social networking site.
c. Media sharing site.
d. Wiki. - ✔✔b. Social networking site.
Sample Certification Exam Questions: Social Media
✔✔During the response to a major disaster event, you want to get a message out to the
public regarding evacuations and sheltering options. Because your jurisdiction borders
another country, you need to ensure that your message is immediate and available
globally. Which of the following communications platforms or tools should you use?
a. Local AM radio.
b. Major daily newspapers.
c. Social media sites.
d. Press release. - ✔✔c. Social media sites.
Sample Certification Exam Questions: Social Media
✔✔The Improvement Plan Matrix lists each area for improvement. By whom and when
are they identified?
a. By evaluators during the exercise.
b. By evaluators in the After Action Report.
c. By stakeholders during the exercise.
d. By stakeholders during the AAR Conference. - ✔✔b. By evaluators in the After Action
Report.
✔✔4. Which of the following presents an integrated set of guidance, programs, and
processes that enables thewhole community to meet the National Preparedness Goal
A. State Training and Exercise System
B. National Preparedness System
C. Community Response System
, D. Incident Command System - ✔✔B. National Preparedness System
✔✔A document describing how a community will respond to a wide variety of potential
hazards is:
A. An emergency operations plan
B. A standard operating procedure
C. An implementing instruction
D. A support document - ✔✔A. An emergency operations plan
✔✔In the National Preparedness Goal, which of the following is not a Mission Area:
a) Prevention
b) Response
c) Planning - ✔✔c) Planning
✔✔Which Mission Area includes those capabilities necessary to avoid, prevent, or stop
a threatened or actual act of terrorism:
a) Prevention
b) Protection
c) Mitigation - ✔✔a) Prevention
✔✔Conducting a systematic process engaging the whole community, as appropriate, in
the development of executable strategic, operational, and/or tactical-level approaches to
meet defined objectives is part of planning for which Mission Area:
a) Prevention
b) Protection
c) Mitigation - ✔✔b) Protection
✔✔Assessing risk and disaster resilience so that decision-makers, responders, and
community members can take informed action to reduce their entity's risk and increase
their resilience is part of which Mission Area:
a) Prevention
b) Protection
c) Mitigation - ✔✔c) Mitigation
✔✔Conducting the appropriate measures to ensure the protection of the health and
safety of the public and workers, as well as the environment, from all-hazards in support
of responder operations and the affected communities is part of which Mission Area:
a) Response
b) Recovery
c) Reaction - ✔✔a) Response
✔✔National Preparedness Goal - ✔✔Defines what it means for the whole community to
be prepared for all types of disasters and emergencies. The goal itself is succinct:
