NIMS IS-100c. Final Exam

The Incident Command System (ICS) is:

A standardized approach to incident management that is applicable for use in all hazards.

Check-in, Incident Action Planning, Personal Responsibility, and Resource Tracking are all necessary to ensure:

Accountability

The Liaison Officer:

Arranges for resources and needed services to support the incident objectives.

To ensure efficient, clear, communication, the National Incident Management System Characteristics recommend the use of:

Common terminology

Which item is included in the NIMS Management Characteristic of Accountability?

Check-In/Check-Out of incident personnel

Which ICS functional area sets the incident objectives, strategies, and priorities, and has overall responsibility for the incident?

Command

Qualification, Certification, and Credentialing Personnel are part of which NIMS Management Characteristic?

Comprehensive Resource Management

The Operations Section Chief:

Develops and implements strategies and tactics to achieve the incident objectives.

Which NIMS Management Characteristic refers to personnel requested through appropriate authorities and established resource management systems?

Dispatch/ Deployment

Chain of Command prevents personnel from directly communicating with each other to share information.

False

The Whole Community approach refers to different organizations within the Federal Government.

False

Which ICS functional area monitors costs related to the incident and provides accounting, procurement, time recording, and cost analysis?

Finance/Administration

Which General Staff member negotiates and monitors contracts, maintains documentation for reimbursement, and oversees timekeeping for incident personnel?

Finance/Administration Section Chief

The Incident Commander or Unified Command establishes incident objectives that include:

Identifying strategies, tactics, tasks, and activities to achieve the objectives.

Depending on the incident size and complexity, various types of support facilities may be established by:

Incident Command

Establishment of the ICS modular organization is the responsibility of the:

Incident Commander

Which position is always staffed in ICS applications?

Incident Commander

Who has overall responsibility for managing the on-scene incident?

Incident Commander

Which of the NIMS Management Characteristic may include gathering, analyzing, and assessing weather service data from technical specialists?

Incident Facilities and Locations

In a Unified Command, members representing multiple jurisdictions and agencies work together to establish:

Incident Objectives

Selection of Incident Commanders is done by the:

Jurisdiction or organization with primary responsibility for the incident

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?

Logistics Section Chief

Which ICS functional area establishes tactics and directs all operational resources to achieve the incident objectives?

Operations

Which selection organizes, assigns, and supervises tactical response resources?

Operations

Which General Staff member directs all responses and tactical actions to achieve the incident objectives?

Operations Division Director

One of the benefits of ICS is that it provides an orderly, systematic _____ process.

Planning

Which member of the Command Staff interfaces with other agencies to meet incident-related information requirements?

Public Information Center

The NIMS Management Characteristic of Chain of Command and Unity of Command means that each person:

Reports to only one ICS supervisor.

Who designates the Incident Commander and the process for transferring command?

The jurisdiction or organization with primary responsibility for the incident.

The NIMS Management Characteristic of information and intelligence Management may include surveillance of disease outbreaks.

True

When partners representing multiple jurisdictions or agencies work together to establish the incident objectives, what type of Command is being used?

Unified Command