EMT ICS 100 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
ICS - Correct Answers -incident command system; standardized approach to incident
management
NIMS - Correct Answers -national incident management system
NIMS 3 components - Correct Answers -resource management, command and
coordination, communication and info
is ICS part of NIMS or vice versa? - Correct Answers -ICS is part of NIMS
ICS helps ensure.. - Correct Answers -safety of responders/community member,
achieve incident objectives, efficient resource use
14 NIMS management characteristics that ICS is based on - Correct Answers -common
terminology, modular organization, management by objectives, incident action planning,
manageable span of control, incident facility/location, comprehensive resource
management, integrated communications, establishment/transfer of command, unified
command, chain of command/unity of command, accountability, dispatch/deploy,
info/intelligence management
common terminology - Correct Answers -allow work across wide variety of
emergencies; covers organizational function, resource description, incident facility
modular organization - Correct Answers -based on incident size/complexity
Management by Objectives (MBO) - Correct Answers -incident objectives drive
operations; include establishing specific objective, ID strategy/task to achieve objective,
develop plan/assignment, documenting results
incident action planning - Correct Answers -guides effective incident management
activity; focus on addressing needs of future timeframes; to be effective - cover
specified time, proactive, specify incident objective, state needed activities, assign
responsibility, ID resources, communicate
Manageable Span of Control - Correct Answers -optimal span is 1 supervisor to 5
subordinates
COMPLETE SOLUTION
ICS - Correct Answers -incident command system; standardized approach to incident
management
NIMS - Correct Answers -national incident management system
NIMS 3 components - Correct Answers -resource management, command and
coordination, communication and info
is ICS part of NIMS or vice versa? - Correct Answers -ICS is part of NIMS
ICS helps ensure.. - Correct Answers -safety of responders/community member,
achieve incident objectives, efficient resource use
14 NIMS management characteristics that ICS is based on - Correct Answers -common
terminology, modular organization, management by objectives, incident action planning,
manageable span of control, incident facility/location, comprehensive resource
management, integrated communications, establishment/transfer of command, unified
command, chain of command/unity of command, accountability, dispatch/deploy,
info/intelligence management
common terminology - Correct Answers -allow work across wide variety of
emergencies; covers organizational function, resource description, incident facility
modular organization - Correct Answers -based on incident size/complexity
Management by Objectives (MBO) - Correct Answers -incident objectives drive
operations; include establishing specific objective, ID strategy/task to achieve objective,
develop plan/assignment, documenting results
incident action planning - Correct Answers -guides effective incident management
activity; focus on addressing needs of future timeframes; to be effective - cover
specified time, proactive, specify incident objective, state needed activities, assign
responsibility, ID resources, communicate
Manageable Span of Control - Correct Answers -optimal span is 1 supervisor to 5
subordinates
