NIMS study guide Questions and
Answers
: inventorying and tracking all national resources and assets available for deployment in
incidents managed using NIMS - correct answer ✔✔HSPD-5 required the secretary of Homeland
Security to establish a mechanism for ensuring the ongoing management and maintenance of
NIMS. the secretary established the national integration center to perform all of the following
functions EXCEPT
Multiagency Coordination System - correct answer ✔✔Select the NIMS term that is defined as
the architecture to support coordination for incident prioritization, critical resource allocation,
communications systems integration, and information coordination
:Provide the structure and mechanisms to ensure effective federal support of state, tribal, and
local related activities - correct answer ✔✔the national response framework presents the
guiding principles that
Make adoption of NIMS by state, tribal, and local organizations a condition for federal
preparedness assistance (through grants, contracts, and other activites) - correct answer
✔✔Homeland security presidential directive 5 requires all federal departments and agencies to:
assigns a single incident commander to assume unity of command and make decisions for all
jurisdictions - correct answer ✔✔unified command
is the ability of emergency management/response personnel to interact and work well together
- correct answer ✔✔interoperability
Answers
: inventorying and tracking all national resources and assets available for deployment in
incidents managed using NIMS - correct answer ✔✔HSPD-5 required the secretary of Homeland
Security to establish a mechanism for ensuring the ongoing management and maintenance of
NIMS. the secretary established the national integration center to perform all of the following
functions EXCEPT
Multiagency Coordination System - correct answer ✔✔Select the NIMS term that is defined as
the architecture to support coordination for incident prioritization, critical resource allocation,
communications systems integration, and information coordination
:Provide the structure and mechanisms to ensure effective federal support of state, tribal, and
local related activities - correct answer ✔✔the national response framework presents the
guiding principles that
Make adoption of NIMS by state, tribal, and local organizations a condition for federal
preparedness assistance (through grants, contracts, and other activites) - correct answer
✔✔Homeland security presidential directive 5 requires all federal departments and agencies to:
assigns a single incident commander to assume unity of command and make decisions for all
jurisdictions - correct answer ✔✔unified command
is the ability of emergency management/response personnel to interact and work well together
- correct answer ✔✔interoperability
