ICS 400 Practice Exam Questions – Full with Correct Answers
1. What type of structure is established over several Incident Complex
individual incidents?
2. In the context of incident management, complex Involve multi-jurisdictional ef-
incidents generally... forts of more than one agency
3. _ is an organization that oversees the management Area Command
of multiple incidents. Examples include 2 or more
HM spills, fires, etc.
4. What is an advantage of activating an Area Com- Resolves the resource competi-
mand? tion between incidents.
5. When should an Area Command be established? When incidents are using simi-
lar and limited critical resources.
6. Which responsibility outlines an Area Command's Coordinate development of in-
primary function? cident objectives and strategies
for each incident.
7. Assessing incidents and allocating resources are Establishing resource priorities
two of the three most critical responsibilities of the
Area Commander. What is the third?
8. What is the delegated authority that directs the use Command
of agency resources?
9. What term is a NIMS guiding principle that states unity of command
everyone involved in incident management re-
ports to and takes direction from only one person?
10. MAC Groups are frequently defined , espe- geographically
cially when an emergency crosses jurisdictional
boundary.
, ICS 400 Practice Exam Questions – Full with Correct Answers
11. MAC Groups may be established by a/an as single jurisdiction
part of its EOC function.
12. The Command and Coordination component of MAC Groups
NIMS includes four NIMS Functional Groups: ICS,
EOCs, and Joint Information Systems. What is the
fourth?
13. What NIMS Functional Group integrates incident Joint Information Systems
information and public affairs into a cohesive or-
ganization to provide coordinated and complete
information before, during, and after incidents?
14. Of the agencies listed, what decision-making Crisis actions teams
agency may provide multiagency coordination?
15. From the list below, what location is responsible Emergency Operations Center
for collecting, analyzing, and sharing incident in- (EOC)
formation?
16. EOCs provide coordinated support to on-scene incident command
personnel, other EOCs, and _.
17. Why are MAC Groups established and organized? To make policy-level decisions
during incidents
18. When an incident complex is established over sev- They become branches or divi-
eral individual incidents, what happens to the pre- sions within the Operations Sec-
viously identified incidents? tion of the incident complex.
19. Which of the following factors are characteristic of The incident draws national me-
a complex incident? dia interest.
1. What type of structure is established over several Incident Complex
individual incidents?
2. In the context of incident management, complex Involve multi-jurisdictional ef-
incidents generally... forts of more than one agency
3. _ is an organization that oversees the management Area Command
of multiple incidents. Examples include 2 or more
HM spills, fires, etc.
4. What is an advantage of activating an Area Com- Resolves the resource competi-
mand? tion between incidents.
5. When should an Area Command be established? When incidents are using simi-
lar and limited critical resources.
6. Which responsibility outlines an Area Command's Coordinate development of in-
primary function? cident objectives and strategies
for each incident.
7. Assessing incidents and allocating resources are Establishing resource priorities
two of the three most critical responsibilities of the
Area Commander. What is the third?
8. What is the delegated authority that directs the use Command
of agency resources?
9. What term is a NIMS guiding principle that states unity of command
everyone involved in incident management re-
ports to and takes direction from only one person?
10. MAC Groups are frequently defined , espe- geographically
cially when an emergency crosses jurisdictional
boundary.
, ICS 400 Practice Exam Questions – Full with Correct Answers
11. MAC Groups may be established by a/an as single jurisdiction
part of its EOC function.
12. The Command and Coordination component of MAC Groups
NIMS includes four NIMS Functional Groups: ICS,
EOCs, and Joint Information Systems. What is the
fourth?
13. What NIMS Functional Group integrates incident Joint Information Systems
information and public affairs into a cohesive or-
ganization to provide coordinated and complete
information before, during, and after incidents?
14. Of the agencies listed, what decision-making Crisis actions teams
agency may provide multiagency coordination?
15. From the list below, what location is responsible Emergency Operations Center
for collecting, analyzing, and sharing incident in- (EOC)
formation?
16. EOCs provide coordinated support to on-scene incident command
personnel, other EOCs, and _.
17. Why are MAC Groups established and organized? To make policy-level decisions
during incidents
18. When an incident complex is established over sev- They become branches or divi-
eral individual incidents, what happens to the pre- sions within the Operations Sec-
viously identified incidents? tion of the incident complex.
19. Which of the following factors are characteristic of The incident draws national me-
a complex incident? dia interest.
