IAEM AEM CORE EXAM ALL 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔ICS Form 201 - ✔✔contains status information for briefing the incoming IC of team,
or other resources
✔✔Which is the top priority within the ICS common leadership responsibilities? -
✔✔Ensuring safe work practices
✔✔Typing resources allows managers to make better resource odering decisions by -
✔✔describing the size, capability, and staffing qualifications of a specific resource
✔✔A delegation of authority - ✔✔may be needed when the incident scope is complex or
beyond existing capabilities
✔✔These levels of the ICS organization may have Deputy positions - ✔✔Branch, IC,
Sectoon
✔✔Formal communication is used in - ✔✔reporting progress of assigned tasks
✔✔When command is transferred, then all personnel with a need to know should be
told - ✔✔the effective time and date of the transfer
✔✔Who is responsible for determining the appropirate tactics for an incident -
✔✔Operations Section
✔✔Upon arriving at an incident the higher ranking person will either - ✔✔assume
command, maintain command as is, or reassign command to a third party
✔✔Chris Smith is the Situation Unit Leader. No planning Section Chief is assigned.
Who does Chris Smith Report to? - ✔✔Incident Commander
✔✔Under the Stafford Act - ✔✔The President may designate an incident as either an
"emergency" or a "major disaster" & An emergency is defined as any natural
catastrophe for which, in the determination of the President, Federal assistance is
needed to supplement State, tribal, and local efforts and capabilities to save lives.
✔✔States delegate authority to their sub-units of government (including counties,
municipalities, towns or townships, and villages). This delegation creates local
autonomy and limits the degree of State influence in local affairs. What is the term used
to describe this delegation? - ✔✔Home Rule
,✔✔Which part of the emergency operations plan includes the Purpose, Scope, Situation
Overview, Assumptions, Concept of Operations, and Organization and Assignment of
Responsibilities? - ✔✔Basic Plan
✔✔The emergency operations plan is a key component of an emergency management
program that - ✔✔Establishes the overall authority, roles, and functions performed
during the incident
✔✔Local elected or appointed officials - ✔✔May need to help shape or modify laws,
policies, and budgets to aid preparedness efforts and to improve emergency
management and response capabilities.
✔✔Mission areas are comprised of the capabilities required for executing a function at
any time (before, during, or after an incident) and across all threats and hazards. Four
of the five preparedness mission areas are: Prevention, Protection, Response, and
Recovery. Which is the fifth mission area? - ✔✔Mitigation
✔✔Logistics management and resource support - ✔✔is a core function implemented
during an emergency
✔✔Which FEMA mitigation program assists in implementing long-term hazard
mitigation measures following Presidential disaster declarations? - ✔✔Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program (HMGP)
✔✔The Whole Community concept means that residents, emergency management
practitioners, organization and community leaders, and government officials - ✔✔Work
together to assess the needs of their respective communities and determine the best
ways to organize and strengthen their assets, capacities, and interests.
✔✔Which of the following presents an integrated set of guidance, programs, and
processes that enables the whole community to meet the National Preparedness Goal. -
✔✔National Preparedness System
✔✔What type of measures considers ways to reduce consequences together with the
overall risk from specific threats and other community goals? - ✔✔Mitigation
✔✔Emergency management principles - ✔✔help us identify and apply agreed-upon
practices
✔✔This authority emphasizes that Federal disaster assistance is intended to
supplement, not supplant, the resources of State, local, and private-sector
organizations. - ✔✔Executive Order 10427
, ✔✔Emergency managers consider and take into account all threats/hazards, all
phases, all stakeholders, and all impacts relevant to disasters. This statement describes
which emergency management principle? - ✔✔Comprehensive
✔✔What capabilities focus on saving lives, protecting property and the environment,
and meeting basic human needs and begin when an incident is imminent or
immediately after an event occurs? - ✔✔Response
✔✔Emergency managers create and sustain broad and sincere relationships among
individuals and organizations to encourage trust, advocate a team atmosphere, build
consensus, and facilitate communication. This statement describes which emergency
management principle? - ✔✔Collaborative
✔✔FEMA - ✔✔is responsible for coordinating Federal resources Federal resources that
support State, local, tribal, and territorial efforts when a Federal emergency or disaster
is declared.
✔✔Identifying threats and hazards and applying physical, technological, and cyber
measures to limit access are examples of capabilities that support which mission areas?
- ✔✔Mitigation & Management
✔✔Under the Stafford Act - ✔✔The President may only declare a major disaster at the
request of a Governor or tribal Chief Executive who certifies the State or tribal
government and affected local governments are overwhelmed.
✔✔Which of the following is an example of a prevention activity? - ✔✔Requiring
identification for site access
✔✔Integrated emergency management is - ✔✔Intended to create an organizational
culture that is critical to achieving unity of effort between all stakeholders.
✔✔In addition to emergency core functions, the emergency manager directs day-to-day
program functions. An example of a day-to-day function is - ✔✔Hazard Mitigation
✔✔Specific areas of authority and responsibilities for emergency management should
be clearly stated in local ordinances and laws. - ✔✔These ordinances and laws should
specify a specific line of succession for elected officials and require that departments of
government establish lines of succession.
✔✔All of the following are important emergency management planning principles
EXCEPT FOR: - ✔✔Planning results in unique plans for every type of threat or hazard.
