IAEM CEM UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Change of command - ✔✔A process that outlines how leadership is transferred
during an emergency.
✔✔Unity of command - ✔✔A principle that ensures all personnel report to one
designated leader.
✔✔Policy decisions - ✔✔Decisions made regarding the guidelines and rules governing
emergency management operations.
✔✔Short-term objective - ✔✔City departments will work with local businesses to
establish temporary or interim infrastructure to support business reopenings.
✔✔SMART format - ✔✔Emergency management staff will initiate and complete a call-
back of EOC personnel within 30 minutes of notification as described in the Emergency
Operations Plan.
✔✔Resource needs and availability - ✔✔Addressed in the Administration, Finance and
Logistics section of the emergency operations plan.
✔✔Specifying safety procedures - ✔✔An example of administrative controls in an
incident plan.
✔✔Prevention technique or activity - ✔✔Conducting background investigations on
personnel who have access to critical infrastructure.
✔✔Sound prevention strategy - ✔✔A strategy based on factors such as installing and
maintaining warning systems, strengthening zoning and building codes, training on
emergency protective measures, and updating immunization and quarantine policies.
✔✔Mitigation - ✔✔Activities to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to persons or property,
or to lessen the actual or potential effects of an incident.
✔✔Key responsibility of an emergency manager - ✔✔Increase awareness about the
public's role in mitigation.
✔✔Recommended emergency communication action - ✔✔Coordinate emergency
messages with those of other authorities and across the various media.
✔✔Incident Command System - ✔✔A system that allows multiple public information
officers (PIOs) to coordinate information and integrate messages to avoid confusing the
public.
,✔✔Whole Community's communication needs - ✔✔Needs that include people with both
functional and access needs.
✔✔Effective communication messages - ✔✔Messages that meet the needs of
individuals with functional and access needs by providing ample text and audio to
explain images or maps.
✔✔Nonstandard language formats - ✔✔Language formats that are not standard and
may require technical terminology for translation using audio by text-to-speech
equipment.
✔✔Urgent warning message - ✔✔A message that should include as much detailed
background information as possible.
✔✔Message templates - ✔✔Templates based on local threats and hazards that can be
used when an emergency arises.
✔✔Protective behavior in warning messages - ✔✔Expected behavior that should be
included in warning messages to the public.
✔✔Joint Information System - ✔✔The system used to coordinate information during an
incident among multiple public information officers.
✔✔National Incident Management System - ✔✔A system that provides a framework for
how the nation manages all incidents.
✔✔Warning, Notification, and Communications System - ✔✔A system intended for
issuing warnings and notifications during emergencies.
✔✔Zoning and building codes - ✔✔Regulations that are enforced to mitigate hazards in
a community.
✔✔Emergency protective measures - ✔✔Training designed to prepare individuals for
emergencies.
✔✔Immunization and quarantine policies - ✔✔Policies that are updated as part of a
sound prevention strategy.
✔✔Public's role in mitigation - ✔✔The responsibility of the public to participate in
mitigation efforts.
✔✔Emergency messages - ✔✔Messages that must be coordinated with other
authorities to avoid confusion.
, ✔✔Information coordination - ✔✔The process of integrating messages to ensure clarity
during incidents.
✔✔Message content design - ✔✔The process of designing messages to meet the
needs of diverse audiences.
✔✔Abbreviations in messages - ✔✔Use of abbreviations to keep message content
short and concise.
✔✔Communications in emergency management - ✔✔Ensures that warning information
is available to the public and pre-scripted messages have been prepared for identified
threats and hazards.
✔✔Communications function - ✔✔Includes providing information to the whole
community before, during, and after an emergency.
✔✔Emergency personnel communication systems - ✔✔Includes the systems and
procedures that emergency personnel use to communicate with each other (i.e., not
with the public) during emergencies.
✔✔Public communication systems - ✔✔Includes the systems and procedures that
emergency personnel use to communicate with the public (i.e., not with responders and
other emergency personnel) during emergencies.
✔✔Strategic objectives in incident management - ✔✔Achievement of the entity's
strategic objectives.
✔✔Resource efficiency - ✔✔Efficient use of resources.
✔✔Health and safety of the Whole Community - ✔✔Health and safety of the Whole
Community.
✔✔Agency codes and acronyms - ✔✔Use of specific agency or organizational codes
and acronyms.
✔✔Emergency Operations Center - ✔✔Serves as a critical link in the emergency
response chain, enabling incident commanders to focus on the needs of the incident
while promoting problem solving at the lowest practical level.
✔✔Emergency Management Policy or Local Ordnance - ✔✔Establishes the overall
authority, roles, and functions performed by an entity during incidents.
