ICS 300 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALL ANSWERED
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Common responsibilities to a unit - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 1. Obtaining
D
beefing from the section chief
O
2. Participating in incident planning meetings as required
N
3. determining current status of unit activities
O
4. Confirming dispatch and estimated time of arrival of staff and
T
supplies
C
O
5. Assigning specific duties to staff; supervise staff
PY
6. Developing and implementing accountability, safety, and security
measures for personnel and resources
7. Supervising demobilization of Inits, including storage of supplies
8. providing supply units leaser with a list of supplies to be replenished
9. Maintaining unit records, including unit log
Care must be taking to ensure that information transfer is handled
effectively there are essentially two principles to be followed: - ✔✔✔
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1. There is complete freedom within t he organization to
Correct Answer >
exchange information among and between personnel
2. Orders, directives, resources request , status changes must follow the
chain of command, unless otherwise directed
The ICS organizational framework is open for individual to freely
supply and exchange information three examples would be - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > 1. The food unit leader may directly contact the planning
sections resources unit to determine the number of persons requiring
D
feeding
O
N
2. The Cost unit leader may directly discuss and share financial
O
information on alternative strategies with the planning section chief.
T
C
O
3. Division A supervisor may contact the Situation Unit to share
PY
information on an unusual environmental hazard in the division.
Orders and directive within the ICS organization must follow the chain
of command, unless otherwise directed. Three examples illustrating the
flow of orders are - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 1. Division B supervisor request
fuel for resource within the Division. This request will be passed
through the branch or operations section chief to ensure that fuel request
can be consolidated before going to logistics.
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2. In an organization using branches and divisions, the operations
section chief will pass directives to change the resource assignments
within a particular division through the appropriate branch director. This
ensures that the branch director is aware of any changes.
3. The situation unit leader will request additional personnel to work
in the unit through the planning section chief. This ensures that
personnel already assigned to the planning section will be used if
available.
D
O
A branch is the organizational level having ________ or __________
N
responsibility for major parts of the Operations section or logistics
O
section - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Geographic/functional
T
C
O
The six general guidelines for the use of Unified command - ✔✔✔
PY
Correct Answer > 1. To understand ICS unified command
2. is to collocate essential functions
3. is to implement unified command at an early stage of a
multijurisdictional or multi-agency incident.
4. is to concur on an operations section chief and other command and
general staff members
5. Is to designate one of the incident commanders to be a spokesperson
6. is to train often as a team