IAEM AEM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
RATED A+
✔✔Body language accounts for - ✔✔most of the message we send to others.
✔✔Strategies for engaging the audience include - ✔✔Using natural gestures and
positive facial expressions.
✔✔In most emergency situations, you will use - ✔✔A mixture of low- and high-
technology tools to communicate.
✔✔Gestures that Americans take for granted can be - ✔✔offensive to others
✔✔The document that plays a large role in recruitment, selection, assignment, and
supervision of volunteers is the - ✔✔Volunteer job description
✔✔Volunteer position descriptions are developed to - ✔✔document skill, knowledge,
and other requirements for each volunteer job
✔✔The jursdiction's or organization's legal counsel should - ✔✔always be consulted
about volunteer program policy before implementation
✔✔One topic that is unlawful to ask about during an interview is - ✔✔childcare
arrangements
✔✔The first step in developing a volunteer program is to - ✔✔analyze agency and
program needs
✔✔Because time is of the essence, volunteers should be interviewed in - ✔✔small
groups
✔✔Local high schools - ✔✔is an excellent source for volunteers with a variety of skills.
✔✔You are the Volunteer Program Coordinator for your county's farm agency. You
have a need for volunteer veterinarians that specialize in large animal medicine that you
can call on to help with livestock in an emergency. Of the choices below, which is the
most likely to have the greatest success at recruiting veterinarians with the experience
you need? - ✔✔The local veterinarians' network
✔✔Initial implementation of the volunteer program policy should take place - ✔✔Before
an incident by exercising the viability of the policy.
✔✔One way to restrict volunteer access from sensitive areas is to - ✔✔Issue unique
identification to those having access.
, ✔✔Because jurisdictions/agencies will rely on the public for volunteers, they should be
consulted - ✔✔before any stakeholder meetings take place.
✔✔Following a tornado, fraternity brothers from a local college decide to help with
debris removal. The fraternity had not volunteered before but determined that the
tornado response offered a good opportunity for them. These volunteers are -
✔✔Unaffiliated
✔✔A jurisdiction's volunteer program policy should hinge on - ✔✔An overall strategy for
engaging volunteers.
✔✔One type of job that should be filled with paid staff rather than volunteers is -
✔✔Utility restoration.
✔✔Because voluntary organizations are experienced in managing volunteer programs,
they should - ✔✔accept responsibility for volunteer management, whenever possible.
✔✔While reviewing job applications, you notice that one candidate who looks qualified
did not sign the consent form. What should you do? - ✔✔Call the candidate to get
verbal consent.
✔✔Volunteerism is a relatively new concept in the United States, beginning during the
Great Depression of the 1930s. - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a consideration for a threats analysis? - ✔✔Distance
to nearest weather forecast office
✔✔Uncertainties in forecasts are primarily due to which of the following? -
✔✔Atmospheric processes are very complex, posing difficulties for both models and
forecasters
✔✔You have just arrived at the office this morning. What is the best source for quickly
determining the potential for severe thunderstorms today? - ✔✔Check the Convective
Day 1 Outlook
✔✔An example of an indirect weather observation system is - ✔✔Radar
✔✔Good warning messages for the public should - ✔✔Explain the possible
consequences if the instructions are not followed
✔✔In two days your community is hosting the State baseball championship and
expecting record crowds. The Day 2 Convective Outlook indicates your area could have
RATED A+
✔✔Body language accounts for - ✔✔most of the message we send to others.
✔✔Strategies for engaging the audience include - ✔✔Using natural gestures and
positive facial expressions.
✔✔In most emergency situations, you will use - ✔✔A mixture of low- and high-
technology tools to communicate.
✔✔Gestures that Americans take for granted can be - ✔✔offensive to others
✔✔The document that plays a large role in recruitment, selection, assignment, and
supervision of volunteers is the - ✔✔Volunteer job description
✔✔Volunteer position descriptions are developed to - ✔✔document skill, knowledge,
and other requirements for each volunteer job
✔✔The jursdiction's or organization's legal counsel should - ✔✔always be consulted
about volunteer program policy before implementation
✔✔One topic that is unlawful to ask about during an interview is - ✔✔childcare
arrangements
✔✔The first step in developing a volunteer program is to - ✔✔analyze agency and
program needs
✔✔Because time is of the essence, volunteers should be interviewed in - ✔✔small
groups
✔✔Local high schools - ✔✔is an excellent source for volunteers with a variety of skills.
✔✔You are the Volunteer Program Coordinator for your county's farm agency. You
have a need for volunteer veterinarians that specialize in large animal medicine that you
can call on to help with livestock in an emergency. Of the choices below, which is the
most likely to have the greatest success at recruiting veterinarians with the experience
you need? - ✔✔The local veterinarians' network
✔✔Initial implementation of the volunteer program policy should take place - ✔✔Before
an incident by exercising the viability of the policy.
✔✔One way to restrict volunteer access from sensitive areas is to - ✔✔Issue unique
identification to those having access.
, ✔✔Because jurisdictions/agencies will rely on the public for volunteers, they should be
consulted - ✔✔before any stakeholder meetings take place.
✔✔Following a tornado, fraternity brothers from a local college decide to help with
debris removal. The fraternity had not volunteered before but determined that the
tornado response offered a good opportunity for them. These volunteers are -
✔✔Unaffiliated
✔✔A jurisdiction's volunteer program policy should hinge on - ✔✔An overall strategy for
engaging volunteers.
✔✔One type of job that should be filled with paid staff rather than volunteers is -
✔✔Utility restoration.
✔✔Because voluntary organizations are experienced in managing volunteer programs,
they should - ✔✔accept responsibility for volunteer management, whenever possible.
✔✔While reviewing job applications, you notice that one candidate who looks qualified
did not sign the consent form. What should you do? - ✔✔Call the candidate to get
verbal consent.
✔✔Volunteerism is a relatively new concept in the United States, beginning during the
Great Depression of the 1930s. - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a consideration for a threats analysis? - ✔✔Distance
to nearest weather forecast office
✔✔Uncertainties in forecasts are primarily due to which of the following? -
✔✔Atmospheric processes are very complex, posing difficulties for both models and
forecasters
✔✔You have just arrived at the office this morning. What is the best source for quickly
determining the potential for severe thunderstorms today? - ✔✔Check the Convective
Day 1 Outlook
✔✔An example of an indirect weather observation system is - ✔✔Radar
✔✔Good warning messages for the public should - ✔✔Explain the possible
consequences if the instructions are not followed
✔✔In two days your community is hosting the State baseball championship and
expecting record crowds. The Day 2 Convective Outlook indicates your area could have
