ICS 100 FINAL PAPER UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What does the ICS ensure? - ✔✔Uses a standardized management approach to
ensure that incidents are properly managed and communications are effectively
coordinated during an incident
✔✔What are some ICS features? - ✔✔1. Common terminology (communication)
2. Incident action plan (effective planning and management)
- need common goal
3. Command
- established under a single incident commander or unified commander
- command structure features
+ chain of command
+ unity of command
4. Full utilization of all incident resources
- maintains a manageable span of control
- establishing designated incident facilities and locations
- implementing comprehensive resource management practices
- defining clear processes for dispatch/deployment of resources
- ensuring integrated communications
5. Mobilization process
- ensures that incident objectives can be achieved while responders remain safe
✔✔What type of support is used in NIMS? - ✔✔Top-down
✔✔What 14 characteristics is the ICS based on? - ✔✔1. Common terminology
2. Modular organization
3. Management by objectives
4. Incident action planning
5. Manageable span of control
6. Incident facilities and locations
7. Comprehensive resource management
8. Integrated communications
9. Establishment and transfer of command
9. Unified command
10. Chain of command and unity of command
11. Accountability
12. Dispatch/deployment
13. Information and intelligence management
✔✔What does common terminology allow for? - ✔✔Allows diverse incident
management and support organizations to work together across a wide variety of
emergency functions and hazard scenarios
, ✔✔What does common terminology cover? - ✔✔1. Organizational functions
- major functions and functional units with incident management responsibilities are
named and defined. They remain standard and consistent.
2. Resource descriptions
- major resources (like personnel, equipment, facilities, etc.) are given common names
and are "typed" with respect to their capabilities
3. Incident facilities
- common terminology is used to designate the facilities in the vicinity of the incident
area
✔✔What is the goal of common terminology? - ✔✔To promote understanding among all
parties involved in managing an incident
✔✔What is modular organization? - ✔✔As the incident grows more complex, the ICS
May expanded as functional responsibilities are delegated
✔✔How holds the responsibility for the establishment and expansion of the ICS modular
organization? - ✔✔The incident commander
✔✔What are the management objectives? - ✔✔1. Establishing specific, measurable
incident objectives
2. Indemnifying strategies, tactics, tasks, and activities to achieve the objectives
3. Developing and issuing assignment, plans, procedures, and protocols to accomplish
identified tasks
4. Documenting results for the incident objectives
✔✔What does incident action planning provide? - ✔✔Effective indecent managements
activities
✔✔What is an incident action plan (IAP)? - ✔✔Concise, coherent means of capturing
and communicating overall incident priorities, objectives, strategies, tactics, and
assignments in the context of both operational and support activities
✔✔What should the IAP include to be effective? - ✔✔1. Cover a specified timeframe
2. Be proactive
3. Specify the incident objectives
4. State the activities to be completed
5. Assign responsibilities
6. Identify needed resources
7. Specify communication protocols
✔✔When must an IAP be in written format? - ✔✔For hazardous material incidents
✔✔What is span of control? - ✔✔Refers to the number of individuals or resources that
one supervisor can manage effectively during an incident
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What does the ICS ensure? - ✔✔Uses a standardized management approach to
ensure that incidents are properly managed and communications are effectively
coordinated during an incident
✔✔What are some ICS features? - ✔✔1. Common terminology (communication)
2. Incident action plan (effective planning and management)
- need common goal
3. Command
- established under a single incident commander or unified commander
- command structure features
+ chain of command
+ unity of command
4. Full utilization of all incident resources
- maintains a manageable span of control
- establishing designated incident facilities and locations
- implementing comprehensive resource management practices
- defining clear processes for dispatch/deployment of resources
- ensuring integrated communications
5. Mobilization process
- ensures that incident objectives can be achieved while responders remain safe
✔✔What type of support is used in NIMS? - ✔✔Top-down
✔✔What 14 characteristics is the ICS based on? - ✔✔1. Common terminology
2. Modular organization
3. Management by objectives
4. Incident action planning
5. Manageable span of control
6. Incident facilities and locations
7. Comprehensive resource management
8. Integrated communications
9. Establishment and transfer of command
9. Unified command
10. Chain of command and unity of command
11. Accountability
12. Dispatch/deployment
13. Information and intelligence management
✔✔What does common terminology allow for? - ✔✔Allows diverse incident
management and support organizations to work together across a wide variety of
emergency functions and hazard scenarios
, ✔✔What does common terminology cover? - ✔✔1. Organizational functions
- major functions and functional units with incident management responsibilities are
named and defined. They remain standard and consistent.
2. Resource descriptions
- major resources (like personnel, equipment, facilities, etc.) are given common names
and are "typed" with respect to their capabilities
3. Incident facilities
- common terminology is used to designate the facilities in the vicinity of the incident
area
✔✔What is the goal of common terminology? - ✔✔To promote understanding among all
parties involved in managing an incident
✔✔What is modular organization? - ✔✔As the incident grows more complex, the ICS
May expanded as functional responsibilities are delegated
✔✔How holds the responsibility for the establishment and expansion of the ICS modular
organization? - ✔✔The incident commander
✔✔What are the management objectives? - ✔✔1. Establishing specific, measurable
incident objectives
2. Indemnifying strategies, tactics, tasks, and activities to achieve the objectives
3. Developing and issuing assignment, plans, procedures, and protocols to accomplish
identified tasks
4. Documenting results for the incident objectives
✔✔What does incident action planning provide? - ✔✔Effective indecent managements
activities
✔✔What is an incident action plan (IAP)? - ✔✔Concise, coherent means of capturing
and communicating overall incident priorities, objectives, strategies, tactics, and
assignments in the context of both operational and support activities
✔✔What should the IAP include to be effective? - ✔✔1. Cover a specified timeframe
2. Be proactive
3. Specify the incident objectives
4. State the activities to be completed
5. Assign responsibilities
6. Identify needed resources
7. Specify communication protocols
✔✔When must an IAP be in written format? - ✔✔For hazardous material incidents
✔✔What is span of control? - ✔✔Refers to the number of individuals or resources that
one supervisor can manage effectively during an incident
