CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MANAGER EXAMS SCRIPT
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔The act of directing, ordering, or controlling by virtue of explicit statutory, regulatory,
or delegated authority at the field level is called? - ✔✔Command
✔✔Credentialing involves (3 things) - ✔✔1. Current certification, license, or degree
2. Training and experience
3. Competence or proficiency
✔✔Under the Stafford Act the _______ may only declare a major disaster as the
request of a _______ or _________ who certifies the State or tribal government and
affected local governments are overwhelmed. - ✔✔President, Governor, tribal Chief
Executive
✔✔Presents an integrated set of guidance, programs, and processes that enables the
whole community to meet the National Preparedness Goal. - ✔✔National Preparedness
System
✔✔A term to describe all threats/hazards, phases, stakeholders, and impacts relevant
to disasters. (an EM principle) - ✔✔Integrated
✔✔Under the Stafford Act, the President may designate an incident as either an
________ or a ________ disaster. - ✔✔emergency, major
✔✔Which FEMA mitigation program assists in implementing long-term hazard
mitigation measures following Presidential disaster declaration? - ✔✔Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program (HMGP)
✔✔A digital format for exchanging emergency alerts, allows a consistent alert message
to be disseminated simultaneously over multiple communications pathways. -
✔✔Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
✔✔The __________ establishes _____ Core Capabilities to address the greatest risks
to the nation. - ✔✔National Preparedness Goal, 32
✔✔What are the five mission areas? - ✔✔Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response,
Recovery
✔✔Which mission area...Respond quickly to save lives, protect property and the
environment, and meet basic human needs in the aftermath of a catastrophic incident. -
✔✔Response
,✔✔Which mission area....Recover through a focus on the timely restoration,
strengthening and revitalization of infrastructure, housing and a sustainable economy,
as well as the health, social, cultural, historic and environmental fabric of communities
affected by a catastrophic incident. - ✔✔Recovery
✔✔What is the goal of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) -
✔✔Shift from disaster response to disaster reduction.
...a culture of prevention
✔✔Which group manages the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction? - ✔✔UN
Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
✔✔What is the purpose of the Local Mitigation Planning Handbook? (2 items) - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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)
✔✔Give examples of which types of agencies should be involved in the Local Mitigation
Planning Team....(at least 5). - ✔✔Building Code Enforcement • Emergency
Management • Fire Department/Districts • Floodplain Administration • Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) • Parks and Recreation • Planning/Community Development
• Public Information Office • Public Works • Stormwater Management • Transportation
(Roads/Bridges) • State Emergency Management Office • Regional Planning Agency
(Local Mitigation Planning Handbook)
✔✔Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) - ✔✔1. Incorporates
technological and human caused threats and natural hazards.
2. A THIRA describes the types of risk and gives them context, such as probability and
likelihood.
3. Results in a set of capability targets for all stages of emergency management,
including prevention, protection, mitigation, response and recovery.
4. The THIRA may be completed separately or build on the mitigation plan risk
assessment, or HIRA, which further defines a community's vulnerability to hazards,
particularly for the built environment.
(Local Mitigation Planning Handbook)
✔✔Although all assets may be affected by hazards, some assets are more vulnerable
because of their physical characteristics or socioeconomic uses. The purpose of an
asset inventory is to identify specific vulnerable assets in your community. When
,updating a mitigation plan, the planning team will update the asset inventory to reflect
current conditions. What are the four community assets generally considered? - ✔✔1.
People
2. Economy
3. Built environment
4. Natural environment
(Local Mitigation Planning Handbook)
✔✔Primary types of mitigation actions to reduce long-term vulnerability: (4 items) -
✔✔1. Local plans and regulations
2. Structure and infrastructure projects
3. Natural systems protection
4. Education and awareness programs
(Local Mitigation Planning Handbook)
✔✔How are mitigation actions different from Preparedness and Response Actions? -
✔✔Mitigation actions reduce or eliminate long-term risk and are different from actions
taken to prepare for or respond to hazard events. Mitigation activities lessen or
eliminate the need for preparedness or response resources in the future.
(Local Mitigation Planning Handbook)
✔✔What is Disaster Resilience? - ✔✔The ability to adapt to changing conditions and
prepare for, withstand, and rapidly recover from disruption.
(Local Mitigation Planning Handbook)
✔✔The primary types of capabilities for reducing long-term vulnerability through
mitigation planning. (4 items) - ✔✔1. Planning and regulatory
2. Administrative and technical
3. Financial
4. Education and outreach
(Local Mitigation Planning Handbook)
✔✔What are three ways to mitigate risk? - ✔✔Risk management action taken to avoid,
reduce, or transfer those risks.
