NIMS ICS-300: Final Exam questions with correct answers

NIMS ICS-300: Final Exam 2025-2026
questions with correct answers
What NIMS component focuses on the Incident Command System,
Emergency Operations Center, Multiagency Coordination Groups, and
Joint Information Systems?


a) Resource Management
b) Communications and Information Management
c) Command and Coordination
d) Preparedness - ANSWER--c) Command and Coordination


When there is an orderly line of authority and reporting relationships
within the ranks of an organization, the organization is said to have a
___.


a) Chain of Command
b) Unity of Command
c) Unified Command
d) Preparedness - ANSWER--a) Chain of Command


What Incident Management role provides strategic direction and
delegates the authority needed to accomplish the incident objectives?


a) Operations Section Chief
b) Incident Commander

, NIMS ICS-300: Final Exam 2025-2026
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c) Liaison Offficer
d) Agency Executives/Senior Officials - ANSWER--d) Agency
Executives/Senior Officials


Module expansion at an incident is based on ___.


a) increasing span of control to 8:1
b) decreasing span of control to 2:1
c) matching an organization's structure to the task
d) the person in charge - ANSWER--c) matching an organization's
structure to the task


What is one of the primary features of Unified Command?


a) The inclusion of Multiple Incident Commands under one management
team.
b) The use of an Incident Management Team.
c) Multi-Point ordering
d) A single IAP for the incident in question - ANSWER--d) A single
IAP for the incident in question


What is one of the initial factors in response to an incident that has the
potential to affect the outcome of the response?