NIMS Test Review Questions And Answers

NIMS Test Review Questions And
Answers
Campsn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
Cannoperatenasnanlocationntonhousenincidentnpersonnelnwhilenrespondingntonthenincident

Capabilityn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
Thenresource'snabilityntonperformnitsnfunctionntonprevent,nprotect,nmitigate,nrespondnornreco
ver.

Categoryn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
Thenfunctionnfornwhichnanresourcenwouldnbenmostnuseful.n(firefighting,nenforcement,nornme
dical)

ChainnofnCommandn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
ThenconnectionnofnsubordinatesnthroughneachnmiddlenmanagerntonthenIC/UC

CommandnandnCoordinationn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
ThisnpartnofnthenNIMSnFrameworknincludesnthenleadershipnroles,nprocesses,nandnrecomme
ndednorganizationalnstructuresnfornincidentnmanagementnatnthenoperationalnandnincidentns
upportnlevels.

CommonnTerminologyn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
HelpsnprovidenStandardizationnbynidentifyingnresourcesnandnstructuresnwithnthensamenverb
iage

CredentialingnResourcesn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
Thisnprocessnallowsnpersonnelntonbenqualified,nandncertifiedninnorderntonbenproperlynutilized.

Demobilizationn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
Thenorderly,nsafe,nandnefficientnreturnnofnanresourcentonitsnoriginalnlocationnandnstatus

DepartmentalnTypen-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
EOCnthatnusesnthenstructurenofnthenlocalnjurisdiction,nandndoesnnotnchangeninnsupportnofnth
enincident

, Finance/Administrationn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
Thisnsectionnmaintainsnreceiptsnandnothernfiscalninformationntonreimbursenatnthenendnofnthen
incident

Flexibilityn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
ThisnNIMSnGuidingnPrinciplenallowsnNIMSntonbenscalablenfromnroutine,nlocalnincidentsnthro
ughnthosenrequiringninterstatenmutualnaidnupntonthosenrequiringnFederalnassistance.

ICS-Liken-nCORRECTnnANSWER-EOCnthatnmakesnslightnchangesnfromnthenICS-
Typenstructure,nbutnnotnthenchangesnofnannISM-Type

ICS-Typen-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
EOCnthatnmimicsnthenIncidentnCommandnStructureninnorderntonproviden1nton1nsupportnofnea
chnsection

IncidentnBasen-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
Thenfacilitynfromnwhichnincidentnoperationsnarenconducted,nusuallynco-locatednwithnthenICP

IncidentnCommandnPostn(ICP)n-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
ThenlocationnthatnholdsnthensupportnfunctionsnofnthenICSnandninncontrolnofnsupportnoperatio
ns

IncidentnCommandnSystemn(ICS)n-nCORRECTnnANSWER-On-
sitenoperationsncommandnandnsupportninndirectncontrolnofnincidentnoperations

IncidentnFacilitiesnandnLocationsn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
IncidentnCommandnPost,nincidentnbase,nstagingnareas,ncamps,ntriagenareas,npoints-of-
distribution,nandnshelters.

IntegratednCommunicationsn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
NIMSnManagementnCharacteristicnthatnallowsnunitsnfromndiversenagenciesntonconnect,nsh
areninformation,nandnachievensituationalnawareness

InteroperablenCommunicationsn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
usenofncompatiblentechnologynusingnthensamenstandardsntonfacilitatenannincidentnnetwork

ISM-Typen-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
EOCnthatncombinesnthenPlanningnandnOperationsnSectionsntogetherntonprovidenmorenofnans
upportnorientednteam

JointnInformationnCentern(JIC)n-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
Holdsnthenpublicninformationnstaff,nwhoncoordinatenincidentninformation

JointnInformationnSystemn(JIS)n-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
Anstructurenthatncoordinatesncommunicationsnthroughoutnthenincidentnstructuresnandntonth
enpublic