IAHSS BASIC OFFICER CERTIFICATION EXAM –
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS TEST BANK
VERIFIED (2026 A+ GUIDE)
The basic structure of a typical healthcare organization resembles a
a. Circle
b. Pentagon
c. Pyramid
d. Straight line
c. Pyramid
Which of these is NOT a community planning partner regarding the healthcare
organization's emergency program?
a. Health department
b. Sheriff's office
c. Local fire department
d. Local TV station
d. Local TV station
Which of these does The Joint Commission deem a critical area of the emergency
management plan?
a. Communication
b. Food
c. Mortuary
d. Decontamination
,a. Communication
Which of these are required in exercising the organization's emergency management plan?
a. Monthly testing
b. Two exercises yearly
c. An exercise with actual patients
d. An exercise using a medical evacuation helicopter
b. Two exercises yearly
Which of these is an operational function of security officers during emergency situations?
a. Patient treatment
b. Crowd control
c. Spokesperson to the media
d. Initiation of facility evacuation
b. Crowd control
Which of the following categories is NOT part of a bomb threat plan?
a. Establishing authority
b. Searching for the bomb
c. Pretension
d. Receiving the threat
c. Pretension
, What is the most common delivery of a bomb threat?
a. Called into the media
b. By phone at the facility
c. By email at the facility
d. Delivered in person to the facility
b. By phone at the facility
Which of the following is NOT a question on the Telephone Bomb Threat Checklist?
a. What does the bomb look like?
b. Where is the bomb?
c. What is your name?
d. How old are you?
d. How old are you?
What is the recommended distance to evacuate in case of a bomb threat?
a. Radius of 100 to 200 feet
b. Radius of 200 to 300 feet
c. Radius of 300 to 600 feet
d. Radius of 500 to 1000 feet
d. Radius of 500 to 1000 feet
Which of the following is NOT a reason terrorists use suicide bombers?
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS TEST BANK
VERIFIED (2026 A+ GUIDE)
The basic structure of a typical healthcare organization resembles a
a. Circle
b. Pentagon
c. Pyramid
d. Straight line
c. Pyramid
Which of these is NOT a community planning partner regarding the healthcare
organization's emergency program?
a. Health department
b. Sheriff's office
c. Local fire department
d. Local TV station
d. Local TV station
Which of these does The Joint Commission deem a critical area of the emergency
management plan?
a. Communication
b. Food
c. Mortuary
d. Decontamination
,a. Communication
Which of these are required in exercising the organization's emergency management plan?
a. Monthly testing
b. Two exercises yearly
c. An exercise with actual patients
d. An exercise using a medical evacuation helicopter
b. Two exercises yearly
Which of these is an operational function of security officers during emergency situations?
a. Patient treatment
b. Crowd control
c. Spokesperson to the media
d. Initiation of facility evacuation
b. Crowd control
Which of the following categories is NOT part of a bomb threat plan?
a. Establishing authority
b. Searching for the bomb
c. Pretension
d. Receiving the threat
c. Pretension
, What is the most common delivery of a bomb threat?
a. Called into the media
b. By phone at the facility
c. By email at the facility
d. Delivered in person to the facility
b. By phone at the facility
Which of the following is NOT a question on the Telephone Bomb Threat Checklist?
a. What does the bomb look like?
b. Where is the bomb?
c. What is your name?
d. How old are you?
d. How old are you?
What is the recommended distance to evacuate in case of a bomb threat?
a. Radius of 100 to 200 feet
b. Radius of 200 to 300 feet
c. Radius of 300 to 600 feet
d. Radius of 500 to 1000 feet
d. Radius of 500 to 1000 feet
Which of the following is NOT a reason terrorists use suicide bombers?
