FEMA - LESSON 1: COURSE WELCOME QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026

FEMA - LESSON 1: COURSE WELCOME QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026

ThelEmergencylManagementlInstituteldevelopedlICSl100,lIntroductionltolICSl(IS-
100)lcourse,linlcollaborationlwith:l-lCORRECTlANSWERSl-
NationallWildfirelCoordinatinglGroupl(NWCG)

U.S.lDepartmentloflAgriculture

USFA'slNationallFirelProgramslBranch

IS-100lfollowslNIMSlguidelineslandlmeetslthelNIMSlBaselinelTraininglrequirementslforlI-100.



ThislislthelfirstlinlalseriesloflICSlcoursesldesignedltolmeetlall-hazard,lall-
agencylNIMSlICSlrequirementlforloperationallpersonnel.lDescriptionslandldetailslaboutlthelotherlIC
Slcourseslinlthelserieslmaylbelfoundlonlourlweblsite:lhttp://training.fema.gov.



CourselGoal

Theloveralllcourselgoallisltolpromoteleffectivelresponselby:l-lCORRECTlANSWERSl-
FamiliarizinglyoulwithlhowlIncidentlCommandlSysteml(ICS)lprincipleslarelusedltolmanagelincidents.

Preparinglyoultolcoordinatelwithlresponselpartnerslfromlallllevelsloflgovernmentlandlthelprivatelse
ctor.

IS-
100.blfollowslthelNationallIncidentlManagementlSysteml(NIMS)lguidelines.lTollearnlmorelaboutlNI
MS,lyoulshouldlcompletelIS-700.A,lNationallIncidentlManagementlSystem,lAnlIntroduction.



OveralllCourselObjectives

Atlthelcompletionloflthislcourse,lyoulshouldlbelfamiliarlwith:l-lCORRECTlANSWERSl-ICSlapplications.

ICSlorganizationallprincipleslandlelements.

ICSlpositionslandlresponsibilities.

ICSlfacilitieslandlfunctions.

,ICSlplanning.

Inladdition,lyoulwillllearnlthelstepslyoulshouldltakeltolbelaccountablelforlyourlactionslduringlanlincid
ent.



- CORRECTlANSWERSl-NavigatinglUsinglYourlKeyboard
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Belowlarelinstructionslforlnavigatinglthroughlthelcourselusinglyourlkeyboard.



NextlbuttonlshowinglthelcurrentltabllocationlorlfocusUselthel"Tab"lkeyltolmovelforwardlthroughleac
hlscreen'slnavigationlbuttonslandlhyperlinks,lorl"Shift"l+l"Tab"ltolmovelbackwards.lAlboxlsurroundsl
thelbuttonlthatlislcurrentlylselected.

Pressl"Enter"ltolselectlalnavigationlbuttonlorlhyperlink.

KnowledgelReviewlitemlshowinglthelcurrentltabllocationlorlfocusUselthelarrowlkeysltolselectlanswe
rslforlmultiple-choicelreviewlquestionslorlself-
assessmentlchecklists.lThenltabltolthel"Submit"lbuttonlandlpressl"Enter"ltolcompletelalKnowledgel
ReviewlorlSelf-Assessment.

Warning:lRepeatedlylpressingl"Tab"lbeyondlthelnumberloflselectionslonlthelscreenlmaylcauselthelk
eyboardltollocklup.lUsel"Ctrl"l+l"Tab"ltoldeselectlanlelementlorlresetltolthelbeginningloflalscreen'slna
vigationllinksl(mostloftenlneededlforlscreenslwithlanimationslorlmedia).

JAWSlassistiveltechnologyluserslcanlpresslthelCtrllkeyltolquietlthelscreenlreaderlwhilelthelcourselaud
iolplays.



- CORRECTlANSWERSl-CourselStructure
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Thislcourselisldividedlintolsixllessons.



Tolhelplyoulkeepltrackloflyourlplacelwithinlthelcourse,lthelcurrentllessonltitlelwilllbeldisplayedlinlthel
upperlleftlcornerlofleachlscreen.lInladdition,lalLessonlListlwilllbelpresentedlatlthelbeginninglandlendl
ofleachllesson.

, Thellessonloverviewlstateslthelapproximatellengthloflthellesson.lThelprogresslbarlwilllbeldisplayedli
nlthelupperlrightlcornerlofleachlcontentlscreenltolhelplyoulgaugelyourlmovementlthroughlthelcours
e.



- CORRECTlANSWERSl-ReceivinglCredit
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Tolreceivelcreditlforlthislcourse,lyoulmust:



Completelallloflthellessons.lEachllessonlwillltakelbetweenl15landl30lminutesltolcomplete.lItlislimport
antltolallowlenoughltimeltolcompletelthelcourselinlitslentirety.



clockliconlChecklthellengthloflthellessonlonltheloverviewlscreen.l

Rememberl.l.l.lYOUlMUSTlCOMPLETElTHElENTIRElCOURSElTOlRECEIVElCREDIT.lIflyoulhaveltolleavelth
elcourse,ldolnotlexitlfromlthelcourselorlcloselyourlbrowser.lIflyoulexitlfromlthelcourse,lyoulwilllneedlt
olstartlthatllessonloverlagain.

PasslthelFinallExam.lThellastlscreenlprovideslinstructionslonlhowltolcompletelthelFinallExam.



- CORRECTlANSWERSl-WhatlIslthelIncidentlCommandlSystem?
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ThelIncidentlCommandlSysteml(ICS)lislalstandardizedlapproachltolincidentlmanagementlthat:



Enableslalcoordinatedlresponselamonglvariousljurisdictionslandlagencies.

Establisheslcommonlprocesseslforlplanninglandlmanaginglresources.

Allowslforlthelintegrationloflfacilities,lequipment,lpersonnel,lprocedures,landlcommunicationslope
ratinglwithinlalcommonlorganizationallstructure.



- CORRECTlANSWERSl-IncidentlCommandlSystem:lPromotinglResponselPartnerships
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