IAEM AEM FINAL EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
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✔✔36. Under the Whole Community approach to emergency management, citizens and
private individuals in the community have critical roles to play. Which of the following
lists some of their roles in building and sustaining a secure and resilient community?
a. Developing business continuity plans.
b. Providing emergency shelters.
c. Reducing hazards in and around their homes.
d. Speaking another language. - ✔✔C
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Whole Community
✔✔37. The local emergency manager has the responsibility for coordinating emergency
management programs and activities. Under which one of the following does the
emergency manager develop and carry out public awareness and education programs?
a. Conducting all hazards threat/hazard and risk assessments (THIRA).
b. Coordinating a review of all local emergency- and disaster-related authorities.
c. Facilitating the emergency planning process.
d. Managing resources before, during, and after a major emergency or disaster. - ✔✔D
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Training & Education
✔✔38. In emergency management, communication responsibilities are typically quite
varied. One responsibility is educating the community on emergency preparedness.
Which of the following activities would you include in the community education
program?
a. Engage the community in dialogues about disaster recovery options.
b. Inform the community about emergency plans, issues, and events.
c. Issue alerts and warnings to the community.
d. Train the community on the entity's communications systems. - ✔✔B
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Training & Education
✔✔39. The local emergency plan was recently revised. From the following list, which
type of exercise should the emergency manager use to teach or orient the participants
on the revised plan?
a. Game.
b. Seminar.
c. Tabletop.
d. Workshop. - ✔✔B
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Exercises and Tests (Exercise Design, Part 1)
✔✔40. Your emergency management plan has been in effect and the responsible
individuals and agencies attended various seminars and a tabletop exercise. Now you
want to evaluate the ability of multiple agencies to coordinate their response activities.
Which one of the following exercises would you develop?
a. Drill
, b. Full-scale
c. Functional
d. Game - ✔✔C
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Exercises and Tests (Exercise Design, Part 1)
✔✔41. There are four design elements used for creating an emergency management
exercise. Which of the following design elements provides the storyline that drives the
exercise?
a. Objectives
b. Purpose.
c. Scenario.
d. Scope. - ✔✔C
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Exercises and Tests (Exercise Design, Part 2)
✔✔42. Our needs assessment indicated the local hazard materials team recently
received new equipment and updated their standard operating procedures. Which one
of the following exercise objectives supports the jurisdiction's needs and follows the
SMART format?
a. Assess the capability of the jurisdiction to respond to an unknown chemical release.
b. Assess the capability of the local hazardous material team to detect, identify, monitor,
and respond to the effects of an unknown chemical release.
c. Detect, identify, monitor, and respond to the effects of an unknown chemical release
occurring at 2:00 a.m.
d. Detect, identify, monitor, and respond to the effects of a chlorine chemical release
occurring at the regional water treatment plant. - ✔✔B
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Exercises and Tests (Exercise Design, Part 2)
✔✔43. Which of the following exercise documents contain distinct, chronologically
sequenced modules, with each module representing a specific time segment of the
overall scenario?
a. Exercise Evaluation Guides (EEGs)
b. Exercise Plan (EXPLAN)
c. Master Scenario Events List (MSEL)
d. Situation Manual (SITMAN) - ✔✔D
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Exercises and Tests (Exercise Design, Part 3)
✔✔44. Which of the following exercise documents contain a checklist of critical tasks to
be completed by the players during the exercise?
a. Exercise Evaluation Guides (EEGs)
b. Exercise Plan (EXPLAN)
c. Master Scenario Events List (MSEL)
d. Situation Manual (SITMAN) - ✔✔A
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Exercises and Tests (Exercise Design, Part 3)
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔36. Under the Whole Community approach to emergency management, citizens and
private individuals in the community have critical roles to play. Which of the following
lists some of their roles in building and sustaining a secure and resilient community?
a. Developing business continuity plans.
b. Providing emergency shelters.
c. Reducing hazards in and around their homes.
d. Speaking another language. - ✔✔C
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Whole Community
✔✔37. The local emergency manager has the responsibility for coordinating emergency
management programs and activities. Under which one of the following does the
emergency manager develop and carry out public awareness and education programs?
a. Conducting all hazards threat/hazard and risk assessments (THIRA).
b. Coordinating a review of all local emergency- and disaster-related authorities.
c. Facilitating the emergency planning process.
d. Managing resources before, during, and after a major emergency or disaster. - ✔✔D
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Training & Education
✔✔38. In emergency management, communication responsibilities are typically quite
varied. One responsibility is educating the community on emergency preparedness.
Which of the following activities would you include in the community education
program?
a. Engage the community in dialogues about disaster recovery options.
b. Inform the community about emergency plans, issues, and events.
c. Issue alerts and warnings to the community.
d. Train the community on the entity's communications systems. - ✔✔B
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Training & Education
✔✔39. The local emergency plan was recently revised. From the following list, which
type of exercise should the emergency manager use to teach or orient the participants
on the revised plan?
a. Game.
b. Seminar.
c. Tabletop.
d. Workshop. - ✔✔B
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Exercises and Tests (Exercise Design, Part 1)
✔✔40. Your emergency management plan has been in effect and the responsible
individuals and agencies attended various seminars and a tabletop exercise. Now you
want to evaluate the ability of multiple agencies to coordinate their response activities.
Which one of the following exercises would you develop?
a. Drill
, b. Full-scale
c. Functional
d. Game - ✔✔C
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Exercises and Tests (Exercise Design, Part 1)
✔✔41. There are four design elements used for creating an emergency management
exercise. Which of the following design elements provides the storyline that drives the
exercise?
a. Objectives
b. Purpose.
c. Scenario.
d. Scope. - ✔✔C
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Exercises and Tests (Exercise Design, Part 2)
✔✔42. Our needs assessment indicated the local hazard materials team recently
received new equipment and updated their standard operating procedures. Which one
of the following exercise objectives supports the jurisdiction's needs and follows the
SMART format?
a. Assess the capability of the jurisdiction to respond to an unknown chemical release.
b. Assess the capability of the local hazardous material team to detect, identify, monitor,
and respond to the effects of an unknown chemical release.
c. Detect, identify, monitor, and respond to the effects of an unknown chemical release
occurring at 2:00 a.m.
d. Detect, identify, monitor, and respond to the effects of a chlorine chemical release
occurring at the regional water treatment plant. - ✔✔B
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Exercises and Tests (Exercise Design, Part 2)
✔✔43. Which of the following exercise documents contain distinct, chronologically
sequenced modules, with each module representing a specific time segment of the
overall scenario?
a. Exercise Evaluation Guides (EEGs)
b. Exercise Plan (EXPLAN)
c. Master Scenario Events List (MSEL)
d. Situation Manual (SITMAN) - ✔✔D
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Exercises and Tests (Exercise Design, Part 3)
✔✔44. Which of the following exercise documents contain a checklist of critical tasks to
be completed by the players during the exercise?
a. Exercise Evaluation Guides (EEGs)
b. Exercise Plan (EXPLAN)
c. Master Scenario Events List (MSEL)
d. Situation Manual (SITMAN) - ✔✔A
Sample Certificate Exam Questions - Exercises and Tests (Exercise Design, Part 3)
