CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MANAGER EXAM NEWEST
2024-2025 COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
GRADED A+
Which group manages the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction? - Correct
Answer - UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
What is the purpose of the Local Mitigation Planning Handbook? (2 items) - Correct
Answer - 1. Assist locals in updating hazard mitigation plans to meet the requirements
of Title 44 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) §201.6 for FEMA approval and eligibility
to apply for FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant programs;1 and
2. Assist planning to reduce long-term risk from natural hazards and disasters.
(Local Mitigation Planning Handbook)
Purpose of mitigation planning - Correct Answer - Identify local policies and actions that
can be implemented over the long term to reduce risk and future losses from hazards.
(Local Mitigation Planning Handbook)
What is the goal of the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment tool? - Correct Answer - 1.
Assess the full extent of a disaster's impact
2. Define the needs for recovery
3. Serve as the basis for recovery strategy and to guide donors' funding.
(UNDP website)
Which three organizations helped create the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA)?
- Correct Answer - 1. UN Development Group
2. World Bank
pg. 1
,3. European Union
(UNDP Website)
What are the 3 overall goals of emergency management? - Correct Answer - 1. Reduce
the loss of life;
2. Minimize property loss and damage to the environment;
3. Protect the jurisdiction from all threats and hazards.
(IS230.d)
What is a CERT? What can trained CERT members do? - Correct Answer - Citizen
Corps' Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Help themselves, their
families, and neighbors in the event of a disaster.
(IS230.d)
Name three mitigation funding/grant programs: - Correct Answer - 1. Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program
- for long-term hazard mitigation measures following Presidential disaster declarations.
2. Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) - for projects prior to a disaster
3. Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)
- funds for measures to reduce/eliminate risk of flood damage to buildings insured under
the NFIP.
(IS230.d)
Which level of government is responsible for emergency response and for conducting a
rapid assessment of the situation? - Correct Answer - Local government
(IS230.d)
What are the 5 essential elements of information (EEI) collected during rapid
assessment during the response phase? - Correct Answer - 1. LIfesaving needs (e.g.
evac, SAR)
2. Critical Infrastructure (e.g. transport systems, fuel, water supplies)
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,3. Critical Facilities (e.g. status of police/fire stations, water/sewage treatment facilities,
media outliets)
4. Damage Risk (e.g. risk of imminent damage from dams, hazmat storage facilities,
etc.)
5. Displaced Individuals: Number of individuals displaced because of the event.
(IS230.d)
What is a cascading event? - Correct Answer - An event that occurs as a direct/indirect
result of an initial event (e.g. flash flood disrupts electricity leading to a car accident with
hazmat spill and required evacuation.
(IS230.d)
What is the central location from which all off-scene activities are
coordinated/resourced, where senior elected/appointed officials are located, and serves
as the liaison between local/state or state/federal? - Correct Answer - Emergency
Operations Center (EOC).
(IS230.d)
Which organizations/agencies typically manage distribution centers (for food and
emergency supplies)? - Correct Answer - American Red Cross and/or National Guard.,
and local volunteer agencies.
(IS230.d)
What is the role of Chief Elected/Appointed Officials in Emergency Management? -
Correct Answer - 1. Provide guidance/direction to constituents.
2. Help shape laws/policies/budgets.
3. May have ultimate responsibility for EM (if not delegated to Emergency Manager).
(IS230.d)
What is the role of the Local Emergency Manager? - Correct Answer - 1. Managing
resources before, during, after a major emergency/disaster.
2. Conducting EM activities.
pg. 3
, 3. Coordinating with all partners in the EM process (e.g. fire, police, public health, public
works, volunteers, private, non-profits, citizens, tribes).
(IS230.d)
What is Home Rule vs. Dillon's Rule? - Correct Answer - Home Rule: Delegation of
power from the State to its sub-units of governments. Home Rule creates local
autonomy and limits the degree of State influence in local affairs.
Dillon's Rule: Derived from a written decision by Judge John F. Dillon of Iowa in 1868.
Dillon's Rule is used in interpreting State law when there is a question of whether or not
a local government has a certain power.
Most states use Dillon's Rule
(IS230.d)
What is the role of a tribal leader? (6 items) - Correct Answer - 1. Coordinate tribal
resources.
2. Amend/suspend tribal laws or ordinances
3. Communicate with tribal councils and community, and help them cope.
4. Negotiate mutual aid and assistance
5. Request Federal assistance
6. Deal directly with Fed Government.
(IS230.d)
Who is authorized to request the Federal aid the comes with a Presidential declaration?
