CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MANAGER EXAM SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Branch - ✔✔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 Logistics Section. Branches are identified by the use of Roman
numerals or by functional area.
✔✔Cache - ✔✔A predetermined complement of tools, equipment, and/or supplies
stored in a designated location, available for incident use.
✔✔Camp - ✔✔A geographical site within the general incident area (separate from the
Incident Base) that is equipped and staffed to provide sleeping, food, water, and
sanitary services to incident personnel.
✔✔Categorizing Resources - ✔✔The process of organizing resources by category,
kind, and type, including size, capacity, capability, skill, and other characteristics. This
makes the resource ordering and dispatch process within and across organizations and
agencies, and between governmental and nongovernmental entities, more efficient, and
ensures that the resources received are appropriate to their needs.
✔✔Certifying Personnel - ✔✔The process of authoritatively attesting that individuals
meet professional standards for the training, experience, and performance required for
key incident management functions.
✔✔Chain of Command - ✔✔The orderly line of authority within the ranks of the incident
management organization.
✔✔Check-In - ✔✔The process through which resources first report to an incident.
✔✔Chief - ✔✔The Incident Command System title for individuals responsible for
management of functional Sections:
✔✔Command - ✔✔The act of directing, ordering, or controlling by virtue of explicit
statutory, regulatory, or delegated authority.
✔✔Command Staff - ✔✔The staff who report directly to the Incident Commander,
including the Public Information Officer, Safety Officer, Liaison Officer, and other
positions as required. They may have an assistant or assistants, as needed.
✔✔Common Operating Picture - ✔✔An overview of an incident by all relevant parties
that provides incident information enabling the Incident Commander/Unified Command
and any supporting agencies and organizations to make effective, consistent, and timely
decisions.
,✔✔Complex - ✔✔Two or more individual incidents located in the same general area
and assigned to a single Incident Commander or to Unified Command.
✔✔Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 101 - ✔✔A guide designed to assist
jurisdictions with developing operations plans. It promotes a common understanding of
the fundamentals of
planning and decision-making to help emergency planners examine a hazard and
produce integrated, coordinated, and synchronized plans.
✔✔Continuity of Government - ✔✔A coordinated effort within the Federal Government's
executive branch to ensure that National Essential Functions continue to be performed
during a catastrophic emergency (as defined in National Security Presidential Directive
51/Homeland Security Presidential Directive 20)
✔✔Continuity of Operations - ✔✔Refers to the efforts to ensure the organization can
sustain essential operations regardless of planned or unplanned incidents or
disruptions.
✔✔Corrective Actions - ✔✔The implementation of procedures that are based on
lessons learned from actual incidents or from training and exercises.
✔✔Credentialing - ✔✔The authentication and verification of the certification and identity
of designated incident managers and emergency responder
✔✔Critical Infrastructure - ✔✔Assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or
virtual, so
vital to the United States that the destruction of such assets, systems, or networks
would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public
health or safety, or any combination of those matters
✔✔Delegation of Authority - ✔✔A statement provided to the Incident Commander by
the Agency Executive delegating authority and assigning responsibility. Can include
objectives, priorities, expectations, constraints, and other
considerations or guidelines, as needed.
✔✔Demobilization - ✔✔The orderly, safe, and efficient return of an incident resource to
its
original location and status.
✔✔Emergency Management Assistance Compact - ✔✔A congressionally ratified
organization that provides form and structure to interstate mutual aid. Through this
process, a disaster-affected State can request and receive assistance from other
member States quickly and efficiently, resolving two key issues up front: liability and
reimbursement.
, ✔✔Emergency Operations Center - ✔✔The physical location at which the coordination
of information and resources to support incident management (on-scene operations)
activities normally takes place. It may be a temporary facility or may be located in a
more central or permanently established facility, perhaps at a higher level of
organization within a jurisdiction.
✔✔Emergency Operations Plan - ✔✔An ongoing plan for responding to a wide variety
of potential hazards.
✔✔Emergency Public Information - ✔✔Information that is disseminated primarily in
anticipation of an emergency or during an emergency. In addition to providing
situational information to the public, it also frequently provides directive actions required
to be taken by the general public.
✔✔Evacuation - ✔✔The organized, phased, and supervised withdrawal, dispersal, or
removal of civilians from dangerous or potentially dangerous areas, and their reception
and care in safe areas.
✔✔Field Operations Guide - ✔✔Durable pocket or desk guide that contains essential
information
required to perform specific assignments or functions.
✔✔Finance Section - ✔✔Responsible for documenting all expenditures at an incident
for reimbursement.
✔✔Group - ✔✔An organizational subdivision established to divide the incident
management structure into functional areas of operation.
✔✔General Staff - ✔✔A group of incident management personnel organized according
to function and reporting to the Incident Commander. Normally consists of the
Operations Section Chief, Planning Section Chief, Logistics Section Chief, and
Finance/Administration Section Chief.
✔✔Hazard - ✔✔Something that is potentially dangerous or harmful, often the root
cause of an unwanted outcome.
✔✔Incident - ✔✔An occurrence, natural or man-made, that requires a response to
protect life or property.
✔✔Incident Action Plan (IAP) - ✔✔An oral or written plan containing general objectives
reflecting the
overall strategy for managing an incident. It may include the identification of operational
resources and assignments and attachments that provide direction and important
information for management of the incident during one or more operational periods.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Branch - ✔✔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 Logistics Section. Branches are identified by the use of Roman
numerals or by functional area.
