IAEM AEM EXAMS STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Whether you are handling a routine emergency, organizing for a special event, or
managing the response to a major disaster, the five major management functions that
must be covered are: Command, Planning, Logistics, Finance/Administration, AND -
✔✔Operations
✔✔The purpose of public safety special event planning is to: - ✔✔Plan for incidents that
might impact or result from the event.
✔✔To help reunite lost children with their parents or guardians, event planners should: -
✔✔Designate "meet me" locations throughout the site.
✔✔The placement of launch pads for pyrotechnic displays must anticipate the: -
✔✔Prevailing wind direction and strength.
✔✔Crowds are complex social structures that can assume roles that are different from
the personalities of the individuals. Those who provide verbal support for crowd leaders
are called: - ✔✔Cheerleaders
✔✔Having a pre-event emergency plan in place will help: - ✔✔Reduce response times
for first-response agencies.
✔✔Because ___________________________ provide a less confrontational security
presence, this technique has been effective with young audiences. - ✔✔Peer security
personnel
✔✔___________________________ is a main factor in determining stage
configuration. - ✔✔Expected crowd behavior
✔✔Which position is responsible for establishing incident objectives, strategies, and
priorities and has overall responsibility for managing an incident. - ✔✔Incident
Commander
✔✔A special events hazard analysis should include analysis of: - ✔✔Special and
unique hazards inherent in the event.
✔✔responsible for ensuring that assigned incident personnel are fed and have
communications, medical support, and transportation as needed to meet the operational
objectives - ✔✔Logistics Section Chief is
,✔✔The Operations Section Chief - ✔✔directs tactical actions to achieve the incident
objects
✔✔You are working in a complex incident. There are multiple Incident Commanders
representing multiple jurisdictions working together to establish incident objectives.
What type of ICS structure is being used? - ✔✔Unified Command
✔✔Which incident facility is the location where personnel and equipment are kept while
waiting for tactical assignments? - ✔✔Staging Area
✔✔Which of the following organizational entities within the Operations Section may be
used to divide an incident geographically? - ✔✔Divisions
✔✔You are a Group Supervisor working in a Branch within the Operations Section.
Who is your immediate supervisor? - ✔✔Branch Director
✔✔The major activities of the Planning Section include - ✔✔preparing and documenting
incident action plans
✔✔Interoperability means... - ✔✔Communication equipment, procedures, and systems
can operate together during a response.
✔✔Command is... - ✔✔The ability to control information exchange within and across
organizations involved in an incident.
✔✔Check-in, initial briefing, recordkeeping, and demobilization procedures are all
necessary to ensure - ✔✔Accountability
✔✔The Incident Command System (ICS) is - ✔✔A standardized approach to an
incident management that is applicable for use in all hazards
✔✔The exercise _______ is a forum for exercise players to review what happened
during the exercise and discuss what they learned - ✔✔Hot Wash
✔✔The Improvement Plan Matrix does all of the following except - ✔✔Provide an
executive summary.
✔✔Where does the initiating event take place, what time of day does the event take
place, and what the weather is like are all questions that should be answered in the -
✔✔Scenerio narrative
✔✔Which type of participant is not generally part of a discussion based exercise? -
✔✔Evaluators
, ✔✔All functions of exercise development and not exercise design - ✔✔Creating
exercise documentation, arranging logistics, coordinating participants, media and safety
personnel
✔✔Existing exercise requirements and capabilities, plausible risks, and functions most
in need of rehearsal will be identified by conducting a(n) - ✔✔Needs assessment
✔✔Improving planning is part of the ______ process - ✔✔Project Management
✔✔In order to conduct a successful evaluation, what must be accomplished? -
✔✔Observe the exercise and collect supporting data. Compare performance against
expected outcomes. Determine needed changes to ensure outcomes.
✔✔The Concepts and Objectives Meeting (C&O) occurs before the - ✔✔Initial Planning
Conference (IPC)
✔✔Exercises can be used to - ✔✔Test existing plans, procedures, and policies
✔✔The last step in the exercise cycle before you start over with Strategy/Plan is -
✔✔Improvement planning
✔✔A broad statement of desired exercise goals is a definition of a(n) - ✔✔Purpose
✔✔Exercise briefings - ✔✔are used to train or inform exercise participants. Are
difference for collers, evaluators, players and actors. Used to explain exercise play rules
and safety.
✔✔An exercise program's long-term strategy and methodology is outlined in the -
✔✔Multiyear Exercise Plan
✔✔The purpose of a multiyear exercise schedule is to - ✔✔synchronize exercise
planning efforts between agencies
✔✔Securing the planning conference and exercise site facilities would be a task for
which incident command function? - ✔✔Logistics Lead
✔✔When implementing the recommendation from the AAR and action items from the
IP, planners should - ✔✔Prioritize improvement action items. Have a solid method for
regularly monitoring improvements. Review potential alternatives if progress is not being
made.
