ICS 100 TEST PAPER UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Effective ICS communications include three elements:
1
2
3 - ✔✔MODES- (HARDWARE)
PLANNING- (PLANNING)
NETWORK- PROCEDURES/PROCESSES
✔✔CHAIN OF COMMAND- based on rank
UNITY OF COMMAND- is based on everyone having only
ONE (1) SUPERVISOR !!!!! - ✔✔
✔✔SINGLE COMMAND
UNIFIED COMMAND (MULTIPLE) SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES - ✔✔
✔✔A UNIFIED COMMAND allows agencies with different WHAT 3 FOLD
authorities and responsibilities to work together effectively without affecting individual
agency WHAT 3 FOLD - ✔✔LEGAL GEOGRAPHIC FUNCTIONAL
AUTHORITY, REsPONSIBILITY , ACCOUNTABILITY
✔✔Managing resources HOW and HOW is the most important consideration of the
incident. - ✔✔SAFELY / EFFECTIVELY
✔✔Check in FORM ICS 211. (Check in list) - ✔✔
✔✔5 FUNCTIONS OF ICS :
Incident Command
Operations
Planning
Logistics
Finance/Admin - ✔✔
✔✔IC-
Sets the Incident OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES, PRIORITIES
HAS OVER ALL RESPONSIBILITY - ✔✔
✔✔OPERATIONS
, conducts tactical operations, develops tactical objectives, directs all tactical resources -
✔✔
✔✔PLANNING
Prepares IAP to accomplish objectives, collects info, maintains docs - ✔✔
✔✔LOGISTICS
Provides support, resources, services needed to meet operational objectives - ✔✔
✔✔Finance/Admin Section
monitors cost, accounting , time recording etc - ✔✔
✔✔IC is responsible for 3 FOLD
1. ENSURING INCIDENT SAFETY
2.PROVIDING INFORMATION SERVICES TO INT/EXT STAKEHLDRS
3.ESTABLISH/MAINTAIN LIASON WITH OTHER AGENCIES PARTICIPATING IN THE
INCIDENT - ✔✔
✔✔Deputy IC's must be as qualified as the IC - ✔✔
✔✔WHAT WHAT and WHAT ? are NOT !!!!!!!!!!THE FACTORS used to select the IC !!!
- ✔✔RATE/ GADE / SENIORITY
✔✔COMMAND STAFF: ( POSITIONS)
1
2
3 ??? - ✔✔PIO OFFICER
SAFETY OFFICER
LIASON OFFICER
✔✔GENERAL STAFF :
OPERATIONS
PLANNING
LOGISTICS
FINANCE - ✔✔
✔✔is normally the person with with the greatest TECHNICAL and TACTICAL expertise
in dealing with the task. - ✔✔OPERATIONS CHIEF -
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Effective ICS communications include three elements:
1
2
3 - ✔✔MODES- (HARDWARE)
PLANNING- (PLANNING)
NETWORK- PROCEDURES/PROCESSES
✔✔CHAIN OF COMMAND- based on rank
UNITY OF COMMAND- is based on everyone having only
ONE (1) SUPERVISOR !!!!! - ✔✔
✔✔SINGLE COMMAND
UNIFIED COMMAND (MULTIPLE) SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES - ✔✔
✔✔A UNIFIED COMMAND allows agencies with different WHAT 3 FOLD
authorities and responsibilities to work together effectively without affecting individual
agency WHAT 3 FOLD - ✔✔LEGAL GEOGRAPHIC FUNCTIONAL
AUTHORITY, REsPONSIBILITY , ACCOUNTABILITY
✔✔Managing resources HOW and HOW is the most important consideration of the
incident. - ✔✔SAFELY / EFFECTIVELY
✔✔Check in FORM ICS 211. (Check in list) - ✔✔
✔✔5 FUNCTIONS OF ICS :
Incident Command
Operations
Planning
Logistics
Finance/Admin - ✔✔
✔✔IC-
Sets the Incident OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES, PRIORITIES
HAS OVER ALL RESPONSIBILITY - ✔✔
✔✔OPERATIONS
, conducts tactical operations, develops tactical objectives, directs all tactical resources -
✔✔
✔✔PLANNING
Prepares IAP to accomplish objectives, collects info, maintains docs - ✔✔
✔✔LOGISTICS
Provides support, resources, services needed to meet operational objectives - ✔✔
✔✔Finance/Admin Section
monitors cost, accounting , time recording etc - ✔✔
✔✔IC is responsible for 3 FOLD
1. ENSURING INCIDENT SAFETY
2.PROVIDING INFORMATION SERVICES TO INT/EXT STAKEHLDRS
3.ESTABLISH/MAINTAIN LIASON WITH OTHER AGENCIES PARTICIPATING IN THE
INCIDENT - ✔✔
✔✔Deputy IC's must be as qualified as the IC - ✔✔
✔✔WHAT WHAT and WHAT ? are NOT !!!!!!!!!!THE FACTORS used to select the IC !!!
- ✔✔RATE/ GADE / SENIORITY
✔✔COMMAND STAFF: ( POSITIONS)
1
2
3 ??? - ✔✔PIO OFFICER
SAFETY OFFICER
LIASON OFFICER
✔✔GENERAL STAFF :
OPERATIONS
PLANNING
LOGISTICS
FINANCE - ✔✔
✔✔is normally the person with with the greatest TECHNICAL and TACTICAL expertise
in dealing with the task. - ✔✔OPERATIONS CHIEF -
