FEMA IS 700 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS Latest Update
1. Which NIMS Management Characteristic includes documents that record and
communicate incident objectives, tactics, and assignments for operations and support?
A. Common Terminology
B. Information and Intelligence Management
C. Incident Action Planning
D. Integrated Communications - Answer-C. Incident Action Planning
2. Which ICS structure enables different jurisdictions to jointly manage and direct
incident activities with a single incident action plan?
A. Area Command
B. Joint Information Center
C. Unified Command
D. Incident Management Team - Answer-C. Unified Command
3. Which NIMS Management Characteristic follows established processes for gathering,
analyzing, assessing, sharing, and managing data?
A. Common Terminology
B. Information and Intelligence Management
C. Integrated Communications
D. Establishment and Transfer of Command - Answer-B. Information and Intelligence
Management
4. Which NIMS Management Characteristic involves using standardized names and
definitions for major organizational functions and units?
A. Common Terminology
B. Unified Command
C. Modular Organization
D. Comprehensive Resource Management - Answer-C. Modular Organization
5. Which resource management task enables resource coordination throughout the
incident?
A. Order and Acquire
B. Demobilize
C. Reimburse and Restock
D. Track and Report - Answer-D. Track and Report
6. Incident information is used across ICS, EOCs, MAC Groups, and JIS to aid in
planning, determine incident costs, and identify safety issues.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - Answer-A. TRUE
, 7. Each ICS General Staff is led by a(n) ____________ who reports directly to the
Incident Commander or Unified Command.
A. Section Chief
B. Administrative Authority
C. Unit Supervisor
D. Group Supervisor - Answer-A. Section Chief
8. Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) is a state-to-state system for
sharing resources during an emergency or disaster.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - Answer-A. TRUE
9. Use of communications and information systems that are familiar to users is a part of
which key principle?
A. Reliability, Scalability, and Portability
B. Security
C. Interoperability
D. Resilience and Redundancy - Answer-C. Interoperability
10. The three NIMS guiding principles are:
A. Flexibility, standardization, unity of effort.
B. Unity of effort, preparedness, resource management.
C. Planning, response, recovery.
D. Resources, organization, standardization. - Answer-C. Planning, response, recovery.
11. Using social media to support activities such as producing maps and incident
visualizations is an example of which communications standard?
A. Common Terminology, Plain Language, and Compatibility
B. None of the Above
C. Technology Use and Procedures
D. Information Security/Operational Security - Answer-C. Technology Use and
Procedures
12. Which resource management task deploys or activates personnel and resources?
A. Identify Requirements
B. Track and Report
C. Order and Acquire
D. Mobilize - Answer-D. Mobilize
13. Which of the following is an EOC function?
A. Coordinating plans and determining resource needs
B. All of the above
C. Collecting, analyzing, and sharing information
D. Providing coordination and policy direction - Answer-B. All of the above
ANSWERS Latest Update
1. Which NIMS Management Characteristic includes documents that record and
communicate incident objectives, tactics, and assignments for operations and support?
A. Common Terminology
B. Information and Intelligence Management
C. Incident Action Planning
D. Integrated Communications - Answer-C. Incident Action Planning
2. Which ICS structure enables different jurisdictions to jointly manage and direct
incident activities with a single incident action plan?
A. Area Command
B. Joint Information Center
C. Unified Command
D. Incident Management Team - Answer-C. Unified Command
3. Which NIMS Management Characteristic follows established processes for gathering,
analyzing, assessing, sharing, and managing data?
A. Common Terminology
B. Information and Intelligence Management
C. Integrated Communications
D. Establishment and Transfer of Command - Answer-B. Information and Intelligence
Management
4. Which NIMS Management Characteristic involves using standardized names and
definitions for major organizational functions and units?
A. Common Terminology
B. Unified Command
C. Modular Organization
D. Comprehensive Resource Management - Answer-C. Modular Organization
5. Which resource management task enables resource coordination throughout the
incident?
A. Order and Acquire
B. Demobilize
C. Reimburse and Restock
D. Track and Report - Answer-D. Track and Report
6. Incident information is used across ICS, EOCs, MAC Groups, and JIS to aid in
planning, determine incident costs, and identify safety issues.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - Answer-A. TRUE
, 7. Each ICS General Staff is led by a(n) ____________ who reports directly to the
Incident Commander or Unified Command.
A. Section Chief
B. Administrative Authority
C. Unit Supervisor
D. Group Supervisor - Answer-A. Section Chief
8. Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) is a state-to-state system for
sharing resources during an emergency or disaster.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE - Answer-A. TRUE
9. Use of communications and information systems that are familiar to users is a part of
which key principle?
A. Reliability, Scalability, and Portability
B. Security
C. Interoperability
D. Resilience and Redundancy - Answer-C. Interoperability
10. The three NIMS guiding principles are:
A. Flexibility, standardization, unity of effort.
B. Unity of effort, preparedness, resource management.
C. Planning, response, recovery.
D. Resources, organization, standardization. - Answer-C. Planning, response, recovery.
11. Using social media to support activities such as producing maps and incident
visualizations is an example of which communications standard?
A. Common Terminology, Plain Language, and Compatibility
B. None of the Above
C. Technology Use and Procedures
D. Information Security/Operational Security - Answer-C. Technology Use and
Procedures
12. Which resource management task deploys or activates personnel and resources?
A. Identify Requirements
B. Track and Report
C. Order and Acquire
D. Mobilize - Answer-D. Mobilize
13. Which of the following is an EOC function?
A. Coordinating plans and determining resource needs
B. All of the above
C. Collecting, analyzing, and sharing information
D. Providing coordination and policy direction - Answer-B. All of the above
