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CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MANAGER 2025
UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS.
National Preparedness Goal - correct answer- This defines the
core capabilities necessary to prepare for the specific types of
incidents that pose the greatest risk to the security of the
Nation. It emphasizes actions aimed at achieving an integrated,
layered, and all-of-Nation preparedness approach that
optimizes the use of available resources.
National Planning System has three levels of planning - correct
answer- Strategic, Operational, Tactical
Vertical Integration Planning - correct answer- Individual all the
way through federal/national government
Horizontal Integration Planning - correct answer- Planning
within the jurisdiction or level of organization.
Operational Planning - correct answer- A plan that defines roles
and responsibilities, tasks, and actions during emergencies and
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that focuses on how activities of organizations in the jurisdiction
will be coordinated.
Accessible - correct answer- Having the legally required
features and/or qualities that ensure easy entrance,
participation, and usability of places, programs, services, and
activities by individuals with a wide variety of disabilities.
Agency Administrator/Executive - correct answer- The official
responsible for administering policy for an agency or
jurisdiction, having full authority for making decisions, and
providing direction to the management organization for an
incident.
Agency Dispatch - correct answer- The agency or jurisdictional
facility from which resources are sent to incidents.
Agency Representative - correct answer- A person assigned by
a primary, assisting, or cooperating
Federal, State, tribal, or local government agency, or
nongovernmental or private organization, that has been
delegated authority to make decisions affecting that agency's or
organization's participation in incident management activities
following appropriate consultation with the leadership of that
agency.
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All-Hazards - correct answer- Describing an incident, natural or
manmade, that warrants action to protect life, property,
environment, public health or safety, and minimize disruptions
of government, social, or economic activities.
Area Command - correct answer- An organization established
to oversee the management of multiple incidents that are each
being handled by a separate Incident Command System
organization or to oversee the management of a very large or
evolving incident that has multiple incident management teams
engaged.
Assessment - correct answer- The process of acquiring,
collecting, processing, examining, analyzing, evaluating,
monitoring, and interpreting the data, information, evidence,
objects, measurements, images, sound, etc., whether tangible
or intangible, to provide a basis for decision-making.
Allocated Resources - correct answer- Resources dispatched
to an incident.
Assigned Resources - correct answer- Resources checked in
and assigned work tasks on an incident.
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Assignment - correct answer- Task given to a personnel
resource to perform within a given operational period that is
based on operational objectives defined in the Incident Action
Plan.
Assisting Agency - correct answer- An agency or organization
providing personnel, services, or other resources to the agency
with direct responsibility for incident management. Also, called
Supporting Agency.
Available Resources - correct answer- Resources assigned to
an incident, checked in, and available for a mission
assignment, normally located in a Staging Area.
Badging - correct answer- The assignment of physical incident-
specific credentials to establish legitimacy and limit access to
various incident sites.
Branch - correct answer- The organizational level having
functional or geographical responsibility for major aspects of
incident operations. A Branch is organizationally situated
between the Section Chief and the Division or Group in the
Operations Section, and between the Section and Units in the
CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MANAGER 2025
UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS.
National Preparedness Goal - correct answer- This defines the
core capabilities necessary to prepare for the specific types of
incidents that pose the greatest risk to the security of the
Nation. It emphasizes actions aimed at achieving an integrated,
layered, and all-of-Nation preparedness approach that
optimizes the use of available resources.
National Planning System has three levels of planning - correct
answer- Strategic, Operational, Tactical
Vertical Integration Planning - correct answer- Individual all the
way through federal/national government
Horizontal Integration Planning - correct answer- Planning
within the jurisdiction or level of organization.
Operational Planning - correct answer- A plan that defines roles
and responsibilities, tasks, and actions during emergencies and
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that focuses on how activities of organizations in the jurisdiction
will be coordinated.
Accessible - correct answer- Having the legally required
features and/or qualities that ensure easy entrance,
participation, and usability of places, programs, services, and
activities by individuals with a wide variety of disabilities.
Agency Administrator/Executive - correct answer- The official
responsible for administering policy for an agency or
jurisdiction, having full authority for making decisions, and
providing direction to the management organization for an
incident.
Agency Dispatch - correct answer- The agency or jurisdictional
facility from which resources are sent to incidents.
Agency Representative - correct answer- A person assigned by
a primary, assisting, or cooperating
Federal, State, tribal, or local government agency, or
nongovernmental or private organization, that has been
delegated authority to make decisions affecting that agency's or
organization's participation in incident management activities
following appropriate consultation with the leadership of that
agency.
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All-Hazards - correct answer- Describing an incident, natural or
manmade, that warrants action to protect life, property,
environment, public health or safety, and minimize disruptions
of government, social, or economic activities.
Area Command - correct answer- An organization established
to oversee the management of multiple incidents that are each
being handled by a separate Incident Command System
organization or to oversee the management of a very large or
evolving incident that has multiple incident management teams
engaged.
Assessment - correct answer- The process of acquiring,
collecting, processing, examining, analyzing, evaluating,
monitoring, and interpreting the data, information, evidence,
objects, measurements, images, sound, etc., whether tangible
or intangible, to provide a basis for decision-making.
Allocated Resources - correct answer- Resources dispatched
to an incident.
Assigned Resources - correct answer- Resources checked in
and assigned work tasks on an incident.
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Assignment - correct answer- Task given to a personnel
resource to perform within a given operational period that is
based on operational objectives defined in the Incident Action
Plan.
Assisting Agency - correct answer- An agency or organization
providing personnel, services, or other resources to the agency
with direct responsibility for incident management. Also, called
Supporting Agency.
Available Resources - correct answer- Resources assigned to
an incident, checked in, and available for a mission
assignment, normally located in a Staging Area.
Badging - correct answer- The assignment of physical incident-
specific credentials to establish legitimacy and limit access to
various incident sites.
Branch - correct answer- The organizational level having
functional or geographical responsibility for major aspects of
incident operations. A Branch is organizationally situated
between the Section Chief and the Division or Group in the
Operations Section, and between the Section and Units in the