✔✔Evaluation criteria is gathered from examination of - ✔✔Objectives
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Whether you are handling a routine emergency, organizing for a special event, or
managing the response to a major disaster, the five major management functions that
must be covered are: Command, Planning, Logistics, Finance/Administration, AND -
✔✔Operations
✔✔The purpose of public safety special event planning is to: - ✔✔Plan for incidents that
might impact or result from the event.
✔✔To help reunite lost children with their parents or guardians, event planners should: -
✔✔Designate "meet me" locations throughout the site.
✔✔The placement of launch pads for pyrotechnic displays must anticipate the: -
✔✔Prevailing wind direction and strength.
✔✔Crowds are complex social structures that can assume roles that are different from
the personalities of the individuals. Those who provide verbal support for crowd leaders
are called: - ✔✔Cheerleaders
✔✔Having a pre-event emergency plan in place will help: - ✔✔Reduce response times
for first-response agencies.
✔✔Because ___________________________ provide a less confrontational security
presence, this technique has been effective with young audiences. - ✔✔Peer security
personnel
✔✔___________________________ is a main factor in determining stage
configuration. - ✔✔Expected crowd behavior
✔✔Which position is responsible for establishing incident objectives, strategies, and
priorities and has overall responsibility for managing an incident. - ✔✔Incident
Commander
✔✔A special events hazard analysis should include analysis of: - ✔✔Special and
unique hazards inherent in the event.
✔✔responsible for ensuring that assigned incident personnel are fed and have
communications, medical support, and transportation as needed to meet the operational
objectives - ✔✔Logistics Section Chief is
,✔✔The Operations Section Chief - ✔✔directs tactical actions to achieve the incident
objects
✔✔You are working in a complex incident. There are multiple Incident Commanders
representing multiple jurisdictions working together to establish incident objectives.
What type of ICS structure is being used? - ✔✔Unified Command
✔✔Which incident facility is the location where personnel and equipment are kept while
waiting for tactical assignments? - ✔✔Staging Area
✔✔Which of the following organizational entities within the Operations Section may be
used to divide an incident geographically? - ✔✔Divisions
✔✔You are a Group Supervisor working in a Branch within the Operations Section.
Who is your immediate supervisor? - ✔✔Branch Director
✔✔The major activities of the Planning Section include - ✔✔preparing and documenting
incident action plans
✔✔Interoperability means... - ✔✔Communication equipment, procedures, and systems
can operate together during a response.
✔✔Command is... - ✔✔The ability to control information exchange within and across
organizations involved in an incident.
✔✔Check-in, initial briefing, recordkeeping, and demobilization procedures are all
necessary to ensure - ✔✔Accountability
✔✔The Incident Command System (ICS) is - ✔✔A standardized approach to an
incident management that is applicable for use in all hazards
✔✔The exercise _______ is a forum for exercise players to review what happened
during the exercise and discuss what they learned - ✔✔Hot Wash
✔✔The Improvement Plan Matrix does all of the following except - ✔✔Provide an
executive summary.
✔✔Where does the initiating event take place, what time of day does the event take
place, and what the weather is like are all questions that should be answered in the -
✔✔Scenerio narrative
✔✔Which type of participant is not generally part of a discussion based exercise? -
✔✔Evaluators
, ✔✔All functions of exercise development and not exercise design - ✔✔Creating
exercise documentation, arranging logistics, coordinating participants, media and safety
personnel
✔✔Existing exercise requirements and capabilities, plausible risks, and functions most
in need of rehearsal will be identified by conducting a(n) - ✔✔Needs assessment
✔✔Improving planning is part of the ______ process - ✔✔Project Management
✔✔In order to conduct a successful evaluation, what must be accomplished? -
✔✔Observe the exercise and collect supporting data. Compare performance against
expected outcomes. Determine needed changes to ensure outcomes.
✔✔The Concepts and Objectives Meeting (C&O) occurs before the - ✔✔Initial Planning
Conference (IPC)
✔✔Exercises can be used to - ✔✔Test existing plans, procedures, and policies
✔✔The last step in the exercise cycle before you start over with Strategy/Plan is -
✔✔Improvement planning
✔✔A broad statement of desired exercise goals is a definition of a(n) - ✔✔Purpose
✔✔Exercise briefings - ✔✔are used to train or inform exercise participants. Are
difference for collers, evaluators, players and actors. Used to explain exercise play rules
and safety.
✔✔An exercise program's long-term strategy and methodology is outlined in the -
✔✔Multiyear Exercise Plan
✔✔The purpose of a multiyear exercise schedule is to - ✔✔synchronize exercise
planning efforts between agencies
✔✔Securing the planning conference and exercise site facilities would be a task for
which incident command function? - ✔✔Logistics Lead
✔✔When implementing the recommendation from the AAR and action items from the
IP, planners should - ✔✔Prioritize improvement action items. Have a solid method for
regularly monitoring improvements. Review potential alternatives if progress is not being
made.
✔✔Evaluation criteria is gathered from examination of - ✔✔Objectives
