ICS 200 Final Exam Questions with Answers What does the Finance/Administration Section do? - Answer --This section is established when incident management activities require finance and other administrative support services -This section handles claims related to property damage, injuries, or fatalities at the incident What are the ICS tools? - Answer -1. ICS Forms 2. Position description and responsibility document 3. Emergency Operations Plan 4. Agency policies and procedures manual 5. Maps Effective briefings and meetings are: - Answer --An essential element of good supervision and incident management -Intended to pass along vital information Who are effective briefings and meetings distributed to? - Answer --Staff -Field -Section When is the operational period briefing conducted? - Answer -At the beginning of each operational period What is the purpos e of the operational period briefing? - Answer -Presents the IAP for the upcoming period to personnel within the operations section Does standardization limit flexibility? - Answer --No, standardization does not limit flexibility -ICS works for small, routi ne operations as well as catastrophic events What is the Incident Command Organizational Structure based on? - Answer --Size and complexity of the incident -Specifics of the hazard environment created by the incident -Incident planning process and incident objectives Things to remember: - Answer --Only functions/positions that are necessary to achieve incident objectives are filled -Each activated element must have a person in charge -An effective span of control must be maintained Can organizational eleme nts be activated without activating the Section Chief? - Answer -Yes, organizational elements can be activated without activating the section chief True or False: It is ok to combine ICS positions to save on staffing. - Answer -False. You should not combine ICS positions to save on staffing. An individual may supervise multiple units, but the positions should remain distinct. True or False: It is ok to use nonstandard titles or hybrid positions. - Answer -False, it is not ok to use nonstandard titles or hybrid positions. These terms may be unrecognizable to assisting or cooperating personnel. What are some of the steps in resou rce management? - Answer --Establishment of resource needs -Resource ordering -Check in process and tracking -Resource utilization and evaluation -Resource demobilization What does kinds of resources mean? - Answer -Describe what the resource is What does types of resources mean? - Answer -Describes the size, capability, and staffing qualifications of a specific kind of resource Incidents may be categorized into how many types? - Answer -5 types What is the basis for incident typing? - Answer -Complexity What are the three briefing elements? - Answer -1. Task - what needs to be done 2. Purpose - why it needs to be done 3. End State - what it should look l ike when it is done As far as incident management assessment goes, what do the assessment methods include? - Answer --Corrective action report/after action review -Post-incident analysis -Debriefing -Post-incident critique -Mitigation plans Once the incident is formally designated, ICS terminology is always used for: - Answer --
Organizational functions -Incident facilities -Resource descriptions
Organizational functions -Incident facilities -Resource descriptions