- Correct Answer - The Governor
(IS230.d)
A National Coordinating Structure, the __________ is the principal policy body for
consideration of national security policy issues requiring Presidential determination. -
Correct Answer - National Security Council (NSC)
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2024-2025 COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
GRADED A+
Which group manages the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction? - Correct
Answer - UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
What is the purpose of the Local Mitigation Planning Handbook? (2 items) - Correct
Answer - 1. Assist locals in updating hazard mitigation plans to meet the requirements
of Title 44 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) §201.6 for FEMA approval and eligibility
to apply for FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant programs;1 and
2. Assist planning to reduce long-term risk from natural hazards and disasters.
(Local Mitigation Planning Handbook)
Purpose of mitigation planning - Correct Answer - Identify local policies and actions that
can be implemented over the long term to reduce risk and future losses from hazards.
(Local Mitigation Planning Handbook)
What is the goal of the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment tool? - Correct Answer - 1.
Assess the full extent of a disaster's impact
2. Define the needs for recovery
3. Serve as the basis for recovery strategy and to guide donors' funding.
(UNDP website)
Which three organizations helped create the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA)?
- Correct Answer - 1. UN Development Group
2. World Bank
pg. 1
,3. European Union
(UNDP Website)
What are the 3 overall goals of emergency management? - Correct Answer - 1. Reduce
the loss of life;
2. Minimize property loss and damage to the environment;
3. Protect the jurisdiction from all threats and hazards.
(IS230.d)
What is a CERT? What can trained CERT members do? - Correct Answer - Citizen
Corps' Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Help themselves, their
families, and neighbors in the event of a disaster.
(IS230.d)
Name three mitigation funding/grant programs: - Correct Answer - 1. Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program
- for long-term hazard mitigation measures following Presidential disaster declarations.
2. Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) - for projects prior to a disaster
3. Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)
- funds for measures to reduce/eliminate risk of flood damage to buildings insured under
the NFIP.
(IS230.d)
Which level of government is responsible for emergency response and for conducting a
rapid assessment of the situation? - Correct Answer - Local government
(IS230.d)
What are the 5 essential elements of information (EEI) collected during rapid
assessment during the response phase? - Correct Answer - 1. LIfesaving needs (e.g.
evac, SAR)
2. Critical Infrastructure (e.g. transport systems, fuel, water supplies)
pg. 2
,3. Critical Facilities (e.g. status of police/fire stations, water/sewage treatment facilities,
media outliets)
4. Damage Risk (e.g. risk of imminent damage from dams, hazmat storage facilities,
etc.)
5. Displaced Individuals: Number of individuals displaced because of the event.
(IS230.d)
What is a cascading event? - Correct Answer - An event that occurs as a direct/indirect
result of an initial event (e.g. flash flood disrupts electricity leading to a car accident with
hazmat spill and required evacuation.
(IS230.d)
What is the central location from which all off-scene activities are
coordinated/resourced, where senior elected/appointed officials are located, and serves
as the liaison between local/state or state/federal? - Correct Answer - Emergency
Operations Center (EOC).
(IS230.d)
Which organizations/agencies typically manage distribution centers (for food and
emergency supplies)? - Correct Answer - American Red Cross and/or National Guard.,
and local volunteer agencies.
(IS230.d)
What is the role of Chief Elected/Appointed Officials in Emergency Management? -
Correct Answer - 1. Provide guidance/direction to constituents.
2. Help shape laws/policies/budgets.
3. May have ultimate responsibility for EM (if not delegated to Emergency Manager).
(IS230.d)
What is the role of the Local Emergency Manager? - Correct Answer - 1. Managing
resources before, during, after a major emergency/disaster.
2. Conducting EM activities.
pg. 3
, 3. Coordinating with all partners in the EM process (e.g. fire, police, public health, public
works, volunteers, private, non-profits, citizens, tribes).
(IS230.d)
What is Home Rule vs. Dillon's Rule? - Correct Answer - Home Rule: Delegation of
power from the State to its sub-units of governments. Home Rule creates local
autonomy and limits the degree of State influence in local affairs.
Dillon's Rule: Derived from a written decision by Judge John F. Dillon of Iowa in 1868.
Dillon's Rule is used in interpreting State law when there is a question of whether or not
a local government has a certain power.
Most states use Dillon's Rule
(IS230.d)
What is the role of a tribal leader? (6 items) - Correct Answer - 1. Coordinate tribal
resources.
2. Amend/suspend tribal laws or ordinances
3. Communicate with tribal councils and community, and help them cope.
4. Negotiate mutual aid and assistance
5. Request Federal assistance
6. Deal directly with Fed Government.
(IS230.d)
Who is authorized to request the Federal aid the comes with a Presidential declaration?
- Correct Answer - The Governor
(IS230.d)
A National Coordinating Structure, the __________ is the principal policy body for
consideration of national security policy issues requiring Presidential determination. -
Correct Answer - National Security Council (NSC)
pg. 4