(National Mitigation Framework)
✔✔What does the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group (MitFLG) do and who does
it include? - ✔✔- At the National scale, the MitFLG coordinates mitigation efforts across
the Federal Government and assesses the effectiveness of mitigation capabilities
developed and deployed across the Nation.
- The MitFLG includes relevant local, state, tribal, and Federal Government
representatives. The MitFLG non-Federal members help to ensure appropriate
integration of Federal efforts across the whole community.
(National Mitigation Framework)
, ✔✔Describe the relationship between the National Preparedness System and the
National Preparedness Goal. - ✔✔- The National Preparedness System outlines an
organized process for the whole community to move forward with its preparedness
activities and achieve the National Preparedness Goal.
- The NPS integrates efforts across the five preparedness mission areas—Prevention,
Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery—in order to achieve the goal of a
secure and resilient Nation.
(National Mitigation Framework)
✔✔Prevention - ✔✔The capabilities necessary to avoid, prevent, or stop a threatened
or actual act of TERRORISM. Within the context of national preparedness, the term
"prevention" refers to preventing imminent threats. "Prevent the EVENT"
(National Mitigation Framework)
✔✔Protection - ✔✔The capabilities necessary to secure the homeland against acts of
terrorism and manmade or natural disasters.
(National Mitigation Framework)
✔✔Mitigation - ✔✔The capabilities necessary to reduce loss of life and property by
lessening the impact of disasters.
1. Understand and plan for addressing risks.
2. Build resilient systems/infrastructure/communities, to reduce vulnerability to incidents.
3. ID and plan for area threats and hazards.
"Reduce the EFFECTS"
(National Mitigation Framework)
✔✔Response - ✔✔The capabilities necessary to save lives, protect property and the
environment, and meet basic human needs after an incident has occurred.
(National Mitigation Framework)
✔✔Recovery - ✔✔The capabilities necessary to assist communities affected by an
incident to recover effectively. Return to a "new" normal.
(National Mitigation Framework)
✔✔Name the three types of hazards and an example of each. - ✔✔1. Natural; includes
geologic, meteorologic, and biological (human pandemic outbreak)
2. Technological/accidental (dam failure)
3. Adversarial/human caused (cyber attack)
(National Mitigation Framework)
✔✔A National Coordinating Structure, the __________ is the principal policy body for
consideration of national security policy issues requiring Presidential determination. -
✔✔National Security Council (NSC)
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔The act of directing, ordering, or controlling by virtue of explicit statutory, regulatory,
or delegated authority at the field level is called? - ✔✔Command
✔✔Credentialing involves (3 things) - ✔✔1. Current certification, license, or degree
2. Training and experience
3. Competence or proficiency
✔✔Under the Stafford Act the _______ may only declare a major disaster as the
request of a _______ or _________ who certifies the State or tribal government and
affected local governments are overwhelmed. - ✔✔President, Governor, tribal Chief
Executive
✔✔Presents an integrated set of guidance, programs, and processes that enables the
whole community to meet the National Preparedness Goal. - ✔✔National Preparedness
System
✔✔A term to describe all threats/hazards, phases, stakeholders, and impacts relevant
to disasters. (an EM principle) - ✔✔Integrated
✔✔Under the Stafford Act, the President may designate an incident as either an
________ or a ________ disaster. - ✔✔emergency, major
✔✔Which FEMA mitigation program assists in implementing long-term hazard
mitigation measures following Presidential disaster declaration? - ✔✔Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program (HMGP)
✔✔A digital format for exchanging emergency alerts, allows a consistent alert message
to be disseminated simultaneously over multiple communications pathways. -
✔✔Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
✔✔The __________ establishes _____ Core Capabilities to address the greatest risks
to the nation. - ✔✔National Preparedness Goal, 32
✔✔What are the five mission areas? - ✔✔Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response,
Recovery
✔✔Which mission area...Respond quickly to save lives, protect property and the
environment, and meet basic human needs in the aftermath of a catastrophic incident. -
✔✔Response
,✔✔Which mission area....Recover through a focus on the timely restoration,
strengthening and revitalization of infrastructure, housing and a sustainable economy,
as well as the health, social, cultural, historic and environmental fabric of communities
affected by a catastrophic incident. - ✔✔Recovery
✔✔What is the goal of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) -
✔✔Shift from disaster response to disaster reduction.
...a culture of prevention
✔✔Which group manages the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction? - ✔✔UN
Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
✔✔What is the purpose of the Local Mitigation Planning Handbook? (2 items) - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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)
✔✔Give examples of which types of agencies should be involved in the Local Mitigation
Planning Team....(at least 5). - ✔✔Building Code Enforcement • Emergency
Management • Fire Department/Districts • Floodplain Administration • Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) • Parks and Recreation • Planning/Community Development
• Public Information Office • Public Works • Stormwater Management • Transportation
(Roads/Bridges) • State Emergency Management Office • Regional Planning Agency
(Local Mitigation Planning Handbook)
✔✔Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) - ✔✔1. Incorporates
technological and human caused threats and natural hazards.
