ICS 300 Final Exam
What NIMS component focuses on the Incident Command System, Emergency Operations Centers, Multiagency Coordination Groups, and the Joint Information System?
Command and Coordination
When there is an orderly line of authority and reporting relationships within the ranks of an organization, the organization is said to have a _____.
Chain of Command
What Incident Management role provides strategic direction and delegates the authority needed to accomplish the incident objectives to the Incident Commander?
Agency Executives/Senior Officials
Modular expansion at an incident is based on _____.
matching an organizational structure to the function or task
What is one of the primary features of Unified Command?
A single Incident Action Plan for the incident in question
During a multijurisdictional and multiagency incident, comprised of response agencies from federal, state, and local government authorities, how might the Unified Command be structured?
Representatives from local, state, and federal agencies comprise the Unified Command and share responsibility for incident management.
Complex Incidents require the application of immediate response actions. What is one example of a planning consideration for Complex Incidents?
Communications and information may be incomplete.
When planning for an event, what consideration reinforces ICS concepts and is similar to planning for an incident?
Use the incident action planning process
When determining the complexity of an incident, what is a key personnel assessment factor used?
Community and Responder safety
Of the documents listed, what is an example of an agency guideline?
Continuity of Operations Plan
Strategies establish the general plan or direction for accomplishing the incident objectives, while _____ specify how the strategies will be executed.
tactics
When transferring incident command, what step should the outgoing Incident Commander do with the Incident Commander directly after assessing the situation?
What NIMS component focuses on the Incident Command System, Emergency Operations Centers, Multiagency Coordination Groups, and the Joint Information System?
Command and Coordination
When there is an orderly line of authority and reporting relationships within the ranks of an organization, the organization is said to have a _____.
Chain of Command
What Incident Management role provides strategic direction and delegates the authority needed to accomplish the incident objectives to the Incident Commander?
Agency Executives/Senior Officials
Modular expansion at an incident is based on _____.
matching an organizational structure to the function or task
What is one of the primary features of Unified Command?
A single Incident Action Plan for the incident in question
During a multijurisdictional and multiagency incident, comprised of response agencies from federal, state, and local government authorities, how might the Unified Command be structured?
Representatives from local, state, and federal agencies comprise the Unified Command and share responsibility for incident management.
Complex Incidents require the application of immediate response actions. What is one example of a planning consideration for Complex Incidents?
Communications and information may be incomplete.
When planning for an event, what consideration reinforces ICS concepts and is similar to planning for an incident?
Use the incident action planning process
When determining the complexity of an incident, what is a key personnel assessment factor used?
Community and Responder safety
Of the documents listed, what is an example of an agency guideline?
Continuity of Operations Plan
Strategies establish the general plan or direction for accomplishing the incident objectives, while _____ specify how the strategies will be executed.
tactics
When transferring incident command, what step should the outgoing Incident Commander do with the Incident Commander directly after assessing the situation?