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔ICS Form 201 - ✔✔contains status information for briefing the incoming IC of team,
or other resources
✔✔Which is the top priority within the ICS common leadership responsibilities? -
✔✔Ensuring safe work practices
✔✔Typing resources allows managers to make better resource odering decisions by -
✔✔describing the size, capability, and staffing qualifications of a specific resource
✔✔A delegation of authority - ✔✔may be needed when the incident scope is complex or
beyond existing capabilities
✔✔These levels of the ICS organization may have Deputy positions - ✔✔Branch, IC,
Sectoon
✔✔Formal communication is used in - ✔✔reporting progress of assigned tasks
✔✔When command is transferred, then all personnel with a need to know should be
told - ✔✔the effective time and date of the transfer
✔✔Who is responsible for determining the appropirate tactics for an incident -
✔✔Operations Section
✔✔Upon arriving at an incident the higher ranking person will either - ✔✔assume
command, maintain command as is, or reassign command to a third party
✔✔Chris Smith is the Situation Unit Leader. No planning Section Chief is assigned.
Who does Chris Smith Report to? - ✔✔Incident Commander
✔✔Under the Stafford Act - ✔✔The President may designate an incident as either an
"emergency" or a "major disaster" & An emergency is defined as any natural
catastrophe for which, in the determination of the President, Federal assistance is
needed to supplement State, tribal, and local efforts and capabilities to save lives.
✔✔States delegate authority to their sub-units of government (including counties,
municipalities, towns or townships, and villages). This delegation creates local
autonomy and limits the degree of State influence in local affairs. What is the term used
to describe this delegation? - ✔✔Home Rule
,✔✔Which part of the emergency operations plan includes the Purpose, Scope, Situation
Overview, Assumptions, Concept of Operations, and Organization and Assignment of
Responsibilities? - ✔✔Basic Plan
✔✔The emergency operations plan is a key component of an emergency management
program that - ✔✔Establishes the overall authority, roles, and functions performed
during the incident
✔✔Local elected or appointed officials - ✔✔May need to help shape or modify laws,
policies, and budgets to aid preparedness efforts and to improve emergency
management and response capabilities.
✔✔Mission areas are comprised of the capabilities required for executing a function at
any time (before, during, or after an incident) and across all threats and hazards. Four
of the five preparedness mission areas are: Prevention, Protection, Response, and
Recovery. Which is the fifth mission area? - ✔✔Mitigation
✔✔Logistics management and resource support - ✔✔is a core function implemented
during an emergency
✔✔Which FEMA mitigation program assists in implementing long-term hazard
mitigation measures following Presidential disaster declarations? - ✔✔Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program (HMGP)
✔✔The Whole Community concept means that residents, emergency management
practitioners, organization and community leaders, and government officials - ✔✔Work
together to assess the needs of their respective communities and determine the best
ways to organize and strengthen their assets, capacities, and interests.
✔✔Which of the following presents an integrated set of guidance, programs, and
processes that enables the whole community to meet the National Preparedness Goal. -
✔✔National Preparedness System
✔✔What type of measures considers ways to reduce consequences together with the
overall risk from specific threats and other community goals? - ✔✔Mitigation
✔✔Emergency management principles - ✔✔help us identify and apply agreed-upon
practices
✔✔This authority emphasizes that Federal disaster assistance is intended to
supplement, not supplant, the resources of State, local, and private-sector
organizations. - ✔✔Executive Order 10427
, ✔✔Emergency managers consider and take into account all threats/hazards, all
phases, all stakeholders, and all impacts relevant to disasters. This statement describes
which emergency management principle? - ✔✔Comprehensive
✔✔What capabilities focus on saving lives, protecting property and the environment,
and meeting basic human needs and begin when an incident is imminent or
immediately after an event occurs? - ✔✔Response
✔✔Emergency managers create and sustain broad and sincere relationships among
individuals and organizations to encourage trust, advocate a team atmosphere, build
consensus, and facilitate communication. This statement describes which emergency
management principle? - ✔✔Collaborative
✔✔FEMA - ✔✔is responsible for coordinating Federal resources Federal resources that
support State, local, tribal, and territorial efforts when a Federal emergency or disaster
is declared.
✔✔Identifying threats and hazards and applying physical, technological, and cyber
measures to limit access are examples of capabilities that support which mission areas?
- ✔✔Mitigation & Management
✔✔Under the Stafford Act - ✔✔The President may only declare a major disaster at the
request of a Governor or tribal Chief Executive who certifies the State or tribal
government and affected local governments are overwhelmed.
✔✔Which of the following is an example of a prevention activity? - ✔✔Requiring
identification for site access
✔✔Integrated emergency management is - ✔✔Intended to create an organizational
culture that is critical to achieving unity of effort between all stakeholders.
✔✔In addition to emergency core functions, the emergency manager directs day-to-day
program functions. An example of a day-to-day function is - ✔✔Hazard Mitigation
✔✔Specific areas of authority and responsibilities for emergency management should
be clearly stated in local ordinances and laws. - ✔✔These ordinances and laws should
specify a specific line of succession for elected officials and require that departments of
government establish lines of succession.
✔✔All of the following are important emergency management planning principles
EXCEPT FOR: - ✔✔Planning results in unique plans for every type of threat or hazard.