2. A THIRA describes the types of risk and gives them context, such as probability and
likelihood.
3. Results in a set of capability targets for all stages of emergency management,
including prevention, protection, mitigation, response and recovery.
4. The THIRA may be completed separately or build on the mitigation plan risk
assessment, or HIRA, which further defines a community's vulnerability to hazards,
particularly for the built environment.
(Local Mitigation Planning Handbook)
✔✔Although all assets may be affected by hazards, some assets are more vulnerable
because of their physical characteristics or socioeconomic uses. The purpose of an
asset inventory is to identify specific vulnerable assets in your community. When
,updating a mitigation plan, the planning team will update the asset inventory to reflect
current conditions. What are the four community assets generally considered? - ✔✔1.
People
2. Economy
3. Built environment
4. Natural environment
(Local Mitigation Planning Handbook)
✔✔Primary types of mitigation actions to reduce long-term vulnerability: (4 items) -
✔✔1. Local plans and regulations
2. Structure and infrastructure projects
3. Natural systems protection
4. Education and awareness programs
(Local Mitigation Planning Handbook)
✔✔How are mitigation actions different from Preparedness and Response Actions? -
✔✔Mitigation actions reduce or eliminate long-term risk and are different from actions
taken to prepare for or respond to hazard events. Mitigation activities lessen or
eliminate the need for preparedness or response resources in the future.
(Local Mitigation Planning Handbook)
✔✔What is Disaster Resilience? - ✔✔The ability to adapt to changing conditions and
prepare for, withstand, and rapidly recover from disruption.
(Local Mitigation Planning Handbook)
✔✔The primary types of capabilities for reducing long-term vulnerability through
mitigation planning. (4 items) - ✔✔1. Planning and regulatory
2. Administrative and technical
3. Financial
4. Education and outreach
(Local Mitigation Planning Handbook)
✔✔What are three ways to mitigate risk? - ✔✔Risk management action taken to avoid,
reduce, or transfer those risks.
(National Mitigation Framework)
✔✔What does the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group (MitFLG) do and who does
it include? - ✔✔- At the National scale, the MitFLG coordinates mitigation efforts across
the Federal Government and assesses the effectiveness of mitigation capabilities
developed and deployed across the Nation.
- The MitFLG includes relevant local, state, tribal, and Federal Government
representatives. The MitFLG non-Federal members help to ensure appropriate
integration of Federal efforts across the whole community.
(National Mitigation Framework)
, ✔✔Describe the relationship between the National Preparedness System and the
National Preparedness Goal. - ✔✔- The National Preparedness System outlines an
organized process for the whole community to move forward with its preparedness
activities and achieve the National Preparedness Goal.
- The NPS integrates efforts across the five preparedness mission areas—Prevention,
Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery—in order to achieve the goal of a
secure and resilient Nation.
(National Mitigation Framework)
✔✔Prevention - ✔✔The capabilities necessary to avoid, prevent, or stop a threatened
or actual act of TERRORISM. Within the context of national preparedness, the term
"prevention" refers to preventing imminent threats. "Prevent the EVENT"
(National Mitigation Framework)
✔✔Protection - ✔✔The capabilities necessary to secure the homeland against acts of
terrorism and manmade or natural disasters.
(National Mitigation Framework)
✔✔Mitigation - ✔✔The capabilities necessary to reduce loss of life and property by
lessening the impact of disasters.
1. Understand and plan for addressing risks.
2. Build resilient systems/infrastructure/communities, to reduce vulnerability to incidents.
3. ID and plan for area threats and hazards.
"Reduce the EFFECTS"
(National Mitigation Framework)
✔✔Response - ✔✔The capabilities necessary to save lives, protect property and the
environment, and meet basic human needs after an incident has occurred.
(National Mitigation Framework)
✔✔Recovery - ✔✔The capabilities necessary to assist communities affected by an
incident to recover effectively. Return to a "new" normal.
(National Mitigation Framework)
✔✔Name the three types of hazards and an example of each. - ✔✔1. Natural; includes
geologic, meteorologic, and biological (human pandemic outbreak)
2. Technological/accidental (dam failure)
3. Adversarial/human caused (cyber attack)
(National Mitigation Framework)
✔✔A National Coordinating Structure, the __________ is the principal policy body for
consideration of national security policy issues requiring Presidential determination. -
✔✔National Security Council (NSC)
