CERT Final exam JROTC LET 4 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS [VERIFIED ANSWERS]
LATEST 2025
1. When a disaster occurs, a CERT member's first responsibility is to:
A. Join the CERT in disaster response efforts
B. Help professional responders
C. Ensure personal and family safety
D. Do the greatest good for the greatest number of people - Correct Answer-C. Ensure
personal and family safety
2. CERT members volunteer to fill non-disaster roles. An example of a non-disaster function of
CERTs is:
A. Staffing parades, health fairs, and other special events
B. Monitoring the news for potential disaster threats
C. Petitioning local officials for more local emergency response funding
D. Distributing political pamphlets and other materials - Correct Answer-A. Staffing parades,
health fairs, and other special events
3. There are five types of disasters. They are natural, terrorists, home fires, pandemic and
______________.
A. Mechanical
B. Biological
C. Chemical
D. Technological and Accidental - Correct Answer-D. Technological
4. Which of the following is NOT a hazard associated with home fixtures?
A. Gas line ruptures
B. Hazardous material spill
C. Injury or electric shock
D. Fire from faulty wiring - Correct Answer-B. Hazardous material spill
5. One of the steps in preparing for a disaster is to develop a disaster supply kit. Where should
you keep separate disaster supply kits?
A. Home and work
B. Every room in the house
Physical Examination and Health Assessment
, C. Vehicle
D. Home, work, and vehicle - Correct Answer-D. Home, work, and vehicle
Following an earthquake, you and your fellow CERT members mobilize and meet at a disaster
scene, where fire and law enforcement officials have already arrived. Before taking action, you
work with the professional responders to get organized.
1. What is the name of the system used by emergency response agencies to manage
emergency responses?
A. Incident Command System (ICS)
B. Strategic Planning Unit (SPU)
C. Search and Rescue System (SRS)
D. Rescue Command System (RCS) - Correct Answer-A. Incident Command System (ICS)
2. In the CERT command structure, how is the CERT leader established?
A. By being the first person to arrive on the scene
B. By seniority
C. By department
D. By the local police chief - Correct Answer-A. By being the first person to arrive on the scene
You are the CERT Team Leader and therefore responsible for directing team activities. You
establish a Command Post for your CERT.
3. What should you do if you have to leave the command post for whatever reason?
A. Ask a law enforcement official to take over while you're gone
B. Designate CERT Team Leader status to someone else in the
Command Post
C. Leave without delegating any of your Team Leader responsibilities
D. You may never leave the Command Post under any circumstances - Correct Answer-B.
Designate CERT Incident Commander/Team Leader status to someone else in the Command
Post
4. CERT members should always be assigned to teams of at least how many people?
A. Six
B. Three
C. Two
D. Four - Correct Answer-B. Three
5. A woman comes up to a disaster scene that you have determined is unsafe to enter. What
should you do?
A. Warn her that the situation is unsafe
B. Threaten to call the police if she attempts to enter
C. Physically restrain her from entering
D. Nothing; you should let her be - Correct Answer-A. Warn her that the situation is unsafe
6. To whom should you give documentation?
Physical Examination and Health Assessment
AND ANSWERS [VERIFIED ANSWERS]
LATEST 2025
1. When a disaster occurs, a CERT member's first responsibility is to:
A. Join the CERT in disaster response efforts
B. Help professional responders
C. Ensure personal and family safety
D. Do the greatest good for the greatest number of people - Correct Answer-C. Ensure
personal and family safety
2. CERT members volunteer to fill non-disaster roles. An example of a non-disaster function of
CERTs is:
A. Staffing parades, health fairs, and other special events
B. Monitoring the news for potential disaster threats
C. Petitioning local officials for more local emergency response funding
D. Distributing political pamphlets and other materials - Correct Answer-A. Staffing parades,
health fairs, and other special events
3. There are five types of disasters. They are natural, terrorists, home fires, pandemic and
______________.
A. Mechanical
B. Biological
C. Chemical
D. Technological and Accidental - Correct Answer-D. Technological
4. Which of the following is NOT a hazard associated with home fixtures?
A. Gas line ruptures
B. Hazardous material spill
C. Injury or electric shock
D. Fire from faulty wiring - Correct Answer-B. Hazardous material spill
5. One of the steps in preparing for a disaster is to develop a disaster supply kit. Where should
you keep separate disaster supply kits?
A. Home and work
B. Every room in the house
Physical Examination and Health Assessment
, C. Vehicle
D. Home, work, and vehicle - Correct Answer-D. Home, work, and vehicle
Following an earthquake, you and your fellow CERT members mobilize and meet at a disaster
scene, where fire and law enforcement officials have already arrived. Before taking action, you
work with the professional responders to get organized.
1. What is the name of the system used by emergency response agencies to manage
emergency responses?
A. Incident Command System (ICS)
B. Strategic Planning Unit (SPU)
C. Search and Rescue System (SRS)
D. Rescue Command System (RCS) - Correct Answer-A. Incident Command System (ICS)
2. In the CERT command structure, how is the CERT leader established?
A. By being the first person to arrive on the scene
B. By seniority
C. By department
D. By the local police chief - Correct Answer-A. By being the first person to arrive on the scene
You are the CERT Team Leader and therefore responsible for directing team activities. You
establish a Command Post for your CERT.
3. What should you do if you have to leave the command post for whatever reason?
A. Ask a law enforcement official to take over while you're gone
B. Designate CERT Team Leader status to someone else in the
Command Post
C. Leave without delegating any of your Team Leader responsibilities
D. You may never leave the Command Post under any circumstances - Correct Answer-B.
Designate CERT Incident Commander/Team Leader status to someone else in the Command
Post
4. CERT members should always be assigned to teams of at least how many people?
A. Six
B. Three
C. Two
D. Four - Correct Answer-B. Three
5. A woman comes up to a disaster scene that you have determined is unsafe to enter. What
should you do?
A. Warn her that the situation is unsafe
B. Threaten to call the police if she attempts to enter
C. Physically restrain her from entering
D. Nothing; you should let her be - Correct Answer-A. Warn her that the situation is unsafe
6. To whom should you give documentation?
Physical Examination and Health Assessment