✔✔Cache - ✔✔A predetermined complement of tools, equipment, and/or supplies
stored in a designated location, available for incident use.
✔✔Camp - ✔✔A geographical site within the general incident area (separate from the
Incident Base) that is equipped and staffed to provide sleeping, food, water, and
sanitary services to incident personnel.
✔✔Categorizing Resources - ✔✔The process of organizing resources by category,
kind, and type, including size, capacity, capability, skill, and other characteristics. This
makes the resource ordering and dispatch process within and across organizations and
agencies, and between governmental and nongovernmental entities, more efficient, and
ensures that the resources received are appropriate to their needs.
✔✔Certifying Personnel - ✔✔The process of authoritatively attesting that individuals
meet professional standards for the training, experience, and performance required for
key incident management functions.
✔✔Chain of Command - ✔✔The orderly line of authority within the ranks of the incident
management organization.
✔✔Check-In - ✔✔The process through which resources first report to an incident.
✔✔Chief - ✔✔The Incident Command System title for individuals responsible for
management of functional Sections:
✔✔Command - ✔✔The act of directing, ordering, or controlling by virtue of explicit
statutory, regulatory, or delegated authority.
✔✔Command Staff - ✔✔The staff who report directly to the Incident Commander,
including the Public Information Officer, Safety Officer, Liaison Officer, and other
positions as required. They may have an assistant or assistants, as needed.
✔✔Common Operating Picture - ✔✔An overview of an incident by all relevant parties
that provides incident information enabling the Incident Commander/Unified Command
and any supporting agencies and organizations to make effective, consistent, and timely
decisions.
,✔✔Complex - ✔✔Two or more individual incidents located in the same general area
and assigned to a single Incident Commander or to Unified Command.
✔✔Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 101 - ✔✔A guide designed to assist
jurisdictions with developing operations plans. It promotes a common understanding of
the fundamentals of
planning and decision-making to help emergency planners examine a hazard and
produce integrated, coordinated, and synchronized plans.
✔✔Continuity of Government - ✔✔A coordinated effort within the Federal Government's
executive branch to ensure that National Essential Functions continue to be performed
during a catastrophic emergency (as defined in National Security Presidential Directive
51/Homeland Security Presidential Directive 20)
✔✔Continuity of Operations - ✔✔Refers to the efforts to ensure the organization can
sustain essential operations regardless of planned or unplanned incidents or
disruptions.
✔✔Corrective Actions - ✔✔The implementation of procedures that are based on
lessons learned from actual incidents or from training and exercises.
✔✔Credentialing - ✔✔The authentication and verification of the certification and identity
of designated incident managers and emergency responder
✔✔Critical Infrastructure - ✔✔Assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or
virtual, so
vital to the United States that the destruction of such assets, systems, or networks
would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public
health or safety, or any combination of those matters
✔✔Delegation of Authority - ✔✔A statement provided to the Incident Commander by
the Agency Executive delegating authority and assigning responsibility. Can include
objectives, priorities, expectations, constraints, and other
considerations or guidelines, as needed.
✔✔Demobilization - ✔✔The orderly, safe, and efficient return of an incident resource to
its
original location and status.
✔✔Emergency Management Assistance Compact - ✔✔A congressionally ratified
organization that provides form and structure to interstate mutual aid. Through this
process, a disaster-affected State can request and receive assistance from other
member States quickly and efficiently, resolving two key issues up front: liability and
reimbursement.
, ✔✔Emergency Operations Center - ✔✔The physical location at which the coordination
of information and resources to support incident management (on-scene operations)
activities normally takes place. It may be a temporary facility or may be located in a
more central or permanently established facility, perhaps at a higher level of
organization within a jurisdiction.
✔✔Emergency Operations Plan - ✔✔An ongoing plan for responding to a wide variety
of potential hazards.
✔✔Emergency Public Information - ✔✔Information that is disseminated primarily in
anticipation of an emergency or during an emergency. In addition to providing
situational information to the public, it also frequently provides directive actions required
to be taken by the general public.
✔✔Evacuation - ✔✔The organized, phased, and supervised withdrawal, dispersal, or
removal of civilians from dangerous or potentially dangerous areas, and their reception
and care in safe areas.
✔✔Field Operations Guide - ✔✔Durable pocket or desk guide that contains essential
information
required to perform specific assignments or functions.
✔✔Finance Section - ✔✔Responsible for documenting all expenditures at an incident
for reimbursement.
✔✔Group - ✔✔An organizational subdivision established to divide the incident
management structure into functional areas of operation.
✔✔General Staff - ✔✔A group of incident management personnel organized according
to function and reporting to the Incident Commander. Normally consists of the
Operations Section Chief, Planning Section Chief, Logistics Section Chief, and
Finance/Administration Section Chief.
✔✔Hazard - ✔✔Something that is potentially dangerous or harmful, often the root
cause of an unwanted outcome.
✔✔Incident - ✔✔An occurrence, natural or man-made, that requires a response to
protect life or property.
✔✔Incident Action Plan (IAP) - ✔✔An oral or written plan containing general objectives
reflecting the
overall strategy for managing an incident. It may include the identification of operational
resources and assignments and attachments that provide direction and important
information for management of the incident during one or more operational periods.
