FEMA IS Course Guide 2025: Emergency Management Study Materials

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FEMA IS - 100C FINAL EXAMS (LATEST

UPDATES STUDY BUNDLE PACKAGE WITH SOLUTIONS)

INTRODUCTION TO THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM

| QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS | GRADE A |

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To be effective, the Incident Action Plan should cover a specified

timeframe. .....ANSWER.....TRUE

To ensure efficient, clear, communication, the National Incident

Management System Characteristics, recommend use of:

.....ANSWER.....Common terminology

Qualification, certification, and credentialing personnel are part

of which NIMS Management Characteristic?

.....ANSWER.....Comprehensive Resource Management

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Chain of Command prevents personnel from directly

communicating with each other to share information

.....ANSWER.....FALSE

In a Unified Command, members representing multiple

jurisdictions and agencies work together to establish:

.....ANSWER.....Incident Objectives

The Incident Command System (ICS) is only applicable to large,

complex incidents .....ANSWER.....FALSE

Check-In, Incident Action Planning, Personal Responsibility, and

Resource Tracking are all necessary to ensure

.....ANSWER.....Accountability

Which General Staff member is responsible for ensuring that

assigned incident personnel are fed and have communications,

medical support, and transportation as needed to meet the

operational objective? .....ANSWER.....Logistics Section Chief

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Which NIMS component includes the Incident Command System

(ICS)? .....ANSWER.....Command and Coordination

Which ICS functional area establishes tactics and directs all

operational resources to achieve the incident objectives?

.....ANSWER.....Planning

Which Section organizes, assigns, and supervises, tactical

response resources? .....ANSWER.....Operations

At the Incident Scene, who handles media inquiries?

.....ANSWER.....Public Information Officer

Command is: .....ANSWER.....Directing, ordering, or controlling by

virtue of explicit statutory, regulatory, or delegated authority

Which General Staff member negotiates and monitors contracts,

maintains documentation for reimbursement, and oversees

timekeeping for incident personnel?

.....ANSWER.....Finance/Administration Section Chief