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Change of command - ✔✔A process that outlines how leadership is transferred
during an emergency.
✔✔Unity of command - ✔✔A principle that ensures all personnel report to one
designated leader.
✔✔Policy decisions - ✔✔Decisions made regarding the guidelines and rules governing
emergency management operations.
✔✔Short-term objective - ✔✔City departments will work with local businesses to
establish temporary or interim infrastructure to support business reopenings.
✔✔SMART format - ✔✔Emergency management staff will initiate and complete a call-
back of EOC personnel within 30 minutes of notification as described in the Emergency
Operations Plan.
✔✔Resource needs and availability - ✔✔Addressed in the Administration, Finance and
Logistics section of the emergency operations plan.
✔✔Specifying safety procedures - ✔✔An example of administrative controls in an
incident plan.
✔✔Prevention technique or activity - ✔✔Conducting background investigations on
personnel who have access to critical infrastructure.
✔✔Sound prevention strategy - ✔✔A strategy based on factors such as installing and
maintaining warning systems, strengthening zoning and building codes, training on
emergency protective measures, and updating immunization and quarantine policies.
✔✔Mitigation - ✔✔Activities to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to persons or property,
or to lessen the actual or potential effects of an incident.
✔✔Key responsibility of an emergency manager - ✔✔Increase awareness about the
public's role in mitigation.
✔✔Recommended emergency communication action - ✔✔Coordinate emergency
messages with those of other authorities and across the various media.
✔✔Incident Command System - ✔✔A system that allows multiple public information
officers (PIOs) to coordinate information and integrate messages to avoid confusing the
public.
,✔✔Whole Community's communication needs - ✔✔Needs that include people with both
functional and access needs.
✔✔Effective communication messages - ✔✔Messages that meet the needs of
individuals with functional and access needs by providing ample text and audio to
explain images or maps.
✔✔Nonstandard language formats - ✔✔Language formats that are not standard and
may require technical terminology for translation using audio by text-to-speech
equipment.
✔✔Urgent warning message - ✔✔A message that should include as much detailed
background information as possible.
✔✔Message templates - ✔✔Templates based on local threats and hazards that can be
used when an emergency arises.
✔✔Protective behavior in warning messages - ✔✔Expected behavior that should be
included in warning messages to the public.
✔✔Joint Information System - ✔✔The system used to coordinate information during an
incident among multiple public information officers.
✔✔National Incident Management System - ✔✔A system that provides a framework for
how the nation manages all incidents.
✔✔Warning, Notification, and Communications System - ✔✔A system intended for
issuing warnings and notifications during emergencies.
✔✔Zoning and building codes - ✔✔Regulations that are enforced to mitigate hazards in
a community.
✔✔Emergency protective measures - ✔✔Training designed to prepare individuals for
emergencies.
✔✔Immunization and quarantine policies - ✔✔Policies that are updated as part of a
sound prevention strategy.
✔✔Public's role in mitigation - ✔✔The responsibility of the public to participate in
mitigation efforts.
✔✔Emergency messages - ✔✔Messages that must be coordinated with other
authorities to avoid confusion.
, ✔✔Information coordination - ✔✔The process of integrating messages to ensure clarity
during incidents.
✔✔Message content design - ✔✔The process of designing messages to meet the
needs of diverse audiences.
✔✔Abbreviations in messages - ✔✔Use of abbreviations to keep message content
short and concise.
✔✔Communications in emergency management - ✔✔Ensures that warning information
is available to the public and pre-scripted messages have been prepared for identified
threats and hazards.
✔✔Communications function - ✔✔Includes providing information to the whole
community before, during, and after an emergency.
✔✔Emergency personnel communication systems - ✔✔Includes the systems and
procedures that emergency personnel use to communicate with each other (i.e., not
with the public) during emergencies.
✔✔Public communication systems - ✔✔Includes the systems and procedures that
emergency personnel use to communicate with the public (i.e., not with responders and
other emergency personnel) during emergencies.
✔✔Strategic objectives in incident management - ✔✔Achievement of the entity's
strategic objectives.
✔✔Resource efficiency - ✔✔Efficient use of resources.
✔✔Health and safety of the Whole Community - ✔✔Health and safety of the Whole
Community.
✔✔Agency codes and acronyms - ✔✔Use of specific agency or organizational codes
and acronyms.
✔✔Emergency Operations Center - ✔✔Serves as a critical link in the emergency
response chain, enabling incident commanders to focus on the needs of the incident
while promoting problem solving at the lowest practical level.
✔✔Emergency Management Policy or Local Ordnance - ✔✔Establishes the overall
authority, roles, and functions performed by an entity during incidents.